Unalloyed Devotion 191

reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of for-
tune, or gopis.”’

In the spiritual world there are kalpa-vrksa trees, which yield whatever
type of fruit we desire. In the material world a mango tree cannot supply
grapes, nor can a grapevine supply mangoes. In the spiritual world, how-
ever, if we take a mango from a tree and at the same time desire grapes,
the tree will supply them. This is called a ‘‘desire tree.’ These are
some of the actualities of the spiritual world.

In this material world we require sunlight and moonlight, but in the
spiritual world there is no need of sunlight and moonlight because every-
thing and everyone is effulgent. In krsna-lila, Krsna stole butter, and the
neighborhood friends of mother YaSoda complained. Actually they were
not complaining, but were just enjoying the bodily features and the fun of
Krsna. They told mother Yasoda, ‘“‘Your son comes to our house and
steals butter. We try to conceal it in the dark so that He cannot see it, but
somehow He still finds it out. You had better take away all His ornaments
because we think that the light of His jewels helps Him find the butter-
pot.’’ Mother Yasoda replied, ‘“Yes, I will take off all His ornaments.”’
But the neighbors would reply, ‘‘No, no. It is useless. Somehow this boy
has an effulgence that comes out of Himself. He can find the butter even
without the ornaments.’’ Thus the transcendental body is effulgent.

It is because of the effulgence of Krsna’s transcendental body that
there is light. Whatever light we see is simply borrowed light from
Krsna’s effulgence. As stated in the Brahma-samhitd (5.40):

yasya prabha prabhavato jagadanda-koti-
kotisvy aSesa-vasudhadi-vibhuti-bhinnam

tad brahma niskalam anantam aSesa-bhitam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“In the millions and millions of universes there are innumerable planets,
and each of them is different from the others by its cosmic constitution.
All of these planets are situated within the spiritual effulgence called the
brahmajyoti. This brahmajyoti is the bodily effulgence of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, whom I worship.”

The bodily effulgence of Krsna generates millions of universes. In this
solar system the sun produces many planets, and because of sunshine the
planets are warm and the seasons change. Because of the sun there are
trees, green foliage, fruits, and flowers. Similarly, whatever we see in cre-
ation is all due to Krsna’s bodily effulgence.
