Shloka 35
The Deliverance of Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva
Yamala-Arjuna Līlā Prelude and Culmination
यस्यावतारा ज्ञायन्ते शरीरेष्वशरीरिण: । तैस्तैरतुल्यातिशयैर्वीर्यैर्देहिष्वसङ्गतै: ॥ ३४ ॥ स भवान्सर्वलोकस्य भवाय विभवाय च । अवतीर्णोंऽशभागेन साम्प्रतं पतिराशिषाम् ॥ ३५ ॥
yasyāvatārā jñāyante śarīreṣv aśarīriṇaḥ tais tair atulyātiśayair vīryair dehiṣv asaṅgataiḥ
たとえあなたが一見ふつうの魚・亀・猪のような身体に現れようとも、その種の生きものには不可能な御業を示されます――比類なく、超越的で、無量の力に満ちたリーラーを。ゆえに、あなたの御身は物質元素から成るのではなく、至上人格神ご自身の化身です。あなたこそ同じ至上主であり、今、あらゆる衆生の利益と繁栄のために、完全な威力をもって降臨された、祝福の主です。
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.7-8):
FAQs
This verse explains that although the Lord is essentially bodiless (transcendent), He is recognized through His avatāras in embodied forms, displaying incomparable powers untouched by material association.
They emphasize that Krishna’s visible form is not a product of karma or matter; His appearance is a divine descent, and His potency remains unconditioned even while He plays among embodied beings.
It strengthens faith that the Divine can enter our world without being limited by it—encouraging devotion, surrender, and remembrance rather than reducing God to merely human categories.