
Different Qualifications for Seeing Different Forms of the Lord
Madhya 8.285 - 287
ālińgana kari' prabhu kaila āśvāsana
tomā vinā ei-rūpa nā dekhe anya-jana
By embracing him the Lord comforted him. - ālińgana kari prabhu kaila āśvāsana
"Other than you no one has seen this form (of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined)." - tomā vinā anya-jana nā dekhe ei-rūpa -
Tīkā: Generally the Lord does not show Himself to everyone. Sri Krishna says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.25):
nāhaḿ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ
mūḍho 'yaḿ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam
"I don't manifest to just anyone. I am covered by internal energy [yogamāyā].
Fools do not know that I am unborn and eternal."
Ṭīkā: But the form manifested by Șri Cetanya for Rāmānanda Rāya, was shown to no one else.
mora tattva tattva-līlā-rasa tomāra gocare
ataeva ei-rūpa dekhāiluń tomāre
You know the truth about the tastes of love and my pastimes, - tomāra gocare tattva rasa līlā mora
that's why I revealed this form to you. - ataeva tomāre dekhāiluń ei rūpa
Tika: The Lord reveals HImself according to one's knowledge.
gaura ańga nahe mora rādhāńga sparśana
gopendra suta vinā vinā teńho nā sparśe anya-jana
My body is not golden (but) has been touched by Radha's body. - ańga mora nahe gaura gaura sparśana ańga rādhā
Except the son of the cowherds' leader (Krișna), - vinā suta indra gopa
she does not touch anyone else. - nā sparśe anya-jana