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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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यं मन्यसे मातुलेयं प्रियं मित्रं सुहृत्तमम् अकरोः सचिवं दूतं सौहृदादथ सारथिम्
yaṁ manyase mātuleyaṁ priyaṁ mitraṁ suhṛttamam akaroḥ sacivaṁ dūtaṁ sauhṛdād atha sārathim
WORD BY WORD
yam the person; manyase you think; mātuleyam maternal cousin; priyam very dear; mitram friend; suhṛt-tamam ardent well-wisher; akaroḥ executed; sacivam counsel; dūtam messenger; sauhṛdāt by good will; atha thereupon; sārathim charioteer;
TRANSLATION
| O King, that personality whom, out of ignorance only, you thought to be your maternal cousin, your very dear friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., is that very Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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PURPORT
| Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, although acting as the cousin, brother, friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., of the Pāṇḍavas, was still the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Out of His causeless mercy and favor upon His unalloyed devotees, He performs all kinds of service, but that does not mean that He has changed His position as the Absolute Person. To think of Him as an ordinary man is the grossest type of ignorance.
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