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Part Two · Chapter 2

Jñānam — Knowledge

Unit 9 of 142.2.1-22.2.240228 source entries

2.2.1-2

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— श्री-मथुरोत्तम विश्रान्तौ स्नत्वा वृन्दावनꣳ गतः । अत्र गोवर्धनादौ च यथा-कामꣳ प्रिभ्रमन् पिबꣳश् च गोरसꣳ पूर्व- बन्धवैस् तैर् अलक्षितः । भजन् स्व-जप्यम् अनयꣳ दिनानि कतिचित् सुखम्

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— śrī-mathurottama viśrāntau snatvā vṛndāvanaṁ gataḥ | atra govardhanādau ca yathā-kāmaṁ pribhraman pibaṁś ca gorasaṁ pūrva- bandhavais tair alakṣitaḥ | bhajan sva-japyam anayaṁ dināni katicit sukham

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Çré Gopa-kumära said: O topmost brähmaëa of Mathurä, upon reaching Mathurä, I bathed at Viçräma-ghäöa and then continued on to Våndävana. There, I freely wandered about Govardhana and other places as I desired, maintaining my life by drinking the nectar of the cows (milk). Concealing my presence from my kinsmen and chanting my mantra with devotion, I happily passed some days there.

2.2.3

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अथ सन्दर्शनोत्कण्ठा जगद्-ईशस्य साजनि । ययेदꣳ शुन्यवद् वीक्ष्य पुरुषोत्तमम् अस्मरम्

atha sandarśanotkaṇṭhā jagad-īśasya sājani | yayedaṁ śunyavad vīkṣya puruṣottamam asmaram

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After some time, an intense eagerness arose within me to see Çré Jagadiça as I did before. Because of this desire, Çré Våndävana seemed void, and all I could think of was Puruñottama-kñetra.

2.2.4

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आर्तस् तत्र जगन्नाथꣳ द्रष्टुम् ओढ्रान् पुनर् व्रजन् । पथि गङ्गा-तटे’पश्यꣳ धर्माचार-परान् द्विजान्

ārtas tatra jagannāthaṁ draṣṭum oḍhrān punar vrajan | pathi gaṅgā-taṭe’paśyaṁ dharmācāra-parān dvijān

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Because I was unable to see Jagannätha, I became anxious. But I was also distressed at heart to leave Vraja. In this anguished condition, I proceeded towards the land of Utkala (Puruñottama-kñetra) to have Jagannätha’s darçana. On the way, by the bank of Çré Gaìgä, I saw some brähmaëas engaged in their prescribed religious duties.

2.2.5

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विचित्र-शास्त्र-विज्ञेभ्यस् तेभ्यश् चाश्रौषम् अद्भुतम् । स्वर्ग-नामोर्ध्व-देशे’स्ति देव-लोको’न्तरीक्षितः

vicitra-śāstra-vijñebhyas tebhyaś cāśrauṣam adbhutam | svarga-nāmordhva-deśe’sti deva-loko’ntarīkṣitaḥ

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From those brähmaëas who were learned in many scriptures, I heard something completely new – that in the firmament above the earth, there is a place called Svarga where the demigods reside.

2.2.6

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विमानावलिभिः श्रीमान् निर्भयो दुःख-वर्जितः । जरा-मरण-रोगादि- दोष-वर्ग-बहिष्कृतः

vimānāvalibhiḥ śrīmān nirbhayo duḥkha-varjitaḥ | jarā-maraṇa-rogādi- doṣa-varga-bahiṣkṛtaḥ

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That heaven, magnificently decorated with rows and rows of celestial airships, is free from all defects, such as fear, distress, old age, disease, and death.

2.2.7

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महा-सुखमयो लभ्यः पुण्यैर् अत्रोत्तमैः कृतैः । यस्य शक्रो’धिपो ज्यायान् भ्राता श्री-जगदीशितुः

mahā-sukhamayo labhyaḥ puṇyair atrottamaiḥ kṛtaiḥ | yasya śakro’dhipo jyāyān bhrātā śrī-jagadīśituḥ

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That Svarga, which is pervaded by the greatest happiness, can be attained only by exceptionally pious deeds. It is ruled by Indra-deva, the elder brother of Çré Jagadiça.

2.2.8-9

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यद्याप्य् अस्ति विल-स्वर्गो विष्णु-शेषाद्य्-अलङ्कृतः । भौम-स्वर्गश् च तद्-द्वीप- वर्षादिषु पदे पदे विचित्र-रूप-श्री-कृष्ण- पूजोत्सव-विराजितः । तथाप्य् ऊर्ध्वतरो लोको दिव्यस् ताभ्याꣳ विशिष्यते

yadyāpy asti vila-svargo viṣṇu-śeṣādy-alaṅkṛtaḥ | bhauma-svargaś ca tad-dvīpa- varṣādiṣu pade pade vicitra-rūpa-śrī-kṛṣṇa- pūjotsava-virājitaḥ | tathāpy ūrdhvataro loko divyas tābhyāṁ viśiṣyate

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There are subterranean heavens (Bila-svargas), such as Pätäla, which are beautified by Çré Kåñëa’s different manifestations, like Viñëu and Çeña. In addition, there are heavens on earth (Bhauma-svargas) located in various tracts of land and islands where there are always great festivals for the worship of Çré Kåñëa in His many different forms. However, because the celestial heaven (Divya-svarga) is resplendently situated above these two other heavens, it is superior in quality.

2.2.10

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यस्मिन् श्री-जगदीशो’स्ति साक्षाद् अदिति-नन्दनः । तस्योपेन्द्रस्य वार्ता च श्री-विष्णोर् अद्भुता श्रुता

yasmin śrī-jagadīśo’sti sākṣād aditi-nandanaḥ | tasyopendrasya vārtā ca śrī-viṣṇor adbhutā śrutā

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Çré Jagadéça personally resides in that Divya-svarga as the son of Aditi. His name is Upendra (Vämana-deva), and He is celebrated for His marvelous glories.

2.2.11

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आरुह्य पक्षीन्द्रम् इतस् ततो’सौ क्रीडन् विनिघ्नन्न् असुरान् मनोज्ञैः । लीला-वचोभी रमयन्न् अजस्रꣳ देवान् निज-भ्रतृतयार्च्यते तैः

āruhya pakṣīndram itas tato’sau krīḍan vinighnann asurān manojñaiḥ | līlā-vacobhī ramayann ajasraṁ devān nija-bhratṛtayārcyate taiḥ

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There, Bhagavän Çré Upendra climbs on the back of Garuòa, the lord of the birds, and enjoys pastimes of traveling here and there. He kills troublesome demons and, with enchanting activities and sweet words, He perpetually delights the demigods, who worship Him as their very own brother.

2.2.12

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तद्-दर्शने जात-मनोरथ-कुलः सङ्कल्प-पूर्वम् स्व-जपꣳ समाचरन् । स्वल्पेन कालेन विमानम् आगतꣳ मुदाहम् आरुह्य गतस् त्रिपिष्टपम्

tad-darśane jāta-manoratha-kulaḥ saṅkalpa-pūrvam sva-japaṁ samācaran | svalpena kālena vimānam āgataṁ mudāham āruhya gatas tripiṣṭapam

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Hearing all these wonderful pastimes from those brähmaëas made me anxious to see Bhagavän Çré Upendra. With this goal in mind, I began to chant the mantra of my worshipable Deity with great determination. And how amazing! Very soon, an airplane came from Svarga. I joyfully climbed aboard and went to that celestial realm.

2.2.13

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पूर्वꣳ गङ्गा-तट-नृप-गृहे यस्य दृष्ट प्रतिष्ठा तꣳ श्री-विष्णुꣳ सुर-गण-वृतꣳ सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-सान्द्रम् । तत्रापश्यꣳ रुचिर-गरुड-स्कन्ध-सिꣳहासन-स्थꣳ वीणा-गीतꣳ मधुर-मधुरꣳ नारदस्यार्चयन्तम्

pūrvaṁ gaṅgā-taṭa-nṛpa-gṛhe yasya dṛṣṭa pratiṣṭhā taṁ śrī-viṣṇuṁ sura-gaṇa-vṛtaṁ sac-cid-ānanda-sāndram | tatrāpaśyaṁ rucira-garuḍa-skandha-siṁhāsana-sthaṁ vīṇā-gītaṁ madhura-madhuraṁ nāradasyārcayantam

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There I saw the very same Çré Viñëu whose Deity form I had previously seen in the king’s palace on the bank of the Gaìgä. Surrounded by the demigods in every direction and sitting on the charming throne of Garuòa’s shoulders, the Lord manifested Himself as the concentrated embodiment of knowledge, bliss, and eternity. Just in front of the Lord, Çré Närada was worshiping Him by singing sweetly and playing his véëä.

2.2.14

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प्राप्य प्राप्यꣳ द्रष्टुम् इष्टꣳ च दृष्ट्वा तत्रात्मानꣳ मन्यमानः कृतार्थम् । दूराद् भूयो दण्डवद् वन्दमानस् तेनाहूतो’नुग्रह-स्निग्ध-वाचा

prāpya prāpyaṁ draṣṭum iṣṭaṁ ca dṛṣṭvā tatrātmānaṁ manyamānaḥ kṛtārtham | dūrād bhūyo daṇḍavad vandamānas tenāhūto’nugraha-snigdha-vācā

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Finally I attained the object of my desire. Seeing my most worshipable Lord, I considered my life successful. From a distance, I offered Him prostrated obeisances repeatedly and worshiped Him with praise. Bhagavän Çré Upendra then called me to Him with kind and affectionate words.

2.2.15

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दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या गतो’सि त्वम् अत्र श्री-गोप-नन्दन । अलꣳ दण्ड-प्रणामैर् मे निकटे’नुसराभयम्

diṣṭyā diṣṭyā gato’si tvam atra śrī-gopa-nandana | alaṁ daṇḍa-praṇāmair me nikaṭe’nusarābhayam

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Then Bhagavän Çré Upendra told me, “O My dear son of a gopa! You have done very well by coming here! Now, there is no need of bowing down any more. Do not be afraid of My opulence. Come to Me.”

2.2.16

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तस्याज्ञया महेन्द्रेण प्रेरितैर् त्रिदशैर् अहम् । अग्रतः सादरꣳ नीत्वा प्रयत्नाद् उपवेशितः

tasyājñayā mahendreṇa preritair tridaśair aham | agrataḥ sādaraṁ nītvā prayatnād upaveśitaḥ

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On Çré Upendra’s order, Devaräja Indra sent some demigods who respectfully led me to Him and seated me with care.

2.2.17

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दिव्यैर् द्रव्यैस् तर्पितो नन्दनाख्ये ऽरण्ये वासꣳ प्रापितो’गꣳ प्रहर्षम् । वीक्षे काचित् तत्र भीर् नास्ति शोको रोगो मृत्युर् ग्लानिर् अर्तिर् जरा च

divyair dravyais tarpito nandanākhye 'raṇye vāsaṁ prāpito’gaṁ praharṣam | vīkṣe kācit tatra bhīr nāsti śoko rogo mṛtyur glānir artir jarā ca

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The demigods then provided me a residence in the Nandana forest, where they offered me heavenly nectar and all the other celestial refreshments that they enjoy. Partaking of these heavenly pleasures filled me with delight and left me feeling completely satisfied. I noticed that this realm was free from fear, distress, disease, old age, death, bereavement, and so on.

2.2.18

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सन्तु वा कतिचिद् दोषास् तान् अहꣳ गणयामि न । तादृशꣳ जगदीशस्य सन्दर्शन-सुखꣳ भजन्

santu vā katicid doṣās tān ahaṁ gaṇayāmi na | tādṛśaṁ jagadīśasya sandarśana-sukhaṁ bhajan

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There were also some defects in Svarga, but I paid them no heed because I was overwhelmed by the bliss of seeing Çré Bhagavän.

2.2.19

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महेन्द्रेणार्च्यते स्वर्ग- विभूतिभिर् असौ प्रभुः । भ्रतृत्वेनेश्वरत्वेन शरणत्वेन चान्व्-अहम्

mahendreṇārcyate svarga- vibhūtibhir asau prabhuḥ | bhratṛtveneśvaratvena śaraṇatvena cānv-aham

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Offering pärijäta flowers and all the other opulences of Svarga, Çré Indra daily worshiped Bhagavän Çré Upendra as his brother, master, and protector, with affection, reverence, and respect.

2.2.20-21

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मनस्य् अकरवꣳ चैतद् अहो धन्यः शतक्रतुः । यो हि श्री-विष्णुना दत्तꣳ साधयित्वा निराकुलम् त्रैलोकैश्वर्यम् आसाद्य भगवन्तम् इमꣳ मुदा । उपहार-चयैर् दिव्यैर् गृह्यमानैः स्वयꣳ यजेत्

manasy akaravaṁ caitad aho dhanyaḥ śatakratuḥ | yo hi śrī-viṣṇunā dattaṁ sādhayitvā nirākulam trailokaiśvaryam āsādya bhagavantam imaṁ mudā | upahāra-cayair divyair gṛhyamānaiḥ svayaṁ yajet

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I began to think, “Ah! Indra is extremely fortunate. With His own hands, Çré Viñëu has vanquished all the demons and bestowed upon him the opulence of the three worlds, which are now free from all disturbances. Moreover, Indra worships Çré Bhagavän with heavenly gifts that the Lord personally accepts.”

2.2.22

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त्रैलोकैश्वर्यम् आसाद्य भगवन्तम् इमꣳ मुदा । उपहार-चयैर् दिव्यैर् गृह्यमानैः स्वयꣳ यजेत् ॥२x॥ एवꣳ ममापि भगवान् अयꣳ किꣳ कृपयिष्यति । इति तत्रावसꣳ कुर्वन् स्व-सङ्कल्पꣳ निजꣳ जपम्

trailokaiśvaryam āsādya bhagavantam imaṁ mudā | upahāra-cayair divyair gṛhyamānaiḥ svayaṁ yajet ||2x|| evaṁ mamāpi bhagavān ayaṁ kiṁ kṛpayiṣyati | iti tatrāvasaṁ kurvan sva-saṅkalpaṁ nijaṁ japam

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A desire then arose in my heart and I pondered, “Can I also worship Çré Bhagavän as Indra does? Will Çré Bhagavän mercifully satisfy my desire?” Accepting whatever might happen, I remained there, chanting my mantra with this aspiration.

2.2.23

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अथैकस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य दूषयित्वा प्रियाꣳ बलात् । लज्जया शाप-भित्या च शक्रः कुत्राप्य् अलीयत

athaikasya munīndrasya dūṣayitvā priyāṁ balāt | lajjayā śāpa-bhityā ca śakraḥ kutrāpy alīyata

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After some time, it so happened that Indra forced himself upon the wife of a great sage. Out of embarrassment and fear of being cursed, Indra went into hiding.

2.2.24

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देवैर् अन्विश्य बहुधा स न प्राप्तो यदा ततः । अराजकत्वात् त्रैलोक्यम् अभिभूतम् उपद्रवैः

devair anviśya bahudhā sa na prāpto yadā tataḥ | arājakatvāt trailokyam abhibhūtam upadravaiḥ

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The demigods searched relentlessly but to no avail. In the absence of their ruler, the three worlds were overrun with disturbances perpetrated by demons and others.

2.2.25

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श्री-विष्णोर् आज्ञया देवैर् गुरुणा प्रेरितैर् अथ । ऐन्द्रे पदे’भिषिक्तो’हम् अदित्य्-आद्य्-अनुमोदितः

śrī-viṣṇor ājñayā devair guruṇā preritair atha | aindre pade’bhiṣikto’ham adity-ādy-anumoditaḥ

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Then, ordered by Çré Viñëu and directed by their guru Båhaspati, the demigods appointed me to the post of Indra. Mother Aditi and Indra’s other well-wishers also approved of this.

2.2.26

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ततो’दितिꣳ शचीꣳ जीवꣳ ब्राह्मणान् अपि मानयन् । त्रैलोक्ये वैष्णविꣳ भक्तिꣳ पूर्णꣳ प्रावर्तयꣳ सदा

tato’ditiṁ śacīṁ jīvaṁ brāhmaṇān api mānayan | trailokye vaiṣṇaviṁ bhaktiṁ pūrṇaṁ prāvartayaṁ sadā

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Thereafter, I showed proper respect to Aditi, Çacé, and the brähmaëas like Båhaspati, and throughout the three worlds, I preached pure devotional service to Çré Viñëu, with my full energy.

2.2.27

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स्वयꣳ तस्याः प्रभावेन स्वराज्ये’पि यथा पुरा । सदाकिञ्चन-रूपो’हꣳ न्यवसन् नन्दने वने

svayaṁ tasyāḥ prabhāvena svarājye’pi yathā purā | sadākiñcana-rūpo’haṁ nyavasan nandane vane

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In the past, when I received the kingdom [see Chapter One], I disregarded worldly possessions due to the potency of bhakti. Similarly, although I was now established on the royal throne, I did not reside in Indra’s capital, but rather chose to live like a renunciant in the Nandana forest.

2.2.28

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अत्यजꣳश् च जपꣳ स्वीयम् अकृतज्ञत्व-शङ्काया । विस्मर्तुꣳ नैव शक्नोमि व्रजभूमिम् इमꣳ क्वचित्

atyajaṁś ca japaṁ svīyam akṛtajñatva-śaṅkāyā | vismartuṁ naiva śaknomi vrajabhūmim imaṁ kvacit

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As a result of chanting my mantra, I obtained direct darçana of Çré Viñëu and the kingdom of heaven. But, even then, I did not give up chanting my mantra. To do so would have been gross ingratitude on my part. And even though I was staying in Nanda-känana, I could not forget my sweet memories of Vraja.

2.2.29

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तच्-छोक-दुःखैर् अनुतप्यमानः शुष्काननो’हꣳ जगदीश्वरेण । सꣳलक्ष्य तोष्येय मुहुः कराब्ज- स्पर्शेन चित्रैर् वचनामृतैश् च

tac-choka-duḥkhair anutapyamānaḥ śuṣkānano’haṁ jagadīśvareṇa | saṁlakṣya toṣyeya muhuḥ karābja- sparśena citrair vacanāmṛtaiś ca

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The anguish I felt in separation from Vraja made me so unhappy that gradually my face began to dry up. Seeing my condition, Çré Jagadéçvara Himself stroked me many times with His lotus hands and sprinkled me with the nectar of His wonderful words.

2.2.30

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ज्येष्ठ-सोदर-सम्बन्धम् इव पालयता स्वयम् । मत्-तोषणाय मद्-दत्तꣳ भोग्यम् आदाय भुज्यते

jyeṣṭha-sodara-sambandham iva pālayatā svayam | mat-toṣaṇāya mad-dattaṁ bhogyam ādāya bhujyate

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Regarding me as His elder brother and thus wanting to satisfy me, Bhagavän Çré Upendra began to respectfully accept and eat the food I offered Him.

2.2.31

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तेन विस्मृत्य तद्-दुःखꣳ पूजयापूर्व-वृत्तया । प्रीणयन् स्नेह-भावात् तꣳ लालयेयꣳ कनिष्ठवत्

tena vismṛtya tad-duḥkhaṁ pūjayāpūrva-vṛttayā | prīṇayan sneha-bhāvāt taṁ lālayeyaṁ kaniṣṭhavat

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Having obtained mercy in the form of the touch of His hand, I forgot all the distress of my separation from Vraja. I worshiped Him in an unprecedented way, caressing Him affectionately as my younger brother, and thus pleased Him.

2.2.32

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एवꣳ माꣳ स्वस्थ्यम् आपाद्य स्व-स्थाने कुत्रचिद् गतः । उपेन्द्रो वसति श्रीमान् न लभ्येत सदेक्षितुम्

evaṁ māṁ svasthyam āpādya sva-sthāne kutracid gataḥ | upendro vasati śrīmān na labhyeta sadekṣitum

English translation

Translation

Bhagavän Çré Upendra pacified me in this way and then left for His own abode. I did not know where He lived, and so I could not always see Him while I was in Svarga.

2.2.33

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ततो यो जायते शोकस् तेन नीलाचल-प्रभुम् । अचलाश्रित-वात्सल्यꣳ द्रष्टुम् इच्छेयम् एत्य तम्

tato yo jāyate śokas tena nīlācala-prabhum | acalāśrita-vātsalyaṁ draṣṭum iccheyam etya tam

English translation

Translation

But when I could not see Çré Upendra, I again became distressed and could not maintain my steadfastness. So, I thought to go to Néläcala-kñetra (Jagannätha Puré) to see the Lord of Néläcala, who permanently resides there out of His unwavering affection for those who have taken shelter of Him.

2.2.34

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प्रादुर्भूतस्य विष्णोस् तु तस्य तादृक्-कृपा-भरैः । आधिः सर्वो विलीयेत पाश्चात्यो’पि तद्-आशया

prādurbhūtasya viṣṇos tu tasya tādṛk-kṛpā-bharaiḥ | ādhiḥ sarvo vilīyeta pāścātyo’pi tad-āśayā

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Translation

How wonderful is the mercy of Çré Bhagavän! Seeing my condition, from time to time He would appear before me and accept my offerings with His own hands and pacify me with sweet words. Thus, my lamentation and anguish would be soothed, and the sorrow I would feel in anticipation of imminent separation from Him would disappear.

2.2.35

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एवꣳ निवसता तत्र शक्रत्वम् अधिकुर्वता । ब्रह्मन् सꣳवत्सरो दिव्यो मयैको गमितः सुखम्

evaṁ nivasatā tatra śakratvam adhikurvatā | brahman saṁvatsaro divyo mayaiko gamitaḥ sukham

English translation

Translation

O brähmaëa, thus I obtained the position of Indra and I passed one celestial year happily.

2.2.36

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अकस्माद् आगतस् तत्र भृगु-मुख्या महर्षयः । पद्भ्याꣳ पावयितुꣳ यान्तस् तीर्थानि कृपया भुवि

akasmād āgatas tatra bhṛgu-mukhyā maharṣayaḥ | padbhyāṁ pāvayituṁ yāntas tīrthāni kṛpayā bhuvi

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Translation

Then one day, unexpectedly, Bhågu and other great sages from Maharloka mercifully stopped in Svarga on their way to earth. They were on a mission to purify with the touch of their lotus feet the holy places that had been contaminated by contact with heinous sinners.

2.2.37

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स-सम्भ्रमꣳ सुरैः सर्वैर् ऋषिभिर् गुरुणा स्वयम् । विष्णुना चार्च्यमानास् ते मया दृष्टाः स-विस्मयम्

sa-sambhramaṁ suraiḥ sarvair ṛṣibhir guruṇā svayam | viṣṇunā cārcyamānās te mayā dṛṣṭāḥ sa-vismayam

English translation

Translation

I was astounded to see the demigods, the sages, the preceptor Båhaspati, and even Çré Viñëu Himself worship those maharñis with great reverence.

2.2.38

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अहꣳ चाभिनवो विष्णु- सेवानन्द-हृतान्तरः । न जाने तान् अथ स्वीयैः प्रेरितस् तैर् अपूजयम्

ahaṁ cābhinavo viṣṇu- sevānanda-hṛtāntaraḥ | na jāne tān atha svīyaiḥ preritas tair apūjayam

English translation

Translation

I was new there and was always immersed in the bliss of serving Çré Viñëu, so I did not know proper etiquette. But upon being directed by Guru Båhaspati and my other superiors, I duly worshiped those maharñis.

2.2.39

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अभिनन्द्य शुभाशीर्भिर् माꣳ ते’गच्छन् यथा-सुखम् । तिरो’भवद् उपेन्द्रो’पि मया पृष्टास् तदामराः

abhinandya śubhāśīrbhir māṁ te’gacchan yathā-sukham | tiro’bhavad upendro’pi mayā pṛṣṭās tadāmarāḥ

English translation

Translation

Bhågu and the other great sages greeted me with delight and blessed me, and then they continued on their journey. Meanwhile, Bhagavän Çré Upendra also disappeared. I then questioned the demigods.

2.2.40

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पूज्या देवा नृणाꣳ पूज्या देवानाम् अप्य् अमी तु के । किꣳ माहात्म्य महा-तेजो- मयः कुत्र वसन्ति वा

pūjyā devā nṛṇāṁ pūjyā devānām apy amī tu ke | kiṁ māhātmya mahā-tejo- mayaḥ kutra vasanti vā

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Translation

“You are demigods, worshipable by mankind, but who are these great sages whom even you worship? Why are they so glorious? Where do these powerfully effulgent maharñis live?”

2.2.41

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महाभिमानिभिर् देवैर् मत्सराक्रान्त-मानसैः । लज्जयेव न तद्-वृत्तम् उक्तꣳ गुरुर् अथाब्रवीत्

mahābhimānibhir devair matsarākrānta-mānasaiḥ | lajjayeva na tad-vṛttam uktaṁ gurur athābravīt

English translation

Translation

The demigods were full of pride and their hearts were afflicted by envy. They were embarrassed to describe the maharñis’ inherent superiority and remained silent. Their guru, Çré Båhaspati, however, did reply.

2.2.42

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श्री-बृहस्पतिर् उवाच— अत ऊर्ध्वꣳ महर्-लोको राजते कर्मभिः शुभैः । महद्भिर् यो नश्येत् त्रैलोक्य-प्रलये’पि न

śrī-bṛhaspatir uvāca— ata ūrdhvaṁ mahar-loko rājate karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ | mahadbhir yo naśyet trailokya-pralaye’pi na

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Translation

Çré Båhaspati said: O king of the demigods! Radiantly situated above Svarga is Maharloka, which is attained by those who perform pious deeds. Only those who are qualified to receive liberation reside there. Even when the three worlds are annihilated at the time of the cosmic dissolution, Maharloka is not destroyed.

2.2.43

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यथा हि कोटि-गुणितꣳ सम्राज्यात् सुखम् ऐन्द्रकम् । तत्-कोटि-गुणितꣳ तत्र प्राजापत्यꣳ सुखꣳ मतम्

yathā hi koṭi-guṇitaṁ samrājyāt sukham aindrakam | tat-koṭi-guṇitaṁ tatra prājāpatyaṁ sukhaṁ matam

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Translation

As the happiness of Indra is millions of times greater than that of an earthly emperor, so the happiness of a prajäpati is millions of times greater than that of Indra. Those who are wise have understood this.

2.2.44

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तेनामी सेवितास् तत्र निवसन्ति महा-सुखैः । यज्ञेश्वरꣳ प्रभुꣳ साक्षात् पूजयन्तः पदे पदे

tenāmī sevitās tatra nivasanti mahā-sukhaiḥ | yajñeśvaraṁ prabhuṁ sākṣāt pūjayantaḥ pade pade

English translation

Translation

Endowed with such immense pleasure, Bhågu and the other great sages reside in Maharloka, where at every moment they relish directly worshiping Yajïeçvara Prabhu, the Lord of sacrifice, by performing various sacrifices.

2.2.45

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वेन्द्र-पदे सद्यो निर्विद्यैच्छꣳ तम् ईक्षितुम् । पूज्य-पूज्यैर् महद्भिस् तैः पूज्यमानꣳ महा-प्रभुम्

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tac chrūtvendra-pade sadyo nirvidyaicchaṁ tam īkṣitum | pūjya-pūjyair mahadbhis taiḥ pūjyamānaṁ mahā-prabhum

English translation

Translation

Çré Gopa-kumära said: O brähmaëa, simply by hearing this wonderful narration from Båhaspati, the guru of the demigods, I lost interest in the post of Indra and desired to see Çré Yajïeçvara Bhagavän – He who is worshiped by the great sages such as Bhågu, who are themselves worshiped by the worshipable demigods.

2.2.46

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तत् सङ्कल्प्य जपꣳ कुर्वन्न् अचिराद् ऊर्ध्वम् उत्थितः । व्योम-यानेन तꣳ प्राप्तो लोकꣳ तत्र व्यलोकयम्

tat saṅkalpya japaṁ kurvann acirād ūrdhvam utthitaḥ | vyoma-yānena taṁ prāpto lokaṁ tatra vyalokayam

English translation

Translation

Making this idea my conscious intention, I began to chant my mantra. And by the power of this chanting, very soon a celestial airship appeared. I climbed aboard and was transported to Maharloka, where I witnessed the wonders of that realm.

2.2.47

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त्रैलोक्ये यत् सुखꣳ नास्ति वैभवꣳ भजनꣳ तथा । निर्दोषꣳ तत्र तत् सर्वम् अस्त्य् अनिर्वच्यम् आशु तत्

trailokye yat sukhaṁ nāsti vaibhavaṁ bhajanaṁ tathā | nirdoṣaṁ tatra tat sarvam asty anirvacyam āśu tat

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Translation

The faultless and indescribable happiness, opulence, and worship I witnessed there are not to be found anywhere else in the three worlds.

2.2.48

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वीतायमानेषु महा-मखेषु तैर् महर्षिभिर् भक्ति-परैः सहस्रशः । मखाग्नि-मध्ये प्रभुर् उत्थितः स्फुरन् मखेश्वरः क्रीडति यज्ञ-भाग-भूक्

vītāyamāneṣu mahā-makheṣu tair maharṣibhir bhakti-paraiḥ sahasraśaḥ | makhāgni-madhye prabhur utthitaḥ sphuran makheśvaraḥ krīḍati yajña-bhāga-bhūk

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Translation

There, thousands of great sages absorbed in loving devotion to Bhagavän were conducting lavish fire sacrifices under Bhågu’s leadership. Yajïeçvara, effulgent with sacred flames, was personally manifesting from the sacrifices and enjoying the pastime of accepting the offerings.

2.2.49

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स यज्ञ-मूर्तिर् अविकोटि-तेजा जगन्-मनो-हारि-महा-प्रतीकः । प्रसर्य हस्ताꣳश् चारुम् आददानो वरान् प्रियान् यच्छति याजकेभ्यः

sa yajña-mūrtir avikoṭi-tejā jagan-mano-hāri-mahā-pratīkaḥ | prasarya hastāṁś cārum ādadāno varān priyān yacchati yājakebhyaḥ

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Translation

As radiant as millions of suns, Yajïa-mürti, the personification of sacrifice, enchanted the world with His effulgent form. With His two outstretched arms, He accepted the oblations and fulfilled the worshipers’ heartfelt desires.

2.2.50

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तद्-दर्शनोज्जृम्भित-सम्भ्रमाय हर्षान् नमस्कार-पराय मह्यम् । दातो निजोच्छिष्ट-महा-प्रसादस् तेन स्व-हस्तेन दयार्द्र-वाचा

tad-darśanojjṛmbhita-sambhramāya harṣān namaskāra-parāya mahyam | dāto nijocchiṣṭa-mahā-prasādas tena sva-hastena dayārdra-vācā

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Translation

The astonishing majesty of Çré Yajïeçvara filled me with awe, and in great delight, I bowed down before Him. Seeing this, Yajïeçvara called to me with tender and compassionate words, and He gave me His mahä-prasäda remnants with His own hands.

2.2.51

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अपूर्व-लब्धम् आनन्दꣳ परमꣳ प्राप्नुवꣳस् ततः । कारुण्यातिशयात् तस्य सꣳसिद्धाशेष-वाञ्छितः

apūrva-labdham ānandaṁ paramaṁ prāpnuvaṁs tataḥ | kāruṇyātiśayāt tasya saṁsiddhāśeṣa-vāñchitaḥ

English translation

Translation

By Çré Jagadiça’s boundless mercy, I felt unimaginable joy, and my yearnings for His darçana were unlimitedly satisfied.

2.2.52

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दयालूनाꣳ महर्षीणाꣳ सङ्गत्येतस् ततो भ्रमन् । प्रत्यावसꣳ तथैवाहꣳ अद्रक्षꣳ जगदीश्वरम्

dayālūnāṁ maharṣīṇāṁ saṅgatyetas tato bhraman | pratyāvasaṁ tathaivāhaṁ adrakṣaṁ jagadīśvaram

English translation

Translation

Wandering about with those kind-hearted sages, I saw that in every house, the Lord of the universe was being worshiped in the same manner.

2.2.53

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ततः कृतार्थता-निष्ठाꣳ मन्वानः स्वस्य सर्वथा । सानन्दꣳ निवसꣳस् तत्र प्रोक्तो’हꣳ तैर् महर्षिभिः

tataḥ kṛtārthatā-niṣṭhāṁ manvānaḥ svasya sarvathā | sānandaṁ nivasaṁs tatra prokto’haṁ tair maharṣibhiḥ

English translation

Translation

Thus, I received immense mercy from Bhagavän Yajïeçvara and began to consider myself successful in every way. I was residing there in perfect happiness when one day, the maharñis spoke to me.

2.2.54

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श्री-महर्षय ऊचुः— भो गोप-वैश्य-पुत्र त्वम् एतल्-लोक-स्वभाव-जम् । प्रदीयमानम् अस्माभिर् विप्रत्वꣳ स्वी-कुरु द्रुतम्

śrī-maharṣaya ūcuḥ— bho gopa-vaiśya-putra tvam etal-loka-svabhāva-jam | pradīyamānam asmābhir vipratvaṁ svī-kuru drutam

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Translation

The maharñis said: O Gopa-kumära, you are the son of a vaiçya. We are granting you brahminical status. Quickly accept it. By the influence of this abode, one naturally develops the qualities of a brähmaëa.

2.2.55

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महर्षीनाम् एकतमो भूत्वा त्वम् अपि पूजय । जगदीशम् इमꣳ यज्ञैस् चिरम् आत्म-दिदृक्षितम्

maharṣīnām ekatamo bhūtvā tvam api pūjaya | jagadīśam imaṁ yajñais ciram ātma-didṛkṣitam

English translation

Translation

For a long, long time you have yearned to see Yajïeçvara Çré Jagadiça. Now, become a maharñi like us and constantly see and worship Him.

2.2.56

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वाचिन्तयꣳ ब्रह्मन् वैश्यत्वे स्यात् सुखꣳ महत् । प्रभोर् एषाꣳ च विप्राणाꣳ तद्-भक्तानाम् उपासनात्

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tac chrūtvācintayaṁ brahman vaiśyatve syāt sukhaṁ mahat | prabhor eṣāṁ ca viprāṇāṁ tad-bhaktānām upāsanāt

English translation

Translation

Çré Gopa-kumära says: O Mathurä brähmaëa, hearing this, I thought, “There is great happiness in being a vaiçya, because then I can serve both my Lord and His brähmaëa devotees and receive unlimited delight.”

2.2.57

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एषाꣳ यज्ञैक-निष्ठानाम् ऐक्येनावश्यके निजे जपे च । सद्-गुरूद्दिष्टे माण्ड्यꣳ स्याद् दृष्ट-सत्-फले

eṣāṁ yajñaika-niṣṭhānām aikyenāvaśyake nije jape ca | sad-gurūddiṣṭe māṇḍyaṁ syād dṛṣṭa-sat-phale

English translation

Translation

Those maharñis were solely dedicated to their fire sacrifices and had no other interest in life. I thought that if I agreed to their proposal and accepted the status of a brähmaëa, I would inevitably become remiss in chanting the mantra my divine master had taught me. It would not be right to neglect a mantra that had already proven itself by bestowing such good results so quickly.

2.2.58

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ततस् तान् अनुमन्याहम् अनङ्गी-कृत्य विप्रताम् । तत्रावसꣳ स्वतो जात- प्राजापत्य-महा-सुखैः

tatas tān anumanyāham anaṅgī-kṛtya vipratām | tatrāvasaṁ svato jāta- prājāpatya-mahā-sukhaiḥ

English translation

Translation

Therefore, I did not accept the status of a brähmaëa and humbly supplicated the maharñis. They relented and began to honor me as before. Thereafter, I also resided in Maharloka, enjoying boundless happiness as they did.

2.2.59

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न दोषस् तत्र शोको वा शङ्का वा कापि विद्यते । नान्यच् च किञ्चिद् यज्ञेश- प्रीत्यै यज्ञोत्सवान् ऋते

na doṣas tatra śoko vā śaṅkā vā kāpi vidyate | nānyac ca kiñcid yajñeśa- prītyai yajñotsavān ṛte

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Translation

Maharloka is free from even a trace of the defects found on Svarga, such as lamentation and fear. There, for the pleasure of Çré Yajïeçvara, only grand festivals of fire sacrifice are celebrated. No other sense enjoyment exists.

2.2.60

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किन्तु यज्ञ-समाप्तौ स्याद् दुःखम् अन्तर्हिते प्रभौ । वृत्ते यज्ञान्तरे चास्य प्रादुर्भावात् पुनः सुखम्

kintu yajña-samāptau syād duḥkham antarhite prabhau | vṛtte yajñāntare cāsya prādurbhāvāt punaḥ sukham

English translation

Translation

However, as soon as the sacrifice was over, Çré Yajïeçvara would disappear, leaving me grief-stricken. Then, when He would reappear at the start of another fire sacrifice, all my distress would be cast away.

2.2.61

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चतुर्-युग-सहस्रस्य तत्रत्यैक-दिनस्य हि । अन्ते त्रैलोक्य-दाहेन जन-लोको’धिगम्यते

catur-yuga-sahasrasya tatratyaika-dinasya hi | ante trailokya-dāhena jana-loko’dhigamyate

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Translation

At the end of one thousand catur-yugas (cycles of four ages), which equal one day of Brahmä, a cosmic annihilation would take place, consuming the three worlds with fire and causing even Maharloka to become hot. The scorching heat would force the great sages to move to Janaloka.

2.2.62

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रजन्याम् इव जातयाꣳ यज्ञाभावेन तत्र तु । यज्ञेशादर्शनेन स्याद् दाहस् तद्-दहतो’धिकः

rajanyām iva jātayāṁ yajñābhāvena tatra tu | yajñeśādarśanena syād dāhas tad-dahato’dhikaḥ

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Translation

On Janaloka, as if it were night, no fire sacrifices were performed. Consequently, there was no darçana of Çré Yajïeçvara. For me, the burning heat of not seeing Him was greater than the fire of devastation.

2.2.63

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ततो’क्षय-वट-च्छये क्षेत्रे श्री-पुरुषोत्तमे । आगत्य श्री-जगन्नाथꣳ पश्येयम् इति रोचते

tato’kṣaya-vaṭa-cchaye kṣetre śrī-puruṣottame | āgatya śrī-jagannāthaṁ paśyeyam iti rocate

English translation

Translation

In order to relieve the fever of separation from Bhagavän, I longed to go to Çré Puruñottama-kñetra, where in the shade of the imperishable banyan tree I would continuously see Çré Jagannätha- deva.

2.2.64

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महर्-लोके गते’प्य् आत्म- जपाद् रहसि पूर्ववत् । सम्पद्यमानाच् छोकः स्याद् अस्य भूमेर् दिदृक्षया

mahar-loke gate’py ātma- japād rahasi pūrvavat | sampadyamānāc chokaḥ syād asya bhūmer didṛkṣayā

English translation

Translation

Despite being in Maharloka, when I would chant my mantra in a solitary place as before, I would become aggrieved by the desire to see Çré Vraja-bhümi, this land of Vraja.

2.2.65-66

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प्रादुर्भूतो’थ भगवान् इज्यमानो दया-निधिः । यदा माम् आह्वयेत् प्रीत्या मन्-नीतꣳ लीलयात्ति च तदानीयेत सर्वार्तिस् तमः सूर्योदये यथा । रात्राव् अपि तद्-एकाश- बद्धो नेशे क्वचिद् गतौ

prādurbhūto’tha bhagavān ijyamāno dayā-nidhiḥ | yadā mām āhvayet prītyā man-nītaṁ līlayātti ca tadānīyeta sarvārtis tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā | rātrāv api tad-ekāśa- baddho neśe kvacid gatau

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However, Bhagavän Çré Yajïeçvara, that ocean of mercy, would then appear. Cordially summoning me, He would affectionately accept my offerings, which would cause all my anguish to be mitigated, just as the rising sun dissipates the darkness. Even during the night, just the hope of seeing Him again would relieve my distress.

2.2.67

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तत्रैकदा महा-तेजः- पुञ्ज-रूपो दिग्-अम्बरः । पञ्चशाब्धि-कलालाभः को’प्य् अगाद् ऊर्ध्व-लोकतः

tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ- puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ | pañcaśābdhi-kalālābhaḥ ko’py agād ūrdhva-lokataḥ

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Once, a dazzlingly effulgent person arrived there from a higher planet. He appeared like a completely naked five-year-old boy.

2.2.68

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विहाय यज्ञ-कर्माणि भक्त्योत्थाय महर्षिभिः । प्रणम्य ध्यान-निष्ठो’सौ यज्ञेश्वर-वद् अर्चितः

vihāya yajña-karmāṇi bhaktyotthāya maharṣibhiḥ | praṇamya dhyāna-niṣṭho’sau yajñeśvara-vad arcitaḥ

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Seeing that great personality, who was absorbed in meditation, the maharñis abandoned their sacrificial rituals and prostrated themselves before him. With loving devotion, they worshiped him in a manner equal to their worship of Çré Yajïeçvara.

2.2.69

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यथा-कामꣳ गते तस्मिन् मया पृष्टा महर्षयः । कुत्रत्यः कतमो वयꣳ भवद्भिर् वार्चितः कथम्

yathā-kāmaṁ gate tasmin mayā pṛṣṭā maharṣayaḥ | kutratyaḥ katamo vayaṁ bhavadbhir vārcitaḥ katham

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Translation

After the departure of that child, who wanders at will, I asked the great sages, “Who was that boy? Where does he live? Why did you worship him?”

2.2.70

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सनत्-कुमार-नामायꣳ ज्येष्टो’स्माकꣳ महत्तमः । आत्मारामाप्त-कामानाम् आद्य्-आचार्यो बृहद्-व्रतः

sanat-kumāra-nāmāyaṁ jyeṣṭo’smākaṁ mahattamaḥ | ātmārāmāpta-kāmānām ādy-ācāryo bṛhad-vrataḥ

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The maharñis replied, “His name is Çré Sanat-kumära, and he is the eldest and most exalted of all of us. He is the original preceptor of those who are self-satisfied (ätmä-räma) and those whose desires have been satiated (äpta-käma), and he maintains a powerful vow of lifelong celibacy.

2.2.71

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इत ऊर्ध्वतरे लोके तपः-सꣳज्ञे वसत्य् असौ । भ्रतृभिस् त्रिभिर् अन्यैश् च योगीन्द्रैः स्व-समैः सह

ita ūrdhvatare loke tapaḥ-saṁjñe vasaty asau | bhratṛbhis tribhir anyaiś ca yogīndraiḥ sva-samaiḥ saha

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“Above this Maharloka is Janaloka, and above that is Tapoloka. It is there that he resides with his three brothers, who, like him, are masters of yoga.

2.2.72

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बृहद्-व्रतैक-लभ्यो यः क्षेमꣳ यस्मिन् सदा सुखम् । प्राजापत्यात् सुखात् कोटि- गुणितꣳ चोर्ध्व-रेतसाम्

bṛhad-vrataika-labhyo yaḥ kṣemaṁ yasmin sadā sukham | prājāpatyāt sukhāt koṭi- guṇitaṁ cordhva-retasām

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“Tapoloka is attained only by observing a vow of lifelong celibacy, and it is a realm that is always full of auspiciousness, tranquility, and bliss. The happiness that the lifelong celibate residents enjoy in Tapoloka is billions of times superior to the happiness of the prajäpatis.

2.2.73

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यथा यज्ञेश्वरः पूज्यस् तथायꣳ च विशेषतः । गृहस्थानाम् इवास्माकꣳ स्व-कृत्य-त्यागतो’पि च

yathā yajñeśvaraḥ pūjyas tathāyaṁ ca viśeṣataḥ | gṛhasthānām ivāsmākaṁ sva-kṛtya-tyāgato’pi ca

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“As Çré Yajïeçvara is worshipable by everyone, Çré Sanat-kumära is also worshipable. He is an incarnation of Çré Bhagavän and is an exalted Vaiñëava. As such, he is to be worshiped, especially by householders like us. We have abandoned even our sacrificial rituals to worship him.”

2.2.74

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— ततो’कर्षम् अहꣳ चित्ते तत्राहो कीदृशꣳ सुखम् । ईदृशः कति वान्ये स्यूर् एषाꣳ पूज्यश् च कीदृशः

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tato’karṣam ahaṁ citte tatrāho kīdṛśaṁ sukham | īdṛśaḥ kati vānye syūr eṣāṁ pūjyaś ca kīdṛśaḥ

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Translation

Çré Gopa-kumära said: Hearing this, I wondered, “What kind of happiness is found on Tapoloka? How many great yogés like Sanat- kumära live there? And which form of the Lord do they worship?”

2.2.75

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एवꣳ तान् च दिदृक्षुः सन् समाहित-मना जपन् । भूत्वा परम-तेजस्वी तꣳ लोकꣳ वेगतो’गमम्

evaṁ tān ca didṛkṣuḥ san samāhita-manā japan | bhūtvā parama-tejasvī taṁ lokaṁ vegato’gamam

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Translation

Then, eager to see that manifestation of Bhagavän, I began to chant my mantra with one-pointed attention. By the potency of japa, I also became as supremely effulgent as Sanat-kumära and swiftly reached Tapoloka.

2.2.76

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तत्र दृष्टो मया श्रीमान् सनको’थ सनन्दनः । असौ सनत्-कुमारो’पि चतुर्थश् च सनातनः

tatra dṛṣṭo mayā śrīmān sanako’tha sanandanaḥ | asau sanat-kumāro’pi caturthaś ca sanātanaḥ

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Translation

There, I again saw Sanat-kumära, as well as Çrémän Sanaka, Sanandana, and the fourth Kumära, Sanätana.

2.2.77

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सम्मन्यमानस् तत्रत्यैस् तादृशैर् एव ते मिथः । सुख-गोष्ठिꣳ वितन्वानः सन्त्य् अगम्यꣳ हि मादृशैः

sammanyamānas tatratyais tādṛśair eva te mithaḥ | sukha-goṣṭhiṁ vitanvānaḥ santy agamyaṁ hi mādṛśaiḥ

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I saw that the residents of Tapoloka were honoring those incarnations of Bhagavän, Sanaka and his brothers, who were happily conversing among themselves. However, ignorant as I was, I could not understand that blissful discussion.

2.2.78

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भगवल्-लक्षणꣳ तेषु तादृङ् नास्ति तथाप्य् अभूत् । तेषाꣳ सन्दर्शनात् तत्र महान् मोदः मम स्वतः

bhagaval-lakṣaṇaṁ teṣu tādṛṅ nāsti tathāpy abhūt | teṣāṁ sandarśanāt tatra mahān modaḥ mama svataḥ

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Translation

Although the four Kumäras did not have the characteristic attributes of Bhagavän, still great euphoria spontaneously filled my heart whenever I saw them.

2.2.79

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यथा-स्थानꣳ प्रयातेषु ध्यान-निष्ठेषु तेष्व् अथ । द्रष्टुꣳ भ्रमामि सम्भाव्य पूर्ववज् जगदीश्वरम्

yathā-sthānaṁ prayāteṣu dhyāna-niṣṭheṣu teṣv atha | draṣṭuṁ bhramāmi sambhāvya pūrvavaj jagadīśvaram

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When Sanaka and the other masters of yoga, who were devoted to meditation, went to their respective domiciles, I thought to myself, “Here also, just as in Svarga, Çré Bhagavän must be present somewhere in a manifest form.” Thus, I began to wander about in search of Him.

2.2.80

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इतस् ततो न दृष्ट्वा तम् अपृच्छꣳ तान् महा-मुनीन् । न ते स्तुवन्तꣳ माम् अग्रे नमन्तꣳ लोकयन्त्य् अपि

itas tato na dṛṣṭvā tam apṛcchaṁ tān mahā-munīn | na te stuvantaṁ mām agre namantaṁ lokayanty api

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Translation

I wandered everywhere, but I did not find Çré Jagadéçvara. Having no other recourse, I inquired from the great sages, but they did not reply. Although I even prostrated myself before them and offered prayers, they still did not even look at me.

2.2.81

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प्रायः सर्वे समाधि-स्था नैष्ठिका ऊर्ध्व-रेतसः । स्वात्मारामाः पूर्ण-कामाः सेव्यमानाश् च सिद्धिभिः

prāyaḥ sarve samādhi-sthā naiṣṭhikā ūrdhva-retasaḥ | svātmārāmāḥ pūrṇa-kāmāḥ sevyamānāś ca siddhibhiḥ

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Although the sages would occasionally have loving discussions with one another or would worship Bhagavän, they were virtually always absorbed in samädhi. They were resolute celibates, wholly self-satisfied with all their desires fulfilled, and they were served by mystic perfections like aëimä.

2.2.82

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भगवद्-दर्शनाशा च महती फलिता न मे । उताभूद् विरमन्तीव तेषाꣳ सङ्गे स्व-भावतः

bhagavad-darśanāśā ca mahatī phalitā na me | utābhūd viramantīva teṣāṁ saṅge sva-bhāvataḥ

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Translation

There, my ardent desire for darçana of Bhagavän was not fulfilled. Indeed, by the influence of the association of the self-satisfied sages, it actually began to wane.

2.2.83

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तत्राथाप्य् अवसꣳ तेषाꣳ प्रभाव-भार-दर्शनात् । गुरु-वाग्-गौरवाद् दृष्ट- फलत्वाच् चात्यजन् जपम्

tatrāthāpy avasaṁ teṣāṁ prabhāva-bhāra-darśanāt | guru-vāg-gauravād dṛṣṭa- phalatvāc cātyajan japam

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Nevertheless, I remained in Tapoloka. Being impressed by the great power of those sages, I could go nowhere else. At the same time, out of reverence for the words of my guru and because I had clearly experienced the benefit of my mantra, I did not abandon my chanting.

2.2.84

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स्थान-स्वभावजाच् चित्त- प्रसादानन्दतो’धिकम् । तेन सम्पद्यमानेन सा दिदृक्षा विवर्धिता

sthāna-svabhāvajāc citta- prasādānandato’dhikam | tena sampadyamānena sā didṛkṣā vivardhitā

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Translation

Due to the glorious nature of that realm, as I continuously chanted my mantra, my attachment to seeing the Lord began to increase. The bliss and joy I would experience in my heart made the pleasure of being with Sanaka and the other sages appear vapid.

2.2.85

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सदा नीलाचले राजज्- जगन्नाथ-दिदृक्षया । यियासूꣳ तत्र सꣳलक्ष्याब्रवीन् माꣳ पिप्पलायनः

sadā nīlācale rājaj- jagannātha-didṛkṣayā | yiyāsūṁ tatra saṁlakṣyābravīn māṁ pippalāyanaḥ

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Translation

Pippaläyana Muni. When my attachment became overwhelming, it sparked in me the desire to go to Néläcala to see the eternally manifest Çré Jagannätha- deva. Understanding my intention, the omniscient sage Çré Pippaläyana came to me.

2.2.86

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श्री-पिप्पलायन उवाच— इदꣳ महत् पदꣳ हित्वा कथम् अन्यद् यियाससि । कथꣳ वा भ्रमसि द्रष्टुꣳ दृग्भ्याꣳ तꣳ परमेश्वरम्

śrī-pippalāyana uvāca— idaṁ mahat padaṁ hitvā katham anyad yiyāsasi | kathaṁ vā bhramasi draṣṭuṁ dṛgbhyāṁ taṁ parameśvaram

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Translation

Çré Pippaläyana said: Why do you want to leave this exalted realm and go elsewhere? Why do you roam about trying to see the Supreme Lord, who cannot be seen with material eyes?

2.2.87

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समाधत्स्व मनः स्वीयꣳ ततो द्रक्ष्यसि तꣳ स्वतः । सर्वत्र बहिर् अन्तश् च सदा साक्षाद् इव स्थितम्

samādhatsva manaḥ svīyaṁ tato drakṣyasi taṁ svataḥ | sarvatra bahir antaś ca sadā sākṣād iva sthitam

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Translation

Fix your mind in deep meditation, because it is by meditation alone that can one see Parameçvara. He is everywhere, within and without, but by the potency of samädhi you will see Him as if directly before you in person.

2.2.88

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परमात्मा वासुदेवः सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहः । नितन्तꣳ शोधिते चित्ते स्फुरत्य् एष न चान्यतः

paramātmā vāsudevaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ | nitantaṁ śodhite citte sphuraty eṣa na cānyataḥ

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Translation

Väsudeva, the Supersoul and presiding Deity of consciousness, is sac- cid-änanda-vigraha, the embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. He only appears in a consciousness that has been completely cleansed of the contamination of material urges and is surcharged with viçuddha-sattva (pure spiritual goodness). There is no other way to see Him.

2.2.89

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तदानीꣳ च मनो-वृत्त्यान्- तराभावात् सुसिद्ध्यति । चेतसा खलु यत् साक्षाच् चक्षुषा दर्शनꣳ हरेः

tadānīṁ ca mano-vṛttyān- tarābhāvāt susiddhyati | cetasā khalu yat sākṣāc cakṣuṣā darśanaṁ hareḥ

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Translation

Do not think that meditation is the only activity of the mind. It is the mind that facilitates direct vision of Çré Hari through the eyes. This is because when Bhagavän manifests in one’s heart, the mind can do nothing but think of Him. Thus, the eyes actually see only through the faculty of the mind.

2.2.90

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मनः-सुखे’न्तर्-भवति सर्वेन्द्रिय-सुखꣳ स्वतः । तद्-वृत्तिष्व् अपि वाक्-चक्षुः- श्रुत्य्-आदीन्द्रिय-वृत्तयः

manaḥ-sukhe’ntar-bhavati sarvendriya-sukhaṁ svataḥ | tad-vṛttiṣv api vāk-cakṣuḥ- śruty-ādīndriya-vṛttayaḥ

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Translation

When joy arises in the mind, all the senses automatically become pleased. The functions of the eyes and other senses are accomplished by the mind, so when the mind is happy, all the senses are happy.

2.2.91

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मनो-वृत्तिꣳ विना सर्वेन्- द्रियानाꣳ वृत्तयो’फलाः । कृतापीहाकृतैव स्याद् आत्मन्य् अनुपलब्धितः

mano-vṛttiṁ vinā sarven- driyānāṁ vṛttayo’phalāḥ | kṛtāpīhākṛtaiva syād ātmany anupalabdhitaḥ

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Translation

Without the mind’s activity, the functions of the senses are futile – for as long as the mind does not experience the activities of the senses, they are as if never performed. Therefore, actual darçana of Çré Bhagavän takes place when He manifests in the supremely pure consciousness of the mind and heart.

2.2.92

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कदाचिद् भक्त-वात्सल्याद् याति चेद् दृश्यताꣳ दृशोः । ज्ञान-दृष्ट्यैव तज्-जातम् अभिमानः परꣳ दृशोः

kadācid bhakta-vātsalyād yāti ced dṛśyatāṁ dṛśoḥ | jñāna-dṛṣṭyaiva taj-jātam abhimānaḥ paraṁ dṛśoḥ

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Translation

It is true that sometimes the Lord, out by special affection for His devotees, appears to their external eyes. However, He is really made visible by the eyes of knowledge. Only by the compassion of Çré Bhagavän does the living being feel that he has received darçana with his eyes.

2.2.93

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तस्य कारुण्य-शक्त्या वा दृश्यो’स्त्व् अपि बहिर्-दृशोः । तथापि दर्शनानन्दः स्व-यानौ जायते हृदि

tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā vā dṛśyo’stv api bahir-dṛśoḥ | tathāpi darśanānandaḥ sva-yānau jāyate hṛdi

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Translation

Because nothing is impossible for Çré Bhagavän, by His käruëya- çakti, His mercy potency, He sometimes appears to external vision. Even so, the joy of this darçana is transmitted by the mind alone, which is its source.

2.2.94

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अनन्तरꣳ च तत्रैव विलसन् पर्यवस्यति । मन एव महा-पात्रꣳ तत्-सुख-ग्रहिणोचितम्

anantaraṁ ca tatraiva vilasan paryavasyati | mana eva mahā-pātraṁ tat-sukha-grahiṇocitam

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Translation

Even after Çré Bhagavän disappears, the bliss of seeing Him continues to radiate in one’s mind in various forms. Although the eyes have seen the Lord, the joy of that vision belongs to the mind. Therefore, darçana of Bhagavän is achieved by the mind, which is the matchless receptacle for experiencing the happiness of that vision.

2.2.95

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तत्-प्रसादोदयाद् यावत् सुखꣳ वर्धेत मानसम् । तावद् वर्धितुम् ईशिता न चान्यद् बाह्यम् इन्द्रियम्

tat-prasādodayād yāvat sukhaṁ vardheta mānasam | tāvad vardhitum īśitā na cānyad bāhyam indriyam

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Translation

By the mercy of Çré Bhagavän, as the happiness within the mind caused by seeing Him increases further and further, the mind expands to the magnitude of that joy. No external sense can expand like the mind.

2.2.96

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अन्तर्-ध्यानेन दृष्टो’पि साक्षाद् दृष्ट इव प्रभुः । कृपा-विसेषाꣳ तनुते प्रमाणꣳ तत्र पद्मजः

antar-dhyānena dṛṣṭo’pi sākṣād dṛṣṭa iva prabhuḥ | kṛpā-viseṣāṁ tanute pramāṇaṁ tatra padmajaḥ

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Translation

Brahmäjé. Seeing Bhagavän in one’s meditation is like seeing Him directly. When seen in meditation, He bestows special mercy by giving boons and blessings. The lotus-born Brahmä is evidence of this.

2.2.97

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साक्षाद् दर्शनम् अप्य् अस्य भक्तानाम् एव हर्ष-दम् । कꣳस-दुर्योधनादीनाꣳ भय-दोषादिनोच्यते

sākṣād darśanam apy asya bhaktānām eva harṣa-dam | kaṁsa-duryodhanādīnāṁ bhaya-doṣādinocyate

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Translation

Direct darçana of Çré Bhagavän is a source of delight for all the Lord’s devotees, but not for those without devotion. In spite of seeing the Lord personally, Kaàsa felt fear and Duryodhana and others developed wickedness in their hearts.

2.2.98-99

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परानन्द-घनꣳ श्रीमत् सर्वेन्द्रिय-गुणाञ्जनम् । नारायणस्य रूपꣳ तत् साक्षात् सम्पश्यताम् अपि मधु-कैटभ-मुख्यानाम् असुराणाꣳ दुरात्मनाम् । न लीनो दुष्ट-भावो’पि सर्व-पीडा-करो हि यः

parānanda-ghanaṁ śrīmat sarvendriya-guṇāñjanam | nārāyaṇasya rūpaṁ tat sākṣāt sampaśyatām api madhu-kaiṭabha-mukhyānām asurāṇāṁ durātmanām | na līno duṣṭa-bhāvo’pi sarva-pīḍā-karo hi yaḥ

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Çré Näräyaëa epitomizes all beauty (çré). His form, the essence of concentrated bliss, radiates unlimited loveliness. The luster and sweetness of His magnificent form drown the senses of one beholding them in an ocean of bliss. Yet, even though wicked demons like Madhu and Kaiöabha saw this form of the Lord in person, they still could not give up their heinous nature, the root of all suffering.

2.2.100

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आनन्दक-स्वभावो’पि भक्ति-माहात्म्य-दर्शनात् । भक्तान् हर्षयितुꣳ कुर्याद् दुर्घटꣳ च स ईश्वरः

ānandaka-svabhāvo’pi bhakti-māhātmya-darśanāt | bhaktān harṣayituṁ kuryād durghaṭaṁ ca sa īśvaraḥ

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Çré Näräyaëa, who delights the world, sometimes hides His nature (from non-devotees) to reveal the glories of bhakti and to give pleasure to His devotees. He is the Supreme Lord, and so it is not amazing that He can make even the impossible possible.

2.2.101

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भक्तौ नव-विधायाꣳ च मुख्यꣳ स्मरणम् एव हि । तत् समग्रेन्द्रिय-श्रेष्ठ- मनो-वृत्ति-समर्पणम्

bhaktau nava-vidhāyāṁ ca mukhyaṁ smaraṇam eva hi | tat samagrendriya-śreṣṭha- mano-vṛtti-samarpaṇam

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Of the nine processes of bhakti, smaraëa, or remembrance, is the foremost because only through remembrance can the function of the mind, the best of the senses, be offered to Çré Bhagavän.

2.2.102

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अन्तराङ्गान्तराङ्गाꣳ तु प्रेम-भक्तिꣳ यथा-रुचि । दातुम् अर्हत्य् अविश्रामꣳ मन एव समाहितम्

antarāṅgāntarāṅgāṁ tu prema-bhaktiṁ yathā-ruci | dātum arhaty aviśrāmaṁ mana eva samāhitam

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When the mind is fixed, prema-bhakti, which is more confidential than the practices of knowledge and renunciation, continuously manifests in the heart of the practitioner according to his natural predilection (ruci).

2.2.103-105

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अशेष-साधनैः साध्यः समस्तार्थाधिकाधिकः । यो वसी-करणे गाढो- पायो भगवतो’द्वयः तत्-प्रसादैक-लाभ्यो यस् तद्-भक्तैक-महा-निधिः । विचित्र-परमानन्द- माधुर्य-भार-पूरितः महा-निर्वच्य-माहात्म्यः पदार्थः प्रेम-सꣳज्ञकः । परिणाम-विशेषे हि चेतो-वृत्तेर् उदेति सः

aśeṣa-sādhanaiḥ sādhyaḥ samastārthādhikādhikaḥ | yo vasī-karaṇe gāḍho- pāyo bhagavato’dvayaḥ tat-prasādaika-lābhyo yas tad-bhaktaika-mahā-nidhiḥ | vicitra-paramānanda- mādhurya-bhāra-pūritaḥ mahā-nirvacya-māhātmyaḥ padārthaḥ prema-saṁjñakaḥ | pariṇāma-viśeṣe hi ceto-vṛtter udeti saḥ

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That which is the object of attainment of an infinite number of disciplines, which is even superior to the worship of Bhagavän, the topmost of all goals, and which is the unparalleled means to control the supremely independent Lord – that is prema. It can be obtained only by the mercy of Bhagavän and not by one’s own endeavors. Therefore, being saturated with the wonderful sweetness of paramount bliss, it is an incomparable, priceless treasure that devotees diligently protect. Its glories are indescribable. Prema is a specific transformation of the function of consciousness that arises only when one’s consciousness is transcendentally pure.

2.2.106

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मनसो हि समाधानꣳ मन्यसे दुष्करꣳ यदि । चक्षुः साफल्य-कामो वा भगवन्तꣳ दिदृक्षसे

manaso hi samādhānaṁ manyase duṣkaraṁ yadi | cakṣuḥ sāphalya-kāmo vā bhagavantaṁ didṛkṣase

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If you consider concentrating the mind to be too arduous, or if you desire to fulfill the purpose of your eyes by directly seeing Çré Bhagavän, ….

2.2.107

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तद् गच्छ भारतꣳ वर्षꣳ तत्र नो’त्रत्यम् ईश्वरम् । नारायणꣳ नर-सखꣳ पश्याद्रौ गन्धमादने

tad gaccha bhārataṁ varṣaṁ tatra no’tratyam īśvaram | nārāyaṇaṁ nara-sakhaṁ paśyādrau gandhamādane

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Gandhamädana. … then go to Gandhamädana Mountain in Bhärata-varña, where you can have darçana of Çré Nara-Näräyaëa, the Supreme Lord of this planet (Tapoloka).

2.2.108

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अन्तर् बहिश् च पश्यामस् तꣳ समाधि-परायणाः । नातो विच्छेद-दुःखꣳ स्याद् इत्य् अगात् तत्र स प्रभुः

antar bahiś ca paśyāmas taṁ samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ | nāto viccheda-duḥkhaṁ syād ity agāt tatra sa prabhuḥ

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Being fixed in samädhi, we see Him everywhere, within and without, and never feel pangs of separation from Him. Aware of our capabilities, the Lord has gone to Bhärata-varña.

2.2.109

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लोक-शिक्षा-हितार्थꣳ तु कुर्वन्न् आस्ते महत्-तपः । धनुर्-विद्या-गुरुर् ब्रह्म- चारि-वेशो जटाधरः

loka-śikṣā-hitārthaṁ tu kurvann āste mahat-tapaḥ | dhanur-vidyā-gurur brahma- cāri-veśo jaṭādharaḥ

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Translation

In order to educate and benefit the people of the world, He is performing severe austerities there, having taken the form of a guru of weaponry, dressed as a brahmacäré with matted locks.

2.2.110

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— तत्रैव गन्तु-कामꣳ माꣳ चत्वारः सनकादयः । पश्यात्रैव तम् इत्य् उक्त्वा बहु-रूपाण्य् अदर्शयन्

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tatraiva gantu-kāmaṁ māṁ catvāraḥ sanakādayaḥ | paśyātraiva tam ity uktvā bahu-rūpāṇy adarśayan

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Çré Gopa-kumära said: O brähmaëa, as I prepared to go to Gandhamädana Mountain, the four sages led by Sanaka understood the restlessness of my heart and said, “Gopa-kumära, you can see Çré Bhagavän right here,” upon which they showed me many manifestations of Bhagavän.

2.2.111

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एको नारायणो वृत्तो विष्णु-रूपो’परो’भवत् । अन्यो यज्ञेश-रूपो’भूत् परो विविध-रूपवान्

eko nārāyaṇo vṛtto viṣṇu-rūpo’paro’bhavat | anyo yajñeśa-rūpo’bhūt paro vividha-rūpavān

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Sanaka, who is chief among the four Kumäras, assumed the form of Näräyaëa, another exhibited the form of Viñëu, another took the form of Yajïeçvara, and the last manifested the form of Nåsiàha and many different forms of Bhagavän.

2.2.112

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भयेन वेपमानस् तान् अवोचꣳ साञ्जलिर् नमन् । अपराद्धꣳ मया बाढꣳ क्षमध्वꣳ दीन-वत्सलाः

bhayena vepamānas tān avocaṁ sāñjalir naman | aparāddhaṁ mayā bāḍhaṁ kṣamadhvaṁ dīna-vatsalāḥ

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Seeing this astonishing sight, I began trembling in fear. I offered obeisances to them with folded hands and said, “O déna-vatsala – O you who are affectionate to the fallen! I have committed a great offense. Please forgive me.”

2.2.113

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स्पृष्टो’हꣳ तैर् मूर्ध्नि लब्ध्वा समाधिꣳ दृष्टानि प्राक् तानि रूपाण्य् अपश्यम् । व्युत्थाने’पि ध्यान-वेगात् कदाचित् प्रत्यक्षाणीवानुपश्येयम् आरात्

spṛṣṭo’haṁ tair mūrdhni labdhvā samādhiṁ dṛṣṭāni prāk tāni rūpāṇy apaśyam | vyutthāne’pi dhyāna-vegāt kadācit pratyakṣāṇīvānupaśyeyam ārāt

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Then Sanaka and his brothers touched my head and, by the potency of that touch, I became absorbed in samädhi. In that state, too, I directly saw all the same forms of Çré Viñëu that I had just seen. And even after my samädhi broke, by the influence of that meditation, I continued to see all those forms of the Lord as if They were right before my eyes.

2.2.114

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ततो जपे’पि मे निष्ठाम् अविन्दत सुखꣳ स्वतः । किन्त्व् अस्या माधुरी भूमेर् व्याकुली-कुरुते मनः

tato jape’pi me niṣṭhām avindata sukhaṁ svataḥ | kintv asyā mādhurī bhūmer vyākulī-kurute manaḥ

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Due to this, my mind became peaceful. Therefore, when I saw Bhagavän’s beautiful form or when I engaged in my chanting, which had completely matured, I spontaneously experienced great joy. Nevertheless, whenever I chanted my mantra, I would also become distressed at heart and tormented by feelings of separation from the sweetness of Våndävana.

2.2.115

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सुषुप्तिर् इव काचिन् मे कदाचिज् जायते दशा । तया जपे’न्तराय स्यात् तत्-तद्-रूपेक्षणे तथा

suṣuptir iva kācin me kadācij jāyate daśā | tayā jape’ntarāya syāt tat-tad-rūpekṣaṇe tathā

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In samädhi, my mind would enter a state of deep absorption. This became an obstacle in my chanting and an obstruction to my seeing the indescribable form of Bhagavän.

2.2.116

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विलपामि ततो नीला- चलꣳ जिगमिषामि च । तत्रत्यैस् तैस् तु तद्-वृत्तꣳ पृच्छ्येयाहꣳ स-सन्त्वानम्

vilapāmi tato nīlā- calaṁ jigamiṣāmi ca | tatratyais tais tu tad-vṛttaṁ pṛcchyeyāhaṁ sa-santvānam

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Therefore, I would simply weep. I longed to go to Néläcala to see Çré Jagannätha. The great sages there consoled me with sweet words and inquired about the cause of my discontent.

2.2.117

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स-शोकꣳ कथ्यमाना सा श्रुत्वामीभिः प्रशस्यते । मया तथानुबुध्येत दुःखम् एवानुमन्यते

sa-śokaṁ kathyamānā sā śrutvāmībhiḥ praśasyate | mayā tathānubudhyeta duḥkham evānumanyate

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Translation

When I described my feelings of distress to them, they praised me highly. Because I could not understand this praise, those very words of commendation became the cause of my distress.

2.2.118

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अथाभ्यास-बलेनान्तर् बहिश् च जगदीश्वरम् । तत्-तद्-रूपेण पश्यामि प्रत्यक्षम् इव सर्वतः

athābhyāsa-balenāntar bahiś ca jagadīśvaram | tat-tad-rūpeṇa paśyāmi pratyakṣam iva sarvataḥ

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On the strength of my practice of meditation, I would see Çré Jagadéçvara within and without, as if He were directly before me in all His various forms that I had seen before.

2.2.119

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कदाचित् सनकादिꣳश् च ध्यान-निष्ठा-वशꣳ गतान् । विन्दतस् तानि रूपाणि दृष्ट्वाप्नोमि परꣳ मुदम्

kadācit sanakādiṁś ca dhyāna-niṣṭhā-vaśaṁ gatān | vindatas tāni rūpāṇi dṛṣṭvāpnomi paraṁ mudam

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Translation

Sometimes I would observe that when Sanaka and his brothers were deeply absorbed in meditation on Çré Bhagavän, they would assume forms similar to the form of the Lord they were meditating upon. I became supremely elated to see their dedication to their practice and the level of their absorption, which reflected the power of their meditation.

2.2.120

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तत्-तद्-रहित-काले’पि न सीदामि तद्-आशया । इत्थꣳ चिर-दिनꣳ तत्र सुखेनेवावसꣳ सदा

tat-tad-rahita-kāle’pi na sīdāmi tad-āśayā | itthaṁ cira-dinaṁ tatra sukhenevāvasaṁ sadā

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Translation

Even when Çré Sanaka and his brothers were not visible in forms of Bhagavän, the hope of seeing these manifestations again kept me from becoming disconsolate. Thus, I stayed there happily for many days.

2.2.121

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कदाचित् पुष्कर-द्वीपे स्व-भक्तान् कृपयेक्षितुम् । प्रस्थितो हꣳसम् आरूढस् तत्रयतश् चतुर्-मुखः

kadācit puṣkara-dvīpe sva-bhaktān kṛpayekṣitum | prasthito haṁsam ārūḍhas tatrayataś catur-mukhaḥ

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Translation

Once, Çré Brahmäjé, mounted on a swan, went to Puñkara-dvépa to mercifully grace his devotees with his darçana. On the way, he stopped in Tapoloka.

2.2.122

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परमैश्वर्य-सम्पन्नः स वृद्धः सनकादिभिः । स-सम्भ्रमꣳ प्रणम्याभि- पूजितो भक्ति-नम्रितैः

paramaiśvarya-sampannaḥ sa vṛddhaḥ sanakādibhiḥ | sa-sambhramaṁ praṇamyābhi- pūjito bhakti-namritaiḥ

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When Sanaka and other sages saw that the venerable and supremely opulent Çré Brahmä had arrived, they reverently bowed down to him and worshiped him with great devotion.

2.2.123

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आशीर्भिर् वर्धयित्वा तान् स्नेहेनाघ्राय मूर्धसु । किञ्चित् समानुशिष्यासौ तꣳ द्वीपꣳ वेगतो’गमात्

āśīrbhir vardhayitvā tān snehenāghrāya mūrdhasu | kiñcit samānuśiṣyāsau taṁ dvīpaṁ vegato’gamāt

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Translation

Çré Brahmä in turn repeatedly blessed Sanaka and the other Kumäras and tenderly smelled their heads. After giving some instructions about the secrets of loving service to Bhagavän, he left quickly for Puñkara-dvépa.

2.2.124

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तत्-तत्त्व-वृत्तꣳ सम्पृष्टा मयावोचन् विहस्य ते । अत्रागत्याधुनापीमꣳ गोप-बालक वेत्सि न

tat-tattva-vṛttaṁ sampṛṣṭā mayāvocan vihasya te | atrāgatyādhunāpīmaṁ gopa-bālaka vetsi na

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Translation

Thereafter, I asked Sanaka and his brothers who that four-headed personality was. Heartily laughing, they answered, “O cowherd boy! You have been living here for so long, and you still don’t know the identity of this very famous Brahmäjé?

2.2.125

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प्रजापति-पतिर् ब्रह्मा स्रष्टा विश्वस्य नः पिता । स्वयम्भूः परमेष्ठ्य् एष जगत् पात्य् अनुशास्त्य् अपि

prajāpati-patir brahmā sraṣṭā viśvasya naḥ pitā | svayambhūḥ parameṣṭhy eṣa jagat pāty anuśāsty api

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Translation

“He is Çré Brahmä, the master of all the progenitors of the universe. He is our father, although he himself is self-born and fatherless. He is the supreme authority and the creator and maintainer of the universe. By spreading the message of the Vedas, he teaches religious principles.

2.2.126

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तस्य लोकस् तु सत्याख्यः सर्वोपरि विराजते । सत-जन्म-कृतैः शुद्धैः स्व-धर्मैर् लभ्यते हि यः

tasya lokas tu satyākhyaḥ sarvopari virājate | sata-janma-kṛtaiḥ śuddhaiḥ sva-dharmair labhyate hi yaḥ

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“He resides in Satyaloka, which is located above all other worlds. Those who faultlessly execute their prescribed occupational duties (sva-dharma) for one hundred lifetimes attain this planet.

2.2.127

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तत्र वैकुण्ठ-लोको’स्ति यस्मिन् श्री-जगदीश्वरः । सहस्र-शिर्षा वर्तेत स महा-पुरुषः सदा

tatra vaikuṇṭha-loko’sti yasmin śrī-jagadīśvaraḥ | sahasra-śirṣā varteta sa mahā-puruṣaḥ sadā

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“Within Satyaloka is a Vaikuëöha planet where the Lord of the universe, Çré Jagadéçvara, resides eternally as Sahasra-çérñä, the thousand-headed Mahä-puruña.

2.2.128

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तस्य पुत्र इव ब्रह्मा श्रूयते न हि भिद्यते । ब्रह्मैव लीलया तत्र मूर्तिभ्याꣳ भाति नो मतम्

tasya putra iva brahmā śrūyate na hi bhidyate | brahmaiva līlayā tatra mūrtibhyāṁ bhāti no matam

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Translation

“The Çrutis tell us that Brahmäjé is like the son of that Mahä-puruña, and thus there is no difference between them. It is our opinion that it is Çré Brahmä who manifests in these two forms as a pastime.”

2.2.129-130

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— तच् छ्रूत्वा तत्र गत्वा तꣳ महा-पुरुषम् ईक्षितुम् । जपꣳ कुर्वꣳस् तपो-लोके निविष्टो’न्तः-समाधिना मुहुर्तान् अन्तरꣳ दृष्टी समुन्मील्य व्यलोकयम् । ब्रह्म-लोकाप्तम् आत्मानꣳ तꣳ च श्री-जगदीश्वरम्

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— tac chrūtvā tatra gatvā taṁ mahā-puruṣam īkṣitum | japaṁ kurvaṁs tapo-loke niviṣṭo’ntaḥ-samādhinā muhurtān antaraṁ dṛṣṭī samunmīlya vyalokayam | brahma-lokāptam ātmānaṁ taṁ ca śrī-jagadīśvaram

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Lord of all the worlds. Çré Gopa-kumära said: O brähmaëa, after hearing this from Sanaka and the other Kumäras, I resolved to go to Satyaloka to see that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, I began chanting my mantra and entered deep into samädhi. After a moment, I opened my eyes and found myself in Satyaloka, face-to-face with Çré Jagadéçvara.

2.2.131

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श्रीमत्-सहस्र-भुज-शीर्ष-पदꣳ महन्तꣳ नीलाम्बुदाभम् अनुरूप-विभूषणाढ्यम् । तेजो-निधिꣳ कमल-नाभम् अनन्त-भोग- तल्पे शयानम् अखिलाक्षि-मनोभिरामम्

śrīmat-sahasra-bhuja-śīrṣa-padaṁ mahantaṁ nīlāmbudābham anurūpa-vibhūṣaṇāḍhyam | tejo-nidhiṁ kamala-nābham ananta-bhoga- talpe śayānam akhilākṣi-manobhirāmam

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I saw that Çré Jagadéçvara had a huge body with thousands of arms, heads and feet. His complexion was like that of a dark blue cloud, and He was adorned with varieties of ornaments. His form was an ocean of brilliance, and His navel was the resting place of a fully blossomed lotus. Reclining on the bed of Çeña-näga, He was delighting the eyes and minds of everyone.

2.2.132

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सꣳवाह्यमान-चरणꣳ रमया सुपर्णे बद्धाञ्जलौ कृत-दृशꣳ विधिनार्च्यमानम् । भूयो-विभूतिभिर् अमुꣳ बहु लालयन्तꣳ श्री-नारद-प्रणय-भक्तिषु दत्त-चित्तम्

saṁvāhyamāna-caraṇaṁ ramayā suparṇe baddhāñjalau kṛta-dṛśaṁ vidhinārcyamānam | bhūyo-vibhūtibhir amuṁ bahu lālayantaṁ śrī-nārada-praṇaya-bhaktiṣu datta-cittam

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Translation

I also saw that Çré Ramä-devé was massaging His feet. Garuòa was standing before Him with hands folded in prayer while Çré Jagadéçvara cast a merciful glance at him. Çré Brahmäjé was worshiping Him with abundant varieties of his opulences, and the Lord was reciprocating by caressing him and showing him other kinds of affection. Çré Närada was showing his pure loving devotion by dancing and singing, and Çré Jagadéçvara was engrossed in this service performed by Çré Närada.

2.2.133

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महा-रहस्यꣳ निगमार्थ-तत्त्वꣳ स्व-भक्ति-मार्गꣳ कमलासनाय । शनैर् विवृत्योपदिशन्तम् अन्तर् निजालयेन्द्रस्य विराजमानम्

mahā-rahasyaṁ nigamārtha-tattvaṁ sva-bhakti-mārgaṁ kamalāsanāya | śanair vivṛtyopadiśantam antar nijālayendrasya virājamānam

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Translation

The lustrous Çré Jagadéçvara, ensconced in His abode illumined by His own bodily radiance, was speaking to Brahmä, who was seated on the lotus. Çré Jagadéçvara was meticulously explaining to Brahmä the esoteric and mysterious truths of bhakti-märga, the path of pure devotion, which is the most confidential essence of the Vedas.

2.2.134

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अथो तद् आकर्ण्य चतुर्-मुखꣳ च प्रमोद-सम्पद्-विवशी-भवन्तम् । अनूद्य नीचैर् अनुमोदमानꣳ मुहुस् तद्-अङ्घ्रीन् अभिवन्दमानम्

atho tad ākarṇya catur-mukhaṁ ca pramoda-sampad-vivaśī-bhavantam | anūdya nīcair anumodamānaṁ muhus tad-aṅghrīn abhivandamānam

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Upon hearing about the real nature of bhakti, four-headed Brahmä experienced the great treasure of supreme happiness and became overwhelmed. Quietly, he profusely praised the nectarean words of Çré Jagadéçvara and began to offer Him repeated obeisances.

2.2.135

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प्रमोद-वेगात् पतितꣳ विसꣳज्ञꣳ विलोक्य सा माम् अभिगम्य लक्ष्मीः । निनाय सꣳज्ञाꣳ बहु लालयित्वा स्व-बालवत् पार्श्वम् उत स्व-भर्तुः

pramoda-vegāt patitaṁ visaṁjñaṁ vilokya sā mām abhigamya lakṣmīḥ | nināya saṁjñāṁ bahu lālayitvā sva-bālavat pārśvam uta sva-bhartuḥ

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Translation

Seeing all this, I was overcome with joy and fell unconscious due to the intensity of my rapture. Noticing this, Çré Lakñmé came to me. Coddling and caressing me, she tenderly brought me back to consciousness. Loving me as if I were her own child, she then took me to her husband Çré Bhagavän.

2.2.136

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भगवन्तꣳ मुहुः पश्यन् प्रणमन्न् अवदꣳ मनः । निजेप्सितान्तम् अद्यागा निश्चलꣳ त्वꣳ मुदꣳ भज

bhagavantaṁ muhuḥ paśyan praṇamann avadaṁ manaḥ | nijepsitāntam adyāgā niścalaṁ tvaṁ mudaṁ bhaja

English translation

Translation

Gazing at Çré Bhagavän and repeatedly offering obeisances to Him, I told myself, “O mind! Today you have attained the ultimate fulfillment of your treasured desires. Now be steady and enjoy your happiness.

2.2.137

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अशेष-सोक-सन्त्रास- दुःख-हीनम् इदꣳ पदम् । परमर्धि-परानन्द- निचितꣳ जगद्-अर्चितम्

aśeṣa-soka-santrāsa- duḥkha-hīnam idaṁ padam | paramardhi-parānanda- nicitaṁ jagad-arcitam

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Translation

“Satyaloka is free from any trace of distress, fear, and lamentation. Supremely situated and filled with the greatest bliss, this best of all realms is worshiped by the whole universe.

2.2.138

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यादृशः सम्भवेद् भ्रातर् जगदीशश् च तादृशः । भात्य् अशेष-महत्तायाः परꣳ कष्ठाꣳ गतः स्फुटम्

yādṛśaḥ sambhaved bhrātar jagadīśaś ca tādṛśaḥ | bhāty aśeṣa-mahattāyāḥ paraṁ kaṣṭhāṁ gataḥ sphuṭam

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Translation

“O my dear brother mind! Çré Jagadéçvara, possessing the ultimate limit of grandeur that befits His preeminent manifestation, is resplendently present in this Satyaloka.

2.2.139

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स्नेहम् अन्वभवो लक्ष्म्या दृग्भ्याꣳ पश्याधुना प्रभुम् । मथुरा-व्रजभू-शोकꣳ यियासाꣳ चान्यतो जहि

sneham anvabhavo lakṣmyā dṛgbhyāṁ paśyādhunā prabhum | mathurā-vrajabhū-śokaṁ yiyāsāṁ cānyato jahi

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Translation

“O mind! You have personally experienced the affection of Çré Lakñmé-devé. Now, see the Lord directly with your eyes. Do not lament for Vraja-bhümi. Be steady. Stay here and give up even the desire to go anywhere else.

2.2.140

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जगदीशाद् विधातेव ललनꣳ चेद् अभीप्ससि । तन् महा-पुरुषाद् इष्ट- मन्त्र-शक्त्या फलिष्यति

jagadīśād vidhāteva lalanaṁ ced abhīpsasi | tan mahā-puruṣād iṣṭa- mantra-śaktyā phaliṣyati

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Translation

“O mind, if you desire to be pampered with the same affection that Çré Jagadéçvara lavishes on Çré Brahmä, then that good fortune can also be yours by the power of the mantra taught to you by that great soul (your gurudeva).”

2.2.141

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निद्रा-लीलाꣳ प्रभुर् भेजे लोक-पद्मे’स्य नाभि-जे । सृष्टि-रीतिꣳ विधिर् वीक्ष्य स्व-कृत्यायाभवद् बहिः

nidrā-līlāṁ prabhur bheje loka-padme’sya nābhi-je | sṛṣṭi-rītiṁ vidhir vīkṣya sva-kṛtyāyābhavad bahiḥ

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Translation

O brähmaëa, thereafter, the Lord exhibited His pastime of sleep. Çré Brahmä meanwhile studied the lotus that had emanated from the Lord’s navel and was able to acquire the knowledge required for generating the material universe. Then he left to perform his duty of creation.

2.2.142

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पश्यन् प्रभो रूपम् अदो महाद्भुतꣳ तन्-नाभि-पद्मे युगपत् तथा जगत् । गूढोपदेश-श्रवनाच् चतुर्-मुख- प्रेम-प्रवाहꣳ च सुखꣳ ततो’वसम्

paśyan prabho rūpam ado mahādbhutaṁ tan-nābhi-padme yugapat tathā jagat | gūḍhopadeśa-śravanāc catur-mukha- prema-pravāhaṁ ca sukhaṁ tato’vasam

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I saw that most wonderful form of the Lord and at the same time observed the presence of all the fourteen worlds in subtle form in the lotus emanating from His navel. Witnessing how the four- headed Brahmä was overwhelmed with divine love upon hearing the confidential secrets of bhakti from the Lord, I began to reside there happily.

2.2.143

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कृत्स्ने लोक-त्रये नष्टे रात्राव् एकार्णवे सति । शेषोपरि सुखꣳ शेते भगवान् ब्रह्मणा समम्

kṛtsne loka-traye naṣṭe rātrāv ekārṇave sati | śeṣopari sukhaṁ śete bhagavān brahmaṇā samam

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Translation

At the end of the day of Brahmä and the beginning of his night, when the three worlds are annihilated in the cosmic inundation, Çré Bhagavän would take Brahmäjé with Him and happily sleep on Çeña- näga.

2.2.144

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स्तुयते चित्र-वाक्यैः स जन-लोकादि-वासिभिः । तन्-महा-कौतुकꣳ वीक्ष्ये ब्रह्म-लोक-प्रभावतः

stuyate citra-vākyaiḥ sa jana-lokādi-vāsibhiḥ | tan-mahā-kautukaṁ vīkṣye brahma-loka-prabhāvataḥ

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Translation

At that time, the residents of Janaloka and other planets began to glorify Çré Bhagavän with excellent prayers. By the power of Brahmaloka, I saw this fascinating spectacle.

2.2.145

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अन्तर्धस्य कदाचिच् चेत् कुत्रापि भगवान् व्रजेत् । शोकः स्याद् आगते तस्मिन् स-मूलः क्षियते स नः

antardhasya kadācic cet kutrāpi bhagavān vrajet | śokaḥ syād āgate tasmin sa-mūlaḥ kṣiyate sa naḥ

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Translation

When Çré Bhagavän would sometimes disappear and go elsewhere, I would suffer deeply. But as soon as He returned, all that grief would be eradicated.

2.2.146

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इत्थम् अह्नाꣳ कतिपये प्रयाते प्रातर् एकदा । कौतुकाद् ब्रह्मणा स्पृष्टः फेण-पुञ्जो’सुरो’भवत्

ittham ahnāṁ katipaye prayāte prātar ekadā | kautukād brahmaṇā spṛṣṭaḥ pheṇa-puñjo’suro’bhavat

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Translation

In this way, a few days of Brahmä elapsed. One day at dawn Çré Brahmä, out of curiosity, touched a mass of foam from which an enormous demon manifested.

2.2.147

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तद्-भीत्यालीयत ब्रह्मा दैत्यो भगवता हतः । भयाक्रान्तो विधिर् नैति तत्-पदे’युङ्क्त माꣳ प्रभुः

tad-bhītyālīyata brahmā daityo bhagavatā hataḥ | bhayākrānto vidhir naiti tat-pade’yuṅkta māṁ prabhuḥ

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Translation

Terrorized, Çré Brahmä fled and hid. Çré Bhagavän killed the demon, but Brahmäjé remained overcome with fear and did not return. In the end, the Lord appointed me to the post of Brahmä.

2.2.148

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अहꣳ तु वैष्णवान् एव सृजꣳस् तद्-भक्ति-वृद्धये । न्ययुञ्जम् अधिकारेषु वैष्णवान् एव सर्वतः

ahaṁ tu vaiṣṇavān eva sṛjaṁs tad-bhakti-vṛddhaye | nyayuñjam adhikāreṣu vaiṣṇavān eva sarvataḥ

English translation

Translation

When I became lord of the universe, in order to increase loving service to Bhagavän, I only created Vaiñëavas and I only appointed Vaiñëavas to the various positions of authority, such as those of progenitors ( prajäpatis) and Indra.

2.2.149

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इतस् ततो महा-यज्ञैर् अश्वमेधादिभिर् विभुम् । सम्पूजयन् मुदाꣳ पूरैर् ब्रह्माण्डꣳ समपूरयम्

itas tato mahā-yajñair aśvamedhādibhir vibhum | sampūjayan mudāṁ pūrair brahmāṇḍaṁ samapūrayam

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Translation

In place after place, I exclusively arranged for the worship of Çré Bhagavän by causing the performance of grand sacrifices such as the Açvamedha, by which the entire cosmos was immersed in bliss.

2.2.150-152

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पारमेष्ठ्येन सम्रुद्धो वेदैर् मूर्तिधरैर् मखैः । पुराणैर् इतिहासैश् चा- गमैस् तीर्थैर् महर्षिभिः ब्रह्मर्षिभिश् च बहुधा स्तुयमानो महा-मुदैः । ग्रास्यमानो’पि मुञ्चामि न स्माकिञ्चनताꣳ निजाम् तथापि ब्रह्म-कृत्याब्धि- भङ्ग-मग्नो न पूर्ववत् । लेभे भगवतो भक्ति- सुखꣳ चिन्तातुरान्तरः

pārameṣṭhyena samruddho vedair mūrtidharair makhaiḥ | purāṇair itihāsaiś cā- gamais tīrthair maharṣibhiḥ brahmarṣibhiś ca bahudhā stuyamāno mahā-mudaiḥ | grāsyamāno’pi muñcāmi na smākiñcanatāṁ nijām tathāpi brahma-kṛtyābdhi- bhaṅga-magno na pūrvavat | lebhe bhagavato bhakti- sukhaṁ cintāturāntaraḥ

English translation

Translation

Because I occupied the supreme post of Brahmä, all the personified Vedas, sacrifices, Puräëas, Itihäsas, Tantras, and holy places came to serve me, and eminent maharñis and brahmarñis would praise me in various ways. Although I possessed great opulence and was completely surrounded by intoxicating comforts, I still did not abandon my natural detachment from material life. But, trapped in the waves of the immense ocean of responsibilities of being Brahmä, I could not experience the happiness of devotional service to the Lord as I had before, and my mind became anxious and disturbed.

2.2.153

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द्वि-परार्धायुषि स्वस्य श्रूयमानो’पि कालतः । भयꣳ स्यात् क्रियमाणे च जपे भूरि-मयार्तिदा

dvi-parārdhāyuṣi svasya śrūyamāno’pi kālataḥ | bhayaṁ syāt kriyamāṇe ca jape bhūri-mayārtidā

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Translation

And even though I would hear that my lifespan was two parärdhas, I would still be afraid of the force of time. To allay this fear, I would chant my mantra. This, however, would stir up remembrance of Çré Våndävana, which brought on the pain of separation.

2.2.154

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जगदीश्वरतः पुत्र- लालनꣳ तु महा-सुखम् । ममानुभवतश् चित्त- वैकल्यꣳ तद् विनश्यति

jagadīśvarataḥ putra- lālanaṁ tu mahā-sukham | mamānubhavataś citta- vaikalyaṁ tad vinaśyati

English translation

Translation

However, Çré Jagadiça would caress me like a son, causing me boundless delight and eradicating the distress of my heart.

2.2.155

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अत्यन्त-सन्निकर्षेण पितृ-बुद्ध्या च सेवया । कदाप्य् अगाꣳसि जातानि मृश्यन्ते प्रभुना मम

atyanta-sannikarṣeṇa pitṛ-buddhyā ca sevayā | kadāpy agāṁsi jātāni mṛśyante prabhunā mama

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Translation

I always stayed in close proximity to Çré Jagadiça and would serve Him in the mood of His being my father. When it sometimes happened that I committed offenses in His service, the Lord mercifully forgave them all.

2.2.156

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तथाप्य् अन्तर्-महोद्वेगः स्यात् ततो व्यञ्जिते श्रिया । स्नेहे मात्रेव हृष्टः स्याम् एवꣳ तत्रावसꣳ चिरम्

tathāpy antar-mahodvegaḥ syāt tato vyañjite śriyā | snehe mātreva hṛṣṭaḥ syām evaṁ tatrāvasaṁ ciram

English translation

Translation

Çré Jagadéçvara forgave me, but I still considered myself an offender and was always troubled. Knowing this, Çré Lakñmé-devé would console me, reassuring me with loving words like a mother. This would fill my heart with joy and thus I stayed there happily for a very long time.

2.2.157

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एकदा मुक्ति-मात्राप्तम् एकꣳ तल्-लोक-वासिभिः । सꣳश्लाघ्यमानम् आकर्ण्य तान् अपृच्छꣳ तद् अद्भुतम्

ekadā mukti-mātrāptam ekaṁ tal-loka-vāsibhiḥ | saṁślāghyamānam ākarṇya tān apṛcchaṁ tad adbhutam

English translation

Translation

Once, I heard some residents of Satyaloka glorify someone who had attained liberation. Hearing their genuine praise, I was astounded and, out of curiosity, asked, “What is liberation?”

2.2.158

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मुक्तेः परमम् उत्कर्षꣳ दौर्लभ्यꣳ च निशम्यताम् । सर्वज्ञꣳ पुनर् अप्रक्षꣳ तद्-उपायꣳ तद्-ईप्सया

mukteḥ paramam utkarṣaṁ daurlabhyaṁ ca niśamyatām | sarvajñaṁ punar aprakṣaṁ tad-upāyaṁ tad-īpsayā

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Translation

The brahmarñis described to me the super-excellence and rarity of liberation. Hearing them, I desired it myself and asked the omniscient personified Vedas and others present there about the method for attaining it.

2.2.159

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बहुलोपनिषद्-देव्यः श्रुति-स्मृतिभिर् अन्वितः । ऊचुर् एकेन साध्ये’सौ मोक्षो ज्ञानेन नान्यथा

bahulopaniṣad-devyaḥ śruti-smṛtibhir anvitaḥ | ūcur ekena sādhye’sau mokṣo jñānena nānyathā

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Translation

Many Upaniñads, present in the form of goddesses and accompanied by Çrutis (Vedas) and Småtis (supplementary Vedas), replied in unison, “Liberation is attained only by knowledge – there is no other way of achieving this goal.”

2.2.160

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कैश्चिद् उक्तꣳ स-गाम्भीर्यꣳ पुराणैर् आगमैर् अपि । जन्यते भगवद्-भक्त्या सुखꣳ ज्ञानꣳ सुदुर्घटम्

kaiścid uktaṁ sa-gāmbhīryaṁ purāṇair āgamair api | janyate bhagavad-bhaktyā sukhaṁ jñānaṁ sudurghaṭam

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Translation

Some of the Puräëas and Ägamas gravely said that although it is true that one can attain liberation through knowledge, that knowledge is exceedingly difficult to obtain. However that same knowledge may be attained simply by practicing bhagavad-bhakti, devotional service to the Supreme Lord. By no other means is it so easily acheived.

2.2.161

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किꣳ वानुस्थितया सम्यक् तयैव सुलभो’स्ति सः । श्रुति-स्मृतीनाꣳ कासाꣳचित् सम्मतिस् तत्र लक्षिता

kiṁ vānusthitayā samyak tayaiva sulabho’sti saḥ | śruti-smṛtīnāṁ kāsāṁcit sammatis tatra lakṣitā

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Translation

Alternatively, one may easily attain liberation by properly executing devotional service alone (with no need of knowledge). This opinion was also supported by some of the Çrutis and Småtis.

2.2.162

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व्यक्तꣳ तासाꣳ वचो’श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धाः स्वैरागमादिभिः । महोपनिषदः काश्चिद् अन्वमोदन्त तत् स्फुटम्

vyaktaṁ tāsāṁ vaco’śrutvā kruddhāḥ svairāgamādibhiḥ | mahopaniṣadaḥ kāścid anvamodanta tat sphuṭam

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Translation

Angry at all those Çrutis and Småtis who did not clearly support bhakti as the direct cause of liberation, the great Upaniñads, as well as the Ägamas and Puräëas who followed them, spoke together as one and affirmed that, indeed, bhakti is the cause of liberation.

2.2.163

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गूढोपनिषदः काश्चित् कैश्चिद् गूढैर् महागमैः । समꣳ महा-पुराणैश् च तूष्णीम् आसन् कृत-स्मितः

gūḍhopaniṣadaḥ kāścit kaiścid gūḍhair mahāgamaiḥ | samaṁ mahā-purāṇaiś ca tūṣṇīm āsan kṛta-smitaḥ

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Translation

Thereafter, some of the confidential Upaniñads dedicated to bhakti, several confidential Mahä-ägamas, the Vaiñëava Tantras such as Sätvata-siddhänta and other Vaiñëava Tantras, and Çrémad- Bhägavat Mahä-puräëa smiled gravely while remaining silent.

2.2.164-165

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मोक्षो नु भगवन्-मन्त्र- जप-मात्रात् सुसिध्यति । न वेति कैश्चिद् आम्नाय- पुराणादिभिर् उल्बणः आगमानाꣳ विवादो’भूत् तम् अषोढ्वा बहिर् गताः । ते पुराणागमाः कर्णौ पिधायोपनिषद्-युताः

mokṣo nu bhagavan-mantra- japa-mātrāt susidhyati | na veti kaiścid āmnāya- purāṇādibhir ulbaṇaḥ āgamānāṁ vivādo’bhūt tam aṣoḍhvā bahir gatāḥ | te purāṇāgamāḥ karṇau pidhāyopaniṣad-yutāḥ

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One set of scriptures argued, “One can attain liberation merely by the potency of chanting the mantras of Bhagavän,” while others countered, “That is not the way; there are other ways to achieve it.” In this way, a heated dispute ensued between the Ägamas and others and the Vedas and Puräëas. Unable to endure this quarrel, the esoteric Mahä-Puräëas, along with the Ägamas and Upaniñads, blocked their ears with their fingers and went outside.

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ततो महा-पुराणानाꣳ महोपनिषदाꣳ तथा । मध्यस्थ्याद् आगमानाꣳ तु जयो जातो मम प्रियः

tato mahā-purāṇānāṁ mahopaniṣadāṁ tathā | madhyasthyād āgamānāṁ tu jayo jāto mama priyaḥ

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Thereafter, those Mahä-Puräëas and Mahä-Upaniñads intervened to mediate in the debate, and after careful deliberation, they declared the Ägamas to be victorious. At that decision, I also became joyful.

2.2.167

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मयाभिप्रेत्य तद्-भावꣳ ते पुराणागमादयः । अनुनीय सभा-मध्यम् अनीताः स्तुति-पाटवैः

mayābhipretya tad-bhāvaṁ te purāṇāgamādayaḥ | anunīya sabhā-madhyam anītāḥ stuti-pāṭavaiḥ

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Discerning the mood and intention of the Mahä-Puräëas such as Çrémad-Bhägavatam, as well as the Ägamas and other Tantras, that had led them to smile so gravely and step outside, I humbly pacified them and brought them back into the assembly.

2.2.168

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तत्-तत्त्वꣳ सादरꣳ पृष्टास् ते श्री-भागवतादयः । ऊचुः सात्वत-सिद्धान्ताद्य्- आगमाः श्रुति-मौलिभिः

tat-tattvaṁ sādaraṁ pṛṣṭās te śrī-bhāgavatādayaḥ | ūcuḥ sātvata-siddhāntādy- āgamāḥ śruti-maulibhiḥ

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When I respectfully inquired about the essential truth of liberation (mokña-tattva), the Upaniñads, the most exalted of the Çrutis, and Sätvata-siddhänta and other Ägamas joined Çrémad- Bhägavatam and replied.

2.2.169

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श्री-भक्ति-शास्त्राण्य् ऊचुः— लब्ध-ब्रह्माधिकारेदꣳ महा-गोप्यꣳ निधेर् अपि । भवत्-सद्-गुण-सन्दोहैर् आख्यामो मुखरी-कृताः

śrī-bhakti-śāstrāṇy ūcuḥ— labdha-brahmādhikāredaṁ mahā-gopyaṁ nidher api | bhavat-sad-guṇa-sandohair ākhyāmo mukharī-kṛtāḥ

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The devotional scriptures said: O you who have newly achieved the post of Brahmä, this truth is more secret than the most precious jewels. However, impelled by your virtues and worship of Bhagavän, we will personally reveal it to you.

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क्वचित् प्रस्तूयते’स्माभिर् भगवद्-भक्ति-तत्-परैः । मोक्षस् त्याजयितुꣳ सम्याग् विनिन्द्य स-परिच्छदः

kvacit prastūyate’smābhir bhagavad-bhakti-tat-paraiḥ | mokṣas tyājayituṁ samyāg vinindya sa-paricchadaḥ

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Although we scriptures are devoted to the loving service of Bhagavän, in some places we have examined liberation. But this is only to expose its insignificance and, by all means to condemn both liberation and the processes of attaining it.

2.2.171

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निर्वक्तुꣳ भक्ति-माहात्म्यꣳ कथ्यते’स्यापि तत् क्वचित् । न तु साध्य-फलत्वेन सुख-गन्धो’पि नास्ति यत्

nirvaktuṁ bhakti-māhātmyaṁ kathyate’syāpi tat kvacit | na tu sādhya-phalatvena sukha-gandho’pi nāsti yat

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In the course of describing the glories of bhakti, we have also sometimes praised liberation. But this is not to indicate that liberation is the ultimate attainment, for there is not even a scent of real happiness in it.

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यथारोग्ये सुषुप्तौ च सुखꣳ मोक्षे’पि कल्प्यते । परꣳ त्व् अज्ञान-सꣳज्ञो’यम् अनभिज्ञ-प्ररोचकः

yathārogye suṣuptau ca sukhaṁ mokṣe’pi kalpyate | paraṁ tv ajñāna-saṁjño’yam anabhijña-prarocakaḥ

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Just as one considers himself to be happy when relieved from a painful disease or when sleeping soundly, in the same way, the supposed happiness of liberation is only the absence of suffering. Moreover, the designation ‘liberation’ is symbolic of non-cognizance. That is, as the bondage of illusion or ignorance is unreal (like that of a dream), so that which liberates one from such bondage is also devoid of reality. Therefore, only the ignorant are interested in liberation.

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कथञ्चिद् भगवन्-नामा- भासस्यापि स सिध्यति । सकृद्-उच्चार-मात्रेण किꣳ वा कर्ण-प्रवेशतः

kathañcid bhagavan-nāmā- bhāsasyāpi sa sidhyati | sakṛd-uccāra-mātreṇa kiṁ vā karṇa-praveśataḥ

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What to speak of the glories of the name of Çré Bhagavän, if one merely utters – even once – or just hears a semblance (äbhäsa) of the Lord’s name, or if the name merely enters one’s ears, he effortlessly attains liberation.

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विचाराचातुरी-रम्यो मोक्षो’यम् अवधर्यताम् । तेषाꣳ वेद-पुराणादि- शास्त्राणाꣳ हि यथा-मतम्

vicārācāturī-ramyo mokṣo’yam avadharyatām | teṣāṁ veda-purāṇādi- śāstrāṇāṁ hi yathā-matam

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Factually, only those without discriminating intelligence find liberation enchanting. If one considers this subject from any point of view, the attractiveness of liberation cannot be substantiated. This is the determination of the Vedas, Itihäsas, Puräëas, and all other scriptures, and it is what we are explaining to you.

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सो’शेष-दुःख-ध्वꣳसो वा- विद्या-कर्म-क्षयो’थवा । माया-कृतान्यथा-रूप- त्यागात् स्वानुभवो’पि वा

so’śeṣa-duḥkha-dhvaṁso vā- vidyā-karma-kṣayo’thavā | māyā-kṛtānyathā-rūpa- tyāgāt svānubhavo’pi vā

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In the opinion of some, liberation is the complete vanquishing of all types of suffering. Others believe it is the destruction of ignorance and termination of action and reaction (karma). And yet others accept it as escape from the illusion of Mäyä, in which one mistakes one object for another, upon which one experiences the true self as a conscious reality. However, there is no happiness in any of these ideas of liberation.

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जीव-स्वरूप-भूतस्य सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-वस्तुनः । साक्षाद्-आनुभवेनापि स्यात् तादृक् सुखम् अल्पकम्

jīva-svarūpa-bhūtasya sac-cid-ānanda-vastunaḥ | sākṣād-ānubhavenāpi syāt tādṛk sukham alpakam

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The happiness of pure loving devotion experienced by directly perceiving the lotus feet of Çré Bhagavän, the complete form of eternal reality, cognizance, and bliss, is like a boundless ocean. The happiness of liberation experienced upon realizing the soul to be an eternally abiding particle of eternality, cognizance, and bliss is very meager. In comparison, it is just a tiny drop.

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शुद्धात्म-तत्त्वꣳ यद् वस्तु तद् एव ब्रह्म कथ्यते । निर्गुणꣳ तच् च निःसङ्गꣳ निर्विकारꣳ निरीहितम्

śuddhātma-tattvaṁ yad vastu tad eva brahma kathyate | nirguṇaṁ tac ca niḥsaṅgaṁ nirvikāraṁ nirīhitam

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(Those who consider liberation to be experience of the self as conscious reality have the following opinion:) The entity that is pure conscious reality is indeed called Brahman, which is devoid of attrib- utes (nirguëa), free from attachment (niùsaìgaà), unchangeable (nirvikära), and desireless (niréha).

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भगवाꣳस् तु परꣳ ब्रह्म परात्मा परमेश्वरः । सुसान्द्र-सच्-चिद्-आनन्द- विग्रहो महिमार्णवः

bhagavāṁs tu paraṁ brahma parātmā parameśvaraḥ | susāndra-sac-cid-ānanda- vigraho mahimārṇavaḥ

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However, Çré Bhagavän is Parabrahman (the Supreme Absolute Spirit), Paramätmä (the Supersoul), and Parameçvara (the Supreme Controller). His form is the concentrated essence of pure eternal reality, knowledge, and bliss, and He is an ocean of variegated glories.

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स-गुणत्वागुणत्वादि- विरोधः प्रविशन्ति तम् । महा-विभूतिर् ब्रह्मास्य प्रसिद्धेत्थꣳ तयोर् भिदा

sa-guṇatvāguṇatvādi- virodhaḥ praviśanti tam | mahā-vibhūtir brahmāsya prasiddhetthaṁ tayor bhidā

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Çré Bhagavän, who is glorious like the unfathomable ocean, simultaneously displays contradictory characteristics, such as the presence of qualities (sa-guëatva) and the absence of qualities (nir- guëatva). Brahman, on the other hand, is famous as Çré Bhagavän’s infinite opulence. Thus the difference between Them is clearly established.

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अतः सान्द्र-सुखꣳ तस्य श्रीमत्-पादाम्बुज-द्वयम् । भक्त्यानुभवताꣳ सान्द्रम् सुखꣳ सम्पद्यते ध्रुवम्

ataḥ sāndra-sukhaṁ tasya śrīmat-pādāmbuja-dvayam | bhaktyānubhavatāṁ sāndram sukhaṁ sampadyate dhruvam

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Therefore, the beautiful lotus feet of Çré Bhagavän are the concentrated essence of happiness that is realized by bhakti alone. Those who experience the sweetness of Bhagavän through bhakti surely attain this concentrated transcendental happiness.

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सुख-रूपꣳ सुखाधारः शर्कार-पिण्डवन्-मतम् । श्री-कृष्ण-चरण-द्वन्द्वꣳ सुखꣳ ब्रह्म तु केवलम्

sukha-rūpaṁ sukhādhāraḥ śarkāra-piṇḍavan-matam | śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa-dvandvaṁ sukhaṁ brahma tu kevalam

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Just like a lump of sugar (which is sweet and is also the source of sweetness), the lotus feet of Bhagavän Çré Kåñëa are the form of bliss and are also the origin of bliss. Brahman, however, is only blissful; it is not its origin.

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जीव-स्वरूपꣳ यद् वस्तु परꣳ ब्रह्म तद् एव चेत् । तद् एव सच्-चिद्-आनन्द- घनꣳ श्री-भगवाꣳश् च तत्

jīva-svarūpaṁ yad vastu paraṁ brahma tad eva cet | tad eva sac-cid-ānanda- ghanaṁ śrī-bhagavāṁś ca tat

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If the entity known as the jéva (the finite self) were Parabrahman (the Supreme Self), then the jéva would be called Çré Bhagavän, the Supreme Spirit who is the embodiment of eternity, cognizance, and joy.

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तथापि जीव-तत्त्वानि तस्याꣳसा एव सम्मताः । घन-तेजः-समूहस्य तेजो-जालꣳ यथा रवेः

tathāpi jīva-tattvāni tasyāṁsā eva sammatāḥ | ghana-tejaḥ-samūhasya tejo-jālaṁ yathā raveḥ

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However, all jévas are parts (aàças) of Bhagavän just as rays of concentrated brilliance are parts of the mass of effulgence that is the sun. This is the opinion of the seers of the Absolute Truth.

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नित्य-सिद्धास् ततो जीवा भिन्ना एव यथा रवेः । अꣳशवो विस्फुलिङ्गाश् च वह्नेर् भङ्गाश् च वारिधेः

nitya-siddhās tato jīvā bhinnā eva yathā raveḥ | aṁśavo visphuliṅgāś ca vahner bhaṅgāś ca vāridheḥ

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Because the jévas have existence that is eternal (nitya-siddha), they appear to be distinct from Parabrahman. Just as sunrays are distinct from the sun, sparks are distinct from the fire, and waves are distinct from the ocean, so the eternally existent jévas are distinct from Parabrahman.

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अनादि-सिद्धया शक्त्या चिद्-विलास-स्वरूपया । महा-योगाख्यया तस्य सदा ते भेदितास् ततः

anādi-siddhayā śaktyā cid-vilāsa-svarūpayā | mahā-yogākhyayā tasya sadā te bheditās tataḥ

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From time without beginning, the jéva is always separate from Bhagavän. This is due to the arrangement of Mahä-yoga, Bhagavän’s eternal, spiritual pleasure potency, who can make even the impossible possible.

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अतस् तस्माद् अभिन्नास् ते भिन्ना अपि सताꣳ मताः । मुक्तौ सत्यम् अपि प्रायो भेदस् तिष्ठेद् अतो हि सः

atas tasmād abhinnās te bhinnā api satāṁ matāḥ | muktau satyam api prāyo bhedas tiṣṭhed ato hi saḥ

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Therefore, great personalities are of the opinion that because the jévas and Parabrahman both have characteristics of sac-cid- änanda, they are nondifferent from one another, but because the jévas are a portion of Parabrahman, they are also different. Even when the jévas are liberated, as a rule, this difference remains.

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सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-रूपानाꣳ जीवानाꣳ कृष्ण-मायया । अनाद्य्-अविद्यया तत्त्व- विस्मृत्या सꣳसृतिर् भ्रमः

sac-cid-ānanda-rūpānāṁ jīvānāṁ kṛṣṇa-māyayā | anādy-avidyayā tattva- vismṛtyā saṁsṛtir bhramaḥ

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All living beings are embodiments of eternality, knowledge, and bliss, but because they are minute parts of the Supreme Brahman, they have forgotten their true nature. Being thus deluded, they have fallen into the cycle of repeated birth and death – the beginningless ignorance created by Çré Kåñëa’s potency of illusion, Mäyä.

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मुक्तौ स्व-तत्त्व-ज्ञानेन मायापागमतो हि सः । निवर्तेत घनानन्द- ब्रह्माꣳशानुभवो भवेत्

muktau sva-tattva-jñānena māyāpāgamato hi saḥ | nivarteta ghanānanda- brahmāṁśānubhavo bhavet

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When the jéva attains liberation by knowledge of his true identity, his illusion about his connection to the material world is eradicated. At that time, he experiences that he is a particle of the all-blissful Brahman.

2.2.189

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स्व-साधनानुरूपꣳ हि फलꣳ सर्वत्र सिध्यति । अतः स्वरूप-ज्ञानेन साध्ये मोक्षे’ल्पकꣳ फलम्

sva-sādhanānurūpaṁ hi phalaṁ sarvatra sidhyati | ataḥ svarūpa-jñānena sādhye mokṣe’lpakaṁ phalam

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It is seen everywhere that one obtains a result according to the practice he adopts to achieve it. Thus, the liberation that is attained by understanding one’s spiritual nature affords meager happiness.

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सꣳसार-यतनोद्विग्नै रस-हीनैर् मुमुक्षुभिः । बहुधा स्तुयते मोक्षो यथा द्यौः स्वर्ग-कामिभिः

saṁsāra-yatanodvignai rasa-hīnair mumukṣubhiḥ | bahudhā stuyate mokṣo yathā dyauḥ svarga-kāmibhiḥ

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Tormented by material existence, troubled at heart, and bereft of spiritual taste and relationship, seekers of liberation take its shelter to extinguish the fire of repeated birth and death. They regard liberation as the ultimate aim of human life, just as those who aspire for heaven consider heaven, impermanent as it is, to be the pinnacle of happiness.

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सुखस्य तु परा कष्ठा भक्ताव् एव स्वतो भवेत् । तन्-माया-श्री-पदाम्भोज- सेविनाꣳ साधनोचिता

sukhasya tu parā kaṣṭhā bhaktāv eva svato bhavet | tan-māyā-śrī-padāmbhoja- sevināṁ sādhanocitā

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In reality, though, the unalloyed devotees are fully dedicated to the service of the divine lotus feet of Çré Bhagavän. Indeed, they automatically experience the ultimate limit of happiness that is suitable for their means of devotional service.

2.2.192

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परमातिशय-प्राप्त- महत्ता-बोधनाय हि । पर-कष्ठेति शब्द्येत तस्यानन्तस्य नावधिः

paramātiśaya-prāpta- mahattā-bodhanāya hi | para-kaṣṭheti śabdyeta tasyānantasya nāvadhiḥ

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This happiness reaches the ultimate limit of greatness and none can surpass it. To explain this with certainty, the phrase ‘the highest degree’ (parä-käñöhä) has been used. This happiness is infinite and limitless.

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तत् सुखꣳ वर्धते’भीक्ष्णम् अनन्तꣳ परमꣳ महत् । न तु ब्रह्म-सुखꣳ मुक्तौ वर्धते सीमवद् यथा

tat sukhaṁ vardhate’bhīkṣṇam anantaṁ paramaṁ mahat | na tu brahma-sukhaṁ muktau vardhate sīmavad yathā

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Devotees experience that supremely great, infinite happiness of bhakti in perpetually increasing, ever-fresh ways. But the happiness of Brahman is bounded, and so liberated souls do not experience it in these ways.

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परमात्मा पर-ब्रह्म स एव परमेश्वरः । इत्य् एवम् एषाम् ऐक्येन सजातीय-भिदा हता

paramātmā para-brahma sa eva parameśvaraḥ | ity evam eṣām aikyena sajātīya-bhidā hatā

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The Supreme Lord is the Supreme Soul and the Supreme Brahman. In other words, it is the Supreme Lord alone who manifests in various ways due to His different qualities (guëa), pastimes (lélä), and divine appearances (avatära). The Supersoul, the Supreme Brahman, and the Supreme Lord are all the one Absolute Truth. Being of the same category, or sa-jätéya, there is no difference among Them.

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सदा वैजात्यम् आप्तानाꣳ जीवानाम् अपि तत्त्वतः । अꣳशत्वेनाप्य् अभिन्नत्वाद् विजातीय-भिदा मृता

sadā vaijātyam āptānāṁ jīvānām api tattvataḥ | aṁśatvenāpy abhinnatvād vijātīya-bhidā mṛtā

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All living beings are always distinctly separate parts (vibhinnäàça) of Parabrahman. But in reality, as they are parts of Him, they are also nondifferent from Him. Since the characteristics of the source of all parts are found within its parts, this rules out vijätéya-bheda, the difference between members of separate categories.

2.2.196

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अस्मिन् हि भेदाभेदाख्ये सिद्धान्ते’स्मत्-सुसम्मते । युक्त्यावतारिते सर्वꣳ निरवद्यꣳ ध्रुवꣳ भवेत्

asmin hi bhedābhedākhye siddhānte’smat-susammate | yuktyāvatārite sarvaṁ niravadyaṁ dhruvaṁ bhavet

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However, the principle of simultaneous oneness and difference (bhedäbheda) as it relates to the Supreme Brahman is beautifully consistent and faultless. Great personalities who are devoted to the Lord have established the principle of bhedäbheda using definitive, irrefutable logic.

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सदा प्रमाण-भूतानाम् अस्माकꣳ महताꣳ तथा । वाक्यानि व्यवहारश् च प्रमाणꣳ खलु सर्वथा

sadā pramāṇa-bhūtānām asmākaṁ mahatāṁ tathā | vākyāni vyavahāraś ca pramāṇaṁ khalu sarvathā

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In order to confirm this subject matter, scriptures such as Çrémad- Bhägavatam, words of great personalities such as Çré Närada and Prahläda, and the conduct of great souls such as Çré Çuka and Sanaka unfailingly give evidence to authoritatively establish the excellence of devotional service.

2.2.198

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तथैतद्-अनुकूलानि परावृत्तानि सन्ति च । नैव सङ्गच्छते तस्माद् अर्थवादत्व-कल्पना

tathaitad-anukūlāni parāvṛttāni santi ca | naiva saṅgacchate tasmād arthavādatva-kalpanā

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Many ancient histories support this truth. A presumption that these accounts are simply exaggerated praise would reveal fallacious reasoning.

2.2.199

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अथाप्य् आचार्यमाना सा नास्तिकत्वꣳ वितन्वती । क्षिपेत् कल्पयितारꣳ तꣳ दुष्टरे नरकोत्सवे

athāpy ācāryamānā sā nāstikatvaṁ vitanvatī | kṣipet kalpayitāraṁ taṁ duṣṭare narakotsave

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One who considers this body of scriptural evidence, the conduct of great authorities, and famous historical accounts to be simply exaggerations reveals his faithless mentality. His fabrication of such an atheistic position will cause him to fall into a dreadful hell.

2.2.200

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अहो श्लाघ्यः कथꣳ मोक्षो दैत्यानाम् अपि दृश्यते । तैर् एव शास्त्रैर् निन्द्यन्ते ये गो-विप्रादि-घाटिनः

aho ślāghyaḥ kathaṁ mokṣo daityānām api dṛśyate | tair eva śāstrair nindyante ye go-viprādi-ghāṭinaḥ

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Ah! How can liberation be praiseworthy? It is attained even by demons who are killers of cows and brähmaëas, demons who are castigated by liberation’s own adherents. Therefore, can such an object that is attained by the wicked be acceptable for the noble?

2.2.201

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सर्वथा प्रति-योगित्वꣳ यत् साधुत्वासुरत्वयोः । तत्-साधनेषु साध्ये च वैपरीत्यꣳ किलोचितम्

sarvathā prati-yogitvaṁ yat sādhutvāsuratvayoḥ | tat-sādhaneṣu sādhye ca vaiparītyaṁ kilocitam

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Devotees and demons are in every respect the antithesis of one another in nature. So they must certainly also be opposite in their goals and the means of achieving those goals.

2.2.202

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कृष्ण-भक्त्यैव साधुत्वꣳ साधनꣳ परमꣳ हि सा । तया साध्यꣳ तद्-अङ्घ्र्य्-अब्ज- युगलꣳ परमꣳ फलम्

kṛṣṇa-bhaktyaiva sādhutvaṁ sādhanaṁ paramaṁ hi sā | tayā sādhyaṁ tad-aṅghry-abja- yugalaṁ paramaṁ phalam

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Devotion unto the lotus feet of Çré Kåñëa is the primary characteristic of saintliness, and one becomes saintly by this kåñëa-bhakti alone. Such devotion is the foremost means to attain the service of Çré Kåñëa’s lotus feet, and such attainment is, in turn, the ultimate fruit of bhakti.

2.2.203

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तद्-भक्ति-रसिकानाꣳ तु महताꣳ तत्त्व-वेदिनाम् । साध्या तच्-चरणाम्भोज- मकरन्दात्मिकैव सा

tad-bhakti-rasikānāṁ tu mahatāṁ tattva-vedinām | sādhyā tac-caraṇāmbhoja- makarandātmikaiva sā

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Understand that for those exalted souls who know the truth and who relish the mellows of pure devotional service, the bhakti they practice – that nectar of serving Çré Kåñëa’s lotus feet – is itself the goal.

2.2.204

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स कर्म-ज्ञान-वैराग्या- पेक्षकस्य न सिध्यति । परꣳ श्री-कृष्ण-कृपया तन्-मात्रापेक्षकस्य हि

sa karma-jñāna-vairāgyā- pekṣakasya na sidhyati | paraṁ śrī-kṛṣṇa-kṛpayā tan-mātrāpekṣakasya hi

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That devotion to the Lord does not depend on processes such as fruitive work, knowledge, and renunciation, and therefore, those who desire those things cannot perfect their bhakti. Only those who exclusively desire the loving service of Çré Kåñëa obtain bhakti on the strength of the Lord’s mercy.

2.2.205

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कर्म विक्षेपकꣳ तस्य वैराग्यꣳ रस-शोषकम् । ज्ञानꣳ हानि-करꣳ तत्-तच्- छोधितꣳ त्व् अनुयाति तम्

karma vikṣepakaṁ tasya vairāgyaṁ rasa-śoṣakam | jñānaṁ hāni-karaṁ tat-tac- chodhitaṁ tv anuyāti tam

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Ritualistic activities make one’s bhakti unsteady, renunciation dries up its nectar, and speculative knowledge harms it. But even so, when all these are bhakti’s obedient followers, they can sometimes be beneficial.

2.2.206

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आत्मारामश् च भगवत्- कृपया भक्त-सङ्गतः । सन्त्यज्य ब्रह्म-निष्ठात्वꣳ भक्ति-मार्गꣳ विशन्त्य् अतः

ātmārāmaś ca bhagavat- kṛpayā bhakta-saṅgataḥ | santyajya brahma-niṣṭhātvaṁ bhakti-mārgaṁ viśanty ataḥ

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When those who take pleasure in the self obtain the association of devotees by the mercy of Bhagavän, they are able to completely give up attachment for Brahman and enter the path of bhakti.

2.2.207

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मुक्ताश् चास्य तया शक्त्या सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-देहितम् । प्रापितास् ते भजन्ते तम् तादृशैः करणैर् हरिम्

muktāś cāsya tayā śaktyā sac-cid-ānanda-dehitam | prāpitās te bhajante tam tādṛśaiḥ karaṇair harim

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By the influence of the Lord’s potency, all these liberated persons obtain bodies comprised of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. With these transcendental bodies and senses, they worship Çré Hari with hearing, chanting, and other processes of bhakti.

2.2.208

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स्वारामता त्व् अहङ्कर- त्याग-मात्रेण सिध्यति । सुकरो’तीव तत्-त्यागो मतस् तत्-तत्त्व-वेदिभिः

svārāmatā tv ahaṅkara- tyāga-mātreṇa sidhyati | sukaro’tīva tat-tyāgo matas tat-tattva-vedibhiḥ

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If one just gives up his false ego, he attains self-satisfaction. This abandonment of the false ego is quite easy – this has been determined by knowers of the truth.

2.2.209

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अवान्तर-फलꣳ भक्तेर् एव मोक्षादि यद्य् अपि । तथापि नात्मारामत्वꣳ ग्राह्यꣳ प्रेम-विरोधि यत्

avāntara-phalaṁ bhakter eva mokṣādi yady api | tathāpi nātmārāmatvaṁ grāhyaṁ prema-virodhi yat

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Self-satisfaction, liberation, and so on are secondary results of bhakti. But since they are opposed to prema, which is the principal result of devotion, the devotees never accept them.

2.2.210

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भक्तेः फलꣳ परꣳ प्रेम तृप्त्य्-अभाव-स्व-भावकम् । अवान्तर-फलेष्व् एतद् अति-हेयꣳ सताꣳ मतम्

bhakteḥ phalaṁ paraṁ prema tṛpty-abhāva-sva-bhāvakam | avāntara-phaleṣv etad ati-heyaṁ satāṁ matam

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The supreme fruit of devotion to the Lord is prema, which by its very nature is never satiated. Therefore, saintly persons have ascertained that the state of self-satisfaction is the most worthless among all the secondary results of bhakti.

2.2.211

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भक्तिꣳ विनापि तत्-सिद्धाव् असन्तोषो भवेन् न तत् । श्रीमद्-भागवतेन्द्राणाꣳ मते स हि गुणो महान्

bhaktiṁ vināpi tat-siddhāv asantoṣo bhaven na tat | śrīmad-bhāgavatendrāṇāṁ mate sa hi guṇo mahān

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The principle that one can attain the state of self-satisfaction even without performing bhakti should not disturb anyone because, in the opinion of those devotees who are great connoisseurs of the mellows of bhakti, this is actually one great quality of bhakti.

2.2.212

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तद्-हेतुश् चित्त-शुद्धिर् वा स्व-धर्माचार-भक्तितः । बाह्यायास् त्व् अल्पकꣳ भक्तेर् अन्तर्याः सुमहत्-फलम्

tad-hetuś citta-śuddhir vā sva-dharmācāra-bhaktitaḥ | bāhyāyās tv alpakaṁ bhakter antaryāḥ sumahat-phalam

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The reason is that by executing bhakti by following one’s prescribed occupational or religious duties, one’s consciousness is cleansed, whereupon one achieves the state of self-satisfaction. Thus, the state of self-satisfaction is a most insignificant result of the superficial practice of devotional service that is based on the execution of one’s prescribed duties. However, pure love for the Lord is the exalted result of bhakti that is performed by processes such as hearing and chanting.

2.2.213

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निजात्मारामता पश्चाद् भजताꣳ तत्-पदाम्बुजम् । निर्विघ्नम् अचिरात् सिध्येद् भक्ति-निष्ठा-महा-सुखम्

nijātmārāmatā paścād bhajatāṁ tat-padāmbujam | nirvighnam acirāt sidhyed bhakti-niṣṭhā-mahā-sukham

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If one achieves self-satisfaction and worships the lotus feet of Çré Bhagavän, he quickly and without impediments develops fixed determination in bhakti and experiences great happiness.

2.2.214

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तत्रानुभविता सो’नु- भावनीयो’नुभूतयः । वृत्तयः करणानाꣳ च बहुधा प्रस्फुरन्ति हि

tatrānubhavitā so’nu- bhāvanīyo’nubhūtayaḥ | vṛttayaḥ karaṇānāṁ ca bahudhā prasphuranti hi

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In such happiness of bhakti, the devotees who realize or experience it; Bhagavän, who is the object of that realization; the realization itself; and the instruments, or cause, of the realization – in other words, the disposition of the internal sense, meaning the mind, as well as the [external] senses – all manifest in various ways.

2.2.215

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परꣳ समाधौ सुखम् एकम् अस्फुटꣳ वृत्तेर् अभावान् मनसो न चाततम् । वृत्तौ स्फुरद् वस्तु तद् एव भासते ’धिकꣳ यथैव स्फुटिकाचले महः

paraṁ samādhau sukham ekam asphuṭaṁ vṛtter abhāvān manaso na cātatam | vṛttau sphurad vastu tad eva bhāsate ’dhikaṁ yathaiva sphuṭikācale mahaḥ

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During the state of samädhi, the functions of the mind and senses of those (self-satisfied souls) cease, and so the happiness they experience is without variety, indistinct or void-like, and does not increase. However, the same happiness that appears indistinct due to the cessation of the mind manifests abundantly in the completely pure consciousness of devotees, just as the brilliance of sunlight reflected off a crystal mountain is intensified. Therefore, the happiness experienced in bhakti is far more intense than the void- like happiness of samädhi.

2.2.216

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इत्थꣳ समाधि-जान् मोक्षात् सुखꣳ भक्तौ परꣳ महत् । तद्-भक्त-वत्सलस्यास्य कृपा-माधुर्य-जृम्भितम्

itthaṁ samādhi-jān mokṣāt sukhaṁ bhaktau paraṁ mahat | tad-bhakta-vatsalasyāsya kṛpā-mādhurya-jṛmbhitam

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Thus, by the influence of the sweet mercy of Çré Bhagavän, who is affectionate to His devotees, one obtains abundant happiness in bhakti that is far superior to the happiness of liberation achieved in samädhi.

2.2.217

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सदैक-रूपꣳ बहु-रूपम् अद्भुतꣳ विमुक्ति-सौख्यात् प्रति-योगि तत्-सुखम् । हरेर् महा-भक्ति-विलास-माधुरी- भरात्मकꣳ तर्क्यम् अतद्-विदाꣳ न हि

sadaika-rūpaṁ bahu-rūpam adbhutaṁ vimukti-saukhyāt prati-yogi tat-sukham | harer mahā-bhakti-vilāsa-mādhurī- bharātmakaṁ tarkyam atad-vidāṁ na hi

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The happiness of liberation is always of one form, but the happiness of bhakti, by the influence of the opulence of Çré Bhagavän, manifests in many forms and is astonishing. The happiness of bhakti is the complete opposite of the happiness of liberation, and its variegated nature is filled with the sweetness of playful pastimes performed with the highest loving devotion to the enchanting Çré Hari. Those who are unacquainted with this essential truth of pure devotional service cannot conceive of this happiness by means of logic and reason.

2.2.218

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सदैक-रूपो’पि स विष्णुर् आत्मनस् तथा स्व-भक्तेर् जनयत्य् अनुक्षणम् । विचित्र-माधुर्य-सताꣳ नवꣳ नवꣳ तया स्व-शक्त्येतर-दुर्वितर्कया

sadaika-rūpo’pi sa viṣṇur ātmanas tathā sva-bhakter janayaty anukṣaṇam | vicitra-mādhurya-satāṁ navaṁ navaṁ tayā sva-śaktyetara-durvitarkayā

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Although sac-cid-änanda Çré Viñëu is always situated in one form, by the potency of His çakti, at every moment He manifests Himself and His bhakti in hundreds of ever-fresh varieties of sweetness. This variegatedness is inconceivable for non-devotees, and therefore they cannot comprehend it.

2.2.219

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पार-ब्राह्म्यꣳ मधुर-मधुरꣳ पारमेश्यꣳ च तद् वै भक्तेष्व् एष प्रवर-करुणा-प्रान्त-सीम-प्रकाशः । तेषाꣳ चैष निविड-मधुरानन्द-पूरानुभूतेर् अन्त्यावस्था-प्रकृतिर् उदिता धिक्-कृत-ब्रह्म-सौख्या

pāra-brāhmyaṁ madhura-madhuraṁ pārameśyaṁ ca tad vai bhakteṣv eṣa pravara-karuṇā-prānta-sīma-prakāśaḥ | teṣāṁ caiṣa niviḍa-madhurānanda-pūrānubhūter antyāvasthā-prakṛtir uditā dhik-kṛta-brahma-saukhyā

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That Parabrahman possesses supreme opulence that is sweeter than the sweetest. His manifesting the ultimate limit of extreme compassion towards His devotees is also exceedingly sweet. The concentrated ecstasy that His devotees experience – realization of the highest degree – is also so extremely sweet that it even reproaches the happiness of Brahman realization.

2.2.220

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स्व-भक्तानाꣳ तत्-तद्-विविध-मधुरानन्द-लहरी- सदा-सम्पत्त्य्-अर्थꣳ बहुतर-विशेषꣳ वितनुते । यथा स्वस्मिꣳस् तत्-तत्-प्रकृति-रहिते’पि ध्रुवतरꣳ तथा तेषाꣳ चित्राखिल-करण-वृत्त्य्-आदि-विभवम्

sva-bhaktānāṁ tat-tad-vividha-madhurānanda-laharī- sadā-sampatty-arthaṁ bahutara-viśeṣaṁ vitanute | yathā svasmiṁs tat-tat-prakṛti-rahite’pi dhruvataraṁ tathā teṣāṁ citrākhila-karaṇa-vṛtty-ādi-vibhavam

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Çré Bhagavän, being naturally free of all material characteristics, is not limited by time, place, and so on, and so He manifests countless incarnations that are consummately eternal. Similarly, to give the experience of varieties of sweet waves of bliss to all His devotees, He manifests countless amazing features, such as the devotional processes of hearing and chanting.

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नित्यैश्वर्यो नित्य-नाना-विशेषो नित्य-श्रीको नित्य-भृत्य-प्रसङ्गः । नित्योपास्तिर् नित्य-लोको’वतु त्वाꣳ नित्याद्वैत-ब्रह्म-रूपो’पि कृष्णः

nityaiśvaryo nitya-nānā-viśeṣo nitya-śrīko nitya-bhṛtya-prasaṅgaḥ | nityopāstir nitya-loko’vatu tvāṁ nityādvaita-brahma-rūpo’pi kṛṣṇaḥ

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(O Gopa-kumära!) May that Çré Kåñëa who, in spite of eternally being the concentrated essence of non-dual Brahman, still possesses a divine form that is eternally full of opulence; has all varieties of distinctive characteristics eternally present within Himself; is eternally absorbed in sportive pastimes with Çré (Lakñmé); eternally associates with His servants in an excellent manner; and whose worship and abode are also eternal – may that Çré Kåñëa protect you from all the dangers of desiring liberation.

2.2.222

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महा-रसे’स्मिन् न बुधैः प्रयुज्यते सुकोमले कर्कश-तर्क-कण्टकम् । तथापि निर्वाण-रत-प्रवृत्तये नवीन-भक्त-प्रमुदे प्रदर्शितम्

mahā-rase’smin na budhaiḥ prayujyate sukomale karkaśa-tarka-kaṇṭakam | tathāpi nirvāṇa-rata-pravṛttaye navīna-bhakta-pramude pradarśitam

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Learned scholars do not apply sharp, thorn-like logic to the gentle, most excellent mellow of loving service to Bhagavän. However, because neophyte devotees are busy endeavoring for liberation from material suffering, to remove this defect of desire for liberation and to grant them happiness, we have simply used thorn-like logic.

2.2.223-224

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भवाꣳस् तु यदि मोक्षस्य तुच्छत्वानुभवेन हि । विशुद्ध-भगवद्-भक्ति- निष्ठा-सम्पत्तिम् इच्छति तदा निजꣳ महा-मन्त्रꣳ तम् एव भजताꣳ परम् । अत्रापीदꣳ महा-गूढꣳ शृणोतु हृदयाङ्गमम्

bhavāṁs tu yadi mokṣasya tucchatvānubhavena hi | viśuddha-bhagavad-bhakti- niṣṭhā-sampattim icchati tadā nijaṁ mahā-mantraṁ tam eva bhajatāṁ param | atrāpīdaṁ mahā-gūḍhaṁ śṛṇotu hṛdayāṅgamam

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(O Gopa-kumära!) If you realize the insignificance of liberation and desire the wealth of firm faith in supremely pure devotion to Bhagavän, then simply chant your mahä-mantra with great loving affection. Hear this most confidential secret and hold it in your heart:

2.2.225

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ब्रह्माण्डात् कोटि-पाञ्चाषद्- योजन-प्रमिताद् बहिः । यथोत्तरꣳ दश-गुणाण्य् अष्टाव् आवरणाणि हि

brahmāṇḍāt koṭi-pāñcāṣad- yojana-pramitād bahiḥ | yathottaraṁ daśa-guṇāṇy aṣṭāv āvaraṇāṇi hi

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This universe is five hundred million yojanas in diameter and is surrounded by eight coverings. Each covering is ten times larger than the previous one.

2.2.226

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तान्य् अतिक्रम्य लभ्येत तन् निर्वाण-पदꣳ ध्रुवम् । महा-काल-पुराख्यꣳ यत् कार्य-कारण-कालनात्

tāny atikramya labhyeta tan nirvāṇa-padaṁ dhruvam | mahā-kāla-purākhyaṁ yat kārya-kāraṇa-kālanāt

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After crossing those eight layers, one reaches that unchanging realm of liberation. There, material causes and effects disappear, and therefore, it is also called Mahäkäla-pura, the abode of the great time factor.

2.2.227

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तत् स्वरूपम् अनिर्वच्यꣳ कथञ्चिद् वर्ण्यते बुधैः । साकारꣳ च निराकारꣳ यथा-मत्य्-अनुसारतः

tat svarūpam anirvacyaṁ kathañcid varṇyate budhaiḥ | sākāraṁ ca nirākāraṁ yathā-maty-anusārataḥ

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The true nature of the lord of Mahäkäla is beyond words to describe, but scholars nevertheless describe Him to some degree. According to their personal views, some portray Him as possessing form and others describe Him as formless.

2.2.228

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भगवत्-सेवकैस् तत्र गतैश् च स्वेच्छया परअम् । हृद्याकारꣳ घनी-भूतꣳ ब्रह्म-रूपꣳ तद् ईक्ष्यते

bhagavat-sevakais tatra gataiś ca svecchayā paraam | hṛdyākāraṁ ghanī-bhūtaṁ brahma-rūpaṁ tad īkṣyate

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If sometimes, servants of Bhagavän go to the abode of liberation by their own volition, then, according to their heart’s sentiments, they see that abode of liberation as the embodiment of condensed Brahman, or Absolute Truth.

2.2.229

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अतस् तत्रापि भवतो दीर्घ-वञ्छा-महा-फलम् । साक्षात् सम्पत्स्यते स्वीय- महा-मन्त्र-प्रभावतः

atas tatrāpi bhavato dīrgha-vañchā-mahā-phalam | sākṣāt sampatsyate svīya- mahā-mantra-prabhāvataḥ

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Therefore, by the potency of your exalted mantra, your long- cherished desire to obtain that great wealth will be directly fulfilled.

2.2.230

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बहु-काल-विलम्बश् च भवान् नापेक्षतो’त्र चेत् । तदा श्री-मथुरायास् तꣳ व्रज-भूमिꣳ निजाꣳ व्रज

bahu-kāla-vilambaś ca bhavān nāpekṣato’tra cet | tadā śrī-mathurāyās taṁ vraja-bhūmiṁ nijāṁ vraja

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If you do not want a long delay in receiving that result, then you should immediately return to your land of Vraja in Çré Mathurä- maëòala.

2.2.231

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— तेषाम् एतैर् वचोभिर् मे भक्ति-वृद्धिꣳ गता प्रभौ । विचारश् चैष हृदये’जनि माथुर-भूसुर

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— teṣām etair vacobhir me bhakti-vṛddhiṁ gatā prabhau | vicāraś caiṣa hṛdaye’jani māthura-bhūsura

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Translation

Çré Gopa-kumära said: After hearing these words of the Vedas and Puräëas, my devotion for Çré Bhagavän increased even more. O Mathurä brähmaëa, then the following thought arose in my heart.

2.2.232

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भक्तिर् यस्येदृशी सो’त्र साक्षात् प्राप्तो मया पिता । तꣳ परित्यज्य गन्तव्यम् अन्यत्र बत किꣳ कृते

bhaktir yasyedṛśī so’tra sākṣāt prāpto mayā pitā | taṁ parityajya gantavyam anyatra bata kiṁ kṛte

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Translation

“All scriptures directly prescribe this type of devotion unto the Lord. However, I have obtained Him directly as my father, so why should I abandon Him and go elsewhere?”

2.2.233

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इत्थम् उद्विग्न-चित्तꣳ माꣳ भगवान् स कृपाकरः । सर्वान्तर् आत्म-वृत्ति-ज्ञः समादिशद् इदꣳ स्वयम्

ittham udvigna-cittaṁ māṁ bhagavān sa kṛpākaraḥ | sarvāntar ātma-vṛtti-jñaḥ samādiśad idaṁ svayam

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Thinking thus, I became very perturbed. However, Bhagavän, the indwelling Supersoul of all the living beings, knows what takes place in everyone’s heart. Out of mercy, He personally instructed me.

2.2.234

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श्री-भगवान् उवाच— निज-प्रियतमꣳ याहि माथुरीꣳ ताꣳ व्रज-क्षितिम् । तत्-तन्-मत्-परम-क्रीडा- स्थल्य्-आवलि-विभूषितम्

śrī-bhagavān uvāca— nija-priyatamaṁ yāhi māthurīṁ tāṁ vraja-kṣitim | tat-tan-mat-parama-krīḍā- sthaly-āvali-vibhūṣitam

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Translation

Çré Bhagavän said: You should go the land of Vraja in Mathurä, which is very dear to Me and which is decorated with My excellent pastime places.

2.2.235

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यस्याꣳ श्री-ब्रह्मणाप्य् आत्म- तृण-जन्माभियाच्यते । परिवृत्तो’पि या दीर्घ- काले राजति तादृशी

yasyāṁ śrī-brahmaṇāpy ātma- tṛṇa-janmābhiyācyate | parivṛtto’pi yā dīrgha- kāle rājati tādṛśī

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Translation

Çré Brahmä also prayed to take birth in that land of Vraja as a blade of grass. Although that happened a long time ago, the land of Vraja is still just as beautiful now as it was then.

2.2.236

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तत्र मत्-परम-प्रेष्ठꣳ लप्स्यसे स्व-गुरुꣳ पुनः । सर्वꣳ तस्यैव कृपया नितराꣳ ज्ञास्यसि स्वयम्

tatra mat-parama-preṣṭhaṁ lapsyase sva-guruṁ punaḥ | sarvaṁ tasyaiva kṛpayā nitarāṁ jñāsyasi svayam

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Translation

In that land of Vraja, you will again meet your gurudeva, who is very dear to Me. By his mercy, you will become conversant with all fundamental truths.

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महा-काल-पुरे सम्याग् माम् एव द्रक्ष्यसि द्रुतम् । तत्रापि परमानन्दꣳ प्राप्स्यसि स्व-मनोरमम्

mahā-kāla-pure samyāg mām eva drakṣyasi drutam | tatrāpi paramānandaṁ prāpsyasi sva-manoramam

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Translation

Then, very soon, you will again see Me in Mahäkäla-pura, where you will obtain an abundance of supreme bliss that will fulfill the desires of your heart.

2.2.238

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मत्-प्रसाद-प्रभावेन यथा-कामम् इतस् ततः । भ्रमित्वा परमाश्चर्य- शतान्य् अनुभविष्यसि

mat-prasāda-prabhāvena yathā-kāmam itas tataḥ | bhramitvā paramāścarya- śatāny anubhaviṣyasi

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By the influence of My mercy, you will freely wander here and there, experiencing hundreds of the most glorious wonders.

2.2.239

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कालेन कियता पुत्र परिपूर्णाखिलार्थकः । वृन्दावने मया सार्धꣳ क्रीडिष्यसि निजेच्छया

kālena kiyatā putra paripūrṇākhilārthakaḥ | vṛndāvane mayā sārdhaṁ krīḍiṣyasi nijecchayā

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Translation

O son, after some time, your desire will be fulfilled. Then, you will sport with Me in Våndävana just as you desire.

2.2.240

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श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच— एवꣳ तद्-आज्ञया हर्ष- शोकाविष्टो’हम् आगतः । एतद् वृन्दावनꣳ श्रीमत् तत्-क्षणान् मनसेव हि

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca— evaṁ tad-ājñayā harṣa- śokāviṣṭo’ham āgataḥ | etad vṛndāvanaṁ śrīmat tat-kṣaṇān manaseva hi

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Çré Gopa-kumära said: O brähmaëa, overwhelmed with happiness and distress by the command of Çré Bhagavän, at that very moment by the speed of mind, I reached this attractive Våndävana.