SRI BRAHMA SAMHITA
CHAPTER FIVE
WITH THE COMMENTARY OF SRILA JIVA GOSVAMI
Translated by Kusakratha Dasa
eko ‘py asau racayitum jagad-anda-kotim
yac-chaktir asti jagad-anda-caya yad-antah
andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
ekah—one; api—although; asau—He; racayitum—to
create; jagat-anda—of universes; kotim—millions; yat—whose; saktih—potency;
asti—there is; jagat-anda-cayah—all the universes; yat-antah—within whom;
anda-antara-stha—which are scattered throughout the universe; paramu-anu-caya—the atoms;
antara-stham—situated within; govindam—Govinda; adi-purusam—the original
person; tam—Him; aham—I; bhajami—worship.
He is an undifferentiated entity as there is no
distinction between potency and the possessor thereof. In His work of creation
of millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him and He is present in His fullness in
every one of the atoms that are scattered throughout the universe, at one
and the tame time. Such is the primeval Lord whom I adore.
Krsna is the highest of all entities. In Him is an
entity which is termed cit (spiritual) which is distinct from the principle of
limitation. By His inconceivable power, He can at will create numberless
universes. All the mundane universes owe their origin to the transformation of
His external potency. Again His abode is beyond human conception; since all
worlds, limited and spiritual (cit) exist in Him and He resides simultaneously
in His fullness and entirety in all the
atoms in all the worlds. All-pervasiveness is only a localized aspect of
the majesty of Krsna, the Lord of all. Though He is all-pervasive yet in His
existence everywhere in a medium shape consists His spiritual Lordship beyond
human conception. This argument favors the doctrine of simultaneous
inconceivable distinction and non distinction , and knocks down the
contaminating Mayavada and other allied doctrines.
Comentary o Jiva Goswami
35 He is
an undifferentiated entity as there is no distinction between potency and the
possessor thereof. In His work of
creation of millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him and He is present in His f ullness in every one
of the atoms that are scattered throughout the universe, at one and the
same time. Such is the primeval Lord
whom I adore.**
Commentary by Srila Jiva Gosvami
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.13.46) it is said:
“Then, while Lord Brahma looked on, all the
calves and the boys tending them immediately appeared to have complexions the
colour of bluish rainclouds and to be dressed in yellow silken garments.”*
These words describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all the
universes, assuming the forms of the cowherd boys. The word “jagadanda-cayah” is explains in
these words of Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.13):
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no
beginning and no end, no exterior and no interior, no front and no rear. In other words, He is all-pervading.”
In the Sruti-sastra (Katha Upanisad 1.2.20)
it is said:
“The Supreme
Personality of Godhead is smaller than the smallest and greater than the
greatest.”
In the Gopala-tapani Upanisad it is said:
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has
entered all living entities. The cowherd
boy Krsna is the Supersoul hidden in all living beings.”
(More : Bg 15/13, SB 1.12.9, 5.5.26, 6.9.38, 8.3.17)