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kṣīra-sÄgara-taraá¹…ga-śīkarÄ-
sÄra-tÄrakita-cÄru-mÅ«rtaye
bhogi-bhoga-Å›ayanÄ«ya-Å›Äyine
mÄdhavÄya madhu-vidviá¹£e namaḥ
kṣīra - of milk; sÄgara - in the ocean; taraá¹…ga - from the waves; śīkara - of the spray; ÄsÄra - by the shower; tÄrakita - bespeckled; cÄru - charming; mÅ«rtaye - whose form; bhogi - the serpent's (Lord Ananta Åšeá¹£a's); bhoga - of the body; Å›ayanÄ«ya - on the couch; Å›Äyine - who lies; mÄdhavÄya - to Lord MÄdhava; madhu-vidviá¹£e - the antagonist of the demon Madhu; namaḥ - obeisances.
Obeisances to Lord MÄdhava, enemy of the Madhu demon. His beautiful form, lying on the couch of the serpent Ananta, is speckled by the shower of spray from the milk ocean's waves.
This is a picturesque view of KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, the expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa who inhabits the spiritual planet ÅšvetadvÄ«pa. In the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (3.8.24) ÅšrÄ«la VyÄsadeva also describes the beauty of Lord Viṣṇu as He lies in yoga-nidrÄ:
The luster of the transcendental body of the Lord mocked the beauty of the coral mountain. The coral mountain is very beautifully dressed by the evening sky, but the yellow dress of the Lord mocked its beauty. There is gold in the summit of the mountain, but the Lord's helmet, bedecked with jewels, mocked it. The mountain's waterfalls, herbs, etc., with a panorama of flowers, seem like garlands, but the Lord's gigantic body, and His hands and legs, decorated with jewels, pearls, tulasī leaves, and flower garlands, mocked the scene on the mountain.
King KulaÅ›ekhara describes Lord Viṣṇu as the killer of Madhu. Although in the form of KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu the Lord did not kill Madhu, there is no contradiction in addressing the Supreme Lord by any of His pastime names. As ÅšrÄ«la KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja points out in his Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Ä€di 5.128-130, 132),
There is no difference between the incarnation and the source of all incarnations. Previously Lord Kṛṣṇa was regarded in the light of different principles by different people. Some said that Kṛṣṇa was directly Lord Nara-NÄrÄyaṇa, and some called Him Lord VÄmanadeva incarnate. Some called Lord Kṛṣṇa an incarnation of Lord KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ«. All these names are true.... In whatever form one knows the Lord, one speaks of Him in that way. In this there is no falsity, since everything is possible in Kṛṣṇa.
The KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« form of Lord Viṣṇu is very rarely seen, even by advanced devotees. Sometimes when there is a crisis in universal management, Lord BrahmÄ goes to ÅšvetadvÄ«pa to consult with KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu. BrahmÄ sits on the bank of the milk ocean and chants the Puruá¹£a-sÅ«kta prayers. In meditation, he then hears instructions from the Lord.
The shower of spray from the milk ocean speckling the Lord's form mocks the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth. The source of all incarnations is not an impersonal effulgence but the transcendental Lord Himself, the Supreme Person. King Kulaśekhara does not manufacture images but strictly follows the Vedic descriptions of the Lord of Śvetadvīpa.
