Text 39] Description of the Kingdom of God 615
krtsna-prasada-sumukham sprhaniya-dhama
snehavaloka-kalaya hrdi samsprsantam
syame prthav urasi gobhitaya sriya svas-
cudamanim subhagayantam ivatma-dhisnyam

krtsna-prasada—blessing everyone; sumukham—auspicious face;
sprhaniya—desirable; dhama—shelter; sneha—affection; avaloka—looking
upon; kalaya—by expansion; hrdi—within the heart; samsprsantam—touch-
ing; syame—unto the Lord with blackish color; prthau—broad; urasi—
chest; sobhitaya—being decorated; sriya—goddess of fortune; svah-heaven-
ly planets; cudamanim—summit; subhagayantam—spreading good fortune;
iva—like; atma—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dhisnyam—abode.

TRANSLATION

The Lord is the reservoir of all pleasure. His auspicious presence is meant
for everyone’s benediction, and His affectionate smiling and glancing touch
the core of the heart. The Lord’s beautiful bodily color is blackish, and His
broad chest is the resting place of the goddess of fortune, who glorifies the
entire spiritual world, which is the summit of all heavenly planets. Thus it
appeared that the Lord was personally spreading the beauty and good
fortune of the spiritual world.

PURPORT

When the Lord came, He was pleased with everyone; therefore it is
stated here, krtsna-prasada-sumukham. The Lord knew that even the offen-
sive doormen were His pure devotees, although by chance they committed
an offense at the feet of other devotees. To commit an offense against a
devotee is very dangerous in devotional service. Lord Caitanya therefore
said that an offense to a devotee is just like a mad elephant run loose; when
a mad elephant enters a garden, he tramples all the plants. Similarly, an
offense unto the feet of a pure devotee murders one’s position in devotion-
al service. On the part of the Lord there was no offended mood because He
does not accept any offense created by His sincere devotee. But a devotee
should be very cautious of committing offenses at the feet of another
devotee. The Lord, being equal to all, and being especially inclined to His
devotee, looked as mercifully at the offenders as at the offended. This
attitude of the Lord was due to His unlimited quantity of transcendental
qualities. His cheerful attitude towards the devotees was so pleasing and
heart-touching that His very smiling was attractive for them. That attrac-
tion was glorious not only for all the higher planets of this material world,
but beyond, for the spiritual world also. Generally a human being has no
