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Prayers by Queen Kuntī
395
Absolute Personality of Godhead is beyond the range of the thinking power of the greatest philosopher. He is unknowable by great learning or by the greatest brain. He is only knowable by one who has his mercy. Others may go on thinking about Him for years together, yet he is unknowable. This very fact is corroborated by the Queen, and she is playing the part of an innocent woman. Women in general are unable to speculate like philosophers, but they are blessed by the Lord because they believe at once in the superiority and almightiness of the Lord, and thus they offer obeisances without reservation. The Lord is so kind that he does not only show special favor to one who is a great philosopher. He knows the sincerity of purpose. For this reason only, women generally assemble in great number in any sort of religious function. In every country and in every sect of religion it appears that the women are more interested than the men. This simplicity of acceptance of the authority of the Lord is more effective than showy insincere religious fervor.
TEXT 21
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च । नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥२१॥
kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya devakī-nandanāya ca nanda-gopa-kumārāya govindāya namo namaḥ
kṛṣṇāya —the Supreme Lord;  vāsudevāya —unto the son of Vasudeva;  devakī-nandanāya —unto the son of Devakī;  ca —and;  nanda-gopa —Nanda and the cowherd men;  kumārāya —unto their son;  govindāya —unto the Personality of Godhead who enlivens the cows and the senses;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  namaḥ —obeisances.
TRANSLATION
Let me, therefore, offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devakī, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vṛndāvana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.
PURPORT
The Lord, being thus unapproachable by any material assets, out of unbounded and causeless mercy descends on the earth as He is in order