Verse Text
anyatra dvi-bhujo, yathā –
prabhur ayam aniśaṁ piśaṅga-vāsāḥ
kara-yuga-bhāg arikambur ambudābhaḥ |
nava-ghana iva caṣcalāpinaddho
ravi-śaśi-maṇḍala-maṇḍitaś cakāsti ||9||
Translation
The two-armed outside of Gokula: Kṛṣṇa, dark-complexioned like a rain cloud, wearing yellow cloth, holding in His two hands the cakra and conch, emits a radiance like a rain cloud flashing lightning and ornamented with the sun and moon.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The beauty is expressed through an astonishing metaphor. If a dark cloud is endowed with lightning and decorated with the sun and moon, it is similar to Kṛṣṇa with dark complexion and yellow cloth holding the cakra (sun) and conch (moon).
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana used to say, “Kṛṣṇa is always manifest before us with a complexion like a blackish cloud. He holds His wonderful flute in His lotus hands. He is dressed in yellow silks and bedecked with a peacock feather on His head. When Kṛṣṇa walks near Govardhana Hill with these personal features, all the inhabitants of the heavenly planets, as well as the inhabitants of this earth, feel transcendental bliss and consider themselves the eternal servants of the Lord.”