Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Four kinds of men worship Me. Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti: The four kinds of worshippers describe here are the devotees of Lord Vasudeva, Lord Sankarsana, Lord Pradyumna, and Lord Aniruddha. Following the devotional process prescribed for the age, intelligent devotees in this world will worship Lord Gopala, who is accompanied by His elder brother Balarama and His Queen Rukmini. I am the unborn eternal Gopala. I am eternal Pradyumna. I am Rama. I am Aniruddha. He who is intelligent worships Me. Free from selfish motivation, the residents of Krishnavana and Bhadravana worship Me, following the regulations of bhakti I Myself have spoken. 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. Anyone who becomes My sincere devotee will become very dear to Me. As dear as You and Your sons, as dear as Shiva and his associates, as dear as the goddess of fortune, Laksmi. Lord Brahmaji said: How has the one Supreme Personality of Godhead become four divine personalities? How has the single sacred syllable OM become many? 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. The Impersonal Brahman or Brahmajoyti is the effulgent hue emanating from the transcendental form of the lord. 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 embedded within all these things. I am the sacred syllable. I am OM. I am ageless, deathless, the source of bliss ( Ananda ) , fearless and Supreme. I am never touchecd by material natures influence. I am unchanging. 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. Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti: That the Lord is the master of transcendental potencies is described in the sastras: " The sages declare that eternal Lord Vishnu is the master of all transcendental potencies. " 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. Intelligent Aniruddha is letter M. Lord Krishna, in whom the entire universe rests, is the ardha-matra letter, which completes the syllable OM. AUM .... OM Rukmini is Lord Krishna's consort. She is the creator of the worlds and the root of material nature. The Vedic literatures explain that the goddess of fortune appeared among the women of Vraja. Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti: The following statement is found in the Skanda Purana,Matsya Purana, and other sastras. " 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. " Learned transcendentalists say that the Lord's potency is the syllable OM. Therefore, all-pervading Lord Gopala is the syllable OM. Learned transcendentalists declare that the syllable OM is not different from the sacred syllable klim. He whom meditates on Me as I appear in Mathura attains liberation. 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. The Lords Four Armed Form - Vishnu 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. 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. 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. I am marked with srivatsa and svarupa. Therefore the learned sages call me Srivatsa-lanchana (marked with srivatsa). 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. 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. 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. The origin of ignorance is known as the club I always carry in My hand. Religion, economic development, and sense-gratification are the splendid bracelets that eternally decorate the wrists of My universal form. 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. Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti: 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. The sages say that My eternal form is the crown. The two things above the changing material world are My two glittering earrings. Commentary by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana: The two things are the spiritual paths of sankhya and yoga. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam: " Sankhya and yoga are the two shark-shaped earrings worn by the Supreme Person. " He who meditates in this way is eternally dear to me. He attains liberation. When liberated I give Myself to him. Commentary by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana: This is confirmed in the Sruti-sastra: " The devotees of the Lord become liberated from the grip of the illusory potency. " 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. The Universal Form of the Lord " Visvarupa " Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti: The form made of the three modes of material nature is the universal form, and the form beyond the modes of material nature is the auspicious transcendental form. The Lords Auspicious Two Armed Form Commentary by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana: The form beyond the modes of material nature mentioned in these verses are the Lord's two-armed and four-armed forms. 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? Jai Shri Radhe-Krsna Jai Shri Gaura-Nitai Jai Shri Prabhupada Jai Shri Kripalu ji Maharaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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