O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as an ordinary cowherd boy, in the ocean of nectar which is the prayer of Lord Brahma, Your glorious spiritual form was beyond the power of Lord Brahma to comprehend.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa,You cannot be touched by those who waste their time with the false theories of the impersonalists. You are easily conquered only by those engaged in Your devotional service. Those fools who remain indifferent tot eh supremely auspicious path of devotional service to You experience only distress for all their efforts.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, many liberated souls have attained You by taking shelter of Your devotional service, O Lord, You are very amazing and very difficult to understand, full of unlimited exalted transcendental qualities, and beyond the modes of material nature.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Your merciful side-long glance causes liberation from the bonds of material existance. Although You present a frightening aspect to the offender, when Your son appeals to You, You become and indulgent.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, millions of universes emanate from the pores of Your transcendental body. O father and mother of the universe, just as mother tolerates the offenses of her children You tolerate the offenses of the living entities.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are the resting place of all living beings and Lord Brahmā is born from the lotus flower growing from Your navel. Although You are the mother from whose womb the five material elements were born, by Your glance You show the unreality and temporariness of this material world.
Your own pastimes are not understandable (by the non-devotees) and You are full of all power and opulence. You are the source of the spiritual reality and well as the illusory material existance and You are the eternal supreme truth.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You may be seen by the emrcy of the spiritual master, and it is forgetfulness of You which causes the entanglement in material existence. Simply by thinking You create the illusory states of material bondage and impersonal liberation.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, if Your devotee abandons all illusory material conceptions, You appear within his heart, and also externally before him. You bestow the mercy of Your lotus feet to those who teach Your glories to others.
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You greatly benedicted Lord Brahma, who appealed for the service of Your servants, and who sang the glories of Your devotional service with his four mouths. O Lord, please protect me.
Frequently asked
Who wrote Obeisance 39?
Obeisance 39 was composed by Sanatana Goswami. It appears in Krsna Lila Stava.
What is the meaning of Obeisance 39?
O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as an ordinary cowherd boy, in the ocean of nectar which is the prayer of Lord Brahma, Your glorious spiritual form was beyond the power of Lord Brahma to comprehend.
How many verses does Obeisance 39 have?
Obeisance 39 has 10 verses.
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