tad deva-deva bhavataÅ› caraṇÄravinda-
sevÄnubhÄvam iha paÅ›yatu loka eá¹£aḥ
ye tvÄá¹ bhajanti na bhajanty uta vobhayeá¹£Äá¹
niá¹£á¹hÄá¹ pradarÅ›aya vibho kuru-sṛñjayÄnÄm
tat - therefore; deva-deva - O Lord of lords; bhavataḥ - Your; caraṇa-aravinda - to the lotus feet; sevÄ - of service; anubhÄvam - the power; iha - in this world; paÅ›yatu - may they see; lokaḥ - the populace; eá¹£aḥ - this; ye - who; tvÄm - You; bhajanti - worship; na bhajanti - do not worship; uta vÄ - or else; ubhayeá¹£Äm - of both; niá¹£á¹hÄm - the status; pradarÅ›aya - please show; vibho - O all-powerful one; kuru-sṛñjayÄnÄm - of the Kurus and Sṛñjayas.
Therefore, O Lord of lords, let the people of this world see the power of devotional service rendered to Your lotus feet. Please show them, O almighty one, the position of those Kurus and Sṛñjayas who worship You, and the position of those who do not.
Here we clearly see the heart of a preacher. The great devotee Yudhiá¹£á¹hira MahÄrÄja implores Lord Kṛṣṇa to demonstrate plainly the result of worshiping Him and the result of not worshiping Him. If the people of the world could understand this, they could begin to recognize that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that everyone’s ultimate self-interest lies in surrendering to Him. As confirmed by great authorities, Yudhiá¹£á¹hira MahÄrÄja is a pure devotee of the Lord, and thus his actual motivation in discharging his duties as a king was to establish the supremacy of Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the real purport of the activities of the PÄṇá¸avas, which are described in both the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam and the MahÄbhÄrata.
