Verse 1.4.77

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.77:

किं वा स-स्नेह-कातर्यात् तेषां नाचरति प्रभुः ।
सेवा सख्यं प्रियत्वं तद्-अन्योऽन्यं भाति मिश्रितम् ॥ ७७ ॥

kiṃ vā sa-sneha-kātaryāt teṣāṃ nācarati prabhuḥ |
sevā sakhyaṃ priyatvaṃ tad-anyo'nyaṃ bhāti miśritam || 77 ||

Which service does Bhagavān not do, being controlled by the affection of the Pāṇḍavas? In other words, He does every activity for them. Bhagavān and the Pāṇḍavas mutually serve one another and show friendship and affection at the same time.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

What duty did Śrī Kṛṣṇa, being controlled by the affection of the Pāṇḍavas, not do? He broke His vow of “I shall not fight” for the Pāṇḍavas. For the Pāṇḍavas He even accepted attacks of weapons by Bhīṣma and others. Spiritually considered (paramārtha vicāra), Bhagavān, being dear to everyone, behaves friendly towards everyone; but what sort of confidence and service does He show towards such small mortals? In reply, he says that the tendency of service is in connection to the body; on the other hand, these three, that is, service, friendship and affection, mutually co-mingle with each other in sentiment.

Namely, without service, there is no friendship, and without friendship, there is no affection to be seen. Without affection, there is no friendship, and in friendship, no involuntary service to be seen, otherwise, all these results are simply deceptive. In other words, service, friendship and affection mutually performed by Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas are displayed at the same time.

In this way, service, friendship and affection exhibited by Śrī Kṛṣṇa unto the Pāṇḍavas and similarly to Śrī Kṛṣṇa by the Pāṇḍavas manifests simultaneously. In contrast, even if the Pāṇḍavas served Śrī Kṛṣṇa alone, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa did not offer service to the Pāṇḍavas, then that service would not seem so attractive. Therefore, mutual services by both sides are manifest together.