Ādi-līlā, Chapter 2
101
brahmaivedam amṛtaṁ purastād brahma paścād brahma dakṣṇataś cottareṇa adhaś cordhvaṁ ca prasṛtaṁ brahmai- vedaṁ viśvam idaṁ variṣṭham
“In the spiritual realm, beyond the material covering, is the unlimited Brahman effulgence, which is free from material contamination. That effulgent white light is understood by transcendentalists to be the light of all lights. In that realm there is no need of sunshine, moonshine, fire or electricity for illumination. Indeed, whatever illumination appears in the material world is only a reflection of that supreme illumination. That Brahman is in front and in back, in the north, south, east and west, and also overhead and below. In other words, that supreme Brahman effulgence spreads throughout both the material and spiritual skies.”
TEXT 13
চর্মচক্ষে দেখে যেছে সূর্য নির্বিশেষ । জ্ঞানমার্গে লৈতে নারে কৃষ্ণের বিশেষ ॥ ১৩ ॥
carma-cakṣe dekhe yaiche sūrya nirviśeṣa jñāna-mārge laite nāre kṛṣṇera viśeṣa
SYNONYMS
carma-cakṣe —by the naked eye;  dekhe —one sees;  yaiche —just as;  sūrya —the sun;  nirviśeṣa —without variegatedness;  jñāna-mārge —by the path of philosophical speculation;  laite —to accept;  nāre —not able;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  viśeṣa —the variety.
TRANSLATION
As with the naked eye one cannot know the sun except as a glowing substance, merely by philosophical speculation one cannot understand Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental varieties.
TEXT 14
যস্য প্রভা প্রভবতো জগদণ্ডকোটি- কোটীষ্বশেষবস্ত্রাদিবিভূতিভিন্নম্ । তদ্ব্রহ্ন নিষ্কলমন্ত্রমশেষভূতং গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ১৪ ॥
yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi- koṭīṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi