kecid āhur ajaṁ jātaṁ puṇya-ślokasya kīrtaye yadoḥ priyasyānvavāye malayasyeva candanam
Synonyms
kecit—some body Ahur—says, ajam—the unborn, punyaslokasya—of the great pious king; āhuḥ—for glorifying; ajam—of the king Yadu; jātam—of the dear, anwbaye—in the family of; puṇya-ślokasya—Malaya hills; kīrtaye—sandal wood.
Translation
Some body says that the unborn is now born for glorification of great pious king, other says for pleasing the king Yadu one of your dearest devotess, you are born in his family as much as the Malaya hills are famous for its sandalwood.
Purport
Because the Lord's appearance in this material world is bewildering there are different opinions about the birth of the unborn. In the Bhagwat Geeta the Lord says Himself that He takes His birth in the material world although He is the Lord of all creations and He is unborn. So there cannot be any denial of the birth of the Unborn because He Himself establishes the truth. But still there are different opinions as to why He takes His birth. That is also declared in the Bhagwat Geeta that He appears by His own internal potency for re-establishing the principles of religion and to protect the pious and to annihilate the impious. That is the mission of the appearance of the Unborn. Still they say that the Lord is there for glorifying the pious king Judhisthir. Lord Sri Krishna certainly wanted to establish the kingdom of the Pandavas for the good of all in the world. When there is a pious king over the world the people are happy for the virtuousness of the Ruler. When the Ruler is impious the people are unhappy. In the age of Kali in most cases the rulers are impious and therefore the citizens are also continuously unhappy. But in the case of democracy the impious citizens themselves send their representative to rule over them and therefore they cannot blame any one for their unhappiness all round. Maharaj Nala was also celebrated as the great pious king but he had no connection with Lord Krishna. Therefore Maharaj Yudhisthir is meant here for being glorified by Lord Sri Krishna. He had also glorified King Jadu having taken His birth in the family. He is known as Yadav, Yaduvir, Yadunandan etc. although the Lord is always independant from any such obligation. It is just like the sandal wood grows in Malaya hills. Tree can grow any where and everywhere but yet because the sandal wood trees are mostly in the area of the Malaya hills, the name sandal wood and the Malaya Hill are interrelated. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is ever unborn like the Sun and yet He appears like the sun is risen on the eastern horizon. As the sun is never the son of the eastern horizon so the Lord is nobody's son but He is the Father of everything that be.