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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.2.22

తత్తస్య కైఙ్కర్యమలం భృతాన్నో విగ్లాపయత్యఙ్గ యదుగ్రసేనమ్ । తిష్ఠన్నిషణ్ణం పరమేష్ఠిధిష్ణ్యే న్యబోధయద్దేవ నిధారయేతి ॥ ౨౨ ॥
tat tasya kaiṅkaryam alaṁ bhṛtān no
[tat tasya kainkaryam alam bhritaan no]
viglāpayaty aṅga yad ugrasenam
[viglaapayaty anga yad ugrasenam]
tiṣṭhan niṣaṇṇaṁ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇye
[tishthan nishannam parameshthi-dhishnye]
nyabodhayad deva nidhārayeti
[nyabodhayad deva nidhaarayeti]
tat — therefore tasya — His kaiṅkaryam — service alam — of course bhṛtān — the servitors naḥ — us viglāpayati — gives pain aṅga — O Vidura yat — as much as ugrasenam — unto King Ugrasena tiṣṭhan — being seated niṣaṇṇam — waiting upon Him parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇye — on the royal throne nyabodhayat — submitted deva — addressing my Lord nidhāraya — please know it iti — thus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tat tasya kaiṅkaryam alaṁ bhṛtān no
tat
therefore
tasya
His
kaiṅkaryam
service
alam
of course
bhṛtān
the servitors
viglāpayaty aṅga yad ugrasenam
naḥ
us
viglāpayati
gives pain
tiṣṭhan niṣaṇṇaṁ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇye
aṅga
O Vidura
nyabodhayad deva nidhārayeti
yat
as much as
ugrasenam
unto King Ugrasena
tiṣṭhan
being seated
niṣaṇṇam
waiting upon Him
parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇye
on the royal throne
nyabodhayat
submitted
deva
addressing my Lord
nidhāraya
please know it
iti
thus.
Therefore, O Vidura, does it not pain us, His servitors, when we remember that He [Lord Kṛṣṇa] used to stand before King Ugrasena, who was sitting on the royal throne, and used to submit explanations before him, saying, “O My lord, please let it be known to you”?

Lord Kṛṣṇa’s gentle behavior before His so-called superiors such as His father, grandfather and elder brother, His amiable behavior with His so-called wives, friends and contemporaries, His behavior as a child before His mother Yaśodā, and His naughty dealings with His young girlfriends cannot bewilder a pure devotee like Uddhava. Others, who are not devotees, are bewildered by such behavior of the Lord, who acted just like a human being. This bewilderment is explained by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.11) as follows:

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram

Persons with a poor fund of knowledge belittle the Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, not knowing His exalted position as the Lord of everything. In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord has explained His position clearly, but the demoniac, atheistic student squeezes out an interpretation to suit his own purpose and misleads unfortunate followers into the same mentality. Such unfortunate persons merely pick up some slogans from the great book of knowledge, but are unable to estimate the Lord as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pure devotees like Uddhava, however, are never misled by such atheistic opportunists.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! Kṛṣṇa’s acting as a servant of Ugrasena gives us servants great pain. Standing in from of Ugrasena sitting on the king’s throne he informed him, “O king of kings! Please establish me in your service.” This verse describes Kṛṣṇa as a servant of Ugrasena. O Vidura (aṅga)! Standing in from of Ugrasena seated (niṣaṇṇam) on the king’s throne, Kṛṣṇa informed him, “O king of kings (deva), please establish me in your service.”
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