२१९८
Šššš  (Calitanya:caritāmyta)
[[Madhya-lilā] Ch 19]
PURPORT
Lord Kṛṣṇa has many forms, as stated in  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.33):  advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Raghupati Upādhyāya which form was the best of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s millions of forms, and he immediately replied that the supreme form was the Śyāmasundara form. In that form, Kṛṣṇa stands curved in three places and holds His flute. The Śyāmasundara form is also described in  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.38):
premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena  
 santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti  
 yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ  
 govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He is seen in His eternal form of Śyāma-sundara situated within the heart of the devotee.”
Those who are filled with ecstatic love for Krṣṇa always see the form of Śyāmasundara within their hearts. Raghupati Upādhyāya confirms that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has many incarnations—Nārāyaṇa, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha and others—but Krṣṇa is distinguished as the supermost. According to  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam :  krṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam . “Krṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead.” Krṣṇa means Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute in Vṛndāvana. Of all forms, this form is the best of all. Krṣṇa lives sometimes in Mathurā and sometimes in Dvārakā, but Mathurā is considered the better place. This is also confirmed by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his  Upadeśāmṛta  (9):  vaikuṇṭhāj janito varā madhu-purī . “Madhu-purī, or Mathurā, is far superior to the Vaikuṇṭhalokas in the spiritual world.”
TEXT 103
বাল্য, পৌগঙ্গ, কৈশোরে, শ্রেষ্ঠ মান’ কার ?
‘বহুঃ কৈশোরকং ধেয়রং’— কছে উপাধ্যায় ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
bālya, paugaṇḍa, kaiśore, śreṣṭha māna’ kāya? ‘vayaḥ kaiśorakaṁ dhyeyaṁ’—kahe upādhyāya
SYNONYMS
bālya —childhood;  paugaṇḍa —the boyhood age before youth;  kaiśore —the beginning of youth;  śreṣṭha —best;  māna’ —you think;  kāya —which;  vayaḥ —the age;  kaiśorakam — kaiśora  or fresh youth;  dhyeyam —most worshipable;  kahe —said;  upādhyāya —Raghupati Upādhyāya.