Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.63-64

bhoja-vṛṣṇy-andhaka-madhu-

śūrasena-daśārhakaiḥ

ślāghanīyehitaḥ śaśvat

kuru-sṛñjaya-pāṇḍubhiḥ

snigdha-smitekṣitodārair

vākyair vikrama-līlayā

nṛlokaḿ ramayām āsa

mūrtyā sarvāńga-ramyayā

SYNONYMS

bhoja — assisted by the Bhoja dynasty; vṛṣṇi — and by the Vṛṣṇis; andhaka — and by the Andhakas; madhu — and by the Madhus; śūrasena — and by the Śūrasenas; daśārhakaiḥ — and by the Daśārhakas; ślāghanīya — by the praiseworthy; īhitaḥ — endeavoring; śaśvat — always; kuru-sṛñjaya-pāṇḍubhiḥ — assisted by the Pāṇḍavas, Kurus and Sṛñjayas; snigdha — affectionate; smita — smiling; īkṣita — being regarded as; udāraiḥ — magnanimous; vākyaiḥ — the instructions; vikrama-līlayā — the pastimes of heroism; nṛ-lokam — human society; ramayām āsa — pleased; mūrtyā — by His personal form; sarva-ańga-ramyayā — the form that pleases everyone by all parts of the body.

TRANSLATION

Assisted by the descendants of Bhoja, Vṛṣṇi, Andhaka, Madhu, Śūrasena, Daśārha, Kuru, Sṛñjaya and Pāṇḍu, Lord Kṛṣṇa performed various activities. By His pleasing smiles, His affectionate behavior, His instructions and His uncommon pastimes like raising Govardhana Hill, the Lord, appearing in His transcendental body, pleased all of human society.

PURPORT

The words nṛlokaḿ ramayām āsa mūrtyā sarvāńga-ramyayā are significant. Kṛṣṇa is the original form. Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is therefore described here by the word mūrtyā. The word mūrti means "form." Kṛṣṇa, or God, is never impersonal; the impersonal feature is but a manifestation of His transcendental body (yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi [Bs. 5.40]). The Lord is narākṛti, exactly resembling the form of a human being, but His form is different from ours. Therefore the word sarvāńga-ramyayā informs us that every part of His body is pleasing for everyone to see. Apart from His smiling face, every part of His body — His hands, His legs, His chest — is pleasing to the devotees, who cannot at any time stop seeing the beautiful form of the Lord.

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