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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
everything else related to Him. There is nothing in existence not related with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In a sense, there is nothing but Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and yet nothing is Śrī Kṛṣṇa save and except His primeval personality. This knowledge constitutes a complete transcendental science, and Viṣṇu wanted to give Brahmājī full knowledge about that science. The mystery of this knowledge culminates in personal attachment to the Lord, with a resulting effect of detachment from anything “non-Kṛṣṇa.” There are nine alternative transcendental means to attain this stage: hearing, chanting, remembering, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, worshiping, praying, assisting, fraternizing with the Lord, and sacrificing everything for Him. These are different parts of the same devotional service, which is full of transcendental mystery. The Lord said to Brahmā that since He was pleased with him, by His grace the mystery was being revealed.
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যাবানহং যথাভাবো যদ্রূপগুণকর্মকঃ।
তথৈব তত্ত্ববিজ্ঞানমন্ত্র তে মদস্থগ্রহাং ॥ ৫২ ॥
yāvān aham yathā-bhāvo yad-rūpa-guṇa-karmakaḥ tathaiva tattva-vijñānam astu te mad-anugrahāt
SYNONYMS
yāvān —as I am in My eternal form;  aham —I;  yathā —in whichever manner;  bhāvaḥ —transcendental existence;  yat —whatever;  rūpa —various forms and colors;  guṇa —qualities;  karmakaḥ —activities;  tathā eva —exactly so;  tattva-vijñānam —factual realization;  astu —let there be;  te —your;  mat —My;  anugrahāt —by causeless mercy.
TRANSLATION
“By My causeless mercy, be enlightened in truth about My personality, manifestations, qualities and pastimes.
PURPORT
The transcendental personal forms of the Lord are a mystery, and the symptoms of these forms, which are absolutely different from anything made of mundane elements, are also mysterious. The innumerable forms of the Lord, such as Śyāmasundara, Nārāyaṇa, Rāma and Gaurasundara; the colors of these forms (white, red, yellow, cloudlike  śyāma  and others); His qualities, as the responsive Personality of Godhead to pure devotees and as impersonal Brahman to dry speculators; His uncommon activities like lifting Govardhana Hill, marrying more than 16,000 queens at Dvārakā, and entering the  rāsa  dance with the damsels of Vraja, expanding Himself in as many forms as there were damsels in the dance—these and innumerable other uncommon acts and attributes are all mysteries, one aspect of which is pre-