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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.17
SYNONYMS
atha -- thereupon; taih -- with those; tri-vidhaih -- threefold; vesaih -- forms; lilam -- pastimes; udvahatah -- carrying on; kila -- indeed; yoga-nidra -- Yoganidra; bhagavati -- full of the ecstatic trance of eternal bliss; tasya -- of Him; srih -- the goddess of fortune; iva -- like; sangata -- consorted with.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon the same great personal Godhead, assuming the threefold forms of Visnu, Prajapati and Sambhu, entering into the mundane universe, plays the pastimes of preservation, creation and destruction of this world. This pastime is contained in the mundane world. Hence, it being perverted, the Supreme Lord, identical with Maha-Visnu, prefers to consort with the goddess Yoganidra, the constituent of His own spiritual [cit] potency full of the ecstatic trance of eternal bliss appertaining to His own divine personality.
PURPORT
The dislocated portions of the Divinity. viz., Prajapati and Sambhu, both identifying themselves as entities who are separate from the divine essence, sport with their respective nonspiritual (acit) consorts, viz., Savitri-devi and Uma-devi, the perverted reflections of the spiritual (cit) potency. The Supreme Lord Visnu is the only Lord of the spiritual (cit) potency. Rama or Laksmi.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness