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CC Antya 5.145

‘বান্ধে সবারে’ — তাতে অবিদ্যা ‘বন্ধু’ হয় ।
‘অবিদ্যা-নাশক’ — ‘বন্ধুহন্’-শব্দে কয় ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
‘bāndhe sabāre’ — tāte avidyā ‘bandhu’ haya
‘avidyā-nāśaka’ — ‘bandhu-han’-śabde kaya

Synonyms

bāndhebinds; sabāreeveryone; tātetherefore; avidyānescience, or māyā; bandhubinder or relative; hayais; avidyā-nāśakavanquisher of māyā; bandhu-han-śabdeby the word bandhu-han; kayamother Sarasvatī says.

Translation

“Nescience, or māyā, may be called ‘bandhu’ because she entangles everyone in the material world. Therefore by using the word ‘bandhu-han,’ mother Sarasvatī says that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the vanquisher of māyā.

Purport

Everyone is entangled in the illusory energy, but as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14), mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: as soon as one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, he is freed from māyā. Therefore Kṛṣṇa may be called bandhu-han, the killer of māyā.