Verse Text
yathā –
gavāṁ gopālānām api śiśu-gaṇaḥ pīta-vasano
lasac-chrīvatsāṅkaḥ pṛthu-bhuja-catuṣkair dhṛta-ruciḥ |
kṛta-stotrārambhaḥ sa vidhibhir ajāṇḍālibhir alaṁ
para-brahmollāsān vahati kim idaṁ hanta kim idam ||56||
Translation
An example: When Brahmā saw all the calves and cowherd boys manifest as forms of the Supreme Brahman--as Nārāyaṇa forms with four hands wearing yellow garments and marked with the śrīvatsa, who were being praised by all the inhabitants of the universes including many Brahmās--he became astonished and uttered, “What is this? What is this?”
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Once Brahmā was watching all the cows and the cowherd boys dressed in yellow garments and decorated with valuable jewels. The boys were expanding their four arms and were being worshiped by many hundreds of other Brahmās. All the cowherd boys began to express their joyfulness for being with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Brahman. At that time, Brahmā showed his astonishment by exclaiming, “What am I seeing here?” This is an instance of astonishment in ecstatic love.