Sri Brahma-samhita
Quintessence of Reality the Beautiful

[The fifth of one hundred chapters]

Quintessence of Reality the Beautiful

With elaborate Bengali commentary and translation
by the Great Pioneer of Pure Devotion in the present age:
Om Visnupad Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur

Including an Appreciation by the Illustrious Preceptor of
the Sri Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya-Sampradaya:
Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur

By the Grace of the Founder-President-Acharyya
of Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math:
Ananta-Sri-vibhusita Nitya-lila-pravista
Om Visnupad Paramahamsa-kula-chudamani-
Sri Srimad Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

Under the Divine Guidance and Inspiration Graciously Granted by His
Most Beloved Intimate Attendant who He Personally Appointed
as His Successor, Guardian Servitor and President-Achaiyya,
Om Visnupad Astottara-sata-sri-
Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

this Holy Book was published from
Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

Translated by Tridandi Bhiksu Sri Bhakti Ananda Sagar
Published by Edesviz Kiado, Budapest, Hungary, for
SRI CHAITANYA SARASWAT MATH
Kolerganj, PO. Nabadwip, Dist. Nadia,
West Bengal, Pin 741302, India.

All Glory to the Divine Master
and the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya

Printed and offered to the Lotus Hands of Sri Acharyadev His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on 15th May, 1992, the Holy Appearance Day of the Supreme Lord Sri Sri Nrsimhadev, on the year-long Golden Jubilee Festival of Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math 1991-1992, this holy book is not presented here for online reading. The text is presented as it was originally published, without amendments or edits.

"When we attain the Mercy of the Supreme Lord by faithfully following the four-headed Lord Brahma, and when we become fit recipients of the Supreme Lord's Grace as a result of singing with a pure heart the Divine Songs of His unending Glories, at that moment we shall know the genuine fruition of our reading, recitation or singing of Brahma-samhita."

The CONTENTS of Sri Sri Brahma-samhita: • For Reader's Appreciation • Feelings of Appreciation • Prologue • Translator's Note • Illumination • Sri Sri Brahma-samhita • Verse Contents

A copy of this book can be downloaded (38 MB, scanned pages) and purchased at our online bookstore.