स बिभ्रत् पौरुषं धाम भ्राजमानो यथा रवि: । दुरासदोऽतिदुर्धर्षो भूतानां सम्बभूव ह ॥ १७ ॥
sa bibhrat pauruṣaṁ dhāma bhrājamāno yathā raviḥ durāsado ’tidurdharṣo bhūtānāṁ sambabhūva ha
- saḥ
- he (Vasudeva)
- bibhrat
- carried
- pauruṣam
- pertaining to the Supreme Person
- dhāma
- the spiritual effulgence
- bhrājamānaḥ
- illuminating
- yathā
- as
- raviḥ
- the sunshine
- durāsadaḥ
- very difficult even to look at, difficult to understand by sensory perception
- ati-durdharṣaḥ
- approachable with great difficulty
- bhūtānām
- of all living entities
- sambabhūva
- so he became
- ha
- positively
While carrying the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the core of his heart, Vasudeva bore the Lord’s transcendentally illuminating effulgence, and thus he became as bright as the sun. He was therefore very difficult to see or approach through sensory perception. Indeed, he was unapproachable and unperceivable even for such formidable men as Kaṁsa, and not only for Kaṁsa but for all living entities.