← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 11: Lord Krishna's Entrance at Dwarka

Verse 10 of 37
SB 1.11.10

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

kathamhow; bayamwe; nāthaoh my Lord; ciroṣitebeing abroad almost always; tvayiby you; prasannasatisfaction Dristya—by the glance; dṛṣṭayāuniversal; khilamiseries; tāpavanquishing; śoṣaṇamshall be able to live, te—your; jīvemabeautiful; tesmiling; sundaradecorated; hāsawithout having seen; śobhitamface; apaśyamānāattractive; vadanamthus; manoharamspeaking; itiwords; codīritāof the citizens; vācaḥkind to the devotees; prajānāmthus hearing; bhakta-vatsalaḥkindness; śṛṇvānaḥby glances; anugrahamdistributing; dṛṣṭayāentered; vitanvanDwarkapuri.

Translation

Oh our Master, if you live abroad for all the time, then we are unable to look at your attractive face with smile of full satisfaction and thus you vanquish all ours sufferings. How then we can exist without your presence. The Lord who is very kind to the citizens and to the devotees thus hearing the speeches of them entered in to the city of Dwarka and acknowledged all their greetings with His transcendental glance over them.

Purport

Lord Krishna's attraction is so powerful that once being attracted by Him no body can tolerate the separation from Him. Why it is so ? Because we are all enternally related with him as the sun rays are enternally related with Sun disc. The sun rays are molecular parts of the solar radiation. As such the sun rays and the sun cannot be separated. The separation by cloud is temporary and artificial; and as soon as the cloud is cleared the sun rays again display its natural effulgence in the presence of the sun. Similary the living entities who are molecular parts of the Whole Spirit is separated from the Lord by the artificial covering of Maya illuusory energy. This illusory energy or the curtain of Maya has to be removed and when it is so done the living entity can see Lord face to face and all their miseries are at once removed. Every one of us want to remove 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.

Verse 10 of 37
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