SB 4.28.25
TEXT 25
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TEXT
विकृष्यमाणः प्रसभं यवनेन बलीयसा ।
नाविन्दत्तमसाविष्टः सखायं सुहृदं पुरः ॥ २५ ॥ vikrsyamanaḥ prasabham
yavanena baliyasa
navindat tamasavistaḥ
sakhayam suhrdam puraḥ
vikrsyamanaḥ-being dragged; prasabham-forcibly; yavanena-by the Yavana; baliyasa-who was very powerful; na avindat-could not remember; tamasa-by darkness of ignorance; avistaḥ-being covered; sakhayam-his friend; suhrdam-always a well-wisher; puraḥ-from the very beginning.
TRANSLATION
When King Puranjana was being dragged with great force by the powerful Yavana, out of his gross ignorance he still could not remember his friend and well-wisher, the Supersoul.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna says:
bhoktaram yajna-tapasam
sarva-loka-mahesvaram suhrdam sarva-bhūtanam jnatva mam santim rcchati "The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries." (Bg. 5.29)
A person can be in full Krsna consciousness and become happy and satisfied if he knows but three things-namely, that the Supreme Lord Krsna is the enjoyer of all benefits, that He is the proprietor of everything, and that He is the supreme friend of all living entities. If one does not know this and functions instead under the bodily conception, he is always harassed by the tribulations offered by material nature. In actuality, the Supreme Lord is sitting by the side of everyone.
isvaraḥ sarva-bhūtanam
hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati bhramayan sarva-bhūtani yantrarūḍhani mayaya "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy." (Bg. 18.61)
The living entity and the Supersoul are sitting side by side in the same tree, but despite being harassed by the laws of material nature, the foolish living entity does not turn toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead for protection. However, he thinks that he is able to protect himself from the stringent laws of material nature. This, however, is not possible. The living entity must turn toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead and surrender unto Him. Only then will he be saved from the onslaught of the powerful Yavana, or Yamaraja.
The word sakhayam (friend) is very significant in this verse because God is eternally present beside the living entity. The Supreme Lord is also described as suḥrdam (ever well-wisher). The Supreme Lord is always a well-wisher, just like a father or mother. Despite all the offenses of a son, the father and mother are always the son's well-wisher. Similarly, despite all our offenses and defiance of the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord will give us immediate relief from all the hardships offered by material nature if we simply surrender unto Him. Lord Krsna also confirms this in Bhagavad-gita:
daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." (Bg. 7.14).
Unfortunately, due to our bad association and great attachment for sense gratification, we do not remember our best friend, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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