Vṛndāvana & Kāliya · VII. Kāliya-mardana

Verse 63

महाप्रभावनः पूर्ववत्सवत्सपदर्शकः ।कृष्णयादवगोपालो गोपालोकनहर्षितः॥

mahāprabhāvanaḥ pūrvavatsavatsapadarśakaḥ ·kṛṣṇayādavagopālo gopālokanaharṣitaḥ

The Names in This Verse (4)

301 mahāprabhāvanaḥ

of vast might and glory

302 pūrvavatsavatsapadarśakaḥ

who showed forth the original calves and boys

revealing the truth to Brahmā

S.B.G 10.13.42

Who showed the original calves and cowherd boys (before Brahmā restored them) — Brahmā returns to find the original boys all present; the seamless transition is one of the vimohana's key mysteries.

303 kṛṣṇayādavagopālaḥ

Kṛṣṇa, the Yādava cowherd

S.B.G 10.14.1

Kṛṣṇa the Yādava cowherd — Brahmā in his hymn uses this triple identification: the divine person (Kṛṣṇa), the Yādava clan-member, the cowherd; all three are simultaneous.

304 gopālokanaharṣitaḥ

gladdened by, and gladdening, the gaze of the cowherds

S.B.G 10.13.43

Gladdened by the gaze of the cowherd boys — when Brahmā restores them and they look at Kṛṣṇa (their friend) again, his joy at their love is described.