Sri Brahma-samhitä -12

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Sri Brahma Samhita

FIFTH CHAPTER

ÖÉKÄ 40

tad evaà tasya sarvävatäritvena pürëatvam uktvä svarüpeëäpyäha –

yasyeti. dvayor eka-rüpatve ’pi viçiñöatayävirbhävät çré-govindasya

dharmi-rüpatvam aviçiñöatayävirbhäväd brahmaëo dharmarüpatvaà

tataù pürvasya maëòala-sthänéyatvam iti bhävaù. ataeva

gétäsu – “brahmaëo hi pratiñöhäham” iti; ataevaikädaçe sva-vibhütigaëanäyäà

tad api svayaà gaëitaà – “påthivé väyur äkäça äpo jyotir

ahaà mahän. vikäraù puruño vyaktaà rajaù sattvaà tamaù param”.

iti. öékä cätra – “paraà brahma ca” ity eñä. çré-matsya-devenäpy

añöame tathoktaà – “madéyaà mahimänaà ca paraà brahmeti

çabditam. vetsyasy anugåhétaà me saàpraçnair viditaà hådi”. iti.

ataeväha dhruvaç caturthe – “yä nirvåtis tanu-bhåtäà tava pädapadma-

dhyänäd bhavaj-jana-kathä çravaëena vä syät. sä brahmaëi

sva-mahimany api nätha mä bhüt kià tv antakäsi lulität patatäà

vimänät.” ataevätmärämäëäm api tad guëenäkarñaù çrüyate

–“ätmärämäç ca munayo nirgranthä apy urukrame. kurvanty

ahaitukéà bhaktim ittham-bhüta-guëo hariù.” iti. atra viçeña-jijïäsä

cet çré-bhägavata-sandarbho dåçyatäm ity alam-ativistareëa.

ÖÉKÄ 41

tad evaà tasya svarüpa-gataà mähätmyaà darçayitvä tad-gatamähätmyaà

darçayati dväbhyäà. tatra bahiraìga-çakti-mäyäcintyakärya-

gatam äha – mäyä héti. mäyayä hi tasya sparço nästéty äha –

sattveti. sattvasya rajas-tamo-miçritasyäçrayi yat paraà tad amiçraà

çuddhaà sattvaà cic-chakti-våtti-rüpaà yasya tam; tathoktaà çréviñëu-

puräëe – “sattvädayo na santéçe yatra ca präkåtä guëäù. sa

çuddhaù sarva-çuddhebhyaù pumän ädyaù prasédatu. iti. viçeñataù

çré-bhägavata-sandarbhe tad idam api vivåtam asti.

ÖÉKÄ 42

atha tan-maya-mohanatvam äha – änandeti. ‘änanda-cinmayarasa’

ujjvaläkhyaù prema-rasas tad-ätmatayä tad-äliìgitatayä

präninäà manaùsu prati-phalan sarva-mohana-sväàça-cchuritaparamäëu-

pratibimbatayä kiïcid udayann api smaratäm upety ädi

yojyam yad uktaà räsa-païcädhyäyäà – “säkñän manmathamanmatha”

iti. “cakñuñaç cakñuù” itivat. tad evaà tat käraëatve ’pi

smaräveçasya dåñöatvaà jagad-äveçavat.

öékä 37–42

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ÖÉKÄ 43

tad idaà prapaïcagataà mähätmyam uktvä nija-dhäma-gatamähätmyam

äha – goloketi. devé-maheçetyädi-gaëanaà

vyutkrameëa jïeyam. devy-ädénäà yathottaram ürdhvordhvaprabhavavatvät

tal-lokänäm urdhvordhva-bhävitvam iti. golokasya

sarvordhvagämitvaà sarvebhyo vyäpakatvaà ca vyavasthäpi tam

asti; bhuvi prakäçamänasya våndävanasya tu tenäbhedaù pürvatra

darçitaù. “sa tu lokas tvayä kåñëaù sédamänaù kåtätmanä. dhåto

dhåtimatä véra nighnato ’padravaà gaväm” ity anenäbhedenaiva hi.

goloka eva nivasatéty eva käraù saìghaöate, yato bhuvi prakäçamäne

’smin våndävane tasya nitya-vihäritvaà çrüyate; yathädi-värähe –

“våndävanaà dvädaçakaà våndayä parirakñitam. hariëädhiñöhitaà

tac ca brahma-rudrädi-sevitam.” tatra ca viçeñaù – “kåñëa kréòä-setubandhaà

mahä-pätaka-näçanam. ballavébhiù kréòanärthaà kåtvä

devo gadädharaù. gopakaiù sahitas tatra kñaëam ekaà dine dine.

tatraiva ramaëärthaà hi nitya-kälaà sa gacchati.” iti. ataeva

gautaméye, çré-närada uväca – “kim idaà dvätriàçad-vanaà

våndäraëyaà viçämpate. çrotum icchämi bhagavan yadi yogyo ’smi

me vada.” çré-kåñëa uväca – “idaà våndävanaà näma mama

dhämaiva kevalam. atra ye paçavaù pakñi-mågäù kéöä narädhamäù.

nivasanti mayäviñöe måtä yänti mamälayam. atra yä gopa-kanyäç ca

nivasanti mamälaye. gopinyastä mayä nityaà mama seväparäyaëäù.

païca-yojanam evästi vanaà me deha-rüpakaà.

kälindéyaà suñumnäkhyä paramämåta-vähiné. atra deväç ca bhütäni

vartante sükñma-rüpataù. sarva-deva-mayaç cähaà na tyajämi

vanaà kvacit. ävirbhävas tirobhävo bhaven me ’tra yuge yuge. tejomayam

idaà ramyam adåçyaà carma-cakñuñä.” iti. etad rüpam

eväçritya värähädau te nitya-kadambädayo darçitä varëitäç ca.

tasmäd asmad-dåçyamänasya eva våndävanasya asmad-dåçyatädåçaprakäça-

viçeña eva goloka iti labdham. yadä cäsmad-dåçyamäne

prakäçe sa-parikaraù çré-kåñëa ävirbhavati tadaiva tasyävatära

ucyate, tad eva ca rasa-viçeña-poñäya saàyoga-virahaù punaù

saàyogädi-maya-vicitra-lélayä tayä pära-däryädi-vyavahäraç ca

gamyate. yadä tu yathätra yathä vänyatra kalpa-tantra-yämalasaàhitä-

païcaräträdiñu tathä dig-darçanena viçeñä jïeyäù. tathä ca

çré-daçame – “jayati jana-niväso devaké-janma-vädo yaduvarapariñat

svair dorbhir asyann adharmam. sthira-cara-våjina-ghnaù

su-smita-çré-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitänäà vardhayan

kämadevam.” ityädi. tathä ca pädme nirväëa-khaëòe çré-bhagavadvyäsa-

väkye – “paçya tvaà darçayiñyämi svarüpaà veda-gopitam.

tato paçyämy ahaà bhüpa bälaà kälämbuda-prabham. gopakanyävåtaà

gopaà hasantaà gopa-bälakaiù.” iti; anenälabdha-strédharma-

vayaskatädi-bodhakena kanyäpadena täsäm anyädåçatvaà

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niräkriyate. tathä ca gautaméya-tantre caturthädhyäye – “atha

våndävanaà dhyäyet” ity ärabhya, tad dhyänaà – “svargäd iva

paribhrañöa-kanyakä-çata-maëòitam. gopa-vatsa-gaëäkérëaà våkñañaëòaiç

ca maëòitam. gopa-kanyä-sahasrais tu padmapaträyatekñaëaiù.

arcitam bhäva-kusumais trailokyaika-guruà

param.” ity ädi. tad darçana-käré ca darçitas tatraiva sadäcäraprasaìge

– “ahar niçaà japen mantraà mantré niyata-mänasaù sa

paçyati na sandeho gopa-rüpa-dharaà harim.” iti; tatraivänyatra

“våndävane vased dhémän yävat kåñëasya darçanam” iti; trailokyasan-

mohana-tantre cäñöädaçäkñara-prasaìge – “japed yas tu mantré

niyata-mänasaù. sa paçyati na sandeho gopa-veça-dharaà harim.”

iti. ataeva täpanyäà brahma-väkyaà – “tad u hoväca brahmasavanaà

carato me dhyätaù stutaù parärdhänte so ’budhyate gopaveço

me puruñaù parastäd ävirbabhüva.” iti. tasmät kñérodaçäyyädyavatäratayä

tasya yat kathanaà tat tu tad-aàçänäà tatra

praveçopekñayä. tad alam ati-vistareëa çré-kåñëa-sandarbhe darçitacaraëe

prastutam anusarämaù.

ÖÉKÄ 44

pürvaà devé-maheça-hari-dhämnäm uparicaradhämatvaà tasya

darçitam; samprati tu tat-tad-äçrayatvät tad eva yogyam iti darçayati

– såñöéti païcabhiù. yathoktaà çrutibhiù – “tvam akaraëaù svaräò

akhila-käraka-çakti-dharas tava balim udvahanti

samadantyajayänimiñä” iti.

ÖÉKÄ 45

atha krama-präptaà maheçaà nirüpayati – kñéram iti. käryakäraëa-

bhäva-mäträàçe dåñöänto ’yaà därñöäntikasya käraëanirvikäratvät

cintämaëy-ädivat acintya-çaktyaivä tad-ädikäryatayäpi

sthitatvät. çrutiç ca – “eko ha vai puruño näräyaëa äsén

na brahmä na ca çaìkaraù sa munir bhütvä samacintayat. tata ete

vyajäyanta viçvo hiraëyagarbho ’gni-varuëa-rudrendra” iti, tathä –

“sa brahmaëä såjati rudreëa näçayati. so ’nutpattilaya eva hariù

käraëa-rüpaù paraù paramänandaù” iti. çambhor api käryatvaà

guëa-sambalanät; yathoktaà çré-daçame – “harir hi nirguëaù säkñät

puruñaù prakåteù paraù. çivaù çakti-yutaù çaçvat-triliìgo guëasaàvåtaù.”

iti; etad evoktaà – ‘vikära-viçeña-yogät’ iti. kutracid

bhedoktir yä dåçyate täm api samädadhäti; tato hetoù påthaktvaà

nästéti. yathoktam åg-veda-çirasi – “atha nityo näräyaëaù, brahmä ca

näräyaëaù, çivaç ca näräyaëaù, çakraç ca näräyaëaù, kälaç ca

näräyaëaù, diçaç ca näräyaëaù, adhaç ca näräyaëaù, urdhvaà ca

näräyaëaù, antar-bahiç ca näräyaëaù. näräyaëa, evedaà sarvaà

öékä 43–45

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jätaà jagatyäà jagat.” ityädi. brahmaëä tv evam uktaà – “såjämi

tan niyukto ’haà haro harati tad vaçaù. viçvaà puruña-rüpeëa

paripäti triçakti-dhåk” iti.

ÖÉKÄ 46

atha krama-präptaà hari-svarüpam ekaà nirüpayan guëävatäramaheça-

prasaìgäd-guëävatäraà viñëuà nirüpayati – dépärcir iti.

tadåktve hetuù – “vivåta-hetu-samäna-dharmä.” iti. yadyapi

govindäàçäàçaù käraëärëavaçäyé tasya garbhodakaçäyé tasya

cävatäro ’yaà viñëur iti labhyate, tathäpi mahä-dépät kramaparamparayä

sükñma-nirmala-dépasyoditasya jyoté-rüpäàço yathä

tena saha sämyaà tathä govindena rüpäntaraà viñëur gamyate.

çambhos tu tamo ’dhiñöhanät kajjalamaya-sükñma-dépa-çikhästhänéyasya

na tathä sämyam iti; tirodhänät tad ittham ucyate agre

tu mahä-viñëor api kalä-viçeñatvena darçayiñyamäëatvät.

ÖÉKÄ 47

atha käraëärëava-çäyinaà nirüpayati – ananta-jagad-aëòaiù saha

roma-küpäù yasya saù saha-çabdasya pürva-nipätäbhäva ärñaù.

‘ädhära-çaktimayéà’ paräà sva-mürtià çeñäkhyäm.

ÖÉKÄ 48

tatra sarva-brahmäëòa-pälako yas tavävatäratayä mahä-brahmädisahacaratvena

tad abhinnatvena ca mahä-viñëur darçitaù; tatra ca

tam apy evaà tal-lakñaëatayä varëayati – ‘tat-taj-jagad-aëòanäthäù’

viñëv-ädayaù ‘jévanti’ tat-tad-adhikäratayä jagati prakaöaà

tiñöhanti.

ÖÉKÄ 49

tad evaà devy-ädénäà tad-äçrayakatvaà darçayitvä prasaìgasaìgatyä

brahmaëaç ca darçayann atéva bhinnatayä jévatvam eva

spañöayati – bhäsvän iti. ‘bhäsvän’ süryo yathä ‘nijeñu’ nityasvéyatvena

vikhyäteñu ‘açma-sakaleñu’ sürya-käntäkhyeñu svéyaà

kiïcit tejaù prakaöayati; ‘api’ – çabdät tena tad upädhikäàçena

dähädikäryaà svayam eva karoti, tathä ya eva jéva-viçeñe kiïcit tejaù

prakaöayati, tena tad upädhikäàçena svayam eva brahmä san jagadaëòe

brahmäëòe vidhäna-kartä vyañöi-srñöi-kartä bhavatéty arthaù;

yad vä, mahä-brahmaiväyaà varëyate, tad-upalakñito mahä-çivaç ca

jïeyaù; tataç ca jagad-aëòänäà vidhäna-kartåtvaà ca yuktam eva.

yadyapi durgäkhyä mäyä käraëärëavaçäyina eva karma-karé,

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yadyapi ca brahma-viñëv-ädyä garbhodakaçäyina evävatäräs tathäpi

tasya sarväçrayatayä te ’pi tad-äçrayitayä gaëitäù. evam uttaraträpi.

ÖÉKÄ 50

atha sarve sarva-vighna-niväraëärthaà prathamaà gaëapatià

stuvantéti tasyaiva stutiyogyatety äçaìkya pratyäcañöe – yat pädeti.

kaimyutena tad eva dåòhékåtaà çré-kapiladevena – “yat päda-niùsåtasarit-

pravarodakena térthena mürdhany adhikåtena çivaù çivo ’bhüt.”

ÖÉKÄ 51

tac ca yuktam ity äha – agnir mahéti – sarvaà spañöam.

ÖÉKÄ 52

nanu kecit savitäraà sarveçvaraà vadanti? taträha – yac cakñur iti.

ya eva ‘cakñuù’ prakäçako yasya saù – “yad äditya-gataà tejo jagad

bhäsayate ’khilam. yac candramasi yac cägnau tat tejo viddhi

mämakam” iti çré-gétäbhyaù, “bhéñäsmäd vätaù pavate bhéñodeti

süryaù” ity ädi çruteù, viräò-rüpasyaiva savitå-cakñuñöväc ca.”

ÖÉKÄ 53

kià bahunä? dharma iti. – “ahaà sarvasya prabhavo mattaù sarvaà

pravartate.” iti çré-gétäbhyaù.

ÖÉKÄ 54

tatra tatra sarveçvaras tu ‘parjanyavad drañöavyaù’ iti nyäyena

karmänurüpa-phala-dätåtvena sämye ’pi bhakte tu pakña-pätaviçeñaà

karotéty äha – yas tv indreti. “samo ’haà sarva-bhüteñu na

me dveñyo ’sti na priyaù. ye bhajanti tu mäà bhaktyä mayi te teñu

cäpy aham. iti, “ananyäç cintayanto mäà ye janäù paryupäsate.

teñäà nityäbhiyuktänäà yoga-kñemaà vahämy aham” iti ca çrégétäbhyaù.

ÖÉKÄ 55

sa eva ca svayantu vairibhyo ’pyanya-durlabha-phalaà dadäti, kim

uta sva-viñayaka-kämädinä niñkäma-çreñöhebyaù. tataù ko vänyo

bhajanéya iti? bhajäméty anta-prakaraëam upasaàharati – yaà

krodheti. ‘sahaja-praëayaù’ sakhyam; ‘vätsalyaà’ pitry-ädy-ucitabhävaù;

‘mohaù’ sarva-vismaraëa-mayo bhävaù, para-brahmatayä

sphürtiù; ‘guru-gauravaà’ svasmin pitåtvädi-bhävanämayam; sevyaöékä

46–55

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bhävaù “sevyo ’yaà mameti” bhävanä – däsyam ity arthaù. ‘tasya

sadåçéà’ krodhäveçino präkåtatva-mäträàçair nänyeñu tu tat-tadbhävanä-

yogya-rüpa-guëäàça-läbha-täratamyena tulyam ity arthaù.

“adåñövänyatamaà loke çélaudärya-guëaiù samam” iti çré-vasudevaväkyasya,

“jagad-vyäpära-varjam” iti brahma-sütrasya,

“prayojyamäne mayi täà çuddhäà bhägavatéà tanum” iti näradaväkyasya

ca dåñöyä sarvathä tat-sadåçatvävirodhät, “vaireëa yaà

nåpatayaù” ity ädau “anurakta-dhiyäà punaù kim” ity anuraktadhéñu

stutvä tena viçiñöaà svatas tv iti präpte teñv api tat-tad-anurägatäratamyenäpi

tat täratamyaà labhyata iti. anena golokasthaprapaïcävatérëayor

ekatvam eva darçitam; tad uktaà –

“nandädayas tu taà dåñövä” ity ädi.

ÖÉKÄ 56

tad evaà nijeñöadevaà bhajanéyatvena stutvä tena viçiñöaà tal lokaà

tathä stauti – çriyaù käntä iti yugmakena. ‘çriyaù’ çré-vraja-sundarérüpäs

täsäm eva mantre dhyäne ca sarvatra prasiddheù. täsäm

anantänäm apy eka eva ‘käntaù’ iti parama-näräyaëädibhyo ’pi

tasya, tat-tal-lokebhyo ’pi tadéya-lokasya cäsya, mähätmyaà

darçitam. ‘kalpa-taravo drumäù’ iti – teñäà sarveñäm eva sarvapradatvät

tathaiva prathitam tadvat ‘bhümiù’ ity ädikaà ca bhümir

api sarva-spåhäà dadäti, kim uta kaustubhädi. ‘toyam’ apy amåtam

iva svädu, kim utämåtam ity ädi. ‘vaàçé’ priya-sakhéti sarvataù çrékåñëasya

sukha-sthiti-çrävakatvena jïeyam. kià bahunä? ‘cidänanda’

lakñaëam vastv eva ‘jyotiç’ candra-süryädi-rüpam;

‘samänodita-candrärkam’ iti våndävana-viçeñaëaà gautaméyatantra-

dvaye; tac ca nitya-pürëacandratvät tathä tad eva param api

tat tat prakäçayam apéty arthaù. tathä tad eva teñäm ‘äsvädyaà’

bhogyam api ca cic-chakti-mayatväd iti bhävaù – “darçayäm äsa

lokaà svaà gopänäà tamasaù param” iti çré-daçamät. ‘surabhébhyaç

ca sravatéti tadéya-vaàçé-dhvanyädyäveçäd iti bhävaù. ‘vrajati na hi’

iti tad-äveçena te tad väsinaù’ kälam api na jänantéti bhävaù; käladoñäs

tatra na santéti vä – “na ca käla-vikramaù” iti dvitéyät. ataeva

‘çvetaà’ çuddhaà ‘dvépam’ anya-saìga-rahitaà, “yathä sarasi

padmaà tiñöhati tathä bhümyäà hi tiñöhati” iti täpanébhyaù. kñitéti –

tad uktaà – “yaà na vidmo vayaà sarve påcchanto ’pi pitämaham”

iti.

ÖÉKÄ 57

tad evaà tasya stutim uktvä çré-bhagavat-prasäda-läbham äha –

atheti särdhena. sarvaà spañöam.

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ÖÉKÄ 58

tatra prasäda-rüpäà païca-çlokém äha – prabuddha iti. “jïänavijïäna-

sampanno bhaja mäà bhakti-bhävitaù” ity ekädaçät.

ÖÉKÄ 59

prema-lakñaëa-bhakteù sädhana-jïäna-rüpayor bhaktyoù präpty

upäyam äha – pramäëair iti. ‘pramäëaiù’ bhagavac-chästraiù ‘tatsadäcäraiù’

tadéyä ye santas teñäm äcärair anuñöhänaiù ‘tad

abhyäsaiù’ teñäm eva paunaù-puëya-bähulyena, ‘ätmanätmänaà

bodhayati’ svayam eva svaà bhagavad-äçritaù çuddha-jéva-rüpam

anubhavati; tato ’py uttamäà çuddhäà bhaktià labhata iti. tathä ca

çruti-stave – “sva-kåta-pureñv améñv abahirantara-saàvaraëaà tava

puruñaà vadanty akhila-çakti-dhåto ’àça-kåtam.” iti någatià vivicya

kavayo nigamävapanam bhavata upäsate ’ìghrim abhavaà bhuvi

viçvasitäù.” iti.

ÖÉKÄ 60

tathä ca prema-bhaktir eva sädhyä, nänyety äha – yasya iti. tad

uktam caturthe – “ato mäà sudurärädhyaà satäm api duräpayä.

ekänta-bhaktyä ko väïchet päda-mülaà vinä bahiù.” iti.

ÖÉKÄ 61

punaù çuddhäm eva sädhana-bhaktià draòhayann anye kämair api

täm eva kuryäd ity äha – dharmän anyän iti. tad uktam – “akämaù

sarva-kämo vä mokña-käma udära-dhéù. tévrena bhakti-yogena yajeta

puruñaà param.” iti.

ÖÉKÄ 62

tasmät tava sisåkñäpi phaliñyatéti sayuktikam äha – ahaà héti.

‘pradhänaà’ çreñöhaà, ‘béjaà’ pürëa-bhagavad-rüpaà, ‘prakåtiù’

avyaktaà, ‘pumän’ drañöä; kià bahunä? tvam api mayä ‘ähitam’

arpitaà tejo vibharñi, tasmät tena mat-tejasä ‘jaganti’ sarväëi

sthävara-jaìgamäni, he vidhe, ‘vidhehi’ kurv iti.

öékä 56–62

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Sanskrit Glossary

abhidheya-tattva – process

abhimäna – self-conception

acara-jagat – inanimate world

acintya – inconceivable

acintya-bhedäbheda-tattva – inconceivable distinction with nondistinction

acintya-çakti – inconceivable potency

acintya-tattva – inconceivable Absolute Truth

ädhära-çakti – all-accommodating potency

adhikära – qualification

ädhikärika-devatä – delegated authority

adhiñöhätå-deva, adhiñöhätå-devatä, adhiñöhätå-devé – presiding deity

ädhyätmika-jïäna – knowledge of the nature of the self

ädi-puruña – primeval personality

advaya-jïäna akhaëòa-tattva – non-dual undivided principle

ahaìkära – false ego

aiçvarya – sense of awe and reverence

akhaëòa-pürëa-cinmaya-tattva – indivisible, complete and perfect

transcendental principle

aàça – part and parcel

aàçävatäras – partial incarnations

anädi – beginningless

änanda – bliss

änanda-cinmaya-rasa – blissful transcendental mellows

ananta-dharma – unlimited in nature

ananya-bhakti – exclusive devotion

apara-çakti – inferior potency

aprakaöa – unmanifest

aprakaöa-lélä – unmanifest pastimes

aprakaöa-nitya-lélä – eternal unmanifest pastimes

apräkåta – supramundane

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apräkåta-anaìga – transcendental Cupid

apräkåta-jagat – transcendental world

ärädhana – worship

ärädhyadeva – personality who is to be worshiped by a mantra

arcana – formal worship with auspicious articles

arcana-märga – path of reverent worship of the deity

ärña-prayoga – use by authoritative åñis

artha – economic development

äsakti – attachment

asamordhva-tattva – incomparable and unsurpassed reality

äçrama – spiritual order

äçrita-tattva – beings under His shelter

açuddha-sattva – impure goodness

añöäìga-yoga – eightfold yoga process

añöa-sättvika-bhävas – eight symptoms of transcendental ecstasy

ätmärämatä – self-satisfaction

ätma-tattva – essential reality of the self

äveça-avatäras – empowered incarnations

avidyä – ignorance

avyakta – unmanifest

bahiraìgä – external

bahiraìga-çakti – external potency

bahirmukha-jéva – living entities who have turned away from Kåñëa

bhagavad-rasa – mellows of transcendental service to Bhagavän

bhagavat-tattva-jïäna – knowledge of the essential reality of the

Supreme Personality

bhagavat-tattva – supreme personal Absolute Truth

bhakta-vatsala – caring and affectionate to His devotees

bhakti-märga – path of bhakti

bhakti-tattva-jïäna – knowledge of the essential reality of bhakti

bhäñya – commentary

bhauma-gokula – earthly Gokula, which is the manifestation of Çré

Kåñëa’s eternal abode, Goloka Våndävana, on the surface of this

Earth.

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bhauma-navadvépa – earthly Navadvépa, which is the manifestation of

Çré Çacénandana Gaurahari’s eternal abode, Çvetadvépa, on the

surface of this Earth.

bhäva – transcendental sentiment

bhaya – fear

bheda – differentiation

brahma-dhäma – abode of the impersonal Brahman. This is the

region which has no feature other than the infinite light of the

brahmajyoti.

brahmäëòa – egg-shaped material universe

brahma-jïäna – impersonal knowledge

brahmajyoti – the effulgence of the bodily form of Çré Kåñëa. It is one

aspect of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and is considered by

monists to be the ultimate goal of self-realization.

brahmajyoti – transcendental effulgence

brahmalaya – dissolving the self in Brahman

brahma-teja – brahminical power

båhad-dhyänamayé – subject of expanded meditation

buddhi – intelligence

caëòäla – dog-eater, outcaste

cara-jagat – animate world

catuù-çloké – four original verses

cid-äbhäsa – semblance of transcendence

cid-aiçvarya – transcendental opulence

cid-viläsa – transcendental pleasure-pastimes

cinmaya – transcendental

cinmaya-dhäma – transcendental abode

cinmaya-prakåti – spiritual dominated potency

cinmaya-tattva – Absolute Transcendence

cintämaëi – desire-fulfilling gem

cit – knowledge

cit-çakti – transcendental potency; knowledge potency

cit-jagat – transcendental realm

citta – consciousness

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cit-tattva – transcendental reality

daiva-väëé – transcendental Sarasvaté. Sarasvaté is manifest within this

world as the goddess of learning, but is also present in an eternal

spiritual form in the spiritual world. That transcendental Sarasvaté

spoke the eighteen-syllable gopäla-mantra to Brahmäjé.

daça-müla-tattva – ten fundamental principles

däsya-bhäva – mood of servitorship

deva – demigod

devatä – demigod

devé-dhäma – the mundane world, the abode of Durgä-devé

dhäma – transcendental abode

dharma – constitutional nature; principles of religious conduct;

religiosity; righteous prescription

Divya-Sarasvaté – transcendental Sarasvaté. See daiva-väëé.

dravya – aggregate of material elements

dåçyamäna bhauma – visible earthly

ekädaça-indriya – eleven senses

ekapäda-vibhüti – one-fourth of Bhagavän’s opulence

gauëa-dharma – secondary function

Gadädhara – (1) A name of Kåñëa which means “wielder of the club”

or “one who plays sweetly upon His flute.” (2) Gadädhara

Paëòita, one of the principle associates of Çré Caitanya

Mahäprabhu.

gandharva – a class of demigods who are celestial musicians

goloka-tattva – essential Reality of Goloka

gopa-kanyä – cowherd damsel

gopa-ramaëé – charming cowherd girl beloveds

goñöha – residence and pasture of the cows

grantha – book

guëa – modes of material nature

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sanskrit glossary

guëa-avatäras – presiding deities of the material modes

guru-gaurava – reverence

Hiraëyagarbha – the Viñëu expansion called Hiraëyagarbha or Mahä-

Brahmä from whom Brahmä is manifest. When there is no jéva

qualified for the post of Brahmä, sometimes Viñëu Himself

becomes Brahmä, and sometimes Hiraëyagarbha performs the

functions of Brahmä.

hlädiné-çakti – transcendental pleasure potency

hlädiné-svarüpa – internal pleasure potency

hlädiné-våtti – bliss function

icchä-çakti – desire potency

indragopa – the name of a species of minute insect

iñöadeva – worshipable deity

éçvara – Supreme Lord

jaiva-dharma – eternal constitutional occupation of the living entity

Janas – one of the higher planetary systems situated above Maharloka.

Also called Janoloka.

jéva-çakti – potency comprised of the living entities

jïäna – knowledge

jïäna-mudrä – a finger position indicating wisdom, formed by joining

the thumb and middle finger and exhibited with the first and

third fingers pointing upright with the palm of the hand facing

outward

jïäna-våtti – faculty of knowledge

jïäna-yoga – the process for spiritual elevation based on philosophical

introspection and cultivation of knowledge. See also neti neti.

kaivalya – impersonal liberation; merging into the Absolute; oneness

with Brahman

käjala – black eye-cosmetic

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kalä – phase

käla – time

kalä-viçeña – specific expansion of an expansion

kalpa-våkña – desire-tree

käma – lust; transcendental desire; sense gratification

käma-béja – desire seed

kämadhenu – wish-fulfilling cow

käraëa – cause

Käraëodakaçäyé – Mahä-Viñëu, who lies down on the waters of the

Causal Ocean. See also Mahä-Viñëu.

kärya-nimitta – instrumental cause

kåñëa-tattva – fundamental Reality of Kåñëa

karma – activity; fruitive activities

karma-cakra – wheel of fruitive activities

karma-käëòa – dharma of mundane piety

karma-phala – the fruit of action

kartä – performer of activities

kärya-käriëé-çakti – potency of cause and effect

käya-vyüha – direct expansions of the personal form

kinnara – a race whose individual members possess the figure of a

human and the head of a horse

krodha – anger

kuïja – bower

lélä-kathä – narrations of pastimes

lélä-péöha – arena of pastimes

lélä-çakti – pastime potency

lélä-vigraha – pastime expansion

loka – planet

madhura-bhäva – amorous love

mädhurya-maëòala – sweet realm of Vraja

mahäbhäva – highest spontaneous love

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Mahä-Brahmä – another name for Hiraëyagarbha, the Viñëu expansion

from whom Brahmä is manifest. See also Hiraëyagarbha.

mahäkäça – the spiritual sky within which the Vaikuëöha planets are

situated

mahä-mädhurya – immense sweetness

mahänanda-rasa – supremely blissful transcendental mellows

mahäpuruña – great personality

Mahar – one of the higher planetary systems, the residence of great

sages. Also called Maharloka.

mahä-çakti – great potency

mahat-tattva – aggregate material energy

Mahä-Viñëu – the immense Viñëu form who lies down on the waters

of the Causal Ocean, and in the duration of whose breathing all

the universes are created and annihilated

maheça-dhäma – the abode of Maheça, Lord Çiva

maheçvara-tattva – Supreme Controller

manas – mind

Manmatha-manmatha – a name of Kåñëa, meaning that He churns the

heart of Cupid, who churns the hearts of all living beings

mantra – a verse possessing extraordinary power

mantra-japa – recitation of a mantra

mantra-räja – king of transcendental invocations

mäyä – illusory energy

mäyä-çakti – illusory potency

mäyika – illusory

mäyika-jagat – material worlds

moha – delusion

müla-prakåti – original potency

müla-puruña – original enjoyer

näga – a race of serpent-beings who inhabit planetary systems below

the earthly plane. Väsuki is chief of the nägas.

nägara – hero

nägaré – heroine

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naimittika-avatära – occasional incarnation

navayauvana-svarüpa – ever-fresh adolescent form

näyaka – hero

neti neti – literally, “not this, not this.” This phrase refers to the

process in jïäna-yoga of eliminating the mundane through

philosophical analysis. After eliminating all mundane, temporary

objects, only the eternal spiritual principle should remain.

nimitta – instrument or immediate cause

nimitta-käraëa – instrumental cause. Creation involves an instrumental

cause and an ingredient cause (upädäna). The instrumental

cause activates the ingredient cause.

niñkäma – freedom from desire

niñöhä – steadiness

nirguëa – free from material qualities; transcendental to the material

modes

nirväëa – impersonal liberation. See also kaivalya.

nirviçeña – devoid of specific attributes

nirviçeña-jïäna – impersonal knowledge. See also brahma-jïäna.

nirviçeña-väda – philosophy that the Absolute Truth is formless and

impersonal

nitya-parikaras – eternal associates

nitya-kiçoré – eternal adolescents

nitya-sevä – eternal service

païca-mahä-bhüta – five gross elements

païcama-puruñärtha – fifth goal of human existence

païca-tan-mätra – five sense-objects

parä prakåti – superior potency

parabrahma – Supreme Brahman

para-dära – wife of another

parakéya-bhäva – paramour mood

parakéyä-ramaëé – another’s wife

paramänanda-svarüpa – intrinsic form of supreme, transcendental

bliss

parama-puruña – Supreme Personality

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parama-puruñottama – Supreme Personality and Enjoyer

parama-tattva – Supreme Absolute Truth

parameçvara – Supreme Controller

para-tattva – supreme, transcendental Reality

pariëäma – transformation

parikara – associate

pärñada – see parikara

pati-bhäva – mood of being married

péöha – place of pastimes; seat

phala-çruti – benediction for readers

prabhäva – influence

pradhäna – unmanifest aggregate of the material elements

praëaya – intimate love. Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé defines praëaya in

Ujjvala-nélamaëi as that state where the lover and beloved

become one due to the intensity of their affection.

präëäyäma – controlling the breathing process

prakäça – manifestation; illumination

prakaöa – manifest

prakaöa-lélä – manifest pastimes

prakåti – predominated potencies; predominated principle; external

energy; material nature

prakåti-çakti – predominated potency

prasäda – mercy

prema – transcendental love

premänanda – bliss of pure, spiritual love

priya-sakhé – intimate female companion

püjä – formal worship

pürëa-brahma – complete Brahman

puruña – male; the enjoyer; the predominator

puruña-avatära – one of the three Viñëu expansions involved in the

creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world:

Käraëodakaçäyé Mahä-Viñëu, Garbhodakaçäyi Viñëu and

Kñérodakaçäyi Viñëu.

räga – spontaneous attachment; intense passion

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rägänuga-bhakti – bhakti that follows Kåñëa’s eternal associates in

Goloka

rajas – material mode of passion

räkñasa – a type of man-eating demon

räkñasé – man-eating demoness

ramaëa – lover

rasa – transcendental mellows

rasa-péöha – abode of divine rapture

rasika – connoisseur of ecstatic transcendental mellows

rasika-çekhara – crown jewel of connoisseurs of ecstatic

transcendental mellows

ruci – taste

sac-cid-änanda – eternity, knowledge and bliss

sadäcära – appropriate conduct

sädhaka-jéva – living entity engaged in spiritual practice

sädhana-bhakti – devotional service in practice

sädhya – aim and object of life

sädhya-bhakti – accomplished devotion

sahaja-praëaya – natural intimacy

sakäma – with desire

sakhä – cowherd friend

sakhya-bhäva – the mood of friendship

çakti – potency

çaktimän – possessor of potency

çänta-bhäva – passive or neutral adoration

samadarçé – equally disposed to all

samädhi – trance

samaväya-sambandha – a relationship of aggregation, where a group

of things are meaningful when taken as a whole, more so than

individually.

samañöi-dehäbhimäné – possessor of the collective bodily

identification

sambandha-jïäna – knowledge of relationship

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saàhitä – a compilation of mantras. Mantra refers specifically to a

verse that possesses extraordinary power. Not all verses are

mantras, and therefore not all compilations of verses can be

called saàhitä.

saàsära – material existence

saàskära – impressions; reformatory process

säìkhya – the process of enumeration. Çrémad-Bhägavatam provides

an elaborate description of säìkhya philosophy in the teachings

of Çré Kapiladeva in the Third Canto.

sannyäsa – renounced order

sannyäsa-dharma – duties of the renounced order

Sarasvaté – the goddess of speech and learning. She exists in a form in

this mundane world, and is worshiped for success in learning

and education. She also exists in a transcendental form in the

spiritual world.

sarva-käraëa-käraëa – cause of all causes

sarvävatäré – source of all incarnations

sarveçvara – controller of all

sattva – existence; material mode of goodness

Satya – the topmost planetary system within the material world, and

the residence of Brahmäjé. Also called Satyaloka and Brahmaloka.

satya-käma – whose every desire comes to fruition

sa-viçeña – endowed with specific attributes

säyujya-mukti – liberation of merging into Bhagavän’s existence

sevä-péöha – service location

sevya-bhäva – servitude

siàhäsana – throne

siddhänta – philosophical conclusion

siddhi – perfection; spiritual perfection

smaraëa – meditative remembrance

småti – Vedic scriptures such as the Puräëas and histories such as the

Rämäyaëa and the Mahäbhärata. The word småti means “that

which is remembered.” Also see çruti.

sphürti – manifestation; realization

çraddhä – transcendental faith

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çruti – Vedic scriptures such as the four Vedas and the Upaniñads. The

word çruti means “that which is heard.” Also see småti.

stava-stuti – prayers and verses

stré-çakti – the passive feminine potency

çuddha-bhakti – pure, unalloyed devotional service

çuddha-bhakti-samädhi – trance of pure devotion

çuddha-bhakti-rasa – transcendental mellows of pure bhakti

çuddha-parakéyä-rasa – pure paramour mellow

çuddha-sattva – pure existence

çuddha-svarüpa – pure, intrinsic form and nature

çuddha-tattva – pure absolute reality

çuñka-vairägya – dry renunciation

sväàça – personal expansion

sväàça-äbhäsa – semblance of a plenary portion

sväàça-bhäväbhäsa – semblance of an expansion of the Supreme

Godhead

svabhäva – acquired nature

sva-dära – own wife

svajätéya – intimate, having the same mood

svakéya-bhäva – wedded conjugal love

svarüpa – intrinsic form and nature

svarüpa-bhüta-çakti – intrinsic, personal potency

svarüpa-çakti – personal intrinsic potency

svarüpa-tattva – intrinsic fundamental reality

svayaà-rüpa – original personal form

Tapas – the planetary system of great sages such as the four Kumäras,

situated just below Satyaloka. Also called Tapoloka.

tapasya – austerities

tamas – material mode of ignorance

tämasa-ahaìkära – tamasic phase of false ego

taöastha – marginal. When there is a point on the bank of a river

which is exactly on the boundary between air and water, it is

called the marginal position. It may sometimes be submerged

beneath the water and may sometimes be exposed to the air.

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This same adjective is applied to the living entity, who is the

marginal potency of Çré Kåñëa, and who may be submerged in

the darkness of the material energy, or may remain forever under

the shelter of Kåñëa’s personal energy. The living entity can never

remain in the marginal position, but must take shelter of the

spiritual energy or be subjected to the material energy.

taöastha-prakåti – marginal potency

taöastha-çakti – marginal potency

taöastha-vikrama – marginal prowess

tattva – essential realities; philosophical principles; truth

tattva-siddhänta – philosophical conclusions of the Absolute Truth

öékä – commentary

tribhaìga-lalita – enchanting threefold-bending

tripäda-vibhüti – three-fourths of Bhagavän’s opulence

ujjvala-rasa – resplendent mellow of amorous love

upädäna – ingredient cause. The ingredient cause of creation is the

material nature (prakåti), which furnishes the raw ingredients

which are activated by the reflected effulgence of Mahä-Viñëu in

the form of Çambhu. See also nimitta-käraëa.

upavana – sub-forests

vaiçiñöhya – unique qualities

vanitä – young woman

vätsalya-bhäva – parental affection

veda-märga – Vedic path

vibhinnäàça – separated expansion. This refers to the living entities,

who are minute expansions. Although the separated expansions

in the form of living entities are eternal, full of knowledge and

blissful by nature, due to their minuteness they are prone to be

overwhelmed by the illusory energy. Thus they are also called

taöastha, or marginal. See also taöastha.

vibhrama-viläsa – deceptive pastimes; divine delusion

vibhu – Supreme Master

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vibhüti – opulence

vidyä-våtti – knowledge function

vikära – transformation

viläsa – pleasure-pastimes

viläsa-mürti – pastime form

viläsa-vigraha – pastime expansion

virajä – literally, “free from the influence of rajo-guëa, the material

mode of passion.” The Virajä, sometimes referred to as the River

Virajä, is the boundary between the material and spiritual worlds.

viräö-puruña – universal form

viçeñaöä – unique qualities. See vaiçiñöhya.

viçuddha – absolutely and perfectly pure; transcendentally pure

viçuddha-sattva – perfectly pure existence; unalloyed pure goodness;

the mixture of the knowledge potency (saàvit-çakti) and

pleasure potency (hlädiné-çakti) which enters into the heart of

the sädhaka when one enters the stage called rati.

viçvedevas – a class of demigods. The names of the ten Viçvedevas are

given in the Väcaspati-abhidhäna as follows: Åtu, Dakña, Vasu,

Satya, Käma, Käla, Dhuri, Rocana, Umädravä and Purüravä.

vyañöi-antaryämé – indwelling witness

Yogamäyä – pastime potency

yoga-péöha – place of pastimes

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English Glossary

The following terms have been adopted as rough translations of

important Sanskrit words and phrases.

abode of divine rapture (rasa-péöha)

abode of the impersonal Brahman (brahma-dhäma)

absolute transcendence (cinmaya-tattva)

absolutely and perfectly pure (viçuddha)

accomplished devotion (sädhya-bhakti)

acquired nature (svabhäva)

activity (karma)

aggregate material energy (mahat-tattva)

aggregate of material elements (dravya)

aim and object of life (sädhya)

all-accommodating potency (ädhära-çakti)

amorous love (madhura-bhäva)

anger (krodha)

animate world (cara-jagat)

another’s wife (parakéyä ramaëé)

appropriate conduct (sadäcära)

arena of pastimes (lélä-péöha)

associate (parikara or pärñada)

associates (parikara-jana)

attachment (äsakti)

austerities (tapasya)

beginningless (anädi)

being satisfied in the self (ätmärämatä)

beings under His shelter (äçrita-tattva)

benediction for readers (phala-çruti)

bhakti that follows Kåñëa’s eternal associates in Goloka (rägänugabhakti)

black eye-cosmetic (käjala)

bliss (änanda)

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bliss function (hlädiné-våtti)

bliss of pure, spiritual love (premänanda)

blissful transcendental mellows (änanda-cinmaya-rasa)

bower (kuïja)

brahminical power (brahma-teja) – this refers to the mystical power

attained by a brähmaëa through penance, austerity and knowledge

of the Vedas

caring and affectionate to His devotees (bhakta-vatsala)

cause of all causes (sarva-käraëa-käraëa)

charming cowherd girl beloveds (gopa-ramaëé)

commentary (bhäñya, öékä)

complete Brahman (pürëa-brahma)

connoisseur of ecstatic transcendental mellows (rasika)

consciousness (citta)

conscious realm (cit-jagat)

constitutional nature (dharma)

controller of all (sarveçvara)

controlling the breathing process (präëäyäma)

cowherd damsels (gopa-kanyä)

cowherd friends (sakhäs)

crown jewel of connoisseurs of ecstatic transcendental mellows

(rasika-çekhara)

dearly beloved intimate companion (priya sakhé)

deceptive pastimes (vibhrama-viläsa)

delegated authority (ädhikärika-devatä)

deluding material potency (mäyä-çakti)

delusion (moha)

demigods (devas, devatäs)

desire potency (icchä-çakti)

desire seed (käma-béja)

desire-fulfilling gem (cintämaëi)

desires (käma)

desire-tree (kalpa-våkña)

devoid of attributes (nirviçeña)

devoid of specific attributes (nirviçeña)

devotional scripture (grantha)

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devotional service in practice (sädhana-bhakti)

dharma of mundane piety (karma-käëòa)

differentiation (bheda)

direct expansions of the personal form (käya-vyüha)

dissolving the self in Brahman (brahmalaya)

divine delusion (vibhrama-viläsa)

dog-eater (caëòäla)

dry renunciation (çuñka-vairägya)

duties of the renounced order (sannyäsa-dharma)

earthly Gokula (bhauma-gokula)

earthly Navadvépa (bhauma-navadvépa)

economic development (artha)

egg-shaped universe (brahmäëòa)

eight symptoms of transcendental ecstasy (añöa-sättvika-bhävas)

eightfold yoga process (añöänga-yoga)

eleven senses (ekädaça-indriya)

emperor of transcendental invocations (mantra-räja)

empowered incarnations (äveça-avatäras)

enchanting threefold-bending (tribhaìga-lalita)

endowed with attributes (saviçeña)

equally disposed to all (samadarçé)

essential realities (tattvas)

essential reality of Bhagavän (bhagavat-tattva)

essential reality of Goloka (goloka-tattva)

essential reality of the self (ätma-tattva)

eternal adolescent (nitya-kiçoré)

eternal associates (nitya-parikaras)

eternal constitutional occupation of the living entity (jaiva-dharma)

eternal reality of spiritual existence (cit-tattva)

eternal service (nitya-sevä)

eternal unmanifest pastimes (aprakaöa-nitya-lélä)

eternity, knowledge and bliss (sac-cid-änanda)

ever-fresh adolescent form (nava-yauvana-svarüpa)

exclusive devotion (ananya-bhakti)

existence (sattva)

external (bahiraìgä)

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english glossary

external potency (bahiraìga-çakti)

faculty of knowledge (jïäna-våtti)

false ego (ahaìkära)

fear (bhaya)

fifth goal of human existence (païcama-puruñärtha)

five gross elements (païca-mahä-bhüta)

five sense-objects (païca-tan-mätra)

formal worship (püjä)

formal worship with auspicious articles (arcana)

four original verses (catuù-çloké)

free from material qualities (nirguëa)

freedom from desire (niñkäma)

fruit of action (karma-phala)

fruitive activities (karma)

fundamental reality of Kåñëa (kåñëa-tattva)

great personality (mahäpuruña)

great potency (mahä-çakti)

hero (näyaka)

heroine (näyikä)

highest spontaneous love (mahäbhäva)

ignorance (avidyä)

illusory (mäyika)

illusory energy (mäyä)

illusory nature (mäyä)

illusory potency (mäyä, mäyä-çakti)

immense sweetness (mahä-mädhurya)

impersonal knowledge (brahma-jïäna, nirviçeña-jïäna)

impersonal liberation (kaivalya, nirväëa)

impressions (saàskära)

impure goodness (açuddha-sattva)

inanimate world (acara-jagat)

incomparable and unsurpassed reality (asamordhva-tattva)

inconceivable (acintya)

inconceivable Absolute Truth (acintya-tattva)

inconceivable distinction with non-distinction (acintya-bhedäbhedatattva)

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inconceivable potency (acintya-çakti)

indivisible, complete and perfect transcendental principle (akhaëòapürëa-

cinmaya-tattva)

indwelling witness (vyañöi-antaryämé)

inferior potency (apara-çakti)

influence (prabhäva)

ingredient cause (upädäna)

instrumental cause (nimitta, nimitta-käraëa, kärya-nimitta)

intelligence (buddhi)

intense passion (räga)

internal pleasure potency (hlädiné-svarüpa)

intimate female companion (priya-sakhé)

intimate love (praëaya)

intimate, having the same mood (sva-jätéya)

intrinsic form and nature (svarüpa)

intrinsic form of supreme bliss (paramänanda-svarüpa)

intrinsic fundamental reality (svarüpa-tattva)

intrinsic nature (svarüpa)

intrinsic nature of eternity, knowledge and bliss (sac-cid-änandatattva)

intrinsic, personal potency (svarüpa-çakti, svarüpa-bhüta-çakti)

jéva engaged in spiritual practice (sädhaka-jéva)

jévas who have turned away from Kåñëa (bahirmukha-jévas)

king of transcendental invocations (mantra-räja)

knowledge (cit, jïäna, vidyä)

knowledge function (vidyä-våtti)

knowledge of relationship (sambandha-jïäna)

knowledge of the essential reality of bhakti (bhakti-tattva-jïäna)

knowledge of the essential reality of the Supreme Personality

(bhagavat-tattva-jïäna)

knowledge of the nature of the self (ädhyätmika-jïäna)

liberation of merging into Bhagavän’s existence (säyujya-mukti)

lover (ramaëa)

male (puruña)

man-eating demoness (räkñasé)

manifest (prakaöa)

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manifest pastimes (prakaöa-lélä)

manifestations (prakäça)

marginal potency (taöastha-prakåti, taöastha-çakti)

marginal prowess (taöastha-vikrama)

material existence (saàsära)

material mode of goodness (sattva)

material mode of ignorance (tamas)

material mode of passion (rajas)

material universe (brahmäëòa)

material world (mäyika-jagat)

meditative remembrance (smaraëa)

mellows of transcendental service to Bhagavän (bhagavad-rasa)

mercy (prasäda)

merging into the Absolute (kaivalya)

mind (mana)

modes of material nature (guëa)

monarch of transcendental invocations (mantra-räja)

mood of being married (pati-bhäva)

mood of friendship (sakhya-bhäva)

mood of servitorship (däsya-bhäva)

narrations of pastimes (lélä-kathä)

natural intimacy (sahaja-praëaya)

non-dual undivided principle (advaya-jïäna-akhaëòa-tattva)

occasional incarnations (naimittika-avatäras)

one without a second (advitéya)

one-fourth of Bhagavän’s opulence (ekapäda-vibhüti)

oneness with Brahman (kaivalya)

opulence (vibhüti)

original enjoyer (müla-puruña)

original form (svayaà-rüpa)

original personal form (svayaà-rüpa)

original potency (müla-prakåti)

own wife (sva-dära)

paramour mood (parakéya-bhäva)

parental affection (vätsalya-bhäva)

part and parcel (aàça)

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partial incarnations (aàça-avatäras)

passive or neutral adoration (çänta-bhäva)

pastime expansion (viläsa-vigraha, lélä-vigraha)

pastime form (viläsa-mürti)

pastime potency (lélä-çakti, yoga-mäyä)

path of bhakti (bhakti-märga)

path of reverent worship of the deity (arcana-märga)

perfection (siddhi)

perfectly pure existence (viçuddha-sattva)

performer of activities (kartä)

pericarp (karëikära) – this is the central seed-pod of a lotus flower,

which is in the shape of an inverted cone

personal expansion (sväàça)

personal intrinsic potency (svarüpa-çakti)

personality who is to be worshiped by the mantra (ärädhyadeva)

phases (kaläs)

philosophical conclusions (siddhäntas)

philosophical conclusions about essential reality (tattva-siddhänta)

philosophical conclusions regarding the Absolute Truth (tattvasiddhänta)

philosophical principles (tattva)

philosophy that the Absolute Truth is formless and impersonal

(nirviçeña-väda)

place of pastimes (lélä-péöha, péöha, yoga-péöha)

planet (loka)

pleasure potency (hlädiné-çakti)

pleasure-pastimes (viläsa)

plenary portion (aàça)

possessor of all potencies (çaktimän)

possessor of potency (çaktimän)

possessor of the collective bodily identification (samañöidehäbhimäné)

potency (çakti)

potency of cause and effect (kärya-käriëé çakti)

potency that produces the jévas (jéva-çakti)

prayers and verses (stava-stuti)

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predominated potency (prakåti, prakåti-çakti)

predominated principle (prakåti)

presiding deities (adhiñöhätå-devas and devés)

presiding deities of the material modes (guëa-avatäras)

primeval personality (ädi-puruña)

principles of religious conduct (dharma)

process (abhidheya-tattva)

pure absolute reality (çuddha-tattva)

pure devotion (çuddha-bhakti)

pure devotional service (çuddha-bhakti)

pure existence (çuddha-sattva)

pure, intrinsic form and nature (çuddha-svarüpa)

pure paramour mellow (çuddha-parakéya-rasa)

pure, unalloyed devotional service (çuddha-bhakti)

purely transcendental svarüpa (çuddha-svarüpa)

qualification (adhikära)

reformatory process (saàskära)

religiosity (dharma)

renounced order (sannyäsa)

residence and pasture of the cows (goñöha)

resplendent mellow of amorous love (ujjvala-rasa)

reverence (guru-gaurava)

righteous prescription (dharma)

sacred literatures (granthas)

seat (péöha)

secondary function (gauëa-dharma)

sees with equal vision (samadarçé)

self-conception (abhimäna)

self-satisfaction (ätmarämatä)

semblance of a plenary portion (sväàça-abhasa)

semblance of an expansion of the Supreme Godhead (sväàçabhäväbhäsa)

semblance of transcendence (cid-äbhäsa)

sense gratification (käma)

sense of awe and reverence (aiçvarya)

separated expansion (vibhinnäàça)

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servitude (sevya-bhäva)

source of all incarnations (sarvävatäré)

special manifestation (prakäça)

special transforming agent (vikära-viçeña)

specific expansion of an expansion (kalä-viçeña)

spiritual dominated potency (cinmaya–prakåti)

spiritual order (äçrama)

spiritual perfection (siddhi)

spontaneous attachment (räga)

steadiness (niñöhä)

sub-forests (upavana)

subject of expanded meditation (båhad-dhyänamayé)

superior potency (para-prakåti)

supramundane (apräkåta)

Supreme Absolute Truth (parama-tattva)

Supreme Brahman (parabrahma)

supreme controller (maheçvara-tattva, parameçvara)

Supreme Lord (éçvara)

Supreme Master (vibhu)

supreme personal Absolute Truth (bhagavat-tattva)

Supreme Personality (parama-puruña)

Supreme Personality and Absolute Truth (bhagavat-tattva)

Supreme Personality and enjoyer (parama-puruñottama)

supreme reality (para-tattva)

supreme, transcendental reality (para-tattva)

supremely blissful transcendental mellows (mahänanda-rasa)

sweet realm of Vraja (mädhurya-maëòala)

tamasic phase of false ego (tämasa-ahaìkära)

taste (ruci)

ten fundamental principles (daça-müla-tattva)

three-fourths of Bhagavän’s opulence (tripäda-vibhuti)

throne (siàhäsana)

time (käla)

trance (samädhi)

trance of pure devotion (çuddha-bhakti-samädhi)

transcendental (cinmaya)

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transcendental abode (cinmaya-dhäma, dhäma)

transcendental Cupid (apräkåta-anaìga)

transcendental desire (käma)

transcendental effulgence (brahmajyoti)

transcendental faith (çraddhä)

transcendental knowledge potency (cit-çakti)

transcendental love (prema)

transcendental manifestation (sphürti)

transcendental mellows (rasa)

transcendental mellows of pure bhakti (çuddha-bhakti-rasa)

transcendental mood (bhäva)

transcendental opulence (cid-aiçvarya)

transcendental pastimes (cid-viläsa)

transcendental pleasure potency (hlädiné-çakti)

transcendental pleasure-pastimes (cid-viläsa)

transcendental potency (cit-çakti)

transcendental reality (cit-tattva)

transcendental realm (cit-jagat)

transcendental sentiment (bhäva)

transcendental to the material modes (nirguëa)

transcendental world (apräkåta-jagat, cij-jagat)

transcendental, spiritual abode (cinmaya-dhäma)

transcendentally pure (viçuddha)

transformation (pariëäma, vikära)

unalloyed pure goodness (viçuddha-sattva)

unconscious realm (mäyika-jagat)

unique qualities (vaiçiñöhya, viçeñaöä)

universal form (viräö-puruña)

universe (brahmäëòa)

unlimited in nature (ananta-dharma)

unmanifest (aprakaöa, avyakta)

unmanifest aggregate of the material elements (pradhäna)

unmanifest pastimes (aprakaöa-lélä)

unmanifested external energy (prakåti)

use by authoritative åñis (ärña-prayoga)

Vedic path (veda-märga)

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visible earthly (dåçyamäna bhauma)

wedded conjugal love (svakéya-bhäva)

wheel of fruitive activities (karma-cakra)

whose every desire comes to fruition (satya-käma)

wife of another (para-dära)

wish-fulfilling cow (kämadhenu)

with desire (sakäma)

worship (ärädhana)

worshipable deity (iñöadeva)

young woman (vanitä)

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Verse Index

advaitam acyutam anädim ananta-rüpam 180

agnir mahé gaganam ambu marud diçaç ca 274

ahaà hi viçvasya caräcarasya 321

ahaà sarvasya prabhavo 280

ahaìkärätmakaà viçvaà 115

ahar-niçaà japen mantraà 246

akämaù sarva-kämo vä 150, 317

älola-candraka-lasad-vanamälya-vaàçé- 170

alpäkñare kahe siddhänta apära i, xvii

änanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhävitäbhis 206

änanda-cinmaya-rasätmatayä manaùsu 238

änanda-rüpam iti yad 59

ananyäç cintayanto mäà 288

anayor vallabhaù proktaù 25

aneka-janma-siddhänäà 25, 27

aìgäni yasya sakalendriya-våttimanti 175

anyäs tv aprakaöä bhänti 212

äpo närä iti proktä 105

äsan varëäs trayo hy asya 4

asmäkaà guravo bhaktä 285

añöabhir nidhibhir juñöam 56

atha kasmäd ucyate brahma 7

atha tais tri-vidhair veçair 117

atha tepe sa suciraà 146

atha veëu-ninädasya 152

athavä karñayet sarvaà 9

athoväca mahä-viñëur 306

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bahüni santi nämäni 5

bahu yatne sei puìthi nila lekhäiyä i

barhäpédäbhirämäya 162

bhäsvän yathäçma-çakaleñu nijeñu tejaù 268

bhümiç cintämaëis tatra 146

båhatväd båhaëatväc ca 7

brüyäd yävän vä ayam äkäças 304

catur-asraà tat-paritaù 56

caturbhiù puruñärthaiç ca 56

cic-chaktyä sajjamäno ’tha 121

cintämaëi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-våkña- 158

citraà bataitad ekena 194

darçayäm äsa lokaà svam 302

devé kåñëamayé proktä 49

dhämäny uçmaséti iti viñëoù 75

dharmän anyän parityajya 316

dharmo ’tha päpa-nicayaù çrutayas tapäàsi 279

dépärcir eva hi daçäntaram abhyupetya 260

dévyad-våndäraëya-kalpa-drumädhaù- 173

ekeyaà prema-sarvasva 47

eko ’py asau racayituà jagad-aëòa-koöià 198

eko ha vai puruño näräyaëa äsén 256

eko vaçé sarvagaù kåñëa édyaù 195

etäny asaàhatya yadä 123

evaà bahu-vidhai rüpaiç 69

evaà jyotir-mayo devaù 82

evaà kukudminaà hatvä 49

evaà sarvätma-sambandhaà 131

gaväm eva tu goloko 248

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gäyatréà gäyatas tasmäd 152

gobhyo yajïäù pravartante 23

gokule mathuräyäà ca 212

goloka-nämni nija-dhämni tale ca tasya 241

gopa-gopé-gavävétaà 172

gopinyas tä mayä nityaà 243

gopéti prakåtià vidyäj 25

gopyas tapaù kim acaran yad amuñya rüpaà 186

govindaà sac-cid-änanda-vigrahaà 23

harir hi nirguëaù säkñät 257

idaà våndävanaà näma 243

éçäväsyam idaà sarvaà 319

éçvaraù paramaù kåñëaù 1

iti nandädayo gopäù 64

iti saïcintya bhagavän 61

iti svänäà sa bhagavän 61

jänäty ekä parä käntä 47

janmädyasya yato’nvayäd itarataç cärtheñv abhijïaù vi

janma-jaräbhyäà bhinnaù sthäëur ayam 17

jano vai loka etasminn 61

jayati jana-niväso devaké-janma-vädo 245

jéväbhaya-pradä våttir 325

käla-våttyä tu mäyäyäà 87

kälindéyaà suñumnäkhyä 244

karëikäraà mahad-yantraà 43

kåñir bhü-väcakaù çabdo 5, 140

kåñi-çabdasya sattärtho 6

kåñëam enam avehi tvam 20

kñéraà yathä dadhi vikära-viçeña-yogät 255

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kurvan nirantaraà karma 316

kurvann eveha karmäëi 320

kvedåg-vidhävigaëitäëòa-paräëu-caryä 108

labdhvätmikä saté rüòhir 8

laghutvam atra yat proktaà 216

liìga-yony-ätmikä jätä 96

mad-bhayäd väti väto ’yaà 277

madéyaà mahimänaà ca 233

mahä-bhakta-gaëa-saha tähäì goñöhé kaila i

mahendra-maëi-maïjula-dyuti-maranda-kunda-smitaù 173

matsyäçva-kacchapa-nåsiàha-varäha-haàsa- 229

mäyä hi yasya jagad-aëòa-çatäni süte 235

mäyayäramamäëasya 85

muktänäm api siddhänäà 71

na kåñëe rasa-niryäsa – svädärtham avatäriëi 216

na tasya käryaà karaëaà ca vidyate 14

na tasya kaçcid dayitaù pratépo 286

na tasya kaçcid dayitaù suhåttamo 286

na tatra süryo bhäti na candra-tärakaà 278

namo vijïäna-rüpäya 162

nandas tv aténdriyaà dåñövä 60

nandädayas tu taà dåñövä 61

näräyaëaù sa bhagavän 104

näsau näòhye rase mukhye 216

nañöe loke dviparärdhävasäne 16

nauméòya te ’bhra-vapuñe taòid-ambaräya 24

nayämi paramaà sthänam 289

nityaiva sä jagan-mätä 92

nivasanti mayäviñöe 243

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niyatiù sä ramä devé 90

panthäs tu koöi-çata-vatsara-sampragamyo 193

patiù sa kanyäyäù yaù 216

prabuddhe jïäna-bhaktibhyäm 308

prakåtyä guëa-rüpiëyä 146

pramäëais tat-sad-äcärais 311

praty-aëòam evam ekäàçäd 110

pratyeka vaiñëava sabe likhiyä laila xviii

premänanda-mahänanda- 43

premäïjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena 225

puìthi päïä prabhura haila änanda apära i

pürvokta-dhérodattädi 216

rämädi-mürtiñu kalä-niyamena tiñöhan 228

sa nityo nitya-sambandhaù 128

sa yatra kñéräbdhiù sravati surabhébhyaç ca su-mahän 299

çabda-brahma-mayaà veëuà 146

sac-cid-änanda-rüpäya 14

sadänantaiù prakäçaiù svair 212

sahaiva sva-parivärair 212

sahasra-nämnäà puëyänäm 4

sahasra-patra-kamalaà 35

sahasra-çérñä puruñaù 101

sahasräraà padmaà dala-tatiñu 50

çaktimän puruñaù so ’yaà 98

sälokya-särñöi-sämépya- 63

samo ’haà sarva-bhüteñu 283

sändränandaà paraà jyotir 25

saïjäto bhagavac-chaktyä 133

särathya-pärañada-sevana-sakhya-dautya- 285

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sarvataù päni-pädaà tat 176

sat-puëòaréka-nayanaà 172

satyaà jïänam anantaà yad 61

satyaà çaucaà dayä kñäntis 186

sei dina cali’ äilä payasviné-tére i

siddhänta-çästra nähi ‘brahma-saàhitä’ra sama i, xvii

sisåkñäyäà tato näbhes 119

so ’yaà çaktimän puruñaù 99

çré kåñëa kåñëa-sakha våñëy-åñabhävani-dhrug 21

çré-rädhäyäù praëaya-mahimä kédåço vänayaivä- 80

çriyaù käntäù käntaù parama-puruñaù kalpa-taravo 299

såñöi-sthiti-pralaya-sädhana-çaktir ekä 250

çrutvä ’jitaà jaräsandhaà 11

sva-kåta-pureñv améñv abahir-antara- 312

svargäd ürdhvaà brahmaloko 67

svayaà tv asämyätiçayas tryadhéçaù 10, 181

çyämair gauraiç ca raktaiç ca 56

tä väà västüny uçmasi gamadhyai 75

tad-roma-bila-jäleñu 107

tadéya-prema-sarvasyaà 216

taà durärädhyam ärädhya 315

taà vaikuëöha-lokaà dåñtvä tu 66

tapas tvaà tapa etena 144

tasmäd oàkära-sambhüto 55

tasmän mac-charaëaà goñöhaà 63

tat-kiïjalkaà tad-aàçänäà 43

tathäpi tac-chakti-visarga eñäà 287

tattväni pürva-rüòhäni 121

tävat sarve vatsa-paläù 199

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te tu brahma-hradaà nétäù 61

te tv autsukya-dhiyo räjan 60

tenähaà guëa-pätreëa 187

teñäà parikaräëäà ca 212

trayyä prabuddho ’tha vidhir 156

tvam akaraëaù sva-räò akhila-käraka-çakti-dharas 251

uväca puratas tasmai 136

vaireëa yaà nåpatayaù çiçupäla-çälva 203

vämäìgäd asåjad viñëuà 112

väräëasyäà viçäläkñé 50

veëu-vädana-çéläya 163

veëuà kvaëantam aravinda-daläyatäkñaà 167

vidito ’si bhavän säkñäd 19

vilajjamänayä yasya 253

vismäpanaà svasya ca saubhagarddheù 181

visåjati hådayaà na yasya säkñäd 284

yä nirvåtis tanu-bhåtäà tava päda-padma- 233

yä rädhäyä vara-tanu-natety ukti-mätreëa nåtyed 166

yä vai çriyärcitam ajädibhir äpta-kämair 183

yac-cakñur eña savitä sakala-grahäëäà 276

yad-äditya-gataà tejo 277

yad-bhäva-bhävita-dhiyo manujäs tathaiva 202

yaù käraëärëava-jale bhajati sma yoga- 264

yaà krodha-käma-sahaja-praëayädi-bhéti- 292

yaù kåñëaù saiva durgä syäd 46

yan nämnä nämni durgähaà 48

yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma- 282

yasmät kñaram atéto ’ham 16

yasya khalu lokasya golokas tathä 79

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yasya prabhä prabhavato jagad-aëòa-koöi- 231

yasyä vijïäna-mätreëa 47

yasyäù çreyas-karaà nästi 314

yasyaika-niçvasita-kälam athävalambya 266

yasyäàçäàçäàça-bhägena 12

yat-päda-niùsåta-sarit-pravarodakena 272

yat-päda-pallava-yugaà vinidhäya kumbha- 271

yat taöasthantu cid-rüpaà 129

yat tu goloka-näma syät 52

yathä kréòati tad-bhümau 38

yo brahmäëaà vidadhäti pürvaà yo 18

yoginäm api sarveñäà 71

yo ’sau sarveñu bhuteñv äviçya bhütäni 200

yojayitvä tu täny eva 126

Om Tat Sat

(Continued...)

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