Shloka 38
Brahmā’s Bewilderment and Kṛṣṇa Becoming the Calves and Cowherd Boys
Brahma-vimohana-līlā
इति सञ्चिन्त्य दाशार्हो वत्सान्सवयसानपि । सर्वानाचष्ट वैकुण्ठं चक्षुषा वयुनेन स: ॥ ३८ ॥
iti sañcintya dāśārho vatsān sa-vayasān api sarvān ācaṣṭa vaikuṇṭhaṁ cakṣuṣā vayunena saḥ
เมื่อทรงใคร่ครวญดังนี้ พระพลรามผู้เป็นดาศารหะก็ทรงเห็นด้วยดวงตาแห่งญาณทิพย์ว่า ลูกวัวทั้งหลายและสหายของกฤษณะเหล่านี้ทั้งหมด ล้วนเป็นการแผ่ขยายแห่งรูปของพระศรีกฤษณะ
Every individual is different. There are even differences between twin brothers. Yet when Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself as the boys and calves, each boy and each calf appeared in its own original feature, with the same individual way of acting, the same tendencies, the same color, the same dress, and so on, for Kṛṣṇa manifested Himself with all these differences. This was Kṛṣṇa’s opulence.
FAQs
This verse says Kṛṣṇa perceived that the calves and the cowherd boys were actually Vaikuṇṭha in nature—indicating the Lord’s spiritual potency present even within His intimate earthly pastimes.
To show that Kṛṣṇa’s knowledge is not ordinary perception—He simultaneously ‘sees’ and fully ‘knows’ by His innate, divine awareness, recognizing the spiritual truth behind the apparent forms.
Cultivate the habit of looking beyond appearances—through prayerful discernment and devotion—so the divine purpose and spiritual reality can be recognized even in everyday situations.