Madhya-līlā

Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Verse 90 of 148
Cc Madhya 21.90

ঽত্র্যধীশ্বরঽশব্দের অর্থ ঽগূঢঽ আর হয ঽত্রিঽশব্দে কৃষ্ণের তিন লোক কয

ऽत्र्यधीश्वरऽशब्देर अर्थ ऽगूढऽ आर हय ऽत्रिऽशब्दे कृष्णेर तिन लोक कय

'tryadhīśvara'-śabdera artha 'gūḍha' āra haya 'tri'-śabde kṛṣṇera tina loka kaya

Synonyms

tri-adhīśvaratryadhīśvara; śabderaof the word; arthaa meaning; gūḍhaconfidential; āraanother; hayathere is; tri-śabdeby the word "three"; kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa; tina loka kayathe three places or properties of Lord Kṛṣṇa..

Translation

"There is a very deep meaning in the word tryadhīśvara, which indicates that Kṛṣṇa possesses three different lokas, or natures.

Purport

The word tryadhīśvara means "proprietor of the three worlds." There are three worlds of which Kṛṣṇa is the supreme proprietor. This is explained in Bhagavad-gītā:

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

"The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrificies and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries." (Bg. 5.29)

The word sarva-loka means "all three worlds," and the word maheśvara means "the supreme proprietor." Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of both material and spiritual worlds. The spiritual world is divided into two portions—Goloka Vṛndāvana and the Vaikuṇṭhas. The material world is a combination of universes unlimited in number.

Verse 90 of 148
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