SB 1.10.36 (1964)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 36
- Tatra tatra ha tatratwair hari pratyudyat arhanah
- Sayam bheje disam paschad gabisto gam gatastada.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Tatra tatra—at different places, Ha—it so happened, Tatratwair—by local inhabitants, Hari—the Personality of Godhead, Pratydyatarhanah—being offered presentations and worshipful regards, Sayam—the evening, Bheje—having overtaken, Disam—direction, Paschad—eastern, Gubisto—the sun in the sky, Gam—water side, Gatas—having gone, Tada—at that time.
TRANSLATION
On the way of His journey through the provices He was welcomed, worshipped and given various presentations. In the evening time everywhere the Lord suspended His journey for performance of evening rites. This was regularly observed after the sunset.
PURPORT
It is said here, that the Lord observed the religious principles regularly while He was on journey. It may be questioned here whether the Supreme Lord is also under obligation of fruitive work. There are certain philosophical speculations that even the Lord is also under the obligations of the fruitive action. But actually this is not the fact. He does not depend on the action of any good or bad work. The Lord being Absolute everything done by Him is good for everyone. But when He descends on the earth He acts for the protection of the devotees and for the annihilation of the impious non-devotees. Although He has no obligatory duty still He does everything so that others may follow it. That is the way of factual teaching; one must act himself and teach the same to others otherwise nobody will accept such blind teaching. He is Himself the awarder of fruitive results. He is self-sufficient and yet He acts according to the rulings of the revealed scriptures in order to teach us the process. If He does not do so, the common man may go wrong. But in the advanced stage when one can understand the transcendental nature of the Lord, one is not apt to imitate Him which is possible only to be done by Him.
The Lord in the human society does what is duty of everyone but sometimes He does something which is extraordinary and is not to be imitated by the living being. His acts of evening prayer as stated herein before at the end of the day, must be followed by the living being but it is not possible to follow his acts of mountain lifting or dancing with the Gopis. You cannot imitate the Sun who can exhaust water even from a filthy place; the most powerful can do something which is all good but our imitation of such acts will put us into endless difficulty. Therefore in all actions the experienced guide the spiritual master who is manifested mercy of the Lord, may always be consulted and the path of progress may be rest assured.
Thus ended the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the First Canto Tenth Chapter of Srimad Bhagwatam in the matter of Departure of Lord Krishna for Dwarka.