Verse 1.5.88

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.88:

बन्धु-वत्सल इत्य् आशा-तन्तुर् यश् चावलम्ब्यते ।
स त्रुट्येद् यदुभिस् तस्य गाढ-सम्बन्ध-मर्शनात् ॥ ८८ ॥

bandhu-vatsala ity āśā-tantur yaś cāvalambyate |
sa truṭyed yadubhis tasya gāḍha-sambandha-marśanāt || 88 ||

“Śrī Kṛṣṇa is merciful to His kinsfolk.” Thinking in this manner, I had taken shelter of hope. Now, by seeing His strong relationship with the Yādavas, that hope has also been shattered.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira concluded his speech by mentioning the Yādavas as the recipients of Bhagavān’s special mercy. Similarly, Śrī Kuntī-devī also abandons the hope of obtaining darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and she is concluding her speech by indicating the Yādavas to be the recipients of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

“Śrī Kṛṣṇa is very loving to His relatives, that is, most affectionate. Thinking in this way, I took shelter of a thread of hope, even that thread of hope also seems to have now become fractured. Why? Śrī Kṛṣṇa now has a close relationship with the Yādavas. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, so Śrī Kṛṣṇa has an unbreakable relationship with them in the form of sons and brothers. We have seen that His unbreakable relationship with the Yādavas is full of special mutual affection and has the characteristics of master and servitor relationship. In other words, after thinking about those relationships, I have understood that it is possible for Him to naturally neglect lesser relatives in comparison to superior relatives."