Verse 2.9.189

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.189:

প্রভু বলে,—“শ্রীধর, দেখহ রূপ মোর অষ্ট-সিদ্ধি দান আজি করি’ দেঙ তোর” ॥ ১৮৯ ॥

प्रभु बले,—“श्रीधर, देखह रूप मोर अष्ट-सिद्धि दान आजि करि’ देङ तोर” ॥ १८९ ॥

prabhu bale,—“śrīdhara, dekhaha rūpa mora aṣṭa-siddhi dāna āji kari’ deṅa tora” || 189 ||

prabhu bale,—“sridhara, dekhaha rupa mora asta-siddhi dana aji kari’ dena tora” (189)

English translation:

(189) The Lord said, “O Śrīdhara, look at My form. Today I will award you the eight mystic perfections.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase aṣṭa-siddhi is explained in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.15.4- 5) as follows: “Among the eight primary mystic perfections, the three by which one transforms one’s own body are aṇimā, becoming smaller than the smallest; mahimā, becoming greater than the greatest; and laghimā, becoming lighter than the lightest. Through the perfection of prāpti one acquires whatever one desires, and through prākāmya-siddhi one experiences any enjoyable object, either in this world or the next.

Through iśitā-siddhi one can manipulate the subpotencies of māyā, and through the controlling potency called vaśitā-siddhi one is unimpeded by the three modes of nature. One who has acquired kāmāvasāyitā-siddhi can obtain anything from anywhere, to the highest possible limit. My dear gentle Uddhava, these eight mystic perfections are considered to be naturally existing and unexcelled within this world.”

In the Nārada-pañcarātra (2.8.2) it is stated:

aṇimā laghimā vyāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathāīśitvaṃ ca vaśītvaṃ ca tathā kāmāvasāyitā

“The eight mystic perfections are aṇimā, laghimā, vyāptiḥ, prākāmyaṃ, mahimā, īśitvaṃ, vaśītvaṃ, and kāmāvasāyitā.”