Text 238] Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya Offers Prasada to the Lord 121

(manifested pastimes), and His pastimes in the spiritual world are called aprakata-
lila (unmanifested pastimes). By unmanifested we mean that they are not present
before our eyes. It is not that Lord Krsna’s pastimes are unmanifest. They are going
on exactly as the sun is going on perpetually, but when the sun is present before
our eyes, we call it daytime (manifest), and when it is not present, we call it night
(unmanifest). Those who are above the jurisdiction of night are always in the
spiritual world, where the Lord's pastimes are constantly manifest to them. As the
Brahma-sarmhita confirms:

Ananda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rGpataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhdto
govindam adi-purusam tam aharh bhajami

premafjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti

yarn syamasundaram acintya-guna-svarGpam
govindam adi-purusarh tam aham bhajami

“| worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka,
with Radha, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the
ecstatic potency [hladini]. Their companions are Her confidantes, who embody
extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-
blissful spiritual rasa. | worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is Syamasundara,
Krsna Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devo-
tees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of
love.” (Bs. 5.37-38)

TEXT 238

Sif QUSS GA Alea al AH |
SB WEz,— ofa, We WSs AUTH Ver I

tathapi eteka anna khdona na yaya
bhatta kahe, —jani, khao yateka yuydya

SYNONYMS
tathapi—still; eteka—so much; anna—food; khéona—eating; na yaya—is not
possible; bhatta kahe—Bhattacarya said; jani—l know; khdo—You can eat;
yateka—how much; yuyaya—is possible.
