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cluding with yat syat sarvatra sarvada (56). In the first of these verses (53) the
transcendental nature of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is
explained. The second verse (54) further explains that the Lord is detached from
the workings of the material energy, mdyd. The living entities, as parts and parcels
of Lord Krsna, are prone to be controlled by the external energy because although
they are spiritual, in the material world they are encased in bodies of material
energy. The eternal relationship of the living entities with the Supreme Lord is ex-
plained in that verse. The next verse (55) instructs that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, by His inconceivable energies, is simultaneously one with and different
from the living entities and the material energy. This knowledge is called acintya-
bhedabheda-tattva. When an individual living entity surrenders to Lord Krsna, he
can then develop natural transcendental love for the Supreme Lord. This surrender-
ing process should be the primary concern of a human being. In the next verse (56)
it is said that a conditioned soul must ultimately approach a bona fide spiritual
master and try to understand perfectly the material and spiritual worlds and his
own existential position. Here the words anvaya-vyatirekabhyam, ‘‘directly and
indirectly,’’ suggest that one must learn the process of devotional service in its two
aspects: one must directly execute the process of devotional service and indirectly
avoid the impediments to progress.

TEXT 57

foatafteafs catafafaa act
Prataws sary fafafrecay fas |
WATT ETS HAIMA TY
MAMCTTATAL ASTS BAA 1 4 1

cintamanir jayati somagirir gurur me
Siksa-gurus ca bhagavan sikhi-pinicha-maulih

yat-pada-kalpataru-pallava-sekharesu
fila-svayamvara-rasarm labhate jayasrih

SYNONYMS

cintamanih jayati—all glory to Cintamini; soma-girih—Somagiri (the initiating
guru); guruh—spiritual master; me—my; Siksd-guruh—instructing spiritual master;
ca—and; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sikhi-piiicha—with pea-
cock feathers; maulih—whose head; yat—whose; pada—of the lotus feet; ka/pa-
taru—like desire trees; pa/lava—like new leaves; Sekharesu—at the toenails; /7/a-
svayam-vara—of conjugal pastimes; rasam—the mellow; /abhate—obtains; jaya-srip—
Srimati Radharani.

TRANSLATION

“AIS glories to Cintamani and my initiating spiritual master, Somagiri. All glories
to my instructing spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who wears
