Text 18] The Opulence and Sweetness of Krsna 241

TEXT 18

GAS BIS AG Seca ASS |
TRA SAC SS SA HAYS sv It

e-mata anyatra nahi suniye adbhuta
yahdra sravane citta haya avadhtta

SYNONYMS

e-mata—like this; anyatra—anywhere else; nahi—not; suniye—! hear;
adbhuta—wonderful event; yahara—of which; sravane —by hearing; citta—con-
sciousness; haya—becomes; avadhita—agitated and cleansed.

TRANSLATION

“We do not hear of such wonderful things anywhere. Simply by hearing of
those incidents, one’s consciousness is agitated and cleansed.

. PURPORT

When Lord Krsna was present in the earthly Vrndavana, Lord Brahma, taking
Him to be an ordinary cowherd boy, wanted to test His potency. Therefore Lord
Brahma stole all the cows, calves and cowherd boys from Krsna and hid them by
his illusory energy. When Krsna saw that Brahma had stolen His cows, calves and
cowherd boys, He immediately created many material and spiritual planets in Lord
Brahma’s presence. Within a moment, cows, cowherd boys, calves and unlimited
Vaikunthas— all expansions of the Lord’s spiritual energy—were manifested. As
stated in the Brahma-samhita: ananda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih. Not only
did Krsna create all the paraphernalia of His spiritual energy, but He also created
unlimited material universes with unlimited Brahmas. All these pastimes, which
are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, will cleanse one’s consciousness. In this way
one can actually understand the Absolute Truth. The spiritual planets in the
spiritual sky are called Vaikunthas, and each of them has a predominating Deity
(Narayana) with a specific name. Similarly, in the material sky there are innumer-
able universes, and each is dominated by a specific deity, a Brahma. Krsna
simultaneously created all these Vaikuntha planets and universes within a
moment of Brahma’s return.

The word avadhuta means “rambling, agitating, moving, absorbed, defeated.”
In some readings of Caitanya-caritamrta, it is said: yahara sravane citta-mala haya
dhita. Instead of the word avadhita, the words haya dhuta, meaning that the
heart or consciousness is cleansed, is used. When the consciousness is cleansed,
one can understand what and who Krsna is. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita (7.28):
