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Texts 1 and 2 ekada hi vraja-striyah sakamah sarvarim usitva sarvesvaram gopalam krsnam hi ta ucire // uvaca tah krsnah // Once, after they had passed the entire night with Him, the passionate girls of Vraja spoke to the cowherd boy Krsna, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He also spoke to them. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: May Lord Krsna, who is Mura's enemy, who is the Supersoul, who appeared as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and who is merciful to Gajendra and King Prataparudra, always reside in my heart. In Mathura and Dvaraka, Krsna is a king and enjoys
royal pastimes, while in Gokula He enjoys pastimes as a cowherd boy.
He remains in the highest spiritual planet, Goloka Vrndavana, enjoying
these pastimes. Text 3 anu kasmai brahmanaya bbhaksyam datavyam bhavati // The gopis said: To what brahmana should charity be given?
Text 4 durvaseti / Krsna said: Durvasa Text 5 katham yasyamo tirtha-jalam yamunaya yatah sreyo bhavisyati // The gopis said: How will we cross the Yamuna's waters and approach Him, from whom great blessings will come?
Text 6 krsneti brahmacarity-uktva margam vo dasyati // Krsna said: Say the words Krsna, the brahmacari, and the Yamuna will give you a path.
Text 7 yam mam smrtvagadha gadha
bhavati/ By remembering Me a shallow person becomes deep. By remembering Me an impure person becomes pure. By remembering Me an impious person becomes pious. By remembering Me one full of material desires becomes desireless. By remembering Me a fool becomes learned. Text 8 srutva tad vacam hi vai smrtva raudram tad-vakyena tirthva tat sauryam hi vai gatvasramam punyatamam hi natva munim sresthamam hi vai raudram ceti dattvasmai brahmanaya ksiramayam ghrtamayam mistatamam ha vai // After hearing these words, they meditated on Durvasa, and with these words crossed the Yamuna. they went to the very sacred asrama and bowed down before Durvasa Muni, the best of sages. they gave to the brahmana delicious foods made with milk and ghee. Text 9 tustah snatv-abhuktva hitvasisam prayojyanvajnam tvadat // Pleased, he bathed, ate, blessed them ,and gave them permission to go.
Text 10 katham yasyamo tirthva sauryam // They said: How will we cross the Yamuna?
Text 11 sa hovaca- He said: Meditate on me as a sage that eats only durva grass, and the Yamuna will give you a path. Text 12 tesam madhye srestha gandharvity-uvaca
/ Gandharvi (srimati Radharani), the best among them, reflected for a moment. Text 13 katham krsno brahmacari / She said: How is Krsna a brahmacari? How is this sage a person that eats only durva grass?
Text 14 tam hi mukhyam vidhaya purvam anu krtva tusnim asuh // Accepting Her as their leader, the other girls became silent.
Text 15 sabdavan akasah sabdakasabhyam
bhinnas tasmin nakase tisthati / Durvasa Muni replied: Sound is contained within the element of ether, although sound and ether are different. Sound is contained within ether. This ether does not know. I am spirit. How can I be a materialistic enjoyer. Text 16 sparsvan vayuh sparsa-vayubhyam
bhinnas tasmin vayau tisthati/ Touch is contained within the element of air, although touch and air are different. Touch is contained within air. This air does not know. I am spirit. How can I be a materialistic enjoyer?
Text 17 rupavad idam hi tejo rupagnibhyam
bhinnas tasmin agnau tisthati / Form is contained within the element of fire, although form and fire are different. Form is contained within fire. This fire does not know. I am spirit. How can I be a materialistic enjoyer?
Text 18 rasavatya apah rasatbhyo
bhinnas tasmin apsu tisthati / Taste is contained within the element of water, although taste and waste are different. Taste is contained within water. This water does not know. I am spirit. How can I be a materialistic enjoyer? Text 19 gandhavatiyam bhumir gandha-bhyam
bhinnas tasmin bhumau tisthati / Aroma is contained within the element of earth, although aroma and earth are different. Aroma is contained within earth. This earth does not know. I am spirit. How can I be a materialistic enjoyer?
Text 20 idam hi manas tesv-eva hi manute tan idam grhnati // It is the mind that remains among the senses and accepts them.
Text 21 yatra sarvam atmaivabhut tatra va kutra manute kva va gacchatiti sa hy-atmaham katham bhokta bhavami // When spirit is everything how does one think? Where does one go? I am spirit, how can I be a materialistic enjoyer?
Text 22 ayam hi krsno yo vo hi presthah sarira-dvaya-karanam bhavati // Your beloved Krsna is the original creator of the two kinds of bodies.
Visvanatha Cakravarti: The two kinds of bodies are the gross (physical) and subtle (mental) bodies.
Text 23 dvau suparnau bhavato brahmano’msa-bhutas
tathetaro bhokta bhavati / On the tree of the body are two birds. One is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is a witness. The other is an enjoyer. They are an enjoyer and a non-enjoyer. The first enjoys, and the second is Krsna.
Text 24 yatra vidyavidye na vidamo vidyavidyabhyam bhinnah vidya-mayo hi yah sa katham visayi bhavatiti // In Him we do not find material so-called knowledge and ignorance. This ignorance and real knowledge are different. How can Krsna, who is full of real knowledge, become a materialistic enjoyer?
Texts 25 and 26 yo ha vai kamena kaman kamayate
sa kami bhavati / He who lusts after pleasure is lusty. He who does not lust after pleasures is not lusty.
Text 27 janma- jarabhyam bhinnah sthahur ayam acchedyo’yam yo’sau saurye tistati yo’sau gosu tisthati yo’sau gah palayati yo’sau gopesu tisthati yo’sau sarvesu vedesu tisthati yo’sau sarvair vedair giyate yo’sau sarvesu bhutesv-avisya bhutani vidadhati sa vo hi svami bhavati // Krsna, who is free from birth and death, who is unchanging, who cannot be cut, who stays by the Yamuna, who stays among the surabhi cows, who protects the surabhi cows, who stays among the cowherd boys, who stays in all the Vedas, who is glorified by all the Vedas, who has entered all living entities, and who controls all living entities, is your husband. Text 28 sa hovaca gandharvi- Gandharvi (Radha) said: Why has the Supreme Personality of Godhead taken birth among us as a cowherd boy? O sage, how do you know this about Krsna? What is His mantra? What is His abode? Why has He taken birth in Devaki's womb? Who is His elder brother Balarama? How is He worshipped? Why has the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is far above the world of matter, descended to this Earth? Baladeva Vidyabhusana: The word Devaki here may also be interpreted to mean Yasoda. This is described in the Adi Purana: "Nanda's wife has two names: Yasoda and Devaki." Sri Sukadeva Gosvami describes Lord Krsna's birth in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.3.8): "Then the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who is situated in the core of everyone's heart, appeared in the heart of Devaki in the dense darkness of night, like the full moon rising on the eastern horizon, because Devaki was of the same category as Sri Krsna." Text 29 sa hovaca tam ha vai- He said: In the beginning only Lord Narayana existed. In Him the material worlds are woven as thread on a loom. From His lotus heart the demigod Brahma was born. Text 30 tapitva tasmai hi varam dadau // When Brahma performed severe austerities, Lord Narayana granted him a boon. Text 31 sa kama-prasnam eva vavre // Brahma chose a question.
Text 32 tam hasmai dadau // Lord Narayana granted his request.
Text 33 and 34 sa hovacabjayonir yo’vataranam madhye srestho’vatarah ko bhavati yena lokas tusta devas tusta bhavanti yam smrtva mukta asmat sam sarat bhavanti katham vasyavatarasya brahmata bhavati // Brahma said: Among Your many incarnations, which is the best, the one that makes humans and demigods happy, the one that, remembering Him, they become liberated from repeated birth and death? Why is this incarnation the best?
Text 35 sa hovaca tam hi narayano devah // Lord Narayana said:
Text 36 sakamya meroh srnge yatha sapta-purye bhavanti tatha niskamyah sakamya bhu-gola-cakre sapta-puryo bhavanti tasam madhye saksad brahma gopala-puriti //
As on the summit of Mount Meru are seven cities that fulfil all desires, so on the Earth are seven cities that fulfil desires and grant liberation. Among them the city of Gopala Puri is directly the spiritual world. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: The word ‘niskama’ here means liberation.
Text 37 sakamya niskamya devanam sarvesam bhutanam bhavati // In this city the desires of the demigods and all other creatures are all fulfilled and everyone attains liberation.
Text 38 yatha hi vai sarasi padam tisthati tatha bhumyam tisthatiti cakrena raksita hi mathura tasmad gopala-puriti // Protected by My cakra, this city if Mathura, or Gopala Puri, stands in this world as a lotus stands in a lake. Text 39 brhad brhadvanam madhor madhuvanam talas talavanam kamyam kamyavanam bahula bahulavanam kumudam kumudavanam khadirah khadiravanam bhadro bhadravanam bhandira iti bhandiravanam srivanam lohavanam vrndaya vrndavanam etair avrta puri bhavati // Gopala Puri contains these forests: 1. the great forest of Brhadvana, 2. Madhuvana, the former residence of the Madhu demon, 3. Talavana, full of palm trees, 4. delightful Kamyavana, 5. great Bahulavana, 6. Kumudavana, full of lotus flowers and water lilies, 7. Khadiravana, full of Khadira trees, 8. Bhadravana, the favourite spot of Lord Balarama, 9. Bhandiravana, the great forest of Banyan trees, 10. srivana, the abode of the goddess of fortune, 11. Lohavana, the former residence of the demon Loha, and 12. Vrndavana, ruled by the goddess Vrnda-devi Baladeva Vidyabhusana: The word ‘bhadra’ here means "the place where Balabhadra (Balarama) enjoys pastimes." Text 40 tatra tesv-eva gahanesv-evam deva manusya gandharva nagah kinnara gayantiti nrtyantiti // In these forests the demigods, human beings, Gandharvas, Nagas, and Kinnaras sing and dance.
Text 41 tatra dvadasaditya ekadasa-rudra astau-vasavah sapta-munayo brahma Naradas ca panca-vinayaka viresvaro rudresvaro’mbikesvaro ganesvaro nila-kanthesvaro visvesvaro gopalesvaro bhadresvaro’nyani lingani catur-vimsatir bhavati // The twelve Adityas, eleven Rudras, eight Vasus, seven sages, Brahma, Narada, five Vinayakas, Viresvara, Rudresvara, Ambikesvara, Ganesvara, Nilakanthesvara, Visvesvara, Gopalesvara, Bhadresvara, and 24 other lingas reside there. Text 42 dve-vane stah krsnavanam bhadravanam tayor antar dvadasa vanani punyani punyatamani // These forests are divided into two groups: 1. Krsnavana, or Krsna's forests, and 2. Bhadravana, or Balarama's forests. Among these twelve forests some are sacred and others are most sacred.
Visvanatha Cakravarti: Krsna's forests are: 1. Brhadvana 2. Madhuvana 3. Talavana 4. Kamyavana 5. Bahulavana 6. Kumudavana 7. Khadiravana and 8. Vrndavana. Balarama's forests are 1. Bhadravana 2. Bhandiravana 3. srivana, and 4. Lauhavana. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: Krsna forests are the eight forests beginning with Vrndavana. Balarama's forests are 1. Bhadravana, 2. Srivana, 3. Lauhavana, and 4. Bhradvana. Text 43 tesv-eva devas tisthanti siddhah siddhim praptah // There the demigods stay. there the perfect beings attained perfection. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: In this connection the Gautamiya Tantra explains: atra devas ca bhutani vartante suksma-rupatah "In subtle forms the demigods and great sages reside in Vrndavana."
Text 44 tatra hi ramasya rama- murtih pradyumnasya pradyumna-murtir aniruddhasyaniruddha-murtih krsnasya krsna-murtih // In this place are a Deity of Rama, a Deity of Pradyumna, a Deity of Aniruddha, and a Deity of Krsna. Text 45 vanesv-evam mathurasv-evam dvadasa murtayo bhavanti // In this way there are twelve Deities in the forests of Mathura.
Text 46 ekam hi rudra yajanti / The Rudras worship the first Deity, Brahma worships the second, Brahma's sons worship the third, The Maruts worship the fourth, the Vinayakas worship the fifth, the Vasus worship the sixth, the sages worship the seventh, the Gandharvas worship the eighth, the Apsaras worship the ninth, the tenth Deity is now invisible, the eleventh Deity has gone to His own planet, and the twelfth Deity is now on the Earth. Text 47 tam hi yeyajanti te mrtyum
taranti muktim labhante / They who worship this Deity surpass death and attain liberation. They cross beyond the three-fold miseries of birth, old-age and death. Text 48 tad apy ete sloka bhavanti- yatrasau samsthitah krsnas There are these verses: Lord Krsna, accompanied by His three potencies, and by Balarama, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, and Rukmini, stays in delightful Mathura Puri, which is worshipped by Brahma and the other demigods and protected by the conch, cakra, club, and sarnga bow.
Text 48 (b) catuh- sabdo bhaved eko hy-omkarah samudahrtah // These four names are identical with the name om. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The names Balarama, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, and Krsna are identical with the name om. Text 49 tasmad devah paro rajaseti
so’ham iyt avadharyatmanam gopalo’ham iti bhavayet / One should think: I am spiritual, beyond material passion. One should think: I am Lord Gopaka's. In this way one attains liberation. He realizes his spiritual nature. He becomes a knower of spirit. Visvanatha Cakravarti: As a ray of sunlight is, in one sense, identical with the sun, in the same way, the individual living entity is, in one sense, identical with Lord Gopala. Text 50 yo gopan jivan vai atmatvenasrsti-paryantam alati sa gopalo bhavati om tat sat so’ham param brahma krsnatmako nityanandaika-rupah so’ham om // Because since the beginning of creation He lovingly protects (alati) the conditioned souls (gopa), He is known as Gopala. Om tat sat. I am a spirit. I am a part-and-parcel of Krsna. My spiritual form is eternally full of bliss. Om. Text 51 tad gopala eva param satyam avadhitam // The Supreme Personality of Godhead is therefore known as Gopala.
Text 52 so’ham ity-atmanam adaya manasaikyam kuryad atmanam gopalo’ham iti bhavayed iti // With all one's heart one should think: I am Gopala's.
Text 53 sa evavyakto’nanto nityo gopalah // Lord Gopala is unmanifest, limitless, and eternal.
Text 54 mathurayam sthitir brahman Lord Narayana continued: O Brahma, decorated with a forest-flower garland, and holding a conch, disk, mace and lotus, I will reside eternally in Mathura.
Text 55 visva-rupam param jyotih O Brahma, he who with all his heart meditates on Me, whose form is the resting place of all forms, whose form is supremely powerful and splendid, whose form is wonderful, and who has no material form, goes to MY abode. Of this there is no doubt. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The word ‘visva-rupam’ here means "He in whom are all forms." Some texts give the word here as ‘cit-svarupam’, or "he whose form is spiritual." The word ‘param-jyotih’ means "powerful" or "splendid." The word ‘svarupam’ means "He whose form is extraordinary." The word ‘rupa-varjitam’ means "He who has no material form." The word ‘mat-padam’ means "My abode."
Text 56 mathura-mandale yas tu O Brahma, a resident of this earth planet who remains in the district of Mathura and worships Me as I appear in the form of the Deity, becomes very dear to Me. Text 57 tasyam adhisthitah krsna- You should always worship Me as Krsna in Mathura. Text 58 caturdha casyadhikara- Four kinds of men worship Me.
Baladeva Vidyabhusana: These four kinds of devotees are described by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita (7.16): arto jijnasur artharthi "Those who are distressed, inquisitive, wise and those in need of money, engage in My devotional service." Visvanatha Cakravarti: The four kinds of worshippers describe here are the devotees of Lord Vasudeva, Lord Sankarsana, Lord Pradyumna, and Lord Aniruddha. Text 59 yuganuvartino loka Following the devotional process prescribed for the age, intelligent devotees in this world worship Lord Gopala, who is accompanied by His elder brother Balarama and queen Rukmini. Text 60 gopalo’ham ajo nityah I am unborn, eternal Gopala. I am eternal Pradyumna. I am Rama. I am Aniruddha. He who is intelligent worships Me. Text 61 mayoktena sva-dharmena Free from all impure desires, the residents of Krsnavana and Bhadravana worship Me, following the regulations of bhakti I Myself have spoken. Text 62 tad-dharma-gati-hina ye Even they who formerly rejected the principles of religion and were swallowed up by the age of Kali, may become devoted to Me, and also reside in Mathura. Text 63 yatha tvam sana putrais tu Anyone who becomes My sincere devotee becomes very dear to Me. As dear as You and Your sons are, as dear as Siva and hid associates, as dear as the goddess of fortune, Laksmi. Text 64 sa hovacabjayonis caturbhir devaih katham ek devah syad ekam aksaram yad visrutam anekaksaram katham bhutam // Brahma said: How has the one Supreme Personality of Godhead become four Deities? How has the single sacred syllable om become many? Text 65 sa hoivacatam hi vai purvam hi ekam evadvitiyam brahmasit tasmad avyaktam avyaktam evaksaram tasmad aksaran mahat-tattvam mahato va ahankaras tasmad evahankarat panca-tanmatrani tebhyo bhutani tair avrtam aksaram bhavati // The Lord said to him: Before the material world was manifest, only the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is one without a second, existed. From Him came the impersonal Brahman. From that came the syllable om. From om came the mahat-tattva. From the mahat-tattva came false-ego. From false-ego came the five tanmatras. From them came the elements. Om is covered by these things. Text 66 aksaro’ham omkaro’ham ajaro’ maro’bhayo’mrto brahmabhayam hi vai sa mukto’ham asmy-aksaro’ham asmi // I am the sacred syllable. I am om. I am ageless, deathless, nectarean, the fearless Supreme Great. I am liberated. I am unchanging. Text 67 satta-matram visva-rupam prakasam vyapakam tatha ekam evadvitiyam brahma mayaya tu catustayam // The eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead manifested Himself as the all-pervading universal form. In the same way the Lord, who is one without a second, by His transcendental potency expanded Himself into four. Visvanatha Cakravarti: That the Lord is the master of transcendental potencies is described in the sastras: ato mayamayam visnum "The sages declare that eternal Lord Visnu is the master of all transcendental potencies."
Prabodhananda Sarasvati: The word "maya" may be interpretted to mean ‘mercy’. In this way the phrase "mayaya tu catustayam" means that the Lord expands into many forms in order to show mercy to the devotees.
Text 68 rohini-tanayo rama The sacred syllable om consists of three letters: a, u and m. Balarama, the son of Rohini, is the letter a. Splendid Pradyumna is the letter u.
Text 69 prajnatmako’niruddho
vai
Intelligent Aniruddha is letter m. Lord Krsna, in whom the entire universe rests, is the ardha-matra letter (m), which completes the syllable om.
Text 70 krsnatmika jagat-kartri Rukmini is Lord Krsna's wife. She is the creator of the worlds and the root of material nature.
Text 71(a) vraja-strijana-sambhuta- The Vedic literatures explain that the goddess of fortune appeared among the women of Vraja.
The following statement is found in the Skanda Purana, Matsya Purana, and other sastras. rukmini dvaravatyam tu "Rukmini is the Lord's consort in Dvaraka and Radha is His consort in Vrndavana." The Rk-parisista explains: "Lord Madhava always stays by Radha's side. Radha always stays by Madhava's side."
Text 71 (b) pranavatvena prakrtim Learned transcendentalists say that the Lord's potency is the syllable om.
Text 72 tasmad omkara-sambhuto Therefore, all-pervading Lord Gopala is the syllable om.
Text 73 klim omkarasyaikatvam Learned transcendentalists declare that the syllable om is not different from the sacred syllable klim.
Text 74 mathurayam visesena He whom meditates on Me as I appear in Mathura attains liberation.
Texts 75-78 asta-patram vikasitam srivatsa lancanam hrt-stham sukeyuranvitam bahum hiranyamayam saumya-tanum In his mind one should meditate on Me standing on the blossomed eight-petaled lotus of the heart, My two feet marked with conchshell, flag and umbrella, My chest marked with srivatsa and splendid with the kautabha gem, My four arms holding the conch, cakra, mace, and sarnga bow, My arms decorated with armlets. My neck splendid with a flower garland, My head circled by a splendid crown, My ears decorated with glistening shark-shaped earrings, My form splendid and handsome, holding a flute and buffalo-horn bugle, and granting fearlessness to the devotees.
Text 79 mathyate tu jagat sarvam When the entire universe is churned (mathyate) by the churning-rod of spiritual knowledge, the butter produced is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Mathura. That is why it is called Mathura. Text 80 asta-dikpalibhir bhumih In my heart I meditate on the material world with its eight dik-palas (protectors of the directions) as a blossomed lotus flower growing in the ocean of repeated birth and death. Text 81 candra-surya-tviso divya
The sun and moon are the splendour of My body. Golden Mount Meru is My splendid flag. Brahmaloka as My umbrella. The seven lower planetary systems are My feet.
Text 82 srivatsam ca svarupam ca
I am marked with Srivatsa and Svarupa. Therefore the learned sages call me srivatsa-lanchana (marked with Srivatsa). Text 83 yena suryagni-vak-candram Aware of My supremacy, the sages declare that the splendour of the sun, moon, fire, and eloquent speech has come from My glittering Kaustubha jewel.
Text 84 sattvam rajas tama iti The four arms of My universal form are goodness, passion, ignorance, and false-ego. The five material elements are the conchshell I carry in the hand that is the mode of passion.
Text 85 bala-svarupam atyantam Childishness is said to be the cakra, the original illusory potency the sarnga bow, and the universe the lotus flower in the hand of the universal form.
Text 86 adya-vidya gada vedya The origin of ignorance is known as the club I always carry in My hand.
Text 87 dharmartha-kama-keyurair Religion, economic development, and sense-gratification are the splendid bracelets that eternally decorate the wrists of My universal form.
Text 88 kantham tu nirgunam proktam The neck, said to be the qualityless Brahman, is garlanded by the first unborn. O Brahma, your mind-born sons have elaborately described this garland. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The word "nirguna" here refers to Brahman. The "first unborn" here is the maya potency, splendid with knowledge and ignorance. The mind-born sons are the four Kumaras.
Text 89 kuthastham yat svarupam ca
The sages say that My eternal form is the crown. Text 90 ksarottamam prasphurantam The two things above the changing material world are My two glittering earrings. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: The two things are the spiritual paths of sankhya and yoga. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam: bibharti sankhyam yogam ca "Sankhya and yoga are the two shark-shaped earrings worn by the Supreme Person."
Text 91 dhyayaen mama priyo nityam He who meditates in this way is eternally dear to me. He attains liberation. He becomes liberated. I give Myself to him. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: This is confirmed in the Sruti-sastra: bhuyas cante visva-maya- "The devotees of the Lord become liberated from the grip of the illusory potency."
Text 92 etat sarvam bhavisyad vai O Brahma, I have said all that will be about My two forms: one made of the modes of nature, and the other beyond the modes of nature. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The form made of the modes of material nature is the universal form, and the form beyond the modes of material nature is the auspicious transcendental form. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: The form beyond the modes of material nature here is the Lord's two-armed and four-armed forms.
Text 93 sa hovacabjayonir — Brahma said: What are the ornaments worn by the Deities You have described? How do the Maruts, Rudras, Brahma, sons of Brahma, Vinayakas, twelve Adityas, Vasus, Apsaras, and Gandharvas worship them? Who is the Deity that has gone to His own abode? Who is the Deity now invisible? Who is the Deity the humans worship? Text 94 sa hovaca tam hi vai narayano deva adya avyakta dvadasa-murtayah sarvesu lokesu sarvesu devesu sarvesu manusyesu tisthanti // Lord Narayana said to him: these twelve unmanifested transcendental Deities are present on all planets, among all demigods and all human beings. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The word unmanifested here means unmanifested to material eyes. Text 95 rudresu raudri brahmany-evam brahmi devesu daivi manusesu manavi vinayakesu vighna-nasani adityesu jyotir gandharvesu gandarvy-apsarahsv-evam gaur vasusv-evam kamya antardhane prakasini avirbhava-tirobhava sva-pade tisthati // As a Rudra among the Rudras, as a Brahma among the followers of Brahma, as a demigod among the demigods, as a human being among the humans, as the destroyer of obstacles (Ganesa) among the Vinayakas, as Surya Narayana among the Adityas, as a Gandharva among the Gandharvas, as an Apsara among the Apsaras, and as a Vasu among the Vasus, My form, which fulfils desires, is present even when it is invisible. Whether visible or invisible in this world, My form is always stays in My own abode. Baladeva Vidyabhusana: When the Lord is invisible He is present in the form of hearing about Him. The Lord's abode is Vrndavana, which the Lord Himself describes in the Gautamiya Tantra: "This is beautiful Vrndavana, My transcendental abode. Its size is five yojanas. Its forest is my own form. The Yamuna River, where currents of nectar flow, also bears the name Susumna. In this place the demigods and sages always stay in subtle forms. I, who am the master of all the demigods, never leave this forest. yuga after yuga, I am sometimes visible and sometimes invisible here. Them My splendid, handsome form cannot be seen by material eyes."
Text 96 tamasi rajasi sattviki // My form is also present as the Deity of ignorance, the Deity of passion, and the Deity of Goodness.
Text 97 manusi vijnana-ghanananda-ghana-sac-cid-anandaika-rase bhakti-yoge tisthati // My humanlike form, which is eternal and full of transcendental knowledge, is present in devotional service.
Text 98 om tat pranatmane om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai pranatmane namo namah// Om. Obeisances to the Supersoul, who is present in the life-breath. Om tat sat. Bhu Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him, the Supersoul, who is present in the life-breath. Visvanatha Cakravarti: Here is the answer to the question "How should the Lord be worshipped?" Here the Lord reveals mantras to be used in His worship. Text 99 sri krsnaya govindaya gopijanavallabhaya om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Obeisances to Sri Krsna, who is Govinda and Gopijanavallabha, Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him.
Text 100 om apanatmane om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai apanatmane vai namo namah // Om. Obeisances to the Supersoul, who is present in the apana air. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him, present in the apana air.
Text 101 om krsnaya ramaya pradyumnayaniruddhaya om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Obeisances to Krsna, who is Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Text 102 om samanatmane om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai samanatmane namah // Om. Obeisances to the Supersoul, who is present in the samana air. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him, present in the samana air.
Text 103 om sri krsnaya ramaya om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namah // Om. Obeisances to Sri Krsna, who is Sri Rama. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him.
Text 104 om udanatmane om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai udanatmane namo namah // Om. Obeisances to the Supersoul, who is present in the udana air. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him, present in the udana air. Text 105 om krsnaya devaki-nandanaya om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Obeisances to Krsna, the son of Devaki. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him Text 106 om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai vyanatmane namah // Om. Obeisances to the Supersoul, who is present in the vyana air. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him, present in the vyana air.
Text 107 om gopalaya nija-rupaya om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose original form is that of a cowherd boy. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Text 108 om yo’sau pradhanatmane gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Lord Gopala is the Supersoul, present in the primordial material energy. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him.
Text 109 om yo’sav indriyatma gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Lord Gopala is the Supersoul, present in the senses. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him.
Text 110 om yo’sau bhutatma gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Lord Gopala is the Supersoul, present in the material elements. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Text 111 om yo’sav uttamah puruso gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Lord Gopala is the Supreme Person. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Visvanatha Cakravarti: That Krsna is the Supreme Person is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gita (15.17): uttamah purusas tvanyah "Besides these two there is the greatest living personality, the Lord Himself, who has entered into these worlds and is maintaining them." Text 112 om yo’sau param brahma gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah// Om. Lord Gopala is the Supreme Brahman. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Visvanatha Cakravarti: This statement is confirmed by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita (14.27): brahmano hi pratisthaham "I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman."
Text 113 om yo’sau sarva-bhutatmagopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah// Om. Lord Gopala is the Supersoul in the heart of all beings. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Text 114 om yo’sau jagrat —svapna-susuptim atitya turyatito gopala om tat sad bhur bhuvah svas tasmai vai namo namah // Om. Surpassing wakefulness, sleep, and deep sleep, Lord Gopala is beyond the transcendence of the impersonalists. Om tat sat. Bhur Bhuvah and Svah. Obeisances, obeisances to Him. Text 115 eko devah sarva-bhutesu gudhah The one Supreme Personality of Godhead is hidden within everything. He is all-pervading. He is in everyone's heart. He witnesses everyone's activities, He lives in everyone's heart. He is the witness. He is consciousness. His is transcendence. He is beyond the modes of nature. Text 116 rudraya namah adityaya namah vinayakaya namah suryaya namah vidyaya namah indraya namah agnaye namah yamaya namah nirrtaye namah varunaya namah vayave namah kuveraya namah isanaya namah brahmane namah sarvebhyo devebhyo namah // Obeisances to Rudra. Obeisances to Aditya. Obeisances to Vinayaka. Obeisances to Surya. Obeisances to Vidya-devi. Obeisances to Indra. Obeisances to Agni. Obeisances to Yama. Obeisances to Nirrti. Obeisances to Varuna. Obeisances to Vayu. Obeisances to Kuvera. Obeisances to Isana. Obeisances to Brahma. Obeisances to all the demigods. Visvanatha Cakravarti: The demigods are offered respect because they are representatives of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Text 117 dattva stutim punyatmam After giving these most pious prayers to Brahma, who was rapt in meditation on the Lord's transcendental form, and after giving him the ability to create the universe, Lord Narayana disappeared. Text 118 brahmano brahma-putrebhyo As these instructions were heard from Brahma, Brahma's sons, and Narada, so I have spoken them. O Gandharvi (Radha), now You may go to Your own home.
THUS ENDS THE GOPALA TAPANI UPANISAD Gopala Tapani Upanisad - Chapter One
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