Text 20] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka 531
thief. But in spite of His being famous as a thief, He is worshiped as a thief,
whereas in the mundane world a thief is punished and is never praised.
Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, everything is applicable to
Him, and still in spite of all contradictions He is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead.
TEXT 20
TUATHA TASHA |
2 Ly ~
wiaexgreiat =| aa gfrmRtTeR: Rol
anyonyam asit sajijalpa
uttama-sloka-cetasam
kauravendra-pura-strinam
sarva-sruti-mano-harah
anyonyam—among one another; asit—there were; sanjalpah—
about; uttama-sloka—the Supreme, who is praised by selected poetry;
cetasam—of those whose hearts are absorbed in that way; kauravendra—
the king of the Kurus; pura—capital; strinadm—all the ladies; sarva—all;
sruti—the Vedas; manah-harah—attractive to the mind.
TRANSLATION
The ladies on the roofs of all the houses of Hastinapura, who were all
absorbed in the thought of the transcendental qualities of the Lord who is
sung in select poetry, began to talk of Him. This talk was more attractive
than the hymns of the Vedas.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that in all the Vedic literatures the goal is
the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna. Factually the glories of the Lord are
depicted in such literature as the Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. And
in the Bhagavatam they are specifically mentioned in respect to the
Supreme Lord. Therefore, while the ladies on the tops of the houses in the
capital of the kings of the Kuru dynasty were talking about the Lord they
were more pleasing than the Vedic hymns. Anything sung in the praise of
the Lord is Sruti-mantra. There are songs of Thakur Narottama Dasa, one
of the acaryas in the Gaudiya-sampradaya, composed in simple Bengali
