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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.36
Text
yad arīṇāṁ priyāṇāṁ ca
prāpyam ekam ivoditam
tad brahma-kṛṣṇayor aikyāt
kiraṇārkopamā-juṣoḥ
Synonyms

yat-that; arīṇām-of the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; priyāṇām-of the devotees, who are very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca-and; prāpyam-destination; ekam-one only; iva-thus; uditam-said; tat-that; brahma-of impersonal Brahman; kṛṣṇayoḥ-and of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aikyāt-due to the oneness; kiraṇa-the sunshine; arka-and the sun; upamā-the comparison; juṣoḥ-which is understood by.

Translation

"Where it has been stated that the Lord's enemies and devotees attain the same destination, this refers to the ultimate oneness of Brahman and Lord Kṛṣṇa. This may be understood by the example of the sun and the sunshine, in which Brahman is like the sunshine and Kṛṣṇa Himself is like the sun."

Purport

From this incident one can understand that even a person who thinks of Kṛṣṇa as an enemy and is killed by Him may be liberated by becoming one with the body of Kṛṣṇa. What then must be the destination of devotees who always think favorably of Kṛṣṇa as their master or friend? These devotees must attain a situation better than Brahmaloka, the impersonal bodily effulgence of Kṛṣṇa. Devotees cannot be situated in the impersonal Brahman effulgence, into which impersonalists desire to merge. The devotees are placed in Vaikuṇṭhaloka or Kṛṣṇaloka.