kṛṣṇa kahena — 'kon brahmÄ, ki nÄma tÄhÄra?'
dvÄrÄ« Äsi' brahmÄre puche Ära bÄra

 kṛṣṇa kahena - Kṛṣṇa said; kon brahmÄ - which BrahmÄ; ki nÄma tÄhÄra - what is his name; dvÄrÄ« Äsi' - the doorman, coming back; brahmÄre - to Lord BrahmÄ; puche - inquires; Ära bÄra - again.


Text

“When Kṛṣṇa was so informed, He immediately asked the doorman, ‘Which BrahmÄ? What is his name?’ The doorman therefore returned and questioned Lord BrahmÄ.

Purport

From this verse we can understand that BrahmÄ is the name of the post and that the person occupying the post has a particular name also. From the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ: imaá¹ vivasvate yogam. VivasvÄn is the name of the present predominating deity of the sun. He is generally called SÅ«rya, the sun-god, but he also has his own particular name. The governor of the state is generally called rÄja-pÄla, but he also has his own individual name. Since there are hundreds and thousands of BrahmÄs with different names, Kṛṣṇa wanted to know which of them had come to see Him.