188 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who plays on His transcendental
flute. His eyes are like lotus flowers, He is decorated with peacock
plumes, and His bodily color resembles the color of a fresh black cloud,
although His bodily features are more beautiful than millions of
Cupids.” This beauty of the Supreme Lord can be seen by devotees who
are in love with Him, devotees whose eyes are anointed with love of God-
head (premdjijana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena).

The Lord is also known as Giridhari or Girivara-dhari. Because Krsna,
for the sake of His devotees, lifted Govardhana Hill, the devotees ap-
preciate the Lord’s inconceivable strength; but nondevotees, in spite of
directly perceiving the Lord’s inconceivable strength and power, regard
the Lord’s activities as fictitious. This is the difference between a devotee
and a nondevotee. Nondevotees cannot give any nomenclature for the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet the Lord is known as Syamasun-
dara and Giridhari. Similarly, the Lord is known as Devaki-nandana and
Yasoda-nandana because He accepted the role of son for mother Devaki
and mother Yasoda, and He is known as Gopala because He enjoyed the
sport of maintaining the cows and calves. Therefore, although He has no
mundane name, He is addressed by devotees as Devaki-nandana, Yasoda-
nandana, Gopala and Syamasundara. These are all transcendental names
that only devotees can appreciate and nondevotees cannot.

The history of Krsna the person has been openly seen by everyone, yet
only those who are in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead can
appreciate this history, whereas nondevotees, who have not developed
their loving qualities, think that the activities, form and attributes of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead are fictitious. Therefore this verse ex-
plains, na ndma-riipe guna-janma-karmabhir niriipitavye tava tasya
sdksinah. In this connection, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has
given the example that persons suffering from jaundice cannot taste the
sweetness of sugar candy, although everyone knows that sugar candy is
sweet. Similarly, because of the material disease, nondevotees cannot
understand the transcendental name, form, attributes and activities of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although they actually see the
