Shloka 29
The Deliverance of King Nṛga and the Warning Against Taking Brāhmaṇa Property
नमस्ते सर्वभावाय ब्रह्मणेऽनन्तशक्तये । कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय योगानां पतये नम: ॥ २९ ॥
namas te sarva-bhāvāya brahmaṇe ’nanta-śaktaye kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya yogānāṁ pataye namaḥ
Again and again I bow to You—O source of all existence, the Supreme Brahman of limitless potencies; to Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, the Lord of all yogic paths, my obeisances.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments that King Nṛga here offers his obeisances to Brahman — that is, the Absolute Truth — who is unchanged in spite of performing activities. Since ancient times, Western philosophers have puzzled over the question of how God can be unchanging and yet perform activities. Śrīdhara Svāmī states that this doubt is answered here by the term ananta-śaktaye, which describes the Lord as “the possessor of unlimited potency.” Thus through the Lord’s infinite potencies He can perform innumerable activities without changing His essential nature.
FAQs
This verse directly addresses Kṛṣṇa as “brahmaṇe ’nanta-śaktaye”—the Absolute Brahman who possesses infinite potencies—showing that the personal Lord Kṛṣṇa is identical with the Supreme Absolute, fully empowered and unlimited.
In the Syamantaka-jewel narrative, Akrūra is portrayed as a devoted associate who recognizes Kṛṣṇa’s supreme position; he praises Kṛṣṇa as the source of all existence and the master of all yogic power, expressing surrender and reverence amid the unfolding events around the jewel.
The verse encourages placing spiritual practice under devotion: rather than seeking power or control through “yoga,” one can cultivate humility, prayer, and remembrance of the Lord as the true controller, bringing steadiness, ethical living, and inner peace.