Vṛndāvana & Kāliya · VI. Aghāsura · Brahma-vimohana

Verse 58

विचित्रशक्तिर् व्यालीनसृष्टगोवत्सवत्सपः ।ब्रह्मत्रपाकरो धातृस्तुतः सर्वार्थसाधकः॥

vicitraśaktir vyālīnasṛṣṭagovatsavatsapaḥ ·brahmatrapākaro dhātṛstutaḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ

The Names in This Verse (5)

266 vicitraśaktiḥ

of wondrous, manifold power

S.B.G 10.14.21

'Of marvellous powers' — Brahmā's hymn marvels at the variegated (vicitra) nature of Kṛṣṇa's powers; he is simultaneously one and many, present and hidden, infinite and contained.

267 vyālīnasṛṣṭagovatsavatsapaḥ

who re-manifested the calves and boys that had been spirited away

S.B.G 10.13.43

'Who emerged from his own creation when Brahmā restored the children' — when Brahmā finally returns the stolen children, Kṛṣṇa's multiplied selves dissolve back into him; the seamless re-merge is described.

268 brahmatrapākaraḥ

who put Brahmā to shame

S.B.G 10.13.65

'Causer of Brahmā's shame' — Brahmā realizes that his cosmic experiment has been seen through and reversed by a 'mere' cowherd child; his embarrassment becomes the beginning of his hundred-verse hymn.

269 dhātṛstutaḥ

praised by Dhātṛ, the Creator (Brahmā)

S.B.G 10.14.1

'Praised by the Creator (Dhātṛ = Brahmā)' — Brahmā's stuti to Kṛṣṇa after the vimohana is one of the Bhāgavata's most celebrated hymns; the chapter is known by this stuti alone.

270 sarvārthasādhakaḥ

accomplisher of every aim

S.B.G 10.14.40

'Accomplisher of every purpose' — Brahmā's hymn declares that Kṛṣṇa achieves every aim — cosmic and personal, large and small — in every act; nothing is wasted in his līlā.