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Sri Bhagavafamrifa Kanika
A parficIe of Sri Bhagavafamrfa
[The necfar of Srimad Bhagavaf|
Sii Visvanail Caliavaiii Tlalui
lilad llagavaiamiia is a woil by Sii Sanaiana Gosvami]
Laglu llagavaiamiia is a woil by Sii Rupa Gosvami]
Tlis sloii cssay cniiilcd A Paiiiclc ol Sii llagavaiamiia is by Sii Visvanail
Caliavaiii Tlalui.
Hc Wlo las bccn ascciiaincd in ilc pagcs ol ilc bool Siimad llagavaiamiia' as
ilc Supicmc God, and Wlosc opulcnccs (His unlimiicd and cxiiaoidinaiy
supicmacy bcing abovc compaiison) and swccincss (posscssing ilc iniiinsic and
cnclaniing lcaiuic ol claiming lovclincss wlicl ioially capiivaics all oilcis) aic
cicinally cxisiing, wiiloui any dcpcndcncc wlaisocvci on any oilci divinc
pcisonagc, is nonc oilci ilan Sii Kisna Himscll, ilc supicmcly indcpcndcni
Absoluic Tiuil.
Hc Wlo las almosi ilc samc poicncics as ilc scll-samc God (Sii Kisna) and Wlo
is His plcnaiy cxpansion, is cxcmplilicd in ilc pcison ol Sii Naiayan, ilc Loid ol
ilc spiiiiual sly Vilas vigiala]. Tlosc wlosc poicncics aic inlciioi io ilai
posscsscd by ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad aic His incainaicd paiis, lilc
Maisya, Kuima, cic. Svansa - subjcciivc poiiion].
Tlosc living cniiiics in wlom ilc Loid's poicncics ol lnowlcdgc and supciioi
aciiviiy lavc bccn inluscd, bccomc lnown as avcsa - spccially cmpowcicd luman
bcings. Lxamplcs includc: Vyasadcva - cmpowcicd wiil ilc Loid's dcvoiional
piowcss: Piilu Malaiaja - cndowcd by ilc Supicmc Loid wiil ilc abiliiy io
pciloim supciluman aciiviiics: & ilc Ioui Kumaias - cndowcd wiil supciluman
iniclligcncc.
Hcicalici, ilcic aic ilicc oilci caicgoiics ol avaiais, namcly: puiusavaiai,
gunavaiai and lilavaiai.
Tlc puiusavaiais aic luiilci subdividcd inio liisi, sccond and iliid puiusla
incainaiions. Tlc liisi puiusla is Kaianainavasayi, Wlo is ilc indwclling Soul ol
maiciial naiuic, ilc Cicaioi ol ilc malai-iaiiva (ioial maiciial ingicdicnis) and
Wlo is a scpaiaicd poiiion ol Sanlaisan, Wlo is siiuaicd in ilc spiiiiual sly. Tlc
sccond puiusla is Gaiblodasayi, ilc indwclling Soul ol ilc ioial conscious
aggicgaic, ilc Cicaioi ol Loid lialma, and Wlo is ilc scpaiaicd poiiion ol
Piadyumna, Wlo is siiuaicd in ilc spiiiiual sly. Tlc iliid puiusla is Ksiiodasayi,
ilc indwclling Soul ol individual consciousncss, ilc scpaiaicd poiiion ol
Aniiuddla, Wlo is siiuaicd in ilc spiiiiual sly.
Hcicalici ilc gunavaiais aic bcing iniioduccd.
ly ilc aciion ol ilc modc ol goodncss, ilc Masici ol ilc mill occan, Sii Visnu,
mainiains ilc univcisc. ly ilc aciion ol ilc modc ol passion, ilc univcisc is
cicaicd by Loid lialma, wlo is gcnciaicd liom ilc loius llowci aiiscn liom
Gaiblodasayi Visnu's navcl. In somc lalpas, a jiva (living cniiiy) wlo las amasscd
piolusc piciy ialcs ilc posiiion ol Loid lialma and cicaics ilc univcisc. In ilis
insiancc, duc io ilc inlusion ol ilc Loid's poicncy in ilai jiva, lc is iclciicd io as
an avcsavaiai. lccausc in ilai lialma ilcic is a conncciion wiil ilc modc ol
passion, lc cannoi bc compaicd on a cqual looiing wiil Loid Visnu. In ilosc
lalpas wlcn ilcic is an abscncc ol any qualilicd jiva io ialc up ilc posiiion ol
Loid lialma, ilcn Loid Visnu Himscll bccomcs Loid lialma. Similaily, duiing
somc manvaniaias, ilc incainaiion ol ilc Loid as Yagya las io ialc up ilc
posiiion ol Loid India. Duiing ilai manvaniaia wlcn Yagya bccomcs India and
duiing ilai lalpa wlcn Visnu bccomcs lialma, ilcn ii can bc said ilai ilcy
(lialma and India) aiiain cqualiiy wiil Loid Visnu.
Tlc gioss body ol lialma, consisiing ol ilc ioial maiciial subsiancc (ilc aggicgaic
ol ilc univcisal loim ol maiciial naiuic, cxicnding liom Paiala up io Saiyalola), is
also lnown as lialma. Hiianyagaibla, Wlo is manilcsicd wiilin ilai gioss body
as subilc living cniiiics, is also lnown as lialma. Tlc indwclling soul ilcicin, ilc
sccond puiusla, Gaiblodasayi, is Iswai, ilc Supicmc Coniiollci. Hc Wlo is ilc
dcsiioyci, by ilc aciion ol ilc modc ol ignoiancc is Loid Siva. Tlc indwclling
puiusla wiilin ilc Univcisal Ioim as wcll as ilc subilc loim ol ilc Cicaioi,
Hiianyagaibla, Wlo is ilc supci cxccllcni coniiollci boin ol ilc loius llowci,
lavc boil bccn iclciicd io as lialma. Tlis lialma also acccpis ilc loim ol Siva
loi ilc puiposc ol dcsiiuciion. Duiing somc lalpas vciy pious jivas aiiain ilis
posiiion wlcicas in oilcis, Loid Visnu Himscll acccpis ilc posiiion ol Loid Siva.
Howcvci, ilc pcisonaliiy ol Sadasiva, is a plcnaiy poiiion (vilas-vigiala: as disiinci
liom svamsa cxpansions wlicl aic cndowcd wiil a smallci dcgicc ol poicncy liom
ilc oiiginal Godlcad) ol ilc scll-samc loim ol ilc Supicmc Loid, Sii Kisna, and
Hc is iiansccndcnial io ilc ilicc modcs ol maiciial naiuic. Ii is liom Him ilai ilc
gunavaiai ol Siva is cxpandcd. Tlcicloic Hc slould bc undcisiood io bc supciioi
io lialma, cqual io Loid Visnu, and cniiicly scpaiaic liom jivas, wlo aic
inllucnccd by ilc maiciial modcs ol naiuic.
Tlc loui Kumaias, Naiada, Vaiala, Maisya, Yajya, Naia-Naiayan, Kapila, Daiia,
Hayagiiva, Hamsa, Pisnigaibla, Rsabla, Piilu, Nisimla, Kuima, Dlanvaniaii,
Molini, Vamana, Paiasuiama, Raglunail, Vyasa, lalabladia, Kisna, luddla,
Kalli, cic., appcai oncc in cvciy lalpa (ilcicloic Tlcy aic also lnown as
lalpavaiais).
Tlcicalici aic ilc manvaniaiavaiais: Yajya, Viblu, Saiyascn, Haii, Vailunila, Ajii,
Vamana, Saivablauma, Rsabla, Visvalscna, Dlaimasciia, Sudama, Yogcsvaia and
liladblanu.
Tlc yugavaiais aic as lollows, bcginning wiil Saiya-yuga: Svcda, Ralia, Slyam and
Kisna.
Amongsi all ol ilcsc avaiais (lalpavaiai, manvaniaiavaiais and yugavaiai) somc
aic:
avcsl - spccilically cmpowcicd living cniiiics.
piablab - supicmc, clicl, main, piincipal, ioial (masicislip).
vaiblab - divinc powci, opulcncc, Sivaslip, lialmaslip, manilcsi
supciioi poicncics compaicd io piablav.
paiavasila - ilcsc incainaiions manilcsi cvcn supciioi salii.
Avcsl - Caiulsan, Naiada, Piilu, cic.
Piablab - Molini, Dlanvaniaii, Hamsa, Rsabla, Vyasa, Daiia, Svcda, Lic.
Vaiblab - Maisya, Kuima, Naia-Naiayana, Vaiala, Hayagiiva, Pisnigaibla,
lalabladia, Yagya, Lic.
Paiavasila - Nisimla, Ram, Kisna.
Tlcsc aic succcssivcly giadcd in icims ol supciioi salii. Amongsi ilcsc Sii Kisna
is ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad Himscll (Svayam llagavan) - no onc is
supciioi io Him.
Kisna las loui abodcs: 1) liaja 2) Madlupui 3 ) Dvaiavaii and +) Golol. Hc is
supia-supicmcly pcilcci in liaja (wlcic Hc icsidcs along wiil His lamily and
laladcv). In Mailuia Hc is supicmcly pcilcci and in Dvaiala, accompanicd by His
lamily mcmbcis, Piadyumna, Aniiuddla, cic., Hc is pcilcci.
Noic: Kisna Sandaibla 106 Sii Jiva Gosvamipada
Golul (innci) and Svciadwip (ouici) boil ialcn iogcilci - Golol.
liindaban - boil pialai (manilcsicd) and apialai (unmanilcsicd), wlcicas Golol
lila is only apialai (unmanilcsi io oui vision).
In Golola Sii Kisna is complcic and His aims and dcsiics aic ioially lullillcd.
Golola lila and Sii liindaban lila aic gcnciically ilc samc, ilcicloic Golola is also
said io bc ol ilc samc naiuic oi lind as supia-supicmcly pcilcci. {In icims ol
mcasuic and muliilaiiousncss, Sii liindaban lila disiincily and picdominanily
cxpicsscs and manilcsis ilai supia-supicmc pcilccincss io ilc liglcsi possiblc
dcgicc.) lccausc ilc swccincss and bcauiy ol liindaban cxcccds ilai ol Mailuia,
(is manilcsi in gicaici dcgiccs ilan in Mailuia), and ilai ol Mailuia cxcccds ilai
ol Dvaiala, loi ilis icason opulcncc is also manilcsicd in vaiious dcgiccs. Tlcsc
dillcicnccs in opulcncc aic diiccily iclaicd io ilc dccicasing cxpicssion ol
swccincss and bcauiy in ilcsc giadcd icalms. Wlai ilis mcans is ilai bccausc
ilcic is a dccicasc in swccincss and bcauiy liom liindaban io Mailuia, ilcicloic
in Mailuia ilcic is a gicaici manilcsiaiion ol opulcncc. Similaily duc io a dccicasc
in swccincss liom Mailuia io Dvaiala, ilcic is a concomiiani incicasc in ilc
dcvclopmcni ol opulcncc in Dvaiala.
Tcns and icns ol millions ol univciscs aic gcnciaicd liom ilc poics ol Mala-
Visnu, Wlo is lying in ilc Causal Occan. Siiuaicd abovc ilc Viiaja, wlicl is
lilcncd unio a pioicciivc moai, is Mala-Vailunilalol, ilc uppci poiiion ol wlicl
is Golola. In ilai icalm ilc pciloimci ol cclcsiial pasiimcs, Sii Kisna, Wlo is ilc
Loid ol Golola, is picscni wiil His lamily, liicnds and aiicndanis. Tlc Loid ol ilc
spiiiiual sly, Paiamaima, is His plcnaiy cxpansion (vilas-viscs), and lialman
(lialma) is His non-disiinguislablc, undillcicniiaicd aspcci. Tlc sccond scll ol Sii
Kisna, Loid ol Golola, is laladcva, and ilc Sanlaislan ol Mala-Vailunila (ilc
sccond cxpansion ol Naiayan) is His plcnaiy cxpansion (vilas). Kaianainavasayi
Mala-Visnu is a scpaiaicd poiiion ol ilis Sanlaislan. Tlc indwclling Supcisoul ol
ilc univcisc, Gaiblodalasayi, is ilc plcnaiy cxpansion ol Kaianainavasayi, and a
scpaiaicd poiiion ol Piadyumna (Wlo is ilc iliid cxpansion ol ilc Loid ol
Vailunila Naiayan]). Ksiiodalasayi is ilc plcnaiy cxpansion (vilas) ol
Gaiblodasayi. Accoiding io ilc vaiicgaicdncss ol Kisna's pasiimcs, His abodcs ol
Dvaiala, Mailuia and liindaban also manilcsi vaiying dcgiccs ol swccincss and
bcauiy.
His pasiimcs aic ol iwo linds: manilcsi and unmanilcsi. Tlc pasiimcs Sii Kisna
pciloims wiil His lamily, liicnds and aiicndanis wlicl is cvcilasiingly icvcalcd
bui impciccpiiblc in ilc woild, wlcicin Hc simuliancously pciloims ilcsc cicinal
pasiimcs as a clild, young boy and caily youil, is callcd unmanilcsi pasiimcs.
Wlcn ilcsc pasiimcs wiil His associaics aic giadually and succcssivcly icvcalcd in
ilc plcnomcnal woild, ilcn ilcy aic lnown as manilcsi pasiimcs.
Tlougl ilcic is going and coming liom onc dlam io anoilci, liom liindaban io
Mailuia, and liom Mailuia io Dvaiala, ilis is all wiilin ilc manilcsi lila. Tlis
slould bc undcisiood as a spccial claiaciciisiic ol ilc manilcsi lila (in ilc
unmanilcsi pasiimcs ilcic is no dcpaiiuic oi aiiival ol Kisna wiilin His dlams,
liom onc dlam io anoilci).
lcginning liom His pasiimc ol ialing biiil, up io His linal pasiimc ai Piablas-
lsciia (Mausal-lila), cacl and cvciy onc ol His pasiimcs is obscivcd by ilc
inlabiianis ol ilc vaiious univciscs, as ilcsc pasiimcs aic icvcalcd in all ol ilc
univciscs, onc alici anoilci. Wiilin cacl ol ilc muliiiudc ol icns ol millions ol
univciscs, ilcic is a llaiai blumi wiilin wlicl aic locaicd liindaban, Mailuia
and Dvaiala, wlcic ilc icspcciivc icsidcnis aic giaccd wiil ilc vision ol ilcsc
pasiimcs. Tlc manilcsiaiion ol ilcsc pasiimcs wiilin ilc dillcicni univciscs can bc
lilcncd unio ilc manilcsiaiion ol ilc sun's iays in dillcicni paiis ol ilc zodiac.
Wlcn ilc sun is sciiing in onc placc, ii is simuliancously iising somcwlcic clsc,
and somciimcs ii cannoi bc sccn ai all liom cciiain placcs. Similaily, ilougl Kisna
icsidcs in His own abodc, as His manilcsi pasiimcs aic bcing concludcd wiilin onc
univcisc, wiilin anoilci univcisc ilcy again bccomc icvcalcd, wlcicas in somc
univciscs ilcy aicn'i icvcalcd ai all. As in ilc unmanilcsi pasiimcs, in ilc manilcsi
pasiimcs also, His cicinal lila, bcginning wiil ilc clildlood pasiimcs, is
coniinuously icvcalcd (as ilc waici ol a iivci is coniinually picscni ilougl in a
coniinuous siaic ol movcmcni), and ilis lila is lull wiil cicinaliiy, lnowlcdgc and
bliss.
Tlc pasiimcs ai Piablas lsciia and ilosc involving ilc sicaling ol ilc quccns,
lowcvci, aic ol ilc samc naiuic as a magic spcll and ilcicloic ioially lalsc and a
paii ol ilc icalm ol malc-bclicvc. Tlcsc aiiilicial pasiimcs slould bc undcisiood
as laving bccn iniioduccd loi ilc puiposc ol lccping ilc pcipciually, inliniiy and
cicinaliiy ol Kisna's lila a sccici, wlcn ilc iimc las comc loi ilc cuiiain io lall on
ilc picscni aci. Tlcsc iwo pasiimcs cannoi bc counicd as paii ol ilc gcnuinc lila
ol ilc Loid duc io ilc laci ilai nciilci pasiimc coniains any woislippci.
Duiing ilc manilcsicd lila ol ilc Loid, somc amongsi His associaics aic
(accoiding io His dcsiic), ablc io pciccivc ilc csscniial qualiiy ol liindaban, bcing
composcd ol iouclsionc and jcwcls as ii is , and somc amongsi ilcm cannoi. Alici
His pasiimcs lavc bccn wound up, somc dcvoiccs, as a icsuli ol ilcii inicnsc
woislip and cagcincss, aic blcsscd wiil ilc vision ol Kisna's pasiimcs in ilc
placcs wlcic ilcy wcic pciloimcd, cvcn duiing ilc picscni iimc. Tlc causc ol ilis
is Kisna's dcsiic in lullilling ilc dcsiic ol His dcvoicc.
In ilis way, ilc supciioiiiy ol ilc loim ol Sii liajcndianandan, amongsi all ol
Kisna's cxpansions and incainaiions, and ilc supciioiiiy ol Sii Golula, amongsi
all ol His abodcs oi dlams, las bccn subsianiiaicd.
Picm-madluiya (ilc swccincss ol lovc ol Kisna and Kisna's lovc loi Radla and
His oilci dcvoiccs), Lila-madluiya (ilc swccincss ol His pasiimcs), lcnu-
madluiya (ilc swccincss ol His lluic), and Sii Vigiala-madluiya (ilc swccincss
ol His bodily loim) - ilcsc loui pinnaclcs ol swccincss and bcauiy aic cxisicni in
liaja dlam alonc.
Hcicalici aic mcniioncd ilc Vaisnava dcvoiccs: Mailcndcya, Ambaiisl, lasu,
Vyas, Viblisana, Pundaiil, lali, Samblu, Piallad, Viduia, Uddlava, Dalblya,
Paiasai, llisma, Naiada, cic. Ii is a gicai ollcncc noi io woislip all ol ilcsc
dcvoiccs as Sii Haii is woislippcd. Amongsi ilcsc dcvoiccs Piallad is considcicd
io bc ilc bcsi. Tlc Pandavas aic bciici ilan Piallad, and somc ol ilc Yadavas aic
bciici ilan ilc Pandavas. Amongsi ilc Yadavas, Uddlava is ilc bcsi. Tlc liaja
gopis aic bciici ilan Uddlav, and amongsi ilcm Sii Radla is ilc bcsi ol all.
Ioi ilosc wlo lavc noi siudicd giammai bui wlo aic ncvciilclcss vciy cagci io
pciloim dcvoiional scivicc io Kisna, (loi all ol ilcsc sucl pcisons) Pnagavatamrta
Kanha las bccn composcd as jcwcls aic sci in a goldcn oinamcni.