Shloka 41
Nārada Sees Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Yoga-māyā in the Palaces of the Queens
Dvāra-kā-līlā
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्याचरन्तं सद्धर्मान् पावनान् गृहमेधिनाम् । तमेव सर्वगेहेषु सन्तमेकं ददर्श ह ॥ ४१ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ity ācarantaṁ sad-dharmān pāvanān gṛha-medhinām tam eva sarva-geheṣu santam ekaṁ dadarśa ha
Śukadeva sprach: So sah Nārada in jedem Palast denselben Herrn in derselben persönlichen Gestalt, wie Er die transzendentalen Prinzipien des Dharma vollzog, die die im Hausstand Tätigen reinigen.
In this verse Śukadeva Gosvāmī repeats what the Lord has Himself explained. As Śrīla Prabhupāda writes in Kṛṣṇa: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead was engaged in His so-called household affairs in order to teach people how one can sanctify one’s household life although one may be attached to the imprisonment of material existence. Actually, one is obliged to continue the term of material existence because of household life. But the Lord, being very kind upon householders, demonstrated the path of sanctifying ordinary household life. Because Kṛṣṇa is the center of all activities, a Kṛṣṇa conscious householder’s life is transcendental to Vedic injunctions and is automatically sanctified.”
FAQs
This verse states that the one Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, was seen present in all homes simultaneously—revealing His divine power to expand while remaining one.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates to Mahārāja Parīkṣit that Nārada Muni observed Kṛṣṇa performing ideal household duties, and then witnessed the same Kṛṣṇa present in every residence of Dvārakā.
Kṛṣṇa models sanctified household life: one can live responsibly and purely in family duties while keeping God at the center, remembering His presence everywhere.