Text 144] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 273
‘apadana,’ ‘karana,’ ‘adhikarana’-karaka tina
bhagavanera savisese ei tina cihna
SYNONYMS
apddana—ablative; karana—instrumental; adhikarana—locative; kdraka—
cases; tina—three; bhagavanera—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sa-
visesa—in the personality; ei—these; tina—three; cihna—symptoms.
TRANSLATION
“The personal features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are
categorized in three cases—namely, ablative, instrumental and locative.”’
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura states in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya that according to
the injunction of the Upanisads (the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom
everything emanates”), it is understood that the whole cosmic manifestation
emanated from Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth. The creation subsists by
the energy of the Supreme Brahman and, after annihilation, merges into the
Supreme Brahman. From this we can understand that the Absolute Truth can be
categorized in three cases—ablative, instrumental and locative. According to
these three cases, the Absolute Truth is positively personified. In this connection,
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati quotes the Aitareya Upanisad (1.1.1):
dtmda va idam eka evdgra asin
nanyat kificanam isat
sa iksata lokan nu srja iti.
Similarly, in the Svetasvatara Upanisad (4.9) it is stated:
chandamsi yajfiah kratavo vratani
bhitam bhavyam yac ca veda vadanti
yasman mayi srjate visvam etat
tasmims canyo mayay4 sanniruddhah
And in the Taittiriya Upanisad (3.1.1):
yato va imani bhdtdni jayante,
yena jatani jivanti, yat prayanty abhisamvisanti,
tad vijijfidsasva, tad brahma.
