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....

Text 11

yad dhyeyaṃ giriśātmabhū-prabhṛtibhir vedānta-vedyaṃ paraṃ 
   vedānāṃ phalam uttamaṃ tri-jagatām īśāṃ guṇebhyaḥ param
mokṣaikādhipam avyayaṃ yad api ca brahmābhidhānaṃ mahas 
   tat sākṣād vraja-sundarī-parivṛtaṃ vṛndāvane krīḍati

yat—which; dhyeyam—is meditated upon; giriśa—by Lord Śiva; ātmabhū—and Lord Brahmā; prabhṛtibhiḥ—by by those headed by; vedānta—by the Vedānta-sūtra; vedyam—knowable; param—absolute truth; vedānām—of the Vedas; phalam—fruit; uttamam—supreme; tri—three; jagatam—of the worlds; īśam—the controller; guṇebhyaḥ—the three modes of material nature; param—above; mokṣa—of liberation; adhipam—the monarch; avyayam—imperishable; yat—which; api—and; ca—also; brahma—as Brahman; abhidhānam—named; mahaḥ—splendor; tat—that; sākṣāt—directly manifested; vraja—of Vraja; sundarī—by the beautiful gopīs; parivṛtam—surrounded; vṛndāvane—in the forest of Vṛndāvana; krīḍati—performs pastimes.

That Supreme Lord is the controller of the three worlds, beyond the three modes of material nature, knowable by the Vedānta, and the ultimate fruit of Vedic study. That Lord is indirectly manifest as the imperishable Brahman effulgence, meditated upon by Brahmā, Śiva, and others, and He is directly manifest in Vṛndāvana, where He performs pastimes in the company of the gopīs.

 

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