manye tvÄá¹ deva-devÄnÄá¹
trayÄṇÄá¹ puruá¹£ará¹£abham
yad bÄdhase guhÄ-dhvÄntaá¹
pradÄ«paḥ prabhayÄ yathÄ
manye - I consider; tvÄm - You; deva-devÄnÄm - of the chief of the demigods; trayÄṇÄm - three (BrahmÄ, Viṣṇu and Åšiva); puruá¹£a - of the personalities; ṛṣabham - the greatest; yat - because; bÄdhase - You drive away; guha - of the cave; dhvÄntam - the darkness; pradÄ«paḥ - a lamp; prabhayÄ - with its light; yathÄ - as.
I think You are the Supreme Personality among the three chief gods, since You drive away the darkness of this cave as a lamp dispels darkness with its light.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« points out that with His effulgence Lord Kṛṣṇa dispelled not only the darkness of the mountain cave but also the darkness in Mucukunda’s heart. In Sanskrit the heart is sometimes metaphorically referred to as guha, “cavern,†a deep and secret place.
