Verse Text
tena, yathā –
māṁ snehayati kim uccair mahileyaṁ dvārakāvarodhe’tra |
āṁ viditaṁ kutukārthī vanitā-veśo hariś carati ||21||
Translation
An example of a disguised svarūpa is given: Why does this queen in the inner chambers of Dvārakā attract me so much? Ah! I can understand that Kṛṣṇa has assumed the dress of a queen out of curiosity and is wandering about the palace.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
These are the words of Uddhava. The attraction caused by the queen is the same as that directed to the Lord. This incident is supported by the show of Kṛṣṇa’s power of yoga-māyā in Dvārakā described in the Bhāgavatam:
avyakta-lingaṁ prakṛtiṣv antaḥ-pura-gṛhādiṣu
kvacic carantaṁ yogeśaṁ tat-tad-bhāva-bubhutsayā
Somewhere Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of mystic power, was moving about in disguise among the homes of ministers and other citizens in order to understand what each of them was thinking. SB 10.69.36
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
There is an example of His covered personal feature in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in connection with His dvārakā-līlā (His residence in Dvārakā as its king). Sometimes Lord Kṛṣṇa began to play by dressing Himself like a woman. Seeing this form, Uddhava said, “How wonderful it is that this woman is attracting my ecstatic love exactly as Lord Kṛṣṇa does. I think she must be Kṛṣṇa covered by the dress of a woman!”