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transcendent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all
manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell and by whom they are
destroyed. | meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and
indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is beyond them. It is He only
who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahma, the first created
being. Through Him this world, like a mirage, appears real even to great sages
and demigods. Because of Him, the material universes, created by the three
modes of nature, appear to be factual, although they are unreal. | meditate
therefore upon Him, the Absolute Truth, who is eternally existent in His tran-
scendental abode, and who is forever free of illusion.’ ”

PURPORT
This is the opening invocation of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1).

TEXT 267

OF ALAA CAA GCA BWC |
eri ofa’ se catca Stata faeocs i gwd ti

eka sarnsaya mora achaye hrdaye
krpa kari’ kaha more tahdra niscaye

SYNONYMS
eka sarhsaya—one doubt; mora—my; achaye—there is; hrdaye—in the heart;
krpa kari’—being merciful; kaha—please say; more—unto me; tahdra—of that;
niscaye—the ascertainment.
TRANSLATION

Ramananda Raya then said that he had but one doubt within his heart, and
he petitioned the Lord, ‘‘Please be merciful upon me and just remove my
doubt.”

TEXT 268

atfece critay Carats wastes |
SCA COTA CHTa Bhas Diya-catrtaA Qo tt

pahile dekhilun tomara sannydsi-svardpa
ebe toma dekhi mufii syama-gopa-nipa

SYNONYMS
pahile—in the beginning; dekhilun—| saw; tomara—Your; sannydsi-svardpa—

form as a person in the renounced order; ebe—now; toma—You; dekhi—see;
mufii—l; syama-gopa-rapa—form as Syamasundara, the cowherd boy.
