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TEXT 3
krsna-vatsair asankhyatair
yuthi-krtya sva-vatsakan
carayanto rbha-lilabhir
vijahrus tatra tatra ha
SYNONYMS
krsnaof Lord Krsna; vatsaihalong with the calves; asankhyataihunlimited; yuthi-krtyaassembled them; sva-vatsakanpersonal calves; carayantahexecuting; arbha-lilabhihby boyhood pastimes; vijahruhenjoyed; tatra tatrahere and there; haindeed.
TRANSLATION
Along with the cowherd boys and their own groups of calves, Krsna came out with an unlimited number of calves assembled. Then all the boys began to sport in the forest in a greatly playful spirit.
PURPORT
In this verse the words krsna-vatsair asankhyataih are significant. The word asankhyata means unlimited. Krsnas calves were unlimited. We may speak of hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, billions, trillions, tens of trillions, and so on, but when we go further to speak of numbers impossible for us to count, we are speaking of unlimited numbers. Such unlimited numbers are indicated here by the word asankhyataih. Krsna is unlimited, His potency is unlimited, His cows and calves are unlimited, and His space is unlimited. Therefore He is described in Bhagavad-gita as Parabrahman. The word brahman means unlimited, and Krsna is the Supreme Unlimited, Parabrahman. Therefore, we should not consider the statements of this verse to be mythological. They are factual, but inconceivable. Krsna can accommodate an unlimited number of calves and an unlimited measurement of space. This is neither mythological nor false, but if we study Krsnas potency with our limited knowledge, that potency will never be possible to understand. Atah sri-krsna-namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih [BRS.
No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Sri Krsna through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him. (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234)
Sri Sanatana Gosvami, in the Brhad-bhagavatamrta, states that since everything about Krsna is unlimited, nothing is impossible for Him. It is in this sense that we have to understand this verse.
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