Brahma-saṃhitā 5.41
Sourceमाया हि यस्य जगद्-अण्ड-शतानि सूते त्रैगुण्य-तद्-विषय-वेद-वितायमाना सत्त्वावलम्बि-पर-सत्त्वं विशुद्ध-सत्त्वम्- गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
māyā hi yasya jagad-aṇḍa-śatāni sūte traiguṇya-tad-viṣaya-veda-vitāyamānā sattvāvalambi-para-sattvaṁ viśuddha-sattvam- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is the absolute substantive principle being the ultimate entity in the form of the support of all existence whose external potency embodies the threefold mundane qualities, viz., sattva, rajas, and tamas and diffuses the Vedic knowledge regarding the mundane world.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.42
Sourceआनन्द-चिन्मय-रसात्मतया मनःसु यः प्राणिनां प्रतिफलन् स्मरताम् उपेत्य लीलायितेन भुवनानि जयत्य् अजस्रम्- गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
ānanda-cinmaya-rasātmatayā manaḥsu yaḥ prāṇināṁ pratiphalan smaratām upetya līlāyitena bhuvanāni jayaty ajasram- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of His own pastimes, being reflected in the mind of recollecting souls as the transcendental entity of ever-blissful cognitive rasa.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.43
Sourceगोलोक-नाम्नि निज-धाम्नि तले च तस्य देवि महेश-हरि-धामसु तेषु तेषु ते ते प्रभाव-निचया विहिताश् च येन गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
goloka-nāmni nija-dhāmni tale ca tasya devi maheśa-hari-dhāmasu teṣu teṣu te te prabhāva-nicayā vihitāś ca yena govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
Lowest of all is located Devī-dhāma [mundane world], next above it is Maheśa-dhāma [abode of Maheśa]; above Maheśa-dhāma is placed Hari-dhāma [abode of Hari] and above them all is located Kṛṣṇa's own realm named Goloka. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who has allotted their respective authorities to the rulers of those graded realms.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.44
Sourceसृष्टि-स्थिति-प्रलय-साधन-शक्तिर् एका छायेव यस्य भुवनानि बिभर्ति दुर्गा इच्छानुरूपम् अपि यस्य च चेष्टते सा गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā icchānurūpam api yasya ca ceṣṭate sā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
The external potency Māyā who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit potency, is worshiped by all people as Durgā, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in accordance with whose will Durgā conducts herself.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.45
Sourceक्षीरं यथा दधि विकार-विशेष-योगात् सञ्जायते न हि ततः पृथग् अस्ति हेतोः यः शम्भुताम् अपि तथा समुपैति कार्याद् गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
kṣīraṁ yathā dadhi vikāra-viśeṣa-yogāt sañjāyate na hi tataḥ pṛthag asti hetoḥ yaḥ śambhutām api tathā samupaiti kāryād govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
Just as milk is transformed into curd by the action of acids, but yet the effect curd is neither same as, nor different from, its cause, viz., milk, so I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whom the state of Śambhu is a transformation for the performance of the work of destruction.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.46
Sourceदीपार्चिर् एव हि दशान्तरम् अभ्युपेत्य दीपायते विवृत-हेतु-समान-धर्मा यस् तादृग् एव हि च विष्णुतया विभाति गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya dīpāyate vivṛta-hetu-samāna-dharmā yas tādṛg eva hi ca viṣṇutayā vibhāti govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
The light of one candle being communicated to other candles, although it burns separately in them, is the same in its quality. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who exhibits Himself equally in the same mobile manner in His various manifestations.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.47
Sourceयः कारणार्णव-जले भजति स्म योग- निद्राम् अनन्त-जगद्-अण्ड-स-रोम-कूपः आधार-शक्तिम् अवलम्ब्य परां स्व-मूर्तिं गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga- nidrām ananta-jagad-aṇḍa-sa-roma-kūpaḥ ādhāra-śaktim avalambya parāṁ sva-mūrtiṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who assuming His own great subjective form, who bears the name of Śeṣa, replete with the all-accommodating potency, and reposing in the Causal Ocean with the infinity of the world in the pores of His hair, enjoys creative sleep [yoga-nidrā].
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.48
Sourceयस्यैक-निश्वसित-कालम् अथावलम्ब्य जीवन्ति लोम-विलजा जगद्-अण्ड-नाथाः विष्णुर् महान् स इह यस्य कला-विशेषो गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Viṣṇu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Mahā-Viṣṇu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Mahā-Viṣṇu is the portion of portion.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.49
Sourceभास्वान् यथाश्म-शकलेषु निजेषु तेजः स्वीयम् कियत् प्रकटयत्य् अपि तद्वद् अत्र ब्रह्मा य एष जगद्-अण्ड-विधान-कर्ता गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
bhāsvān yathāśma-śakaleṣu nijeṣu tejaḥ svīyam kiyat prakaṭayaty api tadvad atra brahmā ya eṣa jagad-aṇḍa-vidhāna-kartā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom the separated subjective portion Brahmā receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the sun manifests some portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear the names of sūryakānta, etc.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.50
Sourceयत्-पाद-पल्लव-युगं विनिधाय कुम्भ- द्वन्द्वे प्रणाम-समये स गणाधिराजः विघ्नान् विहन्तुम् अलम् अस्य जगत्-त्रयस्य गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yat-pāda-pallava-yugaṁ vinidhāya kumbha- dvandve praṇāma-samaye sa gaṇādhirājaḥ vighnān vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, whose lotus feet are always held by Gaṇeśa upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all the obstacles on the path of progress of the three worlds.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.51
Sourceअग्निर् महि गगनम् अम्बु मरुद् दिशश् च कालस् तथात्म-मनसीति जगत्-त्रयाणि यस्माद् भवन्ति विभवन्ति विशन्ति यं च गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
agnir mahi gaganam ambu marud diśaś ca kālas tathātma-manasīti jagat-trayāṇi yasmād bhavanti vibhavanti viśanti yaṁ ca govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
The three worlds are composed of the nine elements, viz., fire, earth, ether, water, air, direction, time, soul and mind. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom they originate, in whom they exist and into whom they enter at the time of the universal cataclysm.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.52
Sourceयच्-चक्षुर् एष सविता सकल-ग्रहाणां राजा समस्त-सुर-मूर्तिर् अशेष-तेजाः यस्याज्ञया भ्रमति सम्भृत-काल-चक्रो गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
The sun who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul, is as the eye of this world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey mounting the wheel of time.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.53
Sourceधर्मो ऽथ पाप-निचयः श्रुतयस् तपांसि ब्रह्मादि-कीट-पतगावधयश् च जीवाः यद्-दत्त-मात्र-विभव-प्रकट-प्रभावा गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
dharmo 'tha pāpa-nicayaḥ śrutayas tapāṁsi brahmādi-kīṭa-patagāvadhayaś ca jīvāḥ yad-datta-mātra-vibhava-prakaṭa-prabhāvā govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, by whose conferred power are maintained the manifested potencies, that are found to exist, of all virtues, all vices, the Vedas, the penances and all jīvas, from Brahmā to the meanest insect.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.54
Sourceयस् त्व् इन्द्रगोपम् अथवेन्द्रम् अहो स्व-कर्म- बन्धानुरूप-फल-भाजनम् आतनोति कर्माणि निर्दहति किन्तु च भक्ति-भाजां गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma- bandhānurūpa-phala-bhājanam ātanoti karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājāṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who burns up to their roots all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion and impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one's activities, of all those who walk in the path of work, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works, no less in the case of the tiny insect that bears the name of indragopa than in that of Indra, king of the devas.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.55
Sourceयं क्रोध-काम-सहज-प्रणयादि-भीति- वात्सल्य-मोह-गुरु-गौरव-सेव्य-भावैः सञ्चिन्त्य तस्य सदृशीं तनुम् आपुर् एते गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
yaṁ krodha-kāma-sahaja-praṇayādi-bhīti- vātsalya-moha-guru-gaurava-sevya-bhāvaiḥ sañcintya tasya sadṛśīṁ tanum āpur ete govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
English translation
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, the meditators of whom, by meditating upon Him under the sway of wrath, amorous passion, natural friendly love, fear, parental affection, delusion, reverence and willing service, attain to bodily forms befitting the nature of their contemplation.
Brahma-saṃhitā 5.56
Sourceश्रियः कान्ताः कान्तः परम-पुरुषः कल्प-तरवो द्रुमा भूमिश् चिन्तामणि-गण-मयि तोयम् अमृतम् कथा गानं नाट्यं गमनम् अपि वंशी प्रिय-सखि चिद्-आनन्दं ज्योतिः परम् अपि तद् आस्वाद्यम् अपि च स यत्र क्षीराब्धिः स्रवति सुरभीभ्यश् च सु-महान् निमेषार्धाख्यो वा व्रजति न हि यत्रापि समयः भजे श्वेतद्वीपं तम् अहम् इह गोलोकम् इति यं विदन्तस् ते सन्तः क्षिति-विरल-चाराः कतिपये
śriyaḥ kāntāḥ kāntaḥ parama-puruṣaḥ kalpa-taravo drumā bhūmiś cintāmaṇi-gaṇa-mayi toyam amṛtam kathā gānaṁ nāṭyaṁ gamanam api vaṁśī priya-sakhi cid-ānandaṁ jyotiḥ param api tad āsvādyam api ca sa yatra kṣīrābdhiḥ sravati surabhībhyaś ca su-mahān nimeṣārdhākhyo vā vrajati na hi yatrāpi samayaḥ bhaje śvetadvīpaṁ tam aham iha golokam iti yaṁ vidantas te santaḥ kṣiti-virala-cārāḥ katipaye
English translation
I worship that transcendental seat, known as Śvetadvīpa where as loving consorts the Lakṣmīs in their unalloyed spiritual essence practice the amorous service of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa as their only lover; where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree; where the soil is the purpose gem, all water is nectar, every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute is the favorite attendant, effulgence is full of transcendental bliss and the supreme spiritual entities are all enjoyable and tasty, where numberless milk cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk; where there is eternal existence of transcendental time, who is ever present and without past or future and hence is not subject to the quality of passing away even for the space of half a moment. That realm is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realized souls in this world.