532 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10

language. But Thakur Visvanatha Cakravarti, another very learned acarya
of the same sampradaya, has approved the songs by Thakur Narottama
Dasa to be as good as Vedic maniras. And this is so because of the subject
matter. The language is immaterial, but the subject matter is important.
The ladies, who were all absorbed in the thought and actions of the Lord,
developed the consciousness of Vedic wisdom by the grace of the Lord.
And, therefore, although such ladies might not have been very learned
scholars in Sanskrit or otherwise, still whatever they spoke was more
attractive than the Vedic hymns. The Vedic hymns in the Upanisads are
sometimes indirectly directed to the Supreme Lord. But the talks of the
ladies are directly spoken of the Lord, and thus they were more pleasing
to the heart. The ladies’ talks appeared to be more valuable than the
learned brahmanas’ benedictions.

TEXT 21

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sa vai kilayam purusah puratano
ya eka asid avisesa atmani

agre gunebhyo jagad-atmanisvare
nimilitatman nisi supta-sak tisu

sah—He (Krsna); vai—as I remember; kila—definitely; ayam—this;
purusah—Personality of Godhead; puratanah—the original; yah—who; ekah
—only one: dsit—existed: avisesah—materially unmanifested; atmani—own
self; agre—before creation: gunebhyah—of the modes of nature: jagat-
atmani—unto the Supersoul; isvare—unto the Supreme Lord: nimilita—
merged into; atman—the living entity; nisi supta—inactive at night;
Saktisu—of the energies.

TRANSLATION

They said: Here He is, the original Personality of Godhead as we
definitely remember Him. He alone existed before the manifested creation
of the modes of nature, and in Him only, because He is the Supreme Lord,
all living beings merge, as if sleeping at night, their energy suspended.
