Shloka 31
Kṛṣṇa’s Arrival at Dvārakā
Dvārakā-praveśa and Bhakta-vātsalya
पत्न्य: पतिं प्रोष्य गृहानुपागतं विलोक्य सञ्जातमनोमहोत्सवा: । उत्तस्थुरारात् सहसासनाशयात् साकं व्रतैर्व्रीडितलोचनानना: ॥ ३१ ॥
patnyaḥ patiṁ proṣya gṛhānupāgataṁ vilokya sañjāta-mano-mahotsavāḥ uttasthur ārāt sahasāsanāśayāt sākaṁ vratair vrīḍita-locanānanāḥ
طویل جدائی کے بعد شوہر کو گھر لوٹتا دیکھ کر رانیوں کے دل میں جشنِ مسرت جاگ اٹھا۔ وہ فوراً اپنی نشستوں اور دھیان سے اٹھ کھڑی ہوئیں؛ رواج کے مطابق حیا سے چہرہ ڈھانپ کر شرمیلی نگاہوں سے دیکھنے لگیں۔
As mentioned above, the Lord entered His home palaces occupied by 16,108 queens. This means that the Lord at once expanded Himself in as many plenary expansions as there were queens and palaces and entered in each and every one of them simultaneously and separately. Here is another manifestation of the feature of His internal potency. He can expand Himself in as many forms of spiritual identity as He desires, even though He is one without a second. It is confirmed by the Śruti-mantra that the Absolute is one alone, and yet He becomes many as soon as He so desires. These manifold expansions of the Supreme Lord are manifested as plenary and separated portions. The separated portions are representations of His energy, and the plenary portions are manifestations of His Personality. Thus the Personality of Godhead manifested Himself in 16,108 plenary expansions and simultaneously entered into each and every one of the palaces of the queens. This is called vaibhava, or the transcendental potency of the Lord. And because He can do so, He is also known as Yogeśvara. Ordinarily, a yogī or mystic living being is able to expand himself at utmost to tenfold expansions of his body, but the Lord can do so to the extent of as many thousands or infinitely, as He likes. Unbelievers become astonished to learn that Lord Kṛṣṇa married more than sixteen thousand queens because they think of Lord Kṛṣṇa as one of them and measure the potency of the Lord by their own limited potency. One should know, therefore, that the Lord is never on the level of the living beings, who are but expansions of His marginal potency, and one should never equalize the potent and the potency, although there is very little difference of quality between the potent and the potency. The queens were also expansions of His internal potency, and thus the potent and potencies are perpetually exchanging transcendental pleasures, known as pastimes of the Lord. One should not, therefore, become astonished to learn that the Lord married so many wives. On the contrary, one should affirm that even if the Lord marries sixteen thousand million wives, He is not completely manifesting His unlimited and inexhaustible potency. He married only sixteen thousand wives and entered in each and every one of the different palaces just to impress in the history of the human beings on the surface of the earth that the Lord is never equal to or less than any human being, however powerful he may be. No one, therefore, is either equal to or greater than the Lord. The Lord is always great in all respects. “God is great” is eternal truth.
FAQs
This verse shows their inner joy at Kṛṣṇa’s return and their gentle, modest conduct—devotion expressed through both heartfelt emotion and refined etiquette.
Their bashful, downcast eyes reflect chastity, cultured restraint, and the respectful mood of devoted wives meeting their beloved husband after separation.
It highlights how love can be expressed through eagerness to serve, respectful behavior, and purity in relationships—keeping devotion and dignity together.