Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In this material world we require sunlight and moonlight, but in the spiritual world there is no need of sunlight and
moonlight because everything is effulgent. Everything can be seen by the light emanating from Krishna. In Krishna-lila,
Krishna stole butter, and the neighborhood friends of mother Yashoda complained. Actually they were not complaining but
were just enjoying the bodily features and the fun of Krishna. They told mother Yashoda, "Your son comes to our house and
steals butter. We try to conceal it in the dark so that He cannot see it, but somehow He still finds it out. You had
better take away all His ornaments because we think the light of His jewels helps Him to find the butter pot." Mother
Yashoda replied, "Yes, I will take off all His ornaments." But the neighbors would reply, "No, no. It is useless. Somehow
this boy has an effulgence that comes out of Himself. He can find the butter even without the ornaments." Thus the
transcendental body is effulgent.
Because of the effulgence of Krishna's transcendental body, there is light. Whatever light we see is simply borrowed
light from Krishna's effulgence. As stated in Brahma-samhita:
yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv asesa-vasudhadi vibhuti-bhinnam
tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhutam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
The bodily effulgence of Krishna generates millions of universes. In this solar system the sun produces many planets,
and due to sunshine the planets are warm and the seasons change. Due to the sun there are trees, green foliage, fruits
and flowers. Similarly, whatever we see in creation is all due to Krishna's bodily effulgence.
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