6 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
creation. Beyond these clusters of countless material
universes is the spiritual sky, which is also mentioned
in Bhagavad-gita.
na tad bhasayate suryo
na gasanko na pavakah
yad gatva na nivartante
tad dhama paramam mama
“That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or
moon, nor by electricity. And anyone who reaches it
never comes back to this material world.” (Bg. 15.6)
That superior nature which is beyond this material
nature is eternal. There is no history of its ever having
begun; it has neither beginning nor end.
paras tasmat tu bhavo ’nyo
*vyakto ’vyaktat sanatanah
yah sa sarvesu bhitesu
nasyatsu na vinasyati
avyakto ’ksara ity uktas
tam ahuh paramam gatim
yam prapya na nivartante
tad dhama paramam mama
‘There is another, eternal nature, which is transcen-
dental to this manifested and non-manifested matter.
It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in
this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.
That supreme status is called unmanifested and in-
