KK 46.2 – Sri Krishna’s leela-smaran is the churning that throws up the amrit called ‘sakshatkar’.

The poet is thinking, how will I get darshan of such a beauty?

Then he is describing that beautiful appearance – “bahula-chikurabharam– “His grooming includes expertly arranged heavy hair-do”. It is heavy because flower garlands adorn His hair. It is also baddha-pichchavatangsam’ – ‘Peacock feathers beautify His crowning glory’. He is chapala-chapalanetram – ‘His eyes that are naturally restless are now darting here and there more quickly than a lightning even.”

Charu-bimba-adhara-oshtham’ means ‘His naturally alluring lips are rosy like ripened the bimba’. madhura-madhura-hâsam’ means ‘His smile is full of sweet ras’. ‘mandâra-udâra-lilâm’ – He is as magnanimous as Mandâr Mountain or as generous as a wish-fulfilling tree.


Mandâr Mountain was so magnanimous that he allowed himself to be used as a churning-rod to whip the Ocean of Milk. This is why ‘amrit’ leelâs are like the Mandâr Mountain. If we hear, say and meditate on His leelâs (that is, keep churning them in our hearts), we too will surely get Sri Krishna’s darshan-amrit (nectarine vision).

We should note the point that, the demi-gods and the asuras had brought Mandâr Mountain with tremendous difficulty and had put in lots of labour to churn the Ocean of Milk and ultimately obtained ‘amrit’ that belonged to the material world. But Sri Krishna’s leelâ-smaran is not only easy but also very pleasurable and by doing this we will obtain the Divine ‘Amritam’ – that is – Sri Krishna’s darshan!

Srila Chaitanyadâs Goswâmipâd has explained that Sri Lilâshuk is once again overwhelmed with extreme eagerness to behold Sri Krishna. He is chastising his eyes and saying, ‘My eyes are forever seeking That Murâri with His enchanting appearance. But why blame them? His very thick hair is weighing down and is bound enchantingly with peacock-feathers’. This signifies that Murâri’s appearance is captivating. Then the poet goes on to describe Sri Krishna’s beautiful eyes and smile. After this he states that his eyes are agitated because ‘mandâra-udâr-lilâm – ‘His divine pastimes are like Mandâr Mountain’. Just as Mandâr had agitated the Ocean of Milk and taken away the ‘amrit’ from it, similarly Sri Krishna’s enchanting appearance has stolen all patience[1] from my eyes. Srila Chaitanyadâs’ explanation too is very nice. 46.

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[1] Patience is likened to ‘amrit’ since it is a very precious quality of a devotee.

2 thoughts on “KK 46.2 – Sri Krishna’s leela-smaran is the churning that throws up the amrit called ‘sakshatkar’.

  1. Jai Sri Priyaji!Didi, have you thought about getting all this katha published in book form?  Simple book form, nothing fancy or expensive.  We don’t care about grammatical mistakes and stuff like that…….. 
  2. Jay Radhe !

    How is it possible that you are praying so sincerely to Ishwari and She does not answer your prayer? 🙂 Since you are ready to undergo such a vast torture (tolerate grammatical mistakes and ‘stuff’ like that) then we’d better release the book in a month or so. 🙂

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