Shloka 50
Diti’s Untimely Desire and the Birth-Cause of the Asura Line
Prelude to Hiranyākṣa–Varāha
अन्तर्बहिश्चामलमब्जनेत्रं स्वपूरुषेच्छानुगृहीतरूपम् । पौत्रस्तव श्रीललनाललामं द्रष्टा स्फुरत्कुण्डलमण्डिताननम् ॥ ५० ॥
antar bahiś cāmalam abja-netraṁ sva-pūruṣecchānugṛhīta-rūpam pautras tava śrī-lalanā-lalāmaṁ draṣṭā sphurat-kuṇḍala-maṇḍitānanam
Ton petit-fils pourra voir, au dedans comme au dehors, la Personne Suprême, aux yeux de lotus immaculés, qui par grâce prend la forme désirée par le dévot et dont l’épouse est Śrī Lakṣmī. Il contemplera Son visage orné de boucles d’oreilles étincelantes.
It is predicted herewith that the grandson of Diti, Prahlāda Mahārāja, would not only see the Personality of Godhead within himself by meditation but would also be able to see Him personally with his eyes. This direct vision is possible only for one who is highly elevated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for the Lord is not possible to see with material eyes. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has multifarious eternal forms such as Kṛṣṇa, Baladeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Vāsudeva, Nārāyaṇa, Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha and Vāmana, and the devotee of the Lord knows all those Viṣṇu forms. A pure devotee becomes attached to one of the eternal forms of the Lord, and the Lord is pleased to appear before him in the form desired. A devotee does not imagine something whimsical about the form of the Lord, nor does he ever think that the Lord is impersonal and can assume a form desired by the nondevotee. The nondevotee has no idea of the form of the Lord, and thus he cannot think of any one of the above-mentioned forms. But whenever a devotee sees the Lord, he sees Him in a most beautifully decorated form, accompanied by His constant companion the goddess of fortune, who is eternally beautiful.
FAQs
This verse states that the spotless, lotus-eyed Lord mercifully accepts a perceivable form in accordance with the desire of His own devotee, enabling direct darshan.
Maitreya is instructing Vidura about the Lord’s purity and compassion—how Bhagavan reveals Himself and grants vision of His beautiful form to the devoted, as part of the broader teachings in Canto 3.
Practice sincere bhakti—prayer, remembrance, and service—with faith that the Lord reciprocates; the verse emphasizes divine responsiveness and the purifying effect of meditating on the Lord’s beautiful form.