Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā

The Flowering Vine of Devotion to Lord Hari

by Sarasvati Thkura | 14,715 words

The book contains the essence on how devotees develop love of Krishna, and how they bring Krishna under control through their love....

pratyekaṃ bhuvanāni sapta-yugalaṃ yāsv eva santi sphuṭaṃ
    tā yasya pratiroma-kūpa-nilayā brahmāṇḍa-koṭyaś ciram
sāndrānandam avikriyāparimitaṃ nitya-prakāśaṃ guṇair
    aspṛṣṭaṃ nigamair agamyam iha ke'jānantataṃ pūruṣam

pratyekam—in each one; bhuvanāni—planetary systems; sapta-yugalam—fourteen; yāsu—in which; eva—certainly; santi—are; sphuṭam—manifested; tāh—they; yasya—of whom; prati-romakūpa—in each bodily pore; nilayāḥ—abodes; brahmānḍa—of universes; kotyaḥ—millions; ciram—continually; sāndra—intense; ānandam—with transcendental bliss; avikriya—without charge; aparimitam—unlimited; nitya—eternally; prakāśam—manifest; guṇaiḥ—by the three modes of material nature; aspṛṣṭam—untouched; nigamaiḥ—by the Vedas; agamyam—unapproachable; iha—here, in this material world; ke—who?; ajānanta—has understood; tam—Him; pūruṣam—the Supreme Person.

From the pores of the Supreme Lord's transcendental body, unlimted millions of universes, replete with fourteen divisions of planetary systems, continually emanate. That Supreme Person is full of intense transcendental bliss, without change, unlimited, eternally manifest, untouched by the three modes of material nature, and unaproachable even by the Vedas. Within this material world, who has even been able to understand Him?

 

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