← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 8: Prayers of Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved

Verse 38 of 52
SB 1.8.38

ke vayaṁ nāma-rūpābhyāṁ yadubhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ bhavato 'darśanaṁ yarhi hṛṣīkāṇām iveśituḥ

Synonyms

kewho are; vayamwe; nāma-rūpābhyāmwith our fame and ability; yadubhiḥalong with the Yadus; sahaand the Pandavas; pāṇḍavāḥyour; bhavataḥabsence; adarśanamas if; yarhiof the senses; hṛṣīkāṇāmlike; ivaof the living being.

Translation

As the name and fame of a particular body is finished along with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly if you do not look upon us all our fame and activities along with the Pandavas and Yadus will end at once.

Purport

Kunti Devi is quite conscious of the existence of the Pandavas is due to Sri Krishna only. The Pandvas are undoubtedly well established in name and fame and is guided by the great king Yudishtir who is Mortality Personified and the Yadus are undoutedly the great allies of them but without the guidence of Lord Krishna all of them are non-entities as much as the senses of the body are useless without the guidance of the living being. No body should therefore be proud of his false prestige, power and fame without being guided by the favour of the Supreme Lord. The Living Beings are always dependant and the ultimate dependable object is the Lord Himself. We may, therefore, invent by our advancement of material knowledge all sorts of counteracting material resources but without being guided by the Lord all such inventions end in fiasco however strong and stout the reactionary elements may be.

Verse 38 of 52
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