Religion of the Heart - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

12Religion of the Heartmallånåm aßanir n~@å^ nara-vara%str(@å^ smaro m)rtimångopånå^ sva-jano ’satå^ k!iti-bhujå^ßåstå sva-pitro% ßißu%m~tyur bhoja-pater virå# avidu!å^tattva^ para^ yoginå^v~!@(nå^ para-devateti viditora&ga^ gata% sågraja%{Ír(mad-Bhågavatam, 10.43.17}All the wrestlers saw K~!@a as death personified, mallånåm aßanir.They were very much afraid to see this fourteen-year-old boywho looked like He was twenty-one. He was tall and wore Hisdhot( very short, like short pants. When He entered the arena, allthe fighters were thinking death personified had come to killthem.N~@å^ nara-vara%, all the kings and their sons, the princes,saw K~!@a as the King of kings. He was actually a cowherd boybut He appeared as the greatest of all kings.Str(@å^ smaro m)rtimån, the women were also invited to seethe fighting and when they saw K~!@a they saw Him as theembodiment of Cupid. When they saw K~!@a’s beauty and effulgence,they fainted.The cowherd men were also invited, gopånå^ sva-jano ’satåm.Everyone was invited. The cowherd men were thinking, “Ourfriend is coming¡ Now a member of our society is coming, ourboy is coming¡”The evil kings who were always harassing their people werethinking, “Our ruler is coming to punish us,” k!iti-bhujå^ ßåstå.Nanda Mahåråj and his fatherly group of friends were thinking,“Our own boy has come,” sva-pitro% ßißu%. Ka^sa was thinkinghis death had come in the form of Balaråm and K~!@a, m~tyurbhoja-pater.All the religious experts were thinking, “Paramåtmå has come