Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.52
hareś cet tattva-vijñānaṁ naivāsya ghaṭate dayā |
[haresh chet tattva-vijnaanam naivaasya ghatate dayaa |]
tad-abhāve tv asau dāna-vīre ’ntar-bhavati sphuṭam ||52||
[tad-abhaave tv asau daana-veere ’ntar-bhavati sphutam ||52||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hareś cet tattva-vijñānaṁ naivāsya ghaṭate dayā |
tad-abhāve tv asau dāna-vīre ’ntar-bhavati sphuṭam ||52||
If Mayūradhvaja were aware that the brāhmaṇa was actually Kṛṣṇa, he would not have displayed such compassion. Without the display of compassion, he would instead be a clear example of a dāna-vīra, one who gives to the Lord in surrender.
Purport
He had full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the garb of a brāhmaṇa, and he is known as the perfect dāna-vīra, or renouncer.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
Without the Lord disguising Himself (as a helpless brāhmaṇa), Mayūradhvaja would not have manifested compassion (since he would know that the Lord is not helpless).
My note
Source: vedabase.io