Madhya-līlā

Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Verse 36 of 282
Cc Madhya 25.36

নাতঃ পরং পরম যদ্ভবতঃ স্বরূপমানন্দমাত্রমবিকল্পমবিদ্ধবর্চঃ পশ্যামি বিশ্বসৃজমেকমবিশ্বমাত্মন্ভূতেন্দ্রিযাত্মকমদস্ত উপাশ্রিতো ঽস্মি

नातः परं परम यद्भवतः स्वरूपमानन्दमात्रमविकल्पमविद्धवर्चः पश्यामि विश्वसृजमेकमविश्वमात्मन्भूतेन्द्रियात्मकमदस्त उपाश्रितो ऽस्मि

nātaḥ paraṁ parama yad bhavataḥ svarūpam ānanda-mātram avikalpam aviddha-varcaḥ paśyāmi viśva-sṛjam ekam aviśvam ātman bhūtendriyātmakam adas ta upāśrito 'smi

Synonyms

nanot; ataḥthan this; parammore supreme; paramaO supreme one; yatwhich; bhavataḥof Your Lordship; sva-rūpamthe personal form; ānandaof transcendental bliss; mātramonly; avikalpamwhere there is no creation; aviddhawithout contamination; varcaḥhaving an effulgence; paśyāmiI see; viśva-sṛjam ekamwho alone has created this universe; aviśvamnot belonging to the destructible material world; ātmanO Supreme Soul; bhūta-indriya-ātmakamthe original cause of the senses and the living beings; adaḥtranscendental; teunto You; upāśritaḥ asmiI take full shelter..

Translation

" 'O supreme one, the transcendental form I am now seeing is full of transcendental bliss. It is not contaminated by the external energy. It is full of effulgence. My Lord, there is no better understanding of You than this. You are the Supreme Soul and the creator of this material world, but You are not connected with this material world. You are completely different from created form and variety. I sincerely take shelter of that form of Yours which I am now seeing. This form is the original source of all living beings and their senses.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.9.3). This verse was spoken by Lord Brahmā, who perfectly realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead after meditating upon the Lord within the water of the Garbhodhaka Ocean. Brahmā realized that the form of the Lord is completely spiritual. This is certainly a better understanding of the Absolute Truth than impersonal understanding.

Verse 36 of 282
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