{"id":682,"date":"2008-09-21T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T05:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=682"},"modified":"2008-09-22T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T04:28:44","slug":"kk-134-sri-krishnas-eyes-make-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/kk-134-sri-krishnas-eyes-make-love\/","title":{"rendered":"KK 13.4 &#8211; Sri Krishna&#8217;s eyes make love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In the verse, &#8220;<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Sri\u201d <\/strong>means all-prosperous. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">When Sri Krishna casts His merciful glance at a devotee,<\/strong> <!--more--> <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">he automatically gains all sorts of spiritual prosperity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/eyes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-683\" title=\"eyes\" src=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/eyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/eyes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/eyes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Srila Chaitanyad\u00e2s Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has written &#8211; Sri Lil\u00e2shuk saw that Sri Krishna\u2019s eyes looked beautiful due to His love for Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 and therefore they manifest various special and handsome <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">bhaavs<\/em> such as the soft smile and sidelong glance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In the beginning of his explanation of this verse, Srila Bhatta Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has written that Sri Krishna\u2019s eyes are reflecting sweeter-than-sweet pastimes, and Srip\u00e2d Lil\u00e2shuk\u2019s heart is absorbed in the sweetness of those eyes. He is praying for a \u2018sphuran\u2019 of how Shy\u00e2msundar is making love with His eyes. He has used the word \u2018<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">nah<\/strong>\u2019 to mean \u2018we\u2019 thus including his companions in his prayer. May Sri Krishna, the Master of our souls manifest Himself in our hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;\">Explanation of \u2018pranaya \u2013 parinatabhy\u00e2m\u2019 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Sri Lil\u00e2shuk has described Sri Krishna\u2019s beautiful eyes as \u2018<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">pranaya\u2013parinatabhy\u00e2m\u2019.<\/strong> \u2018Pranaya\u2019 means love. \u2018Parinata\u2019 means \u2018result\u2019. Any conscious being on which the Loving One casts His gaze becomes overwhelmed with love for Sri Krishna alone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;\">Explanation of \u2018Sri-bhar-\u00e2lamban\u00e2bhyam\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Here \u2018Sri\u2019 means beauty and \u2018\u00e2lamban\u2019 means \u2018seat\u2019. It means that Sri Krishna\u2019s eyes are the ultimate seats of supreme beauty.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> (End of Verse 13, KK to be contd&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; font-family: &quot;Wingdings 2&quot;;\">ddddddddddddddddddddddddd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lil <a href=\"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/kk-134-sri-krishnas-eyes-make-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,71],"tags":[389,50,43,83],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam","category-verse-13","tag-excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam","tag-lilashuk","tag-sri-krishna","tag-sri-krishnas-eyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}