yatredaṁ vyajyate viśvaṁ
yatredaṁ vyajyate viśvaṁ
viśvasminn avabhāti yat
tat tvaṁ brahma paraṁ jyotir
ākāśam iva vistṛtam
The universe is manifested in you, and you are manifest within the universe. You are also the Brahman, the supreme light, spread everywhere like ether.
However, some sages see your form as Brahman. It is you, since it is your effulgence spreading glory everywhere.
|| 4.24.61 ||
yo māyayedaṁ puru-rūpayāsṛjad
bibharti bhūyaḥ kṣapayaty avikriyaḥ
yad-bheda-buddhiḥ sad ivātma-duḥsthayā
tam ātma-tantraṁ bhagavan pratīmahi
You, unchanging, through many forms, have created this universe, maintain it and destroy it repeatedly, using māyā, which cannot bewilder you, and by which knowledge of variety, which appears so attractive, arises in this universe. O Bhagavān! We pray to realize you, who are independent.
We desire to realize you with your form as Bhagavān. You, as the puruṣa, have created this universe. As Viṣṇu, you maintain it. As Saṅkarṣaṇa you destroy it. You use māyā. What is this māyā? It cannot affect you (ātma-duḥstayā). By the Lord’s māyā there appears people’s knowledge in the world of various different objects, which appear to be wonderful (sad iva), though they are not. Neuter gender of sat is poetic license. O Lord Kṛṣṇa! We pray to realize you (tam), who are fully independent. This is a prayer.
|| 4.24.62 ||
kriyā-kalāpair idam eva yoginaḥ
śraddhānvitāḥ sādhu yajanti siddhaye
bhūtendriyāntaḥ-karaṇopalakṣitaṁ
vede ca tantre ca ta eva kovidāḥ
By various actions, yogīs expert in the Vedas and Pañcarātra, filled with faith and aiming for perfection, worship the Lord who has a form with his body, senses and antaḥkaraṇa under his control.
Some karma-yogīs and aṣṭāṅga-yogīs worship the first puruṣa, the antaryāmī of all beings. This is described briefly. What is this form? It is known to have a body, senses and antaḥkaraṇa under his control. He has a form controlling these items. Those who are learned among the karmīs and yogīs realize this form and not others.
|| 4.24.63 ||
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