Shloka 39
Brahmā’s Boons, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Cosmic Tyranny, and Prahlāda’s Transcendental Qualities
क्वचिद्रुदति वैकुण्ठचिन्ताशबलचेतन: । क्वचिद्धसति तच्चिन्ताह्लाद उद्गायति क्वचित् ॥ ३९ ॥
kvacid rudati vaikuṇṭha- cintā-śabala-cetanaḥ kvacid dhasati tac-cintā- hlāda udgāyati kvacit
ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າໃນສຳນຶກພຣະຄຣິຊນະ ຈິດຂອງທ່ານຖືກແຕ້ມດ້ວຍການຄິດເຖິງໄວຄຸນຖະ. ບາງຄັ້ງທ່ານຮ້ອງໄຫ້ ບາງຄັ້ງຫົວເຮາະ; ບາງຄັ້ງປິຕິຍິນດີ ແລະບາງຄັ້ງຮ້ອງເພງດັງໆ.
This verse further clarifies the comparison of a devotee to a child. If a mother leaves her small child in his bed or cradle and goes away to attend to some family duties, the child immediately understands that his mother has gone away, and therefore he cries. But as soon as the mother returns and cares for the child, the child laughs and becomes jubilant. Similarly, Prahlāda Mahārāja, being always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa, sometimes felt separation, thinking, “Where is Kṛṣṇa?” This is explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṇa me . When an exalted devotee feels that Kṛṣṇa is invisible, having gone away, he cries in separation, and sometimes, when he sees that Kṛṣṇa has returned to care for him, he laughs, just as a child sometimes laughs upon understanding that his mother is taking care of him. These symptoms are called bhāva. In The Nectar of Devotion, various bhāvas, ecstatic conditions of a devotee, are fully described. These bhāvas are visible in the activities of a perfect devotee.
FAQs
This verse describes how intense remembrance of the Lord can overflow into visible symptoms—crying, laughing, and singing—arising from absorption in Vaikuṇṭha.
Because his mind was absorbed in the Lord; the mixture of longing and joy from meditation on Vaikuṇṭha produced spontaneous emotional expressions.
Regularly meditate on the Lord through mantra, kīrtana, and reading scripture; over time, remembrance transforms stress into steadiness and devotion into joy.