Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 17.134

ataeva krishnera 'nāma', 'deha', 'vilāsa'

prākritendriya-grāhya nahe, haya sva-prakāśa

SYNONYMS

ataeva — therefore; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; nāma — the holy name; deha — the spiritual body; vilāsa — the pastimes; prākrita-indriya — by the dull senses made of matter; grāhya — perceptible; nahe — not; haya — are; sva-prakāśa — self-manifested.

TRANSLATION

"The holy name of Krishna, His body and His pastimes cannot be understood by the blunt material senses. They are manifested independently.

PURPORT

Since Krishna's transcendental body, name, form, qualities, pastimes and entourage are all the Absolute Truth, they are as good as Krishna Himself (sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1]). As long as the living entity is conditioned by the three modes of material nature (goodness, passion and ignorance), the objects of his material senses — material form, taste, smell, sound and touch — will not help him understand spiritual knowledge and bliss. Rather, these are revealed to the pure devotee. One's material name, form and qualities are certainly different from one another. In the material world, there is no conception of absolute; however, when we come to Krishna consciousness we find that there is no material difference between Krishna's body and His names, activities and entourage.

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