Prakaṭa-līlā means . . . prakaṭa and aprakaṭa. Just like the sun, at night, we cannot see. This is called aprakaṭa. And when we can see, during daytime, that is called prakaṭa. Sun is already there, in the sky, but at night, by certain arrangement of the planetary system, we cannot see. That is called aprakaṭa. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is always there. So sometimes He is manifested within this material world; sometimes He is not manifested. So when He desires to manifest Himself in this material world, rather, when He descends, then He . . . prakaṭa-līlā karibare yabe . . .
- ādau prakaṭa karāya mātā-pitā-bhakta-gaṇe
- pāche prakaṭa haya janmādika-līlā-krame
- (CC Madhya 20.379)
So before His coming, some of His devotees, they come first, just to become His father, become His mother, become His family members, like that. Because He does not do anything which is against the process of this world. A man is born out of his father and mother, so He has to take His birth from a father and mother. So these fathers and mothers were . . . are first sent. I think in the Bible they call messiahs, or what you have?
Similarly, nobody can become the father and mother of God. But, when He manifests Himself in this material world, He shows that "He's My father." Just like Kṛṣṇa accepted father, Vasudeva, Vasudeva as His father and Devakī as His mother. Or His foster father, Nanda Mahārāja, and His foster mother, Yaśodā. So they are all devotees. Kṛṣṇa's friend, Kṛṣṇa's father, Kṛṣṇa's everyone, when He displays Himself, they are all devotees. He's the Supreme. Nobody can be father of Kṛṣṇa.
- vayaso vividhatve 'pi
- sarva-bhakti-rasāśrayaḥ
- dharmī kiśora evātra
- nitya-līlā-vilāsavān
- (CC Madhya 20.380)
Nitya-līlā-vilāsavān means eternally He's . . . He's manifesting His pastimes. Just like Kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-līlā, the manifestation of Kṛṣṇa and His different pastimes in this material world, in the . . . on this earth was manifested, that thing is going on, nitya-līlā. As I have several times explained to you that the sun, sunrise and sunset, is going on every moment. Every moment. You enquire by, by communication you'll find in some country, there is always sunrise and some country there is always . . . any country, you'll find. Similarly, kṛṣṇa-līlā, Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, is going on in some of the universes, in any of . . . there are innumerable universes. In some of the universes He is there already.