SB 1.15.5 "Arjuna said : O King! The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari,
who treated me exactly like an intimate friend, has left me alone. Thus my astounding power, which astonished
even the demigods, is no longer with me."
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| Arjun remembering Krishna after His departure |
When Krishna decides to
leave the planet, Arjuna is left deeply
aggrieved by a sentiment of separation.
Coming back from Dvaraka he speaks to Yudhisthira the pains of his heart
now that his dearest friend has left. Krishna
has always enhanced the glories of his devotee and friend and now Arjuna
reveals how Krishna was glorious in causing and facilitating all his victories,
as he had not that power and ability without his friendship.
Four principles of
friendship - 1) Trust; 2) knowledge about the friend; 3) to concede, ability to give out
one's opinions and position to comply with friend's; 4) Opening one's heart are imbued in this
poetry,as Arjuna speaks about his friendship with Krishna so that one can be
inspired in cultivating the devotional service's anga -to become friend with
Krishna - in the most personal and desirable way that Krishna appreciates and
enjoys.
This is independently of
the eternal sakhya-rasa, because friendship is developed during sadhana bhakti
is based on respect.
The beauty of this
passage in the Bhagavatam is the unveiling of the sakhya rasa of Arjuna in a
time of separation revealing all the depth of his loving relationship with
Krishna, which in Bhagavad Gita is presented veiled by the dasya mood.
