Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Below is quoted SB 10.89.51, text and purport, from the BBT edition. This is in response to Sumeet, who in Achintya Digest Number 791 stated that Acaryas Ramanuja and Madhva do not accept that there is any sastric evidence of the existence of impersonal Brahman. There is also of course the famous brahmeti paramatmeti verse (SB 1.2.11). TEXT dvarena cakranupathena tat tamah param param jyotir ananta-param samasnuvanam prasamiksya phalgunah prataditakso pidadhe 'ksini ubhe TRANSLATION Following the Sudarsana disc, the chariot went beyond the darkness and reached the endless spiritual light of the all pervasive brahma-jyoti. As Arjuna beheld this glaring effulgence, his eyes hurt, and so he shut them. PURPORT After breaking through each of the eight concentric shells of the universe, the Sudarsana disc led Lord Krsna's chariot into the limitless, self-effulgent atmosphere of the spiritual sky. This journey by Lord Krsna and Arjuna to Vaikuntha is also narrated in Sri Hari-vamsa, where the Lord is quoted as telling His companion, brahma-tejo-mayam divyam mahat yad drstavan asi aham sa bharata-srestha mat-tejas tat sanatanam "The divine expanse of Brahman effulgence you have seen is none other than Myself, O best of the Bharatas. It is My own eternal effulgence." prakrtih sa mama para vyaktavyakta sanatani tam pravisya bhavantiha mukta yoga-vid-uttamah "It comprises My eternal, spiritual energy, both manifest and unmanifest. The foremost yoga experts of this world enter within it and become liberated." sa sankhyanam gatih partha yoginam ca tapasvinam tat param paramam brahma sarvam vibhajate jagat mamaiva tad ghanam tejo jnatum arhasi bharata "It is the supreme goal of the followers of Sankhya, O Partha, as well as that of the yogis and ascetics. It is the Supreme Absolute Truth, manifesting the varieties of the entire created cosmos. You should understand this brahma-jyoti, O Bharata, to be My concentrated personal effulgence." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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