Text 21] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1047

krsna-bhakta— niskama, ataeva ‘sdnta’(Cc. Madhya 19.149). A devotee of
Lord Krsna is always peaceful because he has no desire, whereas the yogis,
karmis and jiidnis have so many desires to fulfill. One may argue that the
devotees have desires, for they wish to go home, back to Godhead, but
such a desire does not agitate the mind. Although he wishes to go back to
Godhead, a devotee is satisfied in any condition of life. Consequently the
word mahan-manah is used in this verse to indicate that the reservoir of
water was as calm and quiet as the mind of a great devotee.

TEXT 21

ARAATAAPERAATAR —|
TANTAATEACSTAATY =—RI

nila-raktotpalambhoja-
kahlarendivarakaram
hamsa-sdrasa-cakrahva-
kdrandava-nikiijitam

nila—blue; rakta—red; utpala—lotus; ambhoja—born from the water;
kahlara—another kind of lotus; indivara—another kind of lotus; dkaram—
the mine; hamsa—swans; sarasa—cranes; cakrahva—the ducks of the name;
kdrandava—birds of the name; nikiijitam—vibrated by their sounds.

TRANSLATION

In that great lake there were different types of lotus flowers. Some of
them were bluish, and some of them were red. Some of them grew at night,
some in the day, and some, like the indivara lotus flower, in the evening.
Combined together, the lotus flowers filled the lake so full that the lake
appeared to be a great mine of such flowers. Consequently on the shores
there were swans and cranes, cakravaka, karandava and other beautiful
water birds, standing about.

PURPORT

The word akaram (mine) is significant in this verse, for the reservoir of
water appeared like a mine from which different types of lotus flowers
were produced. Some of the lotus flowers grew during the day, some at
night and some in the evening, and accordingly they had different names
and different colors. All these flowers were present on that lake, and be-
cause the lake was so calm and quiet and filled with lotus flowers, superior
