Verse Text
ubhayeṣāṁ sadārādhya-dhiyaiva bhajatām api |
sevakānām ihaiśvarya-jṣānasyaiva pradhānatā ||
lālyānāṁ tu sva-sambandha-sphūrter eva samantataḥ ||154||
Translation
Though both the servants and the lālyas worship Kṛṣṇa constantly as the most worthy person of worship, awareness of the Lord’s majesty is more prominent in the servants. Identification as the relatives (His children) of Kṛṣṇa is more prominent in the minds of the lālyas.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
There are two kinds of devotees engaged in devotional service with awe and veneration—the Lord’s subordinates and His sons. The servitors in the abode of Dvārakā always worship Kṛṣṇa as the most respectable and revered Personality of Godhead. They are captivated by Kṛṣṇa because of His superexcellent opulences. The members who always thought themselves protected by Kṛṣṇa could readily convert their conviction into practical demonstration, because it was sometimes found that the sons of Kṛṣṇa acted very unlawfully in various places but were nonetheless given full protection by Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.