Use all senses to serve the master of senses, not for personal gratification, and become free.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.23 — April 15, 1973, Los Angeles 730415SB-LOS ANGELES [39:17 Minutes] SB-01.08.23_730415SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya rādhā-mādhava] [04:58] [prema-dhvāṇī prayers] Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī kaṁsena ruddhāticiraṁ śucārpitā vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt [SB 1.8.23] [devotees chant verse; Prabhupada corrects pronunciation of a number of devotees]
Prabhupāda: That's all right. Now, word meanings. Pradyumna: yathā—as it were; hṛṣīkeśa—the master of the senses; khalena—by the envious; devakī—Devakī (the mother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa); kaṁsena—by King Kaṁsa; ruddhā—imprisoned; ati-ciram—for a long time; śuca-arpitā—distressed; vimocitā—released; aham ca—also myself; saha-ātma-jā—along with my children; vibho—O great one; tvayā eva—by Your Lordship; nāthena—as the protector; muhuḥ—constantly; vipat-gaṇāt—series of dangers. [13:36] Translation: "O Hṛṣīkeśa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devakī, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kaṁsa, and myself and my children from a series of constant dangers." Prabhupāda: So this is the position of devotees, that Devakī, who happens to be the mother of Kṛṣṇa... She's not ordinary woman.
Who can become the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The most advanced devotee, so that Kṛṣṇa has agreed to become her son. In his previous life, the husband and wife, they underwent severe austerities, and when Kṛṣṇa appeared before them and wanted to give them benediction, they wanted a son like God. So where can be another person who is equal to God?
That is not possible. "God" means there is no equal, there is no greater. Asama-urdhva. That is God. God, there cannot be any competition, that "You are God, I am God, he is God, he is God." No.
These are dogs. They are not God. God means without competition: one. God is one.
Nobody is great... Asamordhva: nobody is greater than Him. Nobody is equal to Him. Everyone is lower.