Text 61] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 73
tatrodvahat pasupa-varhsa-sisutva-ndtyam
brahmadvayam param anantam agadha-bodham
vatsan sakhin iva pura parito vicinvad
ekam sa-pdni-kavalam paramesthy acasta

tatra—there (in Vrndavana); udvahat—assuming; pasupa-vamsa-
Sisutva-natyam—the play of being a child in a family of cowherd men
(another of Krsna’s names is Gopala, “He who maintains the cows’’);
brahma—the Absolute Truth; advayam—without a second; param—
the Supreme; anantam—unlimited; agddha-bodham—possessing un-
limited knowledge; vatsén—the calves; sakhin—and His friends, the
boys; iva purd—just as before; paritah—everywhere; vicinvat—
searching; ekam—alone, all by Himself; sa-pdni-kavalam—with a
morsel of food in His hand; paramesthi—Lord Brahma; acasta—saw.

TRANSLATION

Then Lord Brahma saw the Absolute Truth—who is one without
a second, who possesses full knowledge and who is unlimited—
assuming the role of a child in a family of cowherd men and stand-
ing all alone, just as before, with a morsel of food in His hand,
searching everywhere for the calves and His cowherd friends.

PURPORT

The word agddha-bodham, meaning “full of unlimited knowledge,”
is significant in this verse. The Lord’s knowledge is unlimited, and
therefore one cannot touch where it ends, just as one cannot measure the
ocean. What is the extent of our intelligence in comparison to the vast
expanse of water in the ocean? On my passage to America, how insignifi-
cant the ship was, like a matchbox in the midst of the ocean. Krsna’s in-
telligence resembles the ocean, for one cannot imagine how vast it is. The
best course, therefore, is to surrender to Krsna. Don’t try to measure
Krsna.

The word advayam, meaning “‘one without a second,” is also signifi-
cant. Because Brahma was overcast by Krsna’s maya, he was thinking
himself the Supreme. In the material world, everyone thinks, “I am the
best man in this world. I know everything.” One thinks, ““Why should I
read Bhagavad-gita? | know everything. I have my own interpretation.”
