Krishna's greatest opulence is His surrender to the pure love of His devotees.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.31 — April 23, 1973, Los Angeles 730423SB-LOS ANGELES [40:27 Minutes] SB-01.08.31_730423SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya rādhā-mādhava] [04:50] [prema-dhvāṇī prayers] Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] gopy ādade tvayi kṛtāgasi dāma tāvad yā te daśāśru-kalilāñjana-sambhramākṣam vaktraṁ ninīya bhaya-bhāvanayā sthitasya sā māṁ vimohayati bhīr api yad bibheti [SB 1.8.31] Prabhupāda: Now ladies. Ladies. [women devotees chant] That's all right.
Now word meaning. Pradyumna: gopī—the cowherd lady (Yaśodā); ādade—took up; tvayi—on You; kṛta-āgasi—creating disturbances (by breaking the butter pot); dāma—rope; tāvat—at that time; yā—that which; te—Your; daśā—situation; aśru-kalila—overflooded with tears; añjana—ointment; sambhrama—perturbed; akṣam—eyes; vaktram—face; ninīya—downwards; bhaya-bhāvanayā—by thoughts of fear; sthitasya—of the situation; sā—that; mām—me; vimohayati—bewilders; bhīḥ api—even fear personified; yat—whom; bibheti—be afraid off. [14:23] Translation: "My dear Kṛṣṇa, Yaśodā took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes overflooded with tears, which washed the mascara from Your eyes. And You were afraid, though fear personified is afraid of You. This sight is bewildering to me." Prabhupāda: This is also another opulence of Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa is full with six kinds of opulences. So this opulence is beauty, beauty opulence. Kṛṣṇa has got six opulences: all riches, all strength, all influence, all knowledge, all beauty, all renunciation. So this is the opulence of Kṛṣṇa's beauty. Kṛṣṇa wants everyone...
Just like we are, we are offering obeisances to Kṛṣṇa with awe and veneration. But nobody comes here to Kṛṣṇa with a rope: "Kṛṣṇa, You are offender. I shall bind You." Nobody comes. That is the another prerogative of the most perfect devotee.
Yes. Kṛṣṇa wants that. Because He's full of opulence... This is also another opulence.
Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20]. The greater than the greatest and the smaller than the smallest. That is opulence. So Kuntīdevī is thinking of Kṛṣṇa's opulence, but he [she] did not dare to take the part of Yaśodā. That is not possible.