SB 7.10.65, SB 7.10.66, SB 7.10.65-66

TEXTS 65-66

TEXT

अथासौ शक्तिभिः स्वाभिः शम्भोः प्राधानिकं व्यधात् ।
धर्मज्ञानविरक्त्यृद्धि तपोविद्याक्रियादिभिः ।
रथं सूतं ध्वजं वाहान् धनुर्वर्मशरादि यत् ।
सन्नद्धो रथमास्थाय शरं धनुरुपाददे ॥ ६६ ॥

athasau saktibhiḥ svabhiḥ

sambhoḥ pradhanikam vyadhat

dharma-jnana-virakty-rddhi-

tapo-vidya-kriyadibhiḥ

ratham sūtam dhvajam vahan

dhanur varma-saradi yat

sannaddho ratham asthaya

saram dhanur upadade

atha-thereafter; asau-He (Lord Krsna); saktibhiḥ-by His potencies; svabhiḥ-personal; sambhoḥ-of Lord Siva; pradhanikam-ingredients; vyadhat-created; dharma-religion; jnana-knowledge; virakti-renunciation; rddhi-opulence; tapaḥ-austerity; vidya-education; kriya-activities; adibhiḥ-by all these and other transcendental opulences; ratham-chariot; sūtam-charioteer; dhvajam-flag; vahan-horses and elephants; dhanuḥ-bow; varma-shield; sara-adi-arrows and so on; yat-everything that was required; sannaddhaḥ-equipped; ratham-on the chariot; asthaya-seated; saram-arrow; dhanuḥ-unto the bow; upadade-joined.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: Thereafter, Lord Krsna, by His own personal potency, consisting of religion, knowledge, renunciation, opulence, austerity, education and activities, equipped Lord Siva with all the necessary paraphernalia, such as a chariot, a charioteer, a flag, horses, elephants, a bow, a shield and arrows. When Lord Siva was fully equipped in this way, he sat down on the chariot with his arrows and bow to fight with the demons.

PURPORT

As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (): vaisnavanam yatha sambhuḥ: Lord Siva is the best of the Vaisnavas, the devotees of Lord Krsna. Indeed, he is one of the mahajanas, the twelve authorities on Vaisnava philosophy (svayambhūr naradaḥ sambhuḥ kumaraḥ kapilo manuḥ, etc.). Lord Krsna is always prepared to help all the mahajanas and devotees in every respect (kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktaḥ pranasyati). Although Lord Siva is very powerful, he lost a battle to the asuras, and therefore he was morose and disappointed. However, because he is one of the chief devotees of the Lord, the Lord personally equipped him with all the paraphernalia for war. The devotee, therefore, must serve the Lord sincerely, and Krsna is always in the background to protect him and, if need be, to equip him fully to fight with his enemy. For devotees there is no scarcity of knowledge or material requisites for spreading the Krsna consciousness movement.

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