priyaḥ suhṛd vaḥ khalu mātuleya
priyaḥ suhṛd vaḥ khalu mātuleya
ātmārhaṇīyo vidhi-kṛd guruś ca
Kṛṣṇa definitely expands as the Brahman, the realization of bliss without qualities, which is sought by great sages. He also resides in your house as the object of affection, a friend, a cousin, as your soul, as a person worthy of worship, as a servant and as a guru.
One should not say that the Param Brahman has become the human form of Kṛṣṇa. Rather Kṛṣṇa becomes the Param Brahman. This famous human form of Kṛṣṇa (saḥ ayam) is Brahman, sought by the great saints, a realization of supreme bliss without distinctions or qualities. One should explain it as a statement of confirmation like kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam. The proof is brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham: I am the basis of Brahman. (BG 14.27) The word vai indicates certainly about this. Not only does he live in your house, but he is dear: he gives you great bliss. He is a friend: he does things for your benefit. He is your cousin: his is obedient to you because of a family relationship. He is your ātmā: he thinks of you as his own body. He is worthy of worship: he protects you by his mercy. He is your servant: he places himself at your disposal as a charioteer. He is guru: he gives you good advice. He does reside in the houses of Prahlāda and others acting as a servant or guru.
|| 7.10.50 ||
na yasya sākṣād bhava-padmajādibhī
rūpaṁ dhiyā vastutayopavarṇitam
maunena bhaktyopaśamena pūjitaḥ
prasīdatām eṣa sa sātvatāṁ patiḥ
The truth about Kṛṣṇa is not perceived as it actually is by Brahmā or others by their intelligence. May the Lord of the devotees, who is worshipped by vows of silence, bhakti and control of the mind, be pleased with us!
“Why does the basis of Brahman act as a servant for the vision of material people like us?” I, being a fool, cannot understand the truth about his great powers and his being controlled by the devotees’ prema, since Brahmā and others do not understand. The truth about him (rūpam) is not directly described in truth, as it is (vastutayā), by intelligence, since intelligence cannot approach him. We pray for his mercy by silence and other processes. You pray for his mercy by being servants. That is the difference between you and us.
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