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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.264

yathā śrī-daśame–
[yathaa shree-dashame–]
mallānām aśanir nṝṇāṁ naravaraḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān
[mallaanaam ashanir nreenaam naravarah streenaam smaro moortimaan]
gopānāṁ svajano ’satāṁ kṣitirbhujāṁ śāstā sva-pitroḥ śiśuḥ |
[gopaanaam svajano ’sataam kshitirbhujaam shaastaa sva-pitroh shishuh |]
mṛtyur bhoja-pater virāḍ aviduṣāṁ tattvaṁ paraṁ yogināṁ
[mrityur bhoja-pater viraad avidushaam tattvam param yoginaam]
vṛṣṇīnāṁ paradevateti vidito raṅgaḥ gataḥ sāgrajaḥ ||264||
[vrishneenaam paradevateti vidito rangah gatah saagrajah ||264||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā śrī-daśame–
mallānām aśanir nṝṇāṁ naravaraḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān
gopānāṁ svajano ’satāṁ kṣitirbhujāṁ śāstā sva-pitroḥ śiśuḥ |
mṛtyur bhoja-pater virāḍ aviduṣāṁ tattvaṁ paraṁ yogināṁ
vṛṣṇīnāṁ paradevateti vidito raṅgaḥ gataḥ sāgrajaḥ ||264||
An example from the Tenth Canto: The various groups of people in the arena regarded Kṛṣṇa in different ways when He entered it with His elder brother. The wrestlers saw Kṛṣṇa as a lightning bolt, the men of Mathurā as the best of males, the women as Cupid in person, the cowherd men as their relative, the impious rulers as a chastiser, His parents as their child, the King of the Bhojas as death, the unintelligent as the Supreme Lord’s universal form, the yogīs as the Absolute Truth and the Vṛṣṇis as their supreme worshipable Deity. SB 10.43.17

As far as Kṛṣṇa’s predomination is concerned, in the Tenth Canto, Forty-third Chapter, verse 17, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Kṛṣṇa is described thus by Śukadeva Gosvāmī to King Parīkṣit: “My dear King, Kṛṣṇa is a thunderbolt to the wrestlers; to the common man He is the most beautiful human being; to the young girls He is just like Cupid; to the cowherd men and women He is the most intimate relative; to the impious kings He is the supreme ruler; to His parents, Nanda and Yaśodā, He is just a baby; to Kaṁsa, the King of Bhoja, He is death personified; to the dull and stupid He is just like a stone; to the yogīs He is the Supreme Absolute Truth; and to the Vṛṣṇis He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In such a predominating position, Kṛṣṇa appeared in that arena along with His older brother, Balarāma.” When Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of all mellows, was present in the arena of Kaṁsa, He appeared differently to the different persons who were related to Him in different mellows. It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā that He appears to every person according to one’s relationship with Him.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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