Text 161] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 89

TRANSLATION

“The manifestation of the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is without
variety, is the rays of Krsna’s bodily effulgence. It is exactly like the sun. When
the sun is seen by our ordinary eyes, it simply appears to consist of effulgence.

TEXT 160
TD AS ASALGl HTT F IPo-
calbacsaaya fa faghefeay |
CHIN MPARASACTYSL
CATT AYBA SAS? SALT t svo li

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

tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhatarh
govindam dadi-purusarn tam aharh bhajami

SYNONYMS

yasya—of whom; prabha—the effulgence; prabhavatah—of one who excels in
power; jagat-anda—of universes; koti-kotisu—in millions and millions; asesa—
unlimited; vasudha-adi—with planets and other manifestations; vibhdati—with
opulences; bhinnam—becoming variegated; tat—that; brahma—Brahman;
niskalam—without parts; anantam—unlimited; asesa-bhdtam—being complete;
govindam—Lord Govinda; adi-purusam—the original person; tam—Him; aham—
|; bhajami—worship.

TRANSLATION

“‘T worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power.
The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the impersonal Brah-
man, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the
varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and
millions of universes.’

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from Brahma-samnhitd (5.40). For an explanation, refer to
Adi-lila, Chapter Two, verse 14.

TEXT 161

ATAUNM ClCRl, CStAl SLRA GF Bert |
SUM ‘SNM? Va SR AA-THASEA ti Sus i
