In English
The boy began to feel sorry that he was not able to see what the Brahmin had told him - that in the dark-complexioned Narayana’s face there will be white lines and He will be riding a white kite, etc., - in this man. This desired to see as , i.e., he wanted to see in the same form as he had learnt about Him from the . But God has no particular form. He is “.” How is it possible to confine Him to a particular form when, in fact, He is with a myriad heads, eyes and feet? But, to please His devotees, God appears in the form contemplated upon, desired for and heard by them. This form is as contemplated by the Devotees, but not His real form. God is “” i.e., He loves the inner feelings of the devotees. He gives His to the devotees in the forms contemplated by the devotees. God, therefore, finally appeared in the form of as contemplated by the cowherd.