272 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6

brahma haite janme visva, brahmete jivaya
sei brahme punarapi haye yaya laya

SYNONYMS

brahma haite—from the Supreme Brahman; janme—emanates; visva—the
whole cosmic manifestation; brahmete—in the Absolute Truth; jivaya—exists;
sei—that; brahme—in the Absolute Truth; punarapi—again; haye—being;
yaya—goes; laya—to annihilation.

TRANSLATION

“Everything in the cosmic manifestation emanates from the Absolute Truth.
It remains in the Absolute Truth, and after annihilation it again enters the Ab-
solute Truth.

PURPORT

In the Taittiriya Upanisad, it is said, yato va imani bhdtani jayante: “The entire
material cosmic manifestation is born of the Supreme Brahman.” The Brahma-sutra
also begins with the verse janmady asya yatah: “The Absolute Truth is that from
whom everything emanates.” (Bs. 1.1.2) That Absolute Truth is Krsna. In
Bhagavad-gita, Krsna says, aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvarn pravartate: “|
am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.”
(Bg. 10.8) Therefore Krsna is the original Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Again, Krsna states in Bhagavad-gita, maya tatam idam sarvarh jagad
avyakta-murtind: “By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is per-
vaded.” (Bg. 9.4) And as confirmed in Brahma-sarnhita, goloka eva nivasaty
akhilatma-bhdtah: “Although the Lord always stays in His abode, Goloka
Vrndavana, He is still all-pervading.” (Bs. 5.37) His all-pervasive feature is under-
stood to be impersonal because one does not find the form of the Lord in that all-
pervasiveness. Actually, everything is resting on the rays of His bodily effulgence.
The Brahma-samhitda also states:

yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv asesa-vasudhadi-vibhati-bhinnam

“Due to the rays of the Lord’s bodily effulgence, millions of universes are created,
just as planets are created from the sun.” (Bs. 5.40)

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