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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Brahma-samhitā 5.26
bhūmiś cintāmanis tatra
karnikāre mahāsane
vādayantam mukhāmbuje
svaih svair amśair abhishtutam
SYNONYMS
atha — then; tepe — practiced austerity; sah — he (Brahmā); suciram — for a long time; prīnan — satisfying; govindam — Govinda; avyayam — imperishable; śvetadvīpa-patim — the Lord of Śvetadvīpa; krishnam — Krishna; goloka-stham — situated in Goloka; parāt param — the greatest of all; prakrityā — by the external energy; guna-rūpinyā — embodying all mundane qualities; rūpinyā — possessing form; paryupāsitam — worshiped from outside; sahasra-dala-sampanne — on a lotus of a thousand petals; koti-kiñjalka — by millions of filaments; brimhite — augmented; bhūmih — the land; cintāmanih — magical touchstone; tatra — there; karnikāre — on the whorl; mahā-āsane — on a great throne; samāsīnam — seated; cit-ānandam — the form of transcendental bliss; jyotih-rūpam — the form of effulgence; sanātanam — eternal; śabda-brahma — divine sound; mayam — comprising; venum — the flute; vādayantam — playing; mukha-ambuje — at His lotus mouth; vilāsinī-gana — by the gopīs; vritam — surrounded; svaih svaih — own respective; amśaih — by subjective portions; abhishtutam — worshiped.
TRANSLATION
Brahmā, being desirous of satisfying Govinda, practiced the cultural acts for Krishna in Goloka, Lord of Śvetadvīpa, 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 Śrī Krishna, 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."
PURPORT
Although the object of meditation is fully transcendental, yet owing to her nature which is permeated with the quality of active mundane hankering, Māyā, the nonspiritual potency of Krishna, embodying the principles of mixed sattva, rajas, and tamas, in the forms of Durgā, and other nonspiritual powers, meditated on the Supreme Lord Krishna 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 Māyādevī (Durgā) 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 Māyādevī, and not from the worship of Māyādevī herself. This is in accordance with the śloka, akāmah sarva-kāmo vā moksha-kāma udāra-dhih/ tīvrena bhakti-yogena yajeta purusham param [SB 2.3.10]. The meaning of this śloka of the Bhāgavatam 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. Brahmā meditated upon Krishna in Goloka, the object of the worship, from a distance, of Māyādevī. True devotion is unalloyed devotional activity free from all mundane desire. The devotion of Brahmā, 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 ślokas of this work. That is the easiest method of divine service, prior to the attainment of self-realization, by fallen souls.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness