Srimad Bhagavatam
Canto Ten. Volume 6. Chapter 21
TRANSLATION AND PURPORT BY Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swamiji
Song of the Flute
Text 1
sri suka uvaca
ittham sarat-svaccha-jalam padmakara-sugandhina
nyavisad vayuna vatam sa go-gopalako 'cyutah
Translation
Sri Sukadeva Goswami said: Thus due to the start of the autumn season, the ponds and lakes of Vrindaban forest were transformed into crystal clear water and became filled with fragrant blossomed lotuses. As the aroma of those lotuses was carried by the wind everywhere, the infallible Lord, Sri Krsna, together with His cows and cowherd friends, entered into that forest.
Purport
In the previous chapter, Sri Sukadeva Goswami explained about the beauty of Sri Vrindaban Dham, and now in this chapter he explains how Lord Sri Krsna melodiously plays His flute to attract the Gopis' (cowherd girls) attention towards Him. Before Lord Sri Krsna performs this pastime, His internal potency, Yogamaya, arranges the suitable atmosphere by beautifying Vrindaban for Krsna's flute playing. Actually Krsna's playing of the flute was just to pacify the burning hearts of the Gopis, because within their hearts they were longing to be with Krsna.
In this verse the name acyuta used for Krsna signifies that no category of material contamination can affect Him or anyone in close contact with Him. One may ask, how can one know who is in contact with the Lord? The answer is stated in the Mundaka Upanisad, yam evaisa vrnute tena labhyas, "The surrendered soul who is accepted by the Lord as His servant belongs to Him and thus he is in close contact with Him." Such a soul, even though seemingly materially engaged, remains free from every material contamination. | |
