Canto & Chapters
The Summum Bonum (90 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Chapter 2530v
Chapter 25
Chapter 2630v
Chapter 26
Chapter 2730v
Chapter 27
Chapter 2830v
Chapter 28
Chapter 2930v
Chapter 29
Chapter 3030v
Chapter 30
Chapter 3130v
Chapter 31
Chapter 3230v
Chapter 32
Chapter 3330v
Chapter 33
Chapter 3430v
Chapter 34
Chapter 3530v
Chapter 35
Chapter 3630v
Chapter 36
Chapter 3730v
Chapter 37
Chapter 3830v
Chapter 38
Chapter 3930v
Chapter 39
Chapter 4030v
Chapter 40
Chapter 4130v
Chapter 41
Chapter 4230v
Chapter 42
Chapter 4330v
Chapter 43
Chapter 4430v
Chapter 44
Chapter 4530v
Chapter 45
Chapter 4630v
Chapter 46
Chapter 4730v
Chapter 47
Chapter 4830v
Chapter 48
Chapter 4930v
Chapter 49
Chapter 5030v
Chapter 50
Chapter 5130v
Chapter 51
Chapter 5230v
Chapter 52
Chapter 5330v
Chapter 53
Chapter 5430v
Chapter 54
Chapter 5530v
Chapter 55
Chapter 5630v
Chapter 56
Chapter 5730v
Chapter 57
Chapter 5830v
Chapter 58
Chapter 5930v
Chapter 59
Chapter 6030v
Chapter 60
Chapter 6130v
Chapter 61
Chapter 6230v
Chapter 62
Chapter 6330v
Chapter 63
Chapter 6430v
Chapter 64
Chapter 6530v
Chapter 65
Chapter 6630v
Chapter 66
Chapter 6730v
Chapter 67
Chapter 6830v
Chapter 68
Chapter 6930v
Chapter 69
Chapter 7030v
Chapter 70
Chapter 7130v
Chapter 71
Chapter 7230v
Chapter 72
Chapter 7330v
Chapter 73
Chapter 7430v
Chapter 74
Chapter 7530v
Chapter 75
Chapter 7630v
Chapter 76
Chapter 7730v
Chapter 77
Chapter 7830v
Chapter 78
Chapter 7930v
Chapter 79
Chapter 8030v
Chapter 80
Chapter 8130v
Chapter 81
Chapter 8230v
Chapter 82
Chapter 8330v
Chapter 83
Chapter 8430v
Chapter 84
Chapter 8530v
Chapter 85
Chapter 8630v
Chapter 86
Chapter 8730v
Chapter 87
Chapter 8830v
Chapter 88
Chapter 8930v
Chapter 89
Chapter 9030v
Chapter 90
Canto 10, Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Verse 31 (SB 10.3.31)
SB 10.3.31 • मूल श्लोक
विश्वं यदेतत् स्वतनौ निशान्ते यथावकाशं पुरुष: परो भवान् । बिभर्ति सोऽयं मम गर्भगोऽभू- दहो नृलोकस्य विडम्बनं हि तत् ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
viśvaṁ yad etat sva-tanau niśānte yathāvakāśaṁ puruṣaḥ paro bhavān bibharti so ’yaṁ mama garbhago ’bhūd aho nṛ-lokasya viḍambanaṁ hi tat
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
viśvam — the entire cosmic manifestation; yat etat — containing all moving and nonmoving creations; sva-tanau — within Your body; niśā-ante — at the time of devastation; yathā-avakāśam — shelter in Your body without difficulty; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; paraḥ — transcendental; bhavān — Your Lordship; bibharti — keep; saḥ — that (Supreme Personality of Godhead); ayam — this form; mama — my; garbha-gaḥ — came within my womb; abhūt — it so happened; aho — alas; nṛ-lokasya — within this material world of living entities; viḍambanam — it is impossible to think of; hi — indeed; tat — that (kind of conception).
Translation
“At the time of devastation, the entire cosmos, containing all created moving and nonmoving entities, enters Your transcendental body and is held there without difficulty. But now this transcendental form has taken birth from my womb. People will not be able to believe this, and I shall become an object of ridicule.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaAs explained in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, loving service to the Personality of Godhead is of two different kinds: aiśvarya-pūrṇa, full of opulence, and aiśvarya-śīthila, without opulence. Real love of Godhead begins with aiśvarya-śīthila, simply on the basis of pure love.
premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanenasantaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayantiyaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁgovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
(Brahma-saṁhitā 5.38)
Pure devotees, whose eyes are anointed with the ointment of prema, love, want to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Śyāmasundara, Muralīdhara, with a flute swaying in His two hands. This is the form available to the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, who are all in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Śyāmasundara, not as Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, who is worshiped in Vaikuṇṭha, where the devotees admire His opulence. Although Devakī is not on the Vṛndāvana platform, she is near the Vṛndāvana platform. On the Vṛndāvana platform the mother of Kṛṣṇa is mother Yaśodā, and on the Mathurā and Dvārakā platform the mother of Kṛṣṇa is Devakī. In Mathurā and Dvārakā the love for the Lord is mixed with appreciation of His opulence, but in Vṛndāvana the opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not exhibited.
There are five stages of loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead — śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and mādhurya. Devakī is on the platform of vātsalya. She wanted to deal with her eternal son, Kṛṣṇa, in that stage of love, and therefore she wanted the Supreme Personality of Godhead to withdraw His opulent form of Viṣṇu. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura illuminates this fact very clearly in his explanation of this verse.
Bhakti, bhagavān and bhakta do not belong to the material world. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26):
māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇabhakti-yogena sevatesa guṇān samatītyaitānbrahma-bhūyāya kalpate
“One who engages in the spiritual activities of unalloyed devotional service immediately transcends the modes of material nature and is elevated to the spiritual platform.” From the very beginning of one’s transactions in bhakti, one is situated on the transcendental platform. Vasudeva and Devakī, therefore, being situated in a completely pure devotional state, are beyond this material world and are not subject to material fear. In the transcendental world, however, because of pure devotion, there is a similar conception of fear, which is due to intense love.
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ) and as confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ), without bhakti one cannot understand the spiritual situation of the Lord. Bhakti may be considered in three stages, called guṇī-bhūta, pradhānī-bhūta and kevala, and according to these stages there are three divisions, which are called jñāna, jñānamayī and rati, or premā — that is, simple knowledge, love mixed with knowledge, and pure love. By simple knowledge, one can perceive transcendental bliss without variety. This perception is called māna-bhūti. When one comes to the stage of jñānamayī, one realizes the transcendental opulences of the Personality of Godhead. But when one reaches pure love, one realizes the transcendental form of the Lord as Lord Kṛṣṇa or Lord Rāma. This is what is wanted. Especially in the mādhurya-rasa, one becomes attached to the Personality of Godhead (śrī-vigraha-niṣṭha-rūpādi). Then loving transactions between the Lord and the devotee begin.
The special significance of Kṛṣṇa’s bearing a flute in His hands in Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana, is described as mādhurī … virājate. The form of the Lord with a flute in His hands is most attractive, and the one who is most sublimely attracted is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Rādhikā. She enjoys supremely blissful association with Kṛṣṇa. Sometimes people cannot understand why Rādhikā’s name is not mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Actually, however, Rādhikā can be understood from the word ārādhana, which indicates that She enjoys the highest loving affairs with Kṛṣṇa.
Not wanting to be ridiculed for having given birth to Viṣṇu, Devakī wanted Kṛṣṇa, with two hands, and therefore she requested the Lord to change His form.