tad deva-deva bhavataś caraṇāravinda-
sevānubhāvam iha paśyatu loka eṣaḥ
ye tvāḿ bhajanti na bhajanty uta vobhayeṣāḿ
niṣṭhāḿ pradarśaya vibho kuru-sṛñjayānām
tat -- therefore; deva-deva -- O Lord of lords; bhavatah -- Your; carana-aravinda -- to the lotus feet; seva -- of service; anubhavam -- the power; iha -- in this world; pasyatu -- may they see; lokah -- the populace; eshah -- this; ye -- who; tvam -- You; bhajanti -- worship; na bhajanti -- do not worship; uta va -- or else; ubhayesham -- of both; nishtham -- the status; pradarsaya -- please show; vibho -- O all-powerful one; kuru-srinjayanam -- of the Kurus and Srinjayas.
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 Srinjayas who worship You, and the position of those who do not.
Here we clearly see the heart of a preacher. The great devotee Yudhishthira Maharaja implores Lord Krishna 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 Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that everyone's ultimate self-interest lies in surrendering to Him. As confirmed by great authorities, Yudhishthira Maharaja 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 Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the real purport of the activities of the Pandavas, which are described in both the Srimad-Bhagavatam and the Mahabharata.
