Madhya-līlā

Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Verse 68 of 148
Cc Madhya 21.68

রুদ্রগণ আইলা লক্ষ কোটিবদন ইন্দ্রগণ আইলা লক্ষ কোটিনযন

रुद्रगण आइला लक्ष कोटिवदन इन्द्रगण आइला लक्ष कोटिनयन

rudra-gaṇa āilā lakṣa koṭi-vadana indra-gaṇa āilā lakṣa koṭi-nayana

Synonyms

rudra-gaṇathe Śivas; āilāarrived; lakṣa koṭi-vadanapossessing a hundred thousand and ten million faces; indra-gaṇathe Indras; āilāarrived; lakṣaa hundred thousand; koṭiten million; nayanaeyes..

Translation

"There also arrived many Lord Śivas with various heads numbering one hundred thousand and ten million. Many Indras also arrived, and they had hundreds of thousands of eyes all over their bodies.

Purport

It is said that Indra, the King of heaven, is very lusty. Once he tactfully had sexual intercourse with the wife of a great sage, and when the sage learned about this, he cursed the lusty Indra with a curse that put vaginas all over his body. Being very ashamed, Indra fell down at the lotus feet of the great sage and begged his pardon. Being compassionate, the sage turned the vaginas into eyes; therefore Indra possesses hundreds and thousands of eyes all over his body. Just as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva have many faces, the King of heaven, Indra, has many eyes.

Verse 68 of 148
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