BRS 3.2.20 — FolioCorpus

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.20

yathā –

[yathaa –]

kā paryety ambikeyaṁ harim avakalayan kampate kaḥ śiro ’sau

[kaa paryety ambikeyam harim avakalayan kampate kah shiro ’sau]

taṁ kaḥ stauty eṣa dhātā praṇamati viluṭhan kaḥ kṣitau vāsavo ’yam |

[tam kah stauty esha dhaataa pranamati viluthan kah kshitau vaasavo ’yam |]

kaḥ stabdho hasyate ’ddhā danujabhid-anujaiḥ pūrvajo ’yaṁ mametthaṁ

[kah stabdho hasyate ’ddhaa danujabhid-anujaih poorvajo ’yam mamettham]

kālindī jāmbavatyāṁ tridaśa-paricayaṁ jāla-randhrād vyatānīt ||20||

[kaalindee jaambavatyaam tridasha-parichayam jaala-randhraad vyataaneet ||20||]

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yathā –

kā paryety ambikeyaṁ harim avakalayan kampate kaḥ śiro ’sau

taṁ kaḥ stauty eṣa dhātā praṇamati viluṭhan kaḥ kṣitau vāsavo ’yam |

kaḥ stabdho hasyate ’ddhā danujabhid-anujaiḥ pūrvajo ’yaṁ mametthaṁ

kālindī jāmbavatyāṁ tridaśa-paricayaṁ jāla-randhrād vyatānīt ||20||

Jāmbavatī asked Kālindī: Who is that person who is circumambulating the Lord? Kālindī said: It is Durgā. Jāmbavatī said: Who is that person who is shaking on seeing the Lord? Kālindī said: It is Śiva. Jāmbavatī said: Who is that person praising the Lord? Kālindī: It is Brahmā. Jāmbavatī said: Who is that lying on the ground offering respects? Kālindī: That is Indra. Jāmbavatī: Who is that who has become stunned, thereby becoming the object of laughter by the young members? Kālindī: It is Yama, my elder brother. In this way Kālindī introduced the devatās to Jāmbavatī while peering through the lattice work.

Purport

Appointed Servants In a conversation between Jāmbavatī, one of Kṛṣṇa’s wives, and Kālindī, her friend, Jāmbavatī inquired, “Who is this personality circumambulating our Kṛṣṇa?” Kālindī replied, “She is Ambikā, the superintendent of all universal affairs.” Then Jāmbavatī inquired, “Who is this personality who is trembling at the sight of Kṛṣṇa?” Kālindī replied, “He is Lord Śiva.” Then Jāmbavatī inquired, “Who is the person offering prayers?” Kālindī replied, “He is Lord Brahmā.” Jāmbavatī then asked, “Who is that person who has fallen on the ground and is offering respect to Kṛṣṇa?” Kālindī replied, “He is Indra, the King of heaven.” Jāmbavatī next inquired, “Who is this person who has come with the demigods and is laughing with them?” Kālindī replied, “He is my elder brother, Yamarāja, the superintendent of death.” This conversation offers a description of all the demigods, including Yamarāja, who are engaged in services appointed by the Lord. They are called adhikṛta-devatā, or demigods appointed to particular types of departmental service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Durgama-saṅgamanī

Commentary

This is an example of the adhikṛtas. Kā paryeti means “who is circumambulating the Lord.” Kaḥ stabdhaḥ means “who is stunned with the sāttvika bhāva called stambha.” Since the actual Yama in charge for the Manvantara period had taken up the body of Vidura, Yama here refers to Aryamā who took the post temporarily.

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