SRI BRAHMA-SAMHITA

Verse 40

yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv asesa-vasudhadi-vibhuti-bhinnam
tad-brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhutam
govindam adi purusam tam aham bhajami [40]

Translation: I worship that Primeval Lord Govinda. Because His power and effulgence are the source of that which is described in the Upanisads as the non-differentiated Brahman, being distinct from the domain of millions of planets and planes like Earth, etc., it appears as the indivisible, infinite, absolute truth [see purport to verse 34].

Purport: The aggregate universes created by Maya are as a quadrant of the majesty of Govinda (ekapada-vibhuti); the non-differentiated Brahman is a superior truth to that mayik quadrant. Brahman is an effulgence situated as the outer wall of the transcendental world which constitutes Govinda’s triquadrantal majesty (tripada-vibhuti). It is indivisible, that is, without expansion, therefore it appears, as stated (in the Upanisads), ekam evadvitiyam, as the one without a second. It is an element both infinite and undifferentiated.

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• Prologue
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