{"id":18060,"date":"2020-02-20T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=18060"},"modified":"2020-09-20T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:18:00","slug":"brahma-samhita-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/brahma-samhita-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahma Samhita 26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u015ar\u012b brahma-sa\u1e41hit\u0101 5.26<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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atha tepe sa sucira\u1e41
\npr\u012b\u1e47an govindam avyayam
\n\u015bvetadv\u012bpa-pati\u1e41 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e41
\ngoloka-stha\u1e41 par\u0101t param
\nprak\u1e5bty\u0101 gu\u1e47a-r\u016bpi\u1e47y\u0101
\nr\u016bpi\u1e47y\u0101 paryup\u0101sitam
\nsahasra-dala-sampanne
\nko\u1e6di-ki\u00f1jalka-b\u1e5b\u1e41hite
\nbh\u016bmi\u015b cint\u0101ma\u1e47is tatra
\nkar\u1e47ik\u0101re mah\u0101sane
\nsam\u0101s\u012bna\u1e41 cid-\u0101nanda\u1e41
\njyot\u012b-r\u016bpa\u1e41 san\u0101tanam
\n\u015babda-brahma-maya\u1e41 ve\u1e47u\u1e41
\nv\u0101dayanta\u1e41 mukh\u0101mbuje
\nvil\u0101sin\u012b-ga\u1e47a-v\u1e5bta\u1e41
\nsvai\u1e25 svair a\u1e41\u015bair abhi\u1e63\u1e6dutam<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Synonyms<\/h2>\n
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atha<\/em><\/a> \u2014 then; tepe<\/em><\/a> \u2014 practiced austerity; sa\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 he (Brahm\u0101); suciram<\/em><\/a> \u2014 for a long time; pr\u012b\u1e47an<\/em><\/a> \u2014 satisfying; govindam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 Govinda; avyayam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 imperishable; \u015bvetadv\u012bpa<\/em><\/a>–patim<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the Lord of \u015avetadv\u012bpa; k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47am<\/em><\/a> \u2014 K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; goloka<\/em><\/a>–stham<\/em><\/a> \u2014 situated in Goloka; par\u0101t<\/em><\/a> param<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the greatest of all; prak\u1e5bty\u0101<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by the external energy; gu\u1e47a<\/em><\/a>–r\u016bpi\u1e47y\u0101<\/em><\/a> \u2014 embodying all mundane qualities; r\u016bpi\u1e47y\u0101<\/em><\/a> \u2014 possessing form; paryup\u0101sitam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 worshiped from outside; sahasra<\/em><\/a>–dala<\/em><\/a>–sampanne<\/em><\/a> \u2014 on a lotus of a thousand petals; ko\u1e6di<\/em><\/a>–ki\u00f1jalka<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by millions of filaments; b\u1e5b\u1e41hite<\/em><\/a> \u2014 augmented; bh\u016bmi\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the land; cint\u0101ma\u1e47i\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 magical touchstone; tatra<\/em><\/a> \u2014 there; kar\u1e47ik\u0101re<\/em><\/a> \u2014 on the whorl; mah\u0101<\/em><\/a>–\u0101sane<\/em><\/a> \u2014 on a great throne; sam\u0101s\u012bnam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 seated; cit<\/em><\/a>–\u0101nandam<\/em><\/a>\u2014 the form of transcendental bliss; jyoti\u1e25<\/em><\/a>–r\u016bpam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the form of effulgence; san\u0101tanam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 eternal; \u015babda<\/em><\/a>–brahma<\/em><\/a> \u2014 divine sound; mayam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 comprising; ve\u1e47um<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the flute; v\u0101dayantam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 playing; mukha<\/em><\/a>–ambuje<\/em><\/a> \u2014 at His lotus mouth; vil\u0101sin\u012b<\/em><\/a>–ga\u1e47a<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by the gop\u012bs<\/em>; v\u1e5btam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 surrounded; svai\u1e25<\/em><\/a> svai\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 own respective; a\u1e41\u015bai\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 by subjective portions; abhi\u1e63\u1e6dutam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 worshiped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Translation<\/h2>\n
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Brahm\u0101, being desirous of satisfying Govinda, practiced the cultural acts for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in Goloka, Lord of \u015avetadv\u012bpa, for a long time. His meditation ran thus, “There exists a divine lotus of a thousand petals, augmented by millions of filaments, in the transcendental land of Goloka. On its whorl, there exists a great divine throne on which is seated \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the form of eternal effulgence of transcendental bliss, playing on His divine flute resonant with the divine sound, with His lotus mouth. He is worshiped by His amorous milkmaids with their respective subjective portions and extensions and also by His external energy [who stays outside] embodying all mundane qualities.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Purport<\/h2>\n
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Although the object of meditation is fully transcendental, yet owing to her nature which is permeated with the quality of active mundane hankering, M\u0101y\u0101, the nonspiritual potency of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, embodying the principles of mixed sattva, rajas,<\/em> and tamas,<\/em> in the forms of Durg\u0101, and other nonspiritual powers, meditated on the Supreme Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as the object of their worship. So long as there is any trace of mundane desire in one’s heart, it is the object of worship of M\u0101y\u0101dev\u012b (Durg\u0101) who has to be worshiped by such a person; nevertheless the fulfillment of one’s heart’s desire results from the worship of the object of worship of M\u0101y\u0101dev\u012b, and not from the worship of M\u0101y\u0101dev\u012b herself. This is in accordance with the \u015bloka, ak\u0101ma\u1e25 sarva-k\u0101mo v\u0101 mok\u1e63a-k\u0101ma ud\u0101ra-dhi\u1e25 \/ t\u012bvre\u1e47a bhakti-yogena yajeta puru\u1e63a\u1e41 param<\/em> [SB 2.3.10<\/a>]. The meaning of this \u015bloka<\/em> of the Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em><\/a> is that though other gods, as distinct manifestations of the Supreme Lord, are bestowers of sundry specific boons, yet a sensible person should worship the all powerful Supreme Lord, giver of all good, with unalloyed devotion, without worshiping those mundane gift-giving deities. Accordingly, Brahm\u0101 meditated upon K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in Goloka, the object of the worship, from a distance, of M\u0101y\u0101dev\u012b. True devotion is unalloyed devotional activity free from all mundane desire. The devotion of Brahm\u0101, etc., is not unmixed devotion. But there is a stage of unmixed predilection even in devotion for the attainment of one’s selfish desire. This has been fully described in the concluding five \u015blokas<\/em> of this work. That is the easiest method of divine service, prior to the attainment of self-realization, by fallen souls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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