Text 20] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 101

Because the Lord’s body is full of knowledge, He always enjoys tran-
scendental bliss. Indeed, His very form is paramananda. This is con-
firmed in the Vedanta-siitra: dnandamayo ’bhydsat. By nature the Lord
is Gnandamaya. Whenever we see Krsna, He is always full of dnanda in
all circumstances. No one can make Him morose. Atmaraméya: He does
not need to search for external enjoyment, because He is self-sufficient.
Santaya: He has no anxiety. One who has to seek pleasure from other
sources is always full of anxiety. Karmis, jndnis and yogis are full of
anxiety because they want something, but a devotee does not want any-
thing; he is simply satisfied in the service of the Lord, who is fully
blissful.

Nivrtta-dvaita-drstaye: in our conditioned life our bodies have dif-
ferent parts, but although Krsna apparently has different bodily parts,
no part of His body is different from any other part. Krsna can see with
His eyes, and Krsna can see without His eyes. Therefore in the
Svetasvatara Upanisad it is said, pasyaty acaksuh. He can see with His
hands and legs. He does not need a particular bodily part to perform a
particular action. Arigani yasya sakalendriya-vrttimanti: He can do any-
thing He desires with any part of His body, and therefore He is called
almighty.

TEXT 20

MAMTA TTAT ATTA AA: |
qiear mea AARASATAMIY [Roll

atmanandénubhityaiva
nyasta-Sakty-iirmaye namah
hrsikesaya mahate

namas te ’nanta-mirtaye

Gtma-dnanda—of Your personal bliss; anubhiitya—by perception;
eva—certainly; nyasta—given up; Sakti-iirmaye —the waves of material
nature; namah—respectful obeisances; hrsikesa4ya—unto the supreme
controller of the senses; mahate—unto the Supreme; namah—respect-
ful obeisances; te—unto You; ananta—unlimited; mirtaye—whose ex-
pansions.
