e-mata anyatra nÄhi Å›uniye adbhuta
yÄhÄra Å›ravaṇe citta haya avadhÅ«ta

 e-mata - like this; anyatra - anywhere else; nÄhi - not; Å›uniye - I hear; adbhuta - wonderful event; yÄhÄra - of which; Å›ravaṇe - by hearing; citta - consciousness; haya - becomes; avadhÅ«ta - agitated and cleansed.


Text

“We do not hear of such wonderful things anywhere else. Simply by one’s hearing of those incidents, one’s consciousness is agitated and cleansed.

Purport

When Lord Kṛṣṇa was present in the earthly Vá¹›ndÄvana, Lord BrahmÄ, taking Him to be an ordinary cowherd boy, wanted to test His potency. Therefore Lord BrahmÄ stole all the calves and cowherd boys from Kṛṣṇa and hid them by his illusory energy. When Kṛṣṇa saw that BrahmÄ had stolen His calves and cowherd boys, He immediately created many material and spiritual planets in Lord BrahmÄ’s presence. Within a moment, cowherd boys, calves and unlimited Vaikuṇṭhas — all expansions of the Lord’s spiritual energy — were manifested. As stated in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ, Änanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhÄvitÄbhiḥ. Not only did Kṛṣṇa create all the paraphernalia of His spiritual energy, but He also created unlimited material universes with unlimited BrahmÄs. All these pastimes, which are described in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, will cleanse one’s consciousness. In this way one can actually understand the Absolute Truth. The spiritual planets in the spiritual sky are called Vaikuṇṭhas, and each of them has a predominating Deity (NÄrÄyaṇa) with a specific name. Similarly, in the material sky there are innumerable universes, and each is dominated by a specific deity, a BrahmÄ. Kṛṣṇa simultaneously created all these Vaikuṇṭha planets and universes within a moment after BrahmÄ’s return.

The word avadhÅ«ta means “rambling, agitating, moving, absorbed, defeated.†In some readings of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta, it is said: yÄhÄra Å›ravaṇe citta-mala haya dhÅ«ta. Instead of the word avadhÅ«ta, the words haya dhÅ«ta, meaning that the heart or consciousness is cleansed, are used. When the consciousness is cleansed, one can understand what and who Kṛṣṇa is. This is confirmed by Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.28):

yeá¹£Äá¹ tv anta-gataá¹ pÄpaá¹ janÄnÄá¹ puṇya-karmaṇÄm
te dvandva-moha-nirmuktÄ bhajante mÄá¹ dá¹›á¸ha-vratÄḥ

“Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination.†Unless one is freed from the reactions of sinful activities, one cannot understand Kṛṣṇa or engage in His transcendental loving service.