Hiraṇyakaśipu Terrorizes the Universe

Verse 41 (SB 7.4.41)

SB 7.4.40

SB 7.4.42

SB 7.4.41 • मूल श्लोक

क्‍वचिदुत्पुलकस्तूष्णीमास्ते संस्पर्शनिर्वृत: । अस्पन्दप्रणयानन्दसलिलामीलितेक्षण: ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

kvacid utpulakas tūṣṇīm āste saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ aspanda-praṇayānanda- salilāmīlitekṣaṇaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

kvacit — sometimes; utpulakaḥ — with the hairs of his body standing on end; tūṣṇīm — completely silent; āste — remains; saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ — feeling great joy by contact with the Lord; aspanda — steady; praṇaya-ānanda — due to transcendental bliss from a relationship of love; salila — filled with tears; āmīlita — half-closed; īkṣaṇaḥ — whose eyes.

Translation

“Sometimes, feeling the touch of the Lord’s lotus hands, he became spiritually jubilant and remained silent, his hairs standing on end and tears gliding down from his half-closed eyes because of his love for the Lord.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

When a devotee feels separation from the Lord, he becomes eager to see where the Lord is, and sometimes when he feels pangs of separation, tears flow incessantly from his half-closed eyes. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Śikṣāṣṭaka, yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam. The words cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam refer to tears falling incessantly from the devotee’s eyes. These symptoms, which appear in pure devotional ecstasy, were visible in the body of Prahlāda Mahārāja.