Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.1.189; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 2.1.189
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा व ब्रह्म-संहितायाम् आदि-पुरुष-रहस्ये (५.५१) —
यस्य प्रभा प्रभवतो जगद्-अण्ड-कोटि-
कोटिष्व् अशेष-वसुधादि विभूति-भिन्नम् ।
तद् ब्रह्म निष्कलम् अनन्तम् अशेष-भूतं
गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि ॥२.१.१८९॥yathā va brahma-saṃhitāyām ādi-puruṣa-rahasye (5.51) —
yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi-
koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi vibhūti-bhinnam |
tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṃ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi ||2.1.189||
English translation
Another example from Brahma-saṃhitā [5.40]:
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the Upaniṣads, being differentiated from the infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears as the indivisible, infinite, limitless, truth.”