Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami
by Kusakratha Prabhu | 351,887 words
This is the English translation of the Krishna-sandarbha by Shrila Jiva Goswami. It represents the second of his Shat-Sandarbhas which were explicitly written to prove that Shri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead (i.e., Svayam Bhagavan) and the source of all other divine forms. The Krsna-Sandarbha treatise serves to conclude the...
Verse 84.2
Sanskrit text in Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 84.2:
अथ तस्य महा-वासुदेवत्वे सिद्धे श्री-बलदेवादीनं अपि महा-
सङ्कर्शणादित्वं स्वत एव सिद्धम्. यद्-रूपाह् स्वयं-भगवान् तद्-रूप एव ते
भवितुम् अर्हन्तीति. अतः श्री-बलदेवस्य यत् कश्चिद् अवेशारत्वं मन्यते, तद् असत्.
दृश्यते च श्री-कृष्ण-रामयोर् युगलतया वर्णनेन सम-प्रकाशत्वम्: ताव् अङ्घ्रि-
युग्मन् अनुकृश्य सरीस्पन्तौ, यद् विश्वेश्वरयोर् यच्ञाम्, ददर्श कृष्णं रामं
च,
तौ रेजतू रङ्ग-गतौ महा-भुजौ इत्य् आदौ.atha tasya mahā-vāsudevatve siddhe śrī-baladevādīnaṃ api mahā-
saṅkarśaṇāditvaṃ svata eva siddham. yad-rūpāh svayaṃ-bhagavān tad-rūpa eva te
bhavitum arhantīti. ataḥ śrī-baladevasya yat kaścid aveśāratvaṃ manyate, tad asat.
dṛśyate ca śrī-kṛṣṇa-rāmayor yugalatayā varṇanena sama-prakāśatvam: tāv aṅghri-
yugman anukṛśya sarīspantau, yad viśveśvarayor yacñām, dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ
ca,
tau rejatū raṅga-gatau mahā-bhujau ity ādau.[Word-by-word analysis:]
atha—now; tasya—of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; mahā-vāsudevatve—the status of being the original Vāsudeva; siddhe—has been proven; śrī-baladeva-ādīnām—of Śrī Baladeva and other forms of Godhead; api—also; mahā-sānkarsānā-āditvam—the status of the Original Saṅkarśaṇa and other forms of Godhead; svataḥ— automatically; eva—certainly; siddham—is proved; yat-rupaḥ— whose form; svayam bhagavān—the Original Personality of Godhead; tat-rūpāḥ—His expansions; eva—certainly; te—the other forms of Godhead; bhavitum arhanti—are; iti—thus; ataḥ— therefore; śrī-baladevasya—of Śrī Baladeva; yat—which; kaścit—someome; āveśa-avatāratvam—the status of an āveśa-avatāra (empowered living entity); manyate—may consider; tat—that; asat—is not true; dṛśyate—may be seen; ca—also; śrī kṛṣṇa—of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; rāmayoḥ—and of śrī Rāma; yagalatayā—by the description; sama—equal; prakāsātvam— manifestation; tauaṅghri-yugman anukṛśya sarīsṛpantau—the verse (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam10.8.22): tāv aṅghri-yugmam anukṛśya satisṛpantau ghośa-praghośa-ruciraṃ vraja-kardameṣu tan-nāda-hṛśta-manasāv anusṛtya lokaṃ mugdha-prabhītavad upeyatur anti mātroḥ yad viśveśvarayoḥ yacnam-the verse (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.23.38): athānusmrtya te viprā anvatapyan krtāgasaḥ yad viśvesvarayor yācñāṃ ahanma nṛ-viḍambayoḥ dadarśa krṣṇām rāmam ca-the verse (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.28): dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ ca vraje go-dohanaṃ gatau pīta-nīlāmbara-dhārau sārad-amburuhekṣaṇau tau rejatūḥ raṅga-gatau mahā-bhujau iti adau- the verse (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam10.43.19): tau rejatū raṅga-gatau mahā-bhujau vicitra-veśābharaṇa-srag-ambarau yathā naṭāv uttama-veśa-dhārināu manaḥ kṣipantau prabhayā nirīkṣatam.
English translation and comments:
Now that it is clearly proven that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of Lord Vāsudeva, it should also be accepted that Lord Balarāma is the origin of the Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, and other associates of the Lord are the origins of Lord Pradyumna, Lord Aniruddha, and other incarnations. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Original Personality of Godhead, and His associates are, in some way or other, His expansions.
Although someone may think that Lord Balarāma is an āveśa-avatāra (empowered living entity), this is not true. Lord Balarāma is repeatedly described as equal to Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is explained in the following quotes:
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-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.8.22
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-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.23.38
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-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.38.28
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-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.43.19
