manīṣiṇo 'ntar-hṛdi sanniveśitaṁ
manīṣiṇo 'ntar-hṛdi sanniveśitaṁ
sva-śaktibhir navabhiś ca trivṛdbhiḥ
vahniṁ yathā dāruṇi pāñcadaśyaṁ
manīṣayā niṣkarṣanti gūḍham
sa vai mamāśeṣa-viśeṣa-māyā-
niṣedha-nirvāṇa-sukhānubhūtiḥ
sa sarva-nāmā sa ca viśva-rūpaḥ
prasīdatām aniruktātma-śaktiḥ
Just as persons manifest fire from wood through mantras, the pure devotees, after bringing the personal form of Lord into the heart by hearing, manifest him before their eyes along with his nine and three spiritual śaktis by their prema-bhakti. May that Lord who is realized as bliss without material suffering, devoid of the unlimited varieties of māyā, who is all names and all forms in the universe by his external energy, and who has his spiritual energy beyond mind and words, be pleased with me.
Now the form with qualities, difficult to understand is described. The pure devotees (manīṣinaḥ), by the process of prema-bhakti, extract the Lord who has entered the heart by the process of hearing, and is hidden there.
praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṇa svānāṁ bhāva-saroruham
dhunoti śamalaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ salilasya yathā carat
Kṛṣṇa, entering the lotus of the heart through the ears of the devotees, washes away all contamination until it is completely pure like the pools of water in the autumn seasons. SB 2.8.5
Pulling the Lord from the heart, the devotees taste his sweetness and beauty by the eye and other senses. They pull the Lord out along with his cit-śakti (sva-śaktibhiḥ). There are nine śaktis starting with Vimalā.[77] There are also three śaktis: hlādinī, sandhinī and samvit. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says:
hladinī-sandhinī-saṁvit tvayii ekā sarva-saṁśraye
hlāda-tāpakarī miśrā tvayi no guṇa-varjite
In you who are the shelter of all spiritual qualities exist the energies of hlādinī, sandhinī and saṁvit. In you who are devoid of material qualities, the mixture of happiness and distress found in the material world do not exist. Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.9.45
Just as priests draw out extraordinary fire through fifteen sāmidhenī mantras from wood, devotees draw the Lord out of the heart. May that Lord be pleased with us. This form with unlimited spiritual qualities is difficult to understand because it can only be realized by bhakti, and because, even though realized by bhakti, one cannot know the extent of the Lord’s sweetness and powers. Brahmā has said:
guṇātmanas te 'pi guṇān vimātuṁ
hitāvatīṛnasya ka īśire 'sya
kālena yair vā vimitāḥ su-kalpair
bhū-pāṁśavaḥ khe mihikā dyu-bhāsaḥ
In time, learned philosophers or scientists might be able to count all the atoms of the earth, the particles of snow, or perhaps even the shining molecules radiating from the sun, the stars and other luminaries. But among these learned men, who could possibly count the unlimited transcendental qualities possessed by you, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have descended onto the surface of the earth for the benefit of all living entities? SB 10.14.7
That form with qualities is without material qualities. Nirvāṇa-sukha means happiness without the arrows (vāṇa) of bodily and mental sufferings which pierce the heart. The Lord is realized with happiness devoid of suffering, and without the unlimited varieties of māyā. The Viṣṇu Purāṇa has said hlāda-tāpakarī miśrā tvayi no guṇa-varjite: in you who are devoid of material qualities, the mixture of happiness and distress found in the material world do not exist.
The Lord is all names and the form of the universe from Brahmā to a blade of grass. This means that whatever names and forms exist, they belong to him. Though the universe is his form--since māyā is the Lord’s śakti and thus non-different from him, his svarūpa-śakti is completely different from the material universe made by the māyā-śakti: he has his own śakti (ātma-śakti) which are not the subject of material words and mind (anirukta).
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