राजन् पतिर्गुरुरलं भवतां यदूनां दैवं प्रिय: कुलपति: क्व च किङ्करो व: । अस्त्वेवमङ्ग भगवान् भजतां मुकुन्दो मुक्तिं ददाति कर्हिचित्स्म न भक्तियोगम् ॥ १८ ॥
rajan patir gurur alam bhavatam yadunam daivam priyah kula-patih kva ca kinkaro vah astv evam anga bhagavan bhajatam mukundo muktim dadati karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam
- rajan
- O my dear King
- patih
- maintainer
- guruh
- spiritual master
- alam
- certainly
- bhavatam
- of you
- yadunam
- the Yadu dynasty
- daivam
- the worshipable Deity
- priyah
- very dear friend
- kula-patih
- the master of the dynasty
- kva ca
- sometimes even
- kinkarah
- servant
- vah
- of you (the Pandavas)
- astu
- to be sure
- evam
- thus
- anga
- O King
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- bhajatam
- of those devotees engaged in service
- mukundah
- the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- muktim
- liberation
- dadati
- delivers
- karhicit
- at any time
- sma
- indeed
- na
- not
- bhakti-yogam
- loving devotional service
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, the Supreme Person, Mukunda, is actually the maintainer of all the members of the Pandava and Yadu dynasties. He is your spiritual master, worshipable Deity, friend, and the director of your activities. To say nothing of this, He sometimes serves your family as a messenger or servant. This means He worked just as ordinary servants do. Those engaged in getting the Lord’s favor attain liberation from the Lord very easily, but He does not very easily give the opportunity to render direct service unto Him.