tatrÄtiÅ›uÅ›ubhe tÄbhir
bhagavÄn devakÄ«-sutaḥ
madhye maṇīnÄá¹ haimÄnÄá¹
mahÄ-marakato yathÄ
2 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: CC(1) , TLC(1)
tatra - there; atiÅ›uÅ›ubhe - appeared most brilliant; tÄbhiḥ - with them; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Lord; devakÄ«-sutaḥ - Kṛṣṇa, the son of DevakÄ«; madhye - in the midst; maṇīnÄm - of ornaments; haimÄnÄm - golden; mahÄ - great; marakataḥ - a sapphire; yathÄ - as.
In the midst of the dancing gopīs, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared most brilliant, like an exquisite sapphire in the midst of golden ornaments.
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura states that DevakÄ«, besides being the name of Vasudeva’s wife, is also a name of mother YaÅ›odÄ, as stated in the Ä€di PurÄṇa: dve nÄmnÄ« nanda-bhÄryÄyÄ yaÅ›odÄ devakÄ«ti ca. “The wife of Nanda has two names — YaÅ›odÄ and DevakÄ«.â€
