Ādi 3.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

সন্ত্ববতারা বহবঃ পঙ্কজনাভস্য সর্বতোভদ্রাঃ
কৃষ্ণাদন্যঃ কো বা লতাস্বপি প্রেমদো ভবতি ॥ ২৭ ॥

santv avatara bahavah

paṅkaja-nabhasya sarvato bhadrah

krsnad anyah ko va latasv

api premado bhavati

SYNONYMS

santu-let there be; avatarah-incarnations; bahavah-many; paṅkaja-nabhasya-of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower; sarvatah bhadrah-completely auspicious; krsnat-than Lord Krsna; anyah-other; kah va-who possibly; latasu-on the surrendered souls; api-also; prema-dah-the bestower of love; bhavati-is.

TRANSLATION

"'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri Krsna can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'

PURPORT

This quotation from Bilvamaṅgala Thakura is found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.37).

[Adi 3.27-1957]