कथं बयं नाथ चिरोषिते त्वयि प्रसन्नदृष्ट्या खिलतापशोषणं जीवेम ते सुन्दरहासशोभितमपश्यमाना वदनम्मनोहरम् इति चोदीरिता वाचः प्रजानां भक्तवत्सलः शृण्वानो ऽनुग्रहं दृष्टया वितन्वन्प्राविशत्पुरम्
kathaṁ bayaṁ nātha ciroṣite tvayi prasanna-dṛṣṭyā khila-tāpaśoṣaṇaṁ jīvema te sundara-hāsa-śobhitam apaśyamānā vadanam manoharam iti codīritā vācaḥ prajānāṁ bhakta-vatsalaḥ śṛṇvāno 'nugrahaṁ dṛṣṭayā vitanvan prāviśat puram
Synonyms
katham—how; bayam—we; nātha—O Lord; ciroṣite—being abroad almost always; tvayi—by You; prasanna—satisfaction; dṛṣṭayā—by the glance; khila—universal; tāpa—miseries; śoṣaṇam—vanquishing; jīvema—shall be able to live; te—Your; sundara—beautiful; hāsa—smiling; śobhitam—decorated; apaśyamānā—without having seen; vadanam—face; manoharam—attractive; iti—thus; codīritā—speaking; vācaḥ—words; prajānām—of the citizens; bhakta-vatsalaḥ—kind to the devotees; śṛṇvānaḥ—thus hearing; anugraham—kindness; dṛṣṭayā—by glances; vitanvan—distributing; prāviśat—entered; puram—Dvārakāpurī..
Translation
O master, if You live abroad all the time, then we cannot look at Your attractive face whose smiles vanquish all our sufferings. How can we exist without Your presence?
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa's attraction is so powerful that once being attracted by Him no one can tolerate separation from Him. Why is this so? Because we are all eternally related with Him as the sun rays are eternally related with the sun disc. The sun rays are molecular parts of the solar radiation. Thus the sun rays and the sun cannot be separated. The separation by the cloud is temporary and artificial, and as soon as the cloud is cleared, the sun rays again display their natural effulgence in the presence of the sun. Similarly, the living entities, who are molecular parts of the whole spirit, are separated from the Lord by the artificial covering of māyā, illusory energy. This illusory energy or the curtain of māyā has to be removed, and when it is so done, the living entity can see the Lord face to face, and all his miseries are at once removed. Every one of us wants to remove the miseries of life, but we do not know how to do it. The solution is given here, and it rests on us to assimilate it or not.