298 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19
PURPORT

Lord Krsna has many forms, as stated in Brahma-samhita (5.33): advaitam
acyutam anadim ananta-ropam. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Raghupati
Upadhyaya which form was the best of Lord Krsna’s millions of forms, and he im-
mediately replied that the supreme form was the Syamasundara form. In that
form, Krsna stands curved in three places and holds His flute. The Syamasundara
form is also described in Brahma-samhita (5.38):

premafjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti
yam syamasundaram acintya-guna-svaripam
govindam dadi-purusam tam aharn bhajami
“| 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 Syama-
sundara situated within the heart of the devotee.”

Those who are filled with ecstatic love for Krsna always see the form of Syama-
sundara within their hearts. Raghupati Upadhyaya confirms that the Absolute
Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has many incarnations—Narayana,
Nrsirnha, Varaha and others—but Krsna is distinguished as the supermost. Ac-
cording to Srimad-Bhagavatam: krsnas tu bhagavan svayam. “Krsna is the original
Personality of Godhead.” Krsna means Syamasundara, who plays His flute in
Vrndavana. Of all forms, this form is the best of all. Krsna lives sometimes in
Mathura and sometimes in Dvaraka, but Mathura is considered the better place.
This is also confirmed by Rapa Gosvami in his Upadesamrta (9): vaikunthaj janito
vara madhu-puri. ““Madhu-puri, or Mathur, is far superior to the Vaikunthalokas in
the spiritual world.”

TEXT 103
atan, colle, CHICA, CONS TA’ SHH?
‘as CHCMTABS CHT’ — STR GATTA 900 U
balya, pauganda, kaisore, srestha mana’ kaya?
‘vayah kaisorakam dhyeyam’——kahe upadhyaya
SYNONYMS

balya—childhood; pauganda—the boyhood age before youth; kaisore—the
beginning of youth; srestha—best; mana’—you think; kaya—which; vayah—the
age; kaisorakam—kaisora or fresh youth; dhyeyam—most worshipable; kahe—
said; upadhyaya—Raghupati Upadhyaya.
