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Dasa MuIa Taffva
Chapfer 1
ly ilc mcicy ol Si Caiianya Malapiablu, livc lundicd ycais alici His appcaiancc,
ilcic aic many lcaincd pcoplc cngagcd in spccializcd icscaicl and culiivaiion ol
lnowlcdgc in vaiious paiis ol ilc woild. Tlc icsuli ol ilcii laid clloiis, lilc iays
ol ligli, diivc oui ilc dailncss liom ilc lcaiis ol ilosc cagci loi lnowlcdgc. Tlc
youil ol ilis couniiy, obiaining all ilis maiciial lnowlcdgc ai univcisiiics, gain
an acquainiancc wiil ilcii way ol ilinling. In ilcii cxicnsivc siudics, many
lavc also siudicd ilc woils ol dillcicni picaclcis ol icligion in India and
clscwlcic. Tlcy lavc comc io ilc conclusion ilai ilcic is no icaclci cqual io Si
Caiianya and ilai ilcic is no icligion cqual io puic Vaisnava dlaima. Inspiicd by
ilis conclusion, ilousands ol mcn now dcsiic io lnow ilc icaclings ol Si
Caiianya and ilc mcaning ol Vaisnava dlaima.

Wisc mcn lavc conviciion ilai ilc icligion ol lumaniiy cannoi bc many. Tlc
cicinal icligion ol manlind cannoi bc dividcd inio cxiicmcly opposing laciions.
Ai iooi, cicinal icligion musi bc only onc. Wly lavc many icligions ilcn aiiscn'
Tlc coiicci answci is ilai ilc icligion oi dlaima ol man is onc wlcn ilc soul is
in a puic condiiion. Wlcn ilc soul bccomcs condiiioncd, ilc dlaima ialcs iwo
loims: condiiional and uncondiiional. Uncondiiional dlaima docs noi dillci no
maiici wlai couniiy ii is lound in. Wlcn ilc soul ialcs on maiciial dcsignaiion
and conscqucnily dillcicni placc, iimc and body, duc io vaiiciy in maiici,
condiiional dlaima malcs iis appcaiancc in dillcicncc couniiics and ai dillcicni
iimcs. Condiiional dlaima ialcs on dillcicni loims and namcs in dillcicni
couniiics. Tlc dlaima ol ilc soul bccomcs uncondiiioncd io ilc cxicni ilai ilc
soul bccomcs liccd liom maiciial conccpiions. Wlcn ilc jvas icacl ilc
uncondiiioncd siaic, ilcy lavc only onc dlaima.
Si Caiianya iaugli ilis cicinal dlaima io ilc jvas ol ilis woild; ii is callcd puic
Vaisnava dlaima.
matnuratc patnaIa rupa-sanatana
u scnapat haIa bnaht-pracarana
ntyanana gosanc patnaIa gauacsc
tnno bnaht pracarIa ascsa-vscsc
apan ahsna csa harIa gamana
gramc gramc haIa hrsna-nama-pracarana
Loid Caiianya dispaiclcd ilc iwo gcncials Rupa Gosvam and Sanaiana Gosvam
io Vindavana io picacl ilc blalii culi. As Rupa Gosvam and Sanaiana Gosvam
wcic scni iowaid Mailuia, so Niiyananda Piablu was scni io lcngal io picacl
cxicnsivcly ilc icvclaiions ol Caiianya Malapiablu. Si Caiianya Malapiablu
pcisonally wcni io Souil India, and Hc bioadcasi ilc loly namc ol Loid Kisna in
vciy villagc and iown.
C.C.Adi 7, 16+-66
Lisicn io ilc insiiuciion ilai ilc Loid Himscll gavc ilc woild, iliougl His
oidcis io His commissioncd gcncials:
atacva am ajna Iu sabaharc
yanna tanna prcma pnaIa cna yarc tarc
bnarata bnumtc naIa manusya janma yara
janma sartnaha har hara para-upahara
Tlcicloic I oidci cvciy man wiilin ilis univcisc io acccpi ilis Kisna
consciousncss movcmcni and disiiibuic ii cvciywlcic.
Onc wlo las ialcn lis biiil as a luman bcing in ilc land ol India slould malc
lis lilc succcsslul and woil loi ilc bcnclii ol all oilci pcoplc.
C.C. Adi 9. 36, +1
Is ii any suipiisc ilcn, ilai a pcison would givc up ilc icaclings ol spolcsmcn ol
vaiious icligions and simply dcsiic io lcain ilc puic Vaisnava dlaima ol Si
Caiianya' Ii is ncccssaiy ilai wc givc ilc icaclings ol Si Caiianya io ilc woild ai
ilc picscni iimc.
Howcvci, ialing ilis oppoiiuniiy, somc uniniclligcni pcisons lavc aiicmpicd io
mislcad ilc cducaicd pcoplc by picacling ilcii own dociiincs. Somc pcoplc,
giving up ilc coiicci pail, lavc ialcn up a spcculaiivc pail, clcaiing ilcmsclvcs
and ilc woild. Ai ilc momcni,. wc musi ilcicloic, io ilc bcsi ol oui abiliiy, malc
a sinccic aiicmpi io lclp ilc innoccni, cducaicd youil. In sucl an auspicious
woil ilcic aic nonc ol ilc obsiaclcs ilai aiisc in scllisl acis. Many pcoplc, wiil
moiivcs ol scll -inicicsi, can ialc advaniagc and picacl impuic dociiincs.
Howcvci, dcai icadcis, wc lavc no iypc ol scll-inicicsi ai lcaii. Wc do noi dcsiic
wcalil, lamc, suiicndci, oi icspcci as an acaiya. Wc lavc only ilc dcsiic io malc
ilc pcoplc undcisiand and appicciaic ilc icaclings ol Si Caiianya - io ilc cxicni
ol oui own appicciaiion-by ilc mcicy ol dcvoiccs.
Somc iimc ago I lappcncd io scc onc ncw publicaiion callcd Si Caiianya lodlin.
Tlc auilois lad vowcd io givc ilc puic icaclings ol Si Caiianya io ilc woild.
Tlc vow is noi bad, bui ilc sysicm ilcy pioposcd io gailci Si Caiianya' s
icaclings is vciy dangcious. Tlc auilois ilougli ilai ilcy could cxiiaci ilc
Loid's icaclings liom ilc Samslii woils ol ilc Gosvams. Tlcy loigoi ilai ilc
csscncc ol ilc Gosvams' woils is coniaincd in Si Caiianya Caiiiamiia. Ii is
sullicicni io ialc ilis woil in oidci io picscni ilc icaclings ol Si Caiianya io ilc
woild. Tlcic is no onc as lcaincd as Kaviiaja Gosvam ioday. Anyonc wlo ilinls
ilai lc can cxiiaci ilc csscncc liom ilc Sansliii woils ol ilc Gosvams bciici
ilan Kaviiaja Gosvam is cciiainly woiillcss and loolisl. I lavc liim conviciion
ilai by picscniing io ilc woild clcaily ilc icaclings ol Si Caiianya Caiiiamiia,
noiling clsc nccd bc lnown. Howcvci, many iopics in Kaviiaja's woil aic
dcsciibcd in a ciypiic way. In ilosc placcs ii is bcsi io consli ilc Sandaiblas,
llalii Rasamiia Sindu and oilci woils ol ilc Gosvams in oidci io claiily
maiicis. Tlc aim ol ilc Caiianya lodlin lowcvci was io bypass ilc supciioi
auiloiiiy. In ilc picscni woil wc will icvcal ilc icaclings ol Si Caiianya
clcaily, bascd on ilc siaicmcnis ol Si Caiianya Caiiiamiia.
I lavc onc icqucsi io ilc icadcis. Tlc icaclings ol Malapiablu aic a vciy
conlidcniial scicncc. Wiiloui applying piopci conccniiaiion onc cannoi
undcisiand ilcm. Ii is a common piaciicc nowadays io go io slccp alici caiing
wlilc icading a novcl. Onc cannoi icad ilis bool in ilai mannci. Tlcsc
icaclings aic ilc csoiciic iiuils ol ilc Vcdas and Vcdania suiias. Il onc slowly
icads ilcsc icaclings wiil laiil and conccniiaiion wlilc discussing ilc iopics
wiil dcvoiccs, ilc iiuils will bc piopcily undcisiood. Tlcicloic givc up ilc bad
labii and aiicniivcly siudy ilc icn iopics picscnicd in ilis bool.
All ol Si Caiianya's icaclings-wlaicvci ilcy ii may bc-aic discusscd in icims ol
ilicc divisions: sambandla, ablidlcya and piayojana.
In icacling Sanaiana Gosvam, Si Caiianya said:
vca sastrc hanc, sambanna, abnncya, prayojana
hrsna, hrsna-bnaht, prcma-tna mananana
muhnya gauna vrtt, hmva anvaya vyatrchc
vccra pratjna hcvaIa hanayc hrsnahc
In Vcdic liiciaiuics, Kisna is ilc ccniial poini ol aiiiaciion, and His scivicc is oui
aciiviiy. To aiiain ilc plailoim ol lovc ol Kisna is lilc's uliimaic goal. Tlcicloic
Kisna, Kisna's scivicc and lovc ol Kisna aic ilc ilicc gicai iiclcs ol lilc.
Wlcn onc acccpis Vcdic liiciaiuic by inicipiciaiion oi cvcn by diciionaiy
mcaning, diiccily oi indiiccily, ilc uliimaic dcclaiaiion ol Vcdic lnowlcdgc poinis
io Loid Kisna.
C.C.Madlya 20. 1+3, 1+6
Tlc mcaning is ilis. Vcdas aic ilc sciipiuial auiloiiiy. Wlai ilc Vcda siaics is
iiuc. Any icligious pcison musi aci accoiding io ilc insiiuciions ol ilc Vcdas.
Tlc uliimaic aim ol ilc Vcdic liiciaiuic is io icvcal Kisna as ilc only Loid, ciilci
by sccondaiy, oi indiicci inicipiciaiion ol ilc siaicmcnis, oi by piimaiy oi diicci
mcaning ol ilc siaicmcnis. In oilci woids, il onc cxamincs ilc sambandla oi
piinciplc ol iclaiionslips dcsciibcd in ilc Vcdas, onc will lind no onc cxccpi
Kisna. On considciing ilc ablidlcya oi pioccss iccommcndcd in ilc Vcdas, only
dcvoiion io Kisna will bc lound. In considciing ilc piayojana oi goal ol ilc
sciipiuics, only Kisna picma will bc lound. In oidci io discuss in dciail ilc
sambandla, ablidlcya and piayojana, ilc icn conclusions iaugli by Si Caiianya
will liisi bc picscnicd in ilc loim ol onc vcisc, and laici, cacl iopic will bc
discusscd scpaiaicly in dciail.
amnayan prana tattvam narm na paramam sarva-sahtm rasabnm
ta bnnnamsams ca jivan prahrt-havaItan ta- vmuhtams ca bnavat
bncabcna-prahasam sahaIam ap narcn sananam suna-bnahtm
sanyam tat-pritm cvcty upasat janan gaura-canran svayam san
Tlc Supicmc Loid Gauia Candia las iaugli icn piinciplcs io ilc jvas.:
1. Tlc siaicmcnis ol amnaya aic ilc clicl piool. ly ilcsc siaicmcnis ilc lollowing
ninc iopics aic iaugli.
2. Kisna is ilc Supicmc Absoluic Tiuil.
3. Kisna is cndowcd wiil all cncigics.
+. Kisna is ilc occan ol iasa.
5. Tlc jvas aic all scpaiaicd paiis ol ilc Loid.
6. In bound siaic ilc jvas aic undci ilc inllucncc ol maiici, duc io ilcii iaiasila
naiuic.
7. In ilc libciaicd siaic ilc jvas aic licc liom ilc inllucncc ol maiici, duc io ilcii
iaiasila naiuic.
S. Tlc jvas and ilc maiciial woild aic boil dillcicni liom and idcniical io ilc
Loid.
9. Puic dcvoiion is ilc piaciicc ol ilc jvas.
10. Puic lovc ol Kisna is ilc goal.
Tlc liisi iopic conccins ilc naiuic ol piool (piamana). Tlc ncxi scvcn iopics
conccin ilc sambandla wlicl is ascciiaincd in ilc Vcdas. Tlc ninil iopic
conccins ilc ablidlcya oi mcans. Tlc icnil iopic conccins ilc goal oi piayojana.
Il ilc iopics aic dividcd inio iwo gioups - souicc ol lnowlcdgc (piamana) and
wlai is piovcn by ilc souicc ol lnowlcdgc (piamcya), ilc liisi iopic is piamana
and ilc icsi aic piamcya. Among ilc sambandla iopics ilc liisi ilicc dclinc
Kisna and ilc ncxi ilicc dclinc ilc jva. Tlc scvcnil sambandla iopic dcals wiil
ilc iclaiion bciwccn ilc jva and Kisna, inconccivablc dillcicncc and non-
dillcicncc. Plcasc conccniiaic on cacl ol ilcsc iopics as ilcy aic discusscd.
Chapfer 2
amnaya vakya is fhe finaI proof
Wlai is ilc mcaning ol amnaya valya (auiloiiiaiivc siaicmcni oi lnowlcdgc)'
Conccining ilis, ilcic is ilc lollowing laiila (vcisc):
amnayan srutayan sahsa branma-vyct vsrutan
guru-parampara praptan vsva hartun n branmanan
mnaya iclcis io ilc sciipiuics callcd bialma vidya oi lnowlcdgc ol bialman
oiiginaiing liom lialma, ilc cicaioi ol ilc univcisc and passcd down by disciplic
succcssion.
Tlai ilc lnowlcdgc was passcd down liom lialma is siaicd in Mundala
Upanisad.
branma cvanam pratnaman sambabnuva vsvasya
harta bnuvanasya gopta sa branma-vyam sarva-vya-
pratstnam atnarvaya jycstna-putraya prana ycnahsaram
purusam vca satyam provaca tam tattvato branma-vyam
lialma, ilc cicaioi ol ilc univcisc and pioiccioi ol ilc woilds, ilc liisi among
ilc dcvaias, iaugli bialma vidya, ilc basis ol all lnowlcdgc, io lis cldcsi son
Ailaiva. Hc iaugli ilai lnowlcdgc by wlicl ilc indcsiiuciiblc Supicmc Pcison
can bc lnown in lis iiuc loim
Mundala Upanisad 1.1.1, 1.2.13
liladaianyala Upanisad says:
asya manato bnutasya nnsvastam cta rgvco
yajur vcan sama vcatnarvangrasa tnasan
puranam vya upansaan sIohan sutrany
anuvyahnyanan sarvan nnsvastan
Iiom ilc Supicmc Pcison's bicail camc ilc loui Vcdas, ilc lisioiics, ilc
Puianas, ilc Upanisads, ilc vciscs and Suiias and all ilc anuvyallyas
(commcniaiics). Tlc woid "lisioiics" iclcis io Ramayana and Malablaiai and
oilci similai woils. Tlc woid "puianas" iclcis io ilc cigliccn majoi Puianas ol
wlicl Simad llagavaiam is supicmc, and cigliccn sccondaiy puianas
(upapuianas). Upanisads iclcis io ilc clcvcn Upanisads sucl as sa, Kcna, Kaila,
and Piasna. "Vciscs" iclcis io ilc collcciion ol vciscs in mcicis sucl as anusiup
composcd by isis. "Suiia" iclcis io ilc concisc siaicmcnis wlicl cxplain ilc
mcaning ol ilc Vcdas, wiiiicn by majoi icaclcis. Anuvyallya iclcis io
commcniaiics on ilc suiias wiiiicn by gicai icaclcis. All ol ilcsc aic callcd
amnaya. Tlc piimaiy mcaning ol amnaya is Vcda.1
Caiianya Caiiiamiia also acccpis ilc auiloiiiy ol ilc Vcdas.
svatan pramana vca- pramana-sroman
Iahsana natc svatan pramanata nan
Tlc scll-cvidcni Vcdic liiciaiuics aic ilc liglcsi cvidcncc ol all, bui il ilcsc
liiciaiuics aic inicipicicd, ilcii scll-cvidcni naiuic is losi.
C.C. Adi 7, 139
pramancra manyc srut pramana pranana
srut yc muhnyartna hanc sc sc pramana
svatan pramana vca yc satya hanc
Iahsana harIc svatan pramanya nan nayc
Alilougl ilcic is oilci cvidcncc, ilc cvidcncc givcn in ilc Vcdic vcision musi bc
ialcn as loicmosi. Vcdic vcisions undcisiood diiccily aic liisi-class cvidcncc.
Tlc Vcdic siaicmcnis aic scll-cvidcni. Wlaicvci is siaicd ilcic musi bc acccpicd.
Il wc inicipici accoiding io oui own imaginaiion, ilc auiloiiiy ol ilc Vcdas is
immcdiaicly losi.
C.C.Madlya 6, 135, 137
Tlc woils ol ilc Gosvams sucl as ilc Sandaiblas and Caiianya Caiiiamiia ol
Kisna das Kaviiaja aic includcd among ilc anuvyallyas. Tlcicloic Vcdas,
Puianas, lisioiics, Upanisads, Vcdania Suiias, ilc commcniaiics by ilc Vaisnava
acaiyas aic all considcicd auiloiiiaiivc lnowlcdgc. Tlcsc souiccs ol
auiloiiiaiivc lnowlcdgc aic gloiilicd in ilc llagavaiam.
haIcna nasta praIayc vaniyam vca samjnta
mayaau branmanc prohta yasyam narmo ma
atmahan tcna prohta svaputraya manavc
yabnr bnutan bnyantc bnutanam patayas tatna
cvam prahrt-vactrya byantc matayo nrnam
parasparycna hcsamct pasana-matayoparc
( Si Kisna spcals io Uddlava)
I liisi icciicd ilc Vcdic mcssagc io Loid lialma, iclling lim aboui ilc uliimaic
pail ol puic dcvoiion. Tlai mcssagc is cicinal. Ai ilc iimc ol dcvasiaiion, ii
disappcais and ai ilc iimc ol cicaiion I cxplain ii clcaily io Loid lialma.
lialma spolc ilis lnowlcdgc io lis son Manu and oilcis. Tlcicalici, ilc
dcvaias, isis, and manlind all icccivcd ilis lnowlcdgc. Tlc living cniiiics and
ilcii loids aic all dillcicni, iccciving naiuics accoiding io ilc ilicc modcs,
goodncss, passion and ignoiancc. Accoiding io ilcsc dillcicni naiuics, vaiious
plilosoplics lavc bccn pioduccd by vaiious inicipiciaiion ol ilc mcaning. O
Uddlava, ilosc wlo icccivcd ilc aciual siaicmcnis ol ilc Vcdas iliougl guiu
paiampaia anuvyallya (cxplanaiions) liom lialma lavc ilc ical iiuil. All
oilcis plilosoplics lavc bccomc ilc scivanis ol vaiious ollcnsivc icaclings.
S.l.11.1+.3,7,S2
Hcic ii is clcaily undcisiood ilai ilc lialma sampiadaya las cxisicd liom ilc
iimc ol cicaiion. In ilis lialma sampiadaya, ilc puic mcssagc ol ilc Vcdas las
comc down iliougl ilc guiu paiampaia and las picscivcd ilc ical icaclings ol
blagavai dlaima. Tlus ilcsc icaclings aic callcd amnaya (a + mna (io
icmcmbci)+ ya: ilai wlicl is lcaincd by passing down) Tlosc wlo do noi
acccpi ilc bialma sampiadaya wlicl is slown io bc auiloiiiaiivc by sucl
siaicmcnis as "lialma, ilc loid ol ilc univcisc, is ilc liisi siudcni ol Naiayana,
Loid ol Vailunila"3 aic callcd picaclcis ol iiiclcvani plilosoply (pasanda
maia) by Kisna. Tlougl a pcison acccpis ilc icaclings ol Loid Caiianya, il lc
cannoi acccpi ilis paiampaia linc, is lc noi mosi dcccpiivc' Tlc loiiunaic pcoplc
considci ilis lnowlcdgc landcd down in paiampaia as ilc bcsi ol piools. Tlis is
Loid Caiianya's liisi icacling. +
In ilc Taiiva Sandaibla (9.10), Jva Gosvam says:
atnavam suctanam sri-hrsna-vacya-vacahata-Iahsana-
sambanna-ta-bnajana-Iahsana-vncya- tat-prcma-Iahsana-
prayojanahnyanam artnanam nrnayaya pramanam tava
vnrniyatc tatra purusasya bnrama-osa-catustayatvat
sutaram acntyaIauhha-vastu-sparsayogyatvac ca tat-
pratyahsanyap saosan tatas tan na pramananity
ana-sna-sarva- purusa-paramparasu sarvaIauhhaIauhha-
jnana-nanatva aprahrta-vacana-Iahsano vca cvasmaham
sarvatita- sarvasraya- sarvacntyascarya-svabnavam vastu
vvsatam pramanam
I lavc jusi mcniioncd sambandla, ablidlcya and piayojana. In oidci io cxplain
ilc mcaning ol ilcsc icims, I liisi will dclinc ilc naiuic ol auiloiiiaiivc piool.
Manlind is by naiuic alllicicd wiil ilc loui dclccis (bliama cic.) and ilcicloic
cannoi undcisiand inconccivablc I, non-maiciial maiicis. Diicci scnsc pciccpiion
will always bc lauliy, and ilcicloic scnsc pciccpiion, inlcicncc and oilci noimal
mcans ol lnowlcdgc cannoi bc considcicd as auiloiiiaiivc mcans ol lnowlcdgc.
Tlc only mcans ol lnowlcdgc (piamana) loi pcisons dcsiiing lnowlcdgc ol ilc
uliimaic supicmc objcci, ilc uliimaic slclici, ilc inconccivablc, cndowcd wiil
ilc mosi icmailablc naiuic, is ilc Vcda. Tlc Vcda is pcilcci lnowlcdgc
conccining boil maiciial and spiiiiual iopics, landcd down iliougl a paiampaia
ol icalizcd pcisons.
Having csiablislcd ilc auiloiiiy ol ilc Vcdic lnowlcdgc, Jva Gosvam ilcn slows
low ilc Puianas coniain ilc samc mcssagc as ilc Vcdas, and csiablislcs ilc
Simad llagavaiam as ilc bcsi ol all piamanas. Tlc samc qualiiics wlicl malc
Simad llagavaiam ilc bcsi ol all lnowlcdgc aic picscni in ilc woids ol lialma,
Naiada,Vyasa, Suladcva, and in ilc wiiiings ol Madlvacaiya and lis lollowcis
Vijayadvaja, lialmaiiila and Vyasaiiila.
ly all ilcsc siaicmcnis, ii is cvidcni ilai ilc lialma sampiadaya is ilc sampiadaya
ol Loid Caiianya and lis lollowcis. Ascciiaining ilis, Kavilainapuia las wiiiicn
ilc scqucncc ol ilc paiampaia in lis woil Gauia Ganodcsa Dpila. Tlc Vcdania
Suiia commcniaioi laladcva Vidyablusana also conliims ilis paiampaia linc.
Anyonc wlo docs noi acccpi ilis paiampaia is wiiloui doubi ilc gicaicsi cncmy
ol ilc lollowcis ol Caiianya Malapiablu.
Conccining auiloiiiaiivc lnowlcdgc ol ilc Vcdas, ilc lollowing slould bc
cspccially noicd. Tlc Vcdic siaicmcnis aic pcilcci and scll-cvidcni. Tlcic is no
nccd loi inicipiciing an indiicci mcaning. Tlc mcaning is undcisiood by lcaiing
ilc woids wiil ilcii diicci mcaning. "Tlc son ol Sac is diiccily ilc son ol
Nanda." On lcaiing ilcsc woids a pcison can undcisiand ilai Loid Caiianya is
nonc oilci ilan Kisna. Tlc pliasc "cowlcid on ilc Ganga" lowcvci malcs no
scnsc by ialing ilc diicci mcaning ol ilc woids. ly indiicci inicipiciaiion onc
can undcisiand ilai ilc pliasc mcans " A cowlcid villagc on ilc banl ol ilc
Ganga." In Vcdic siaicmcnis onc slould noi icsoii io inicipiciaiion unlcss
ncccssaiy.
In ilc Clandogya Upanisad ii is said, "I suiicndci io ilc cncigy iliougl Syama. I
suiicndci io Syama iliougl His cncigy." Wlcn a scnsiblc mcaning can bc
dciivcd liom ialing ilc diicci mcaning ol ilc woids, wly slould wc inlci ilai ilc
woids "syama" mcans "ilc impcisonal lialman in ilc lcaii, " as Sanlaiacaiya
docs' Libciaicd pcisons woislip ilc loims ol Radla and Kisna. Tlis is ilc ical
mcaning ol ilc siaicmcni. lccausc ol ilis, in ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia ii is siaicd
ilai by icsoiiing io indiicci mcanings ilc valuc ol ilc Vcdas as auiloiiiy is losi.
Tlcic aic many vaiiciics ol inicipiciaiions. Jagadsa mcniions in Sabda Salii
Pialasila ilai ilcic aic counilcss iypcs ol inicipiciaiion, sucl as jalaisvaiila,
ajalaisvaiila, niiudla and adlunila.
janat svartnajanat svartna nrunanunhahan
Iahsana vvnas tabnr Iahsaham sya anchana
Howcvci, nonc ol ilcsc inicipiciivc mcans can bc uscd io dclinc ilc naiuic ol
somciling spiiiiual. Railci, in doing so, ilcy givc iisc io misinicipiciaiion.
Sanlaiacaiya aigucs ilai diicci mcaning ol woids cannoi bc uscd in iclaiion io
indcsciibablc plcnomcna; ilcicloic, ilc indiicci inicipiciaiion musi bc uscd loi
lind ilc mcaning ol Vcdic siaicmcnis. Madlvacaiya las objccicd io ilis as
lollows:
nanghrtabnna yasya Iahsana tasya no bnavct
nast graman hutan sima na putro janaham vna
In cxamining ilc powci ol woids, ii is sccn ilai wlcic diicci mcaning is noi
acccpicd, inicipiciaiion also las no placc. Wlcic ilcic cxisis no villagc, can onc
aguc aboui iis cxicni oi sizc' Wlcic ilcic is no lailci, can onc spcal ol lis son'
Taiivamuliaval 22
Il ilc diicci mcaning is icjccicd in iclaiion io spiiiiual maiicis, ilcn wlai usc is
inicipiciaiion ol ilc samc woids, wlicl musi dcpcnd uliimaicly upon ilc diicci
mcaning' Tlcicloic ilc iniclligcni man will icjcci inicipiciaiion and acccpi ilc
diicci connoiaiivc powci ol ilc woids ol ilc sciipiuics in iiying io undcisiand ilc
absoluic iiuil.
Tlc lollowing laiila summaiizcs ilc poini:
ya ahavayc tcnc nra branma-sanatanam
sa catanyan haIau sahsa amarjit tam matam subnam
vpraIpsa pramaas ca haranapatavam bnraman
manusanam vcarcsu sya n osa catustayam
ta-anohsaja-tattvcsu urnvaryam bunar ap
apauruscya-vahnyan pramanam tatra hcvaIam
pratyahsam anumanam ca ta aninataya hvact
Loid Caiianya, wlo bcsiowcd ilc Vcdic lnowlcdgc unio ilc lcaii ol lialma, las
appcaicd in Kali Yuga in Navadvpa. . Hc las icvcalcd ilc puic csscncc ol ilc
Vcdas, liccing ilc puic Vcdic plilosoply liom ilc coniaminaiion ol Kali Yuga.
Tlc luman bcing in concluding anyiling musi cciiainly indulgc in ilc loui laulis
ol ciioi, omission, limiiaiion and clcaiing. In iclaiion io spiiiiual maiicis, cvcn
ilc gicaicsi lcaincd mcn cannoi avoid ilcsc loui dclccis. Tlcicloic, in spiiiiual
maiicis, ilc only auiloiiiy is ilc woid ol Vcda, wlicl las no luman auiloi. All
oilci piools, sucl as scnsc pciccpiion, inlcicncc, similc and iiadiiion, wlcn ilcy
aic in agiccmcni wiil ilc Vcdic woid, can bc usclul and iclcvani.
1 Alici slowing ilai ilc spiiiiual lnowlcdgc comcs liom lialma in succcssion,
llaliivinoda slows ilai noi only ilc Vcdas, bui Puianas and
Chapfer 3
Krsna is fhe AbsoIufe Trufh
In ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia, ilcic is ilc lollowing auiloiiiaiivc siaicmcni (amnaya
valya) conccining Kisna:
muhnya gauna vrtt hmva anvaya vyatrchc
vccra pratjna hcvaIa hanayc hrsnahc
Tlc Vcdas somciimcs spcal diiccily ol Kisna, using ilc piimaiy impoii ol woids,
and somciimcs spcal indiiccily ol Kisna, using ilc sccondaiy impoii ol woids.
Somciimcs ilcy spcal ol Kisna wiil alliimaiivc, logical siaicmcnis and somciimcs
by ncgaiivc oi coniiaiy cxpicssion.
C.C.Madlya 10,1+6
svayam bnagavan hrsna, hrsna sarvasraya
parama isvara hrsna sarva sastrc haya
Tlc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad Si Kisna is ilc oiiginal piimcval Loid, ilc souicc ol
all oilci cxpansions. All ilc icvcalcd sciipiuics acccpi Si Kisna as ilc Supicmc
Loid.
C.C.Adi, 106
avaya jnana tattva vastu hrsncra svarupa
branma atma, bnagavan, tn tanra rupa
Loid Kisna Himscll is ilc onc undividcd Absoluic Tiuil, ilc uliimaic icaliiy. Hc
manilcsis Himscll in ilicc lcaiuics-as lialman, Paiamaima and llagavan.
C.C.Adi.2. 65
vca bnagavata upansa agama
purna tattva yanrc, hanc, nan yanra sama
bnaht yogc bnahta paya yanra arasana
surya tcna savgrana chnc cva gana
jnana yoga margc tanrc bnajc yc saba
branma atma rupc tanrc harc anubnava
Tlc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad is Hc wlo is dcsciibcd as ilc Absoluic Wlolc in ilc
Vcdas, llagavaiam, Upanisads and oilci iiansccndcnial liiciaiuics. No onc is
cqual io Him. Tliougl ilcii scivicc, dcvoiccs scc ilai Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad,
jusi as ilc dcnizcns ol lcavcn scc ilc pcisonaliiy ol ilc sun. Tlosc wlo wall ilc
pails ol lnowlcdgc and yoga woislip only Him, loi ii is Him ilcy pciccivc as ilc
impcisonal lialman and localizcd Paiamaima.
C.C.Adi2.2+-26
Tlc Svciasvaiaia Upanisad says:
cho cvo bnagavan varcnyo yon svabnavan antstnaty chan
llagavan is woislipablc by all. Hc is ilc basis ol all cniiiics wlo ialc biiil.
S.U. 5.+
In ilc llagavaiam, blagavan is idcniilicd as Kisna:
ctc camsa haIan pumsan hrsnas tu bnagavan svayam
All ilc abovc mcniioncd incainaiions aic ciilci plcnaiy poiiions oi poiiions ol ilc
plcnaiy poiiions ol ilc Loid, bui Loid Si Kisna is ilc oiiginal Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad.
S.l. 1.3.2S
In ilc llagavai Gia, Kisna says:
mattan parataram nanyat hnc ast nananjaya
O conqucioi ol wcalil, ilcic is no Tiuil supciioi io Mc.
l.G.7.7
vcas ca sarvar anam cva vcyan
ly all ilc Vcdas am I io bc lnown.
l.G.15.15
In ilc Gopala Tapan Upanisad ii is said:
tasmat hrsna cva paro cvas tam nyayct
tam rasct tam bnajct tam yajct
cho vasi sarvagan hrsna iya
chop san banuna yo vbnat
tam pitnastnam yc tu bnajant niras
tcsam suhnam sasvatam nctarcsam
Tlcicloic Kisna is ilc supicmc Loid. Onc slould mcdiiaic on Him, clani His
namc, woislip Him and malc ollciings io Him. All pcivading and coniiolling all,
lc is io bc woislippcd. Tlougl lc is onc, lc appcais in many loims sucl as
Kuima, Maisya, Vasudcva and Sanlaisana. Tlosc wisc pcisons wlo woislip ilis
loim siiuaicd on lis piila aiiain cicinal lappincss. Oilcis, woislipping lialman
oi Paiamaima, cannoi aiiain lappincss.
G.T. Puiva Tapan, 21
Tlcic is a laiila in ilis icgaid:
hrsnamsan paramatma va branma taj jyotr cva ca
paravyomanpas tasyasvarya murtr na samsayan
Kisna is ilc only Loid. Paiamaima is lis paii and lialman is lis ligli. Naiayana
in Vailunila is a loidly manilcsiaiion ol Kisna.
Tlcic is no doubi aboui ilis, sincc ilc Vcdas and oilci sciipiuics clcaily slow
ilis. Taiiiiiya Upanisad says:
satyam jnanam anantam branma
yo vca nntam gunayam paramc vyoman
sosnutc sarvan haman sana branmana vpascta
lialman is cicinal, conscious, and inliniic. Hc is siiuaicd in ilc lcaii as
paiamaima and in Vailunila as Naiayana. Wlocvci lnows ilc vipascii bialman
aiiains auspicious qualiiics similai io ilc Loid's.
Taiiiiiya Upanisad. 2.1
Hcic, ilc cxpicssion vipascii bialman mcans Kisna. Simad llagavaiam also
uscs ilc woild "bialman" io indicaic Kisna, as in ilc lollowing woids:
gunam param branma manusya Ingam yam mtram
paramananam purnam branma sanatanam
Visnu Puiana also uscs ilc woid lialman io mcan Kisna:
yatravatirnam hrsnahnyam param branma narahrtm
Wlcic ilc supicmc bialman callcd Kisna appcaicd in luman-lilc loim Gia says
branmano n pratstnanam, I am ilc basis ol bialman.
ly ilcsc auiloiiiaiivc siaicmcnis and many ilousands moic, paia bialma oi
vipascii bialman is cquaicd wiil Kisna. Tlc mcaning ol vipascii is "wisc"
(indicaiing bialman wiil qualiiy). Ii ianls impoiiani among ilc sixiy-loui
qualiiics ol Kisna.
Tlc qualiiics ol Kisna aic as lollows:
1. soli-limbcd
2. cndowcd wiil all auspicious bodily claiaciciisiics
3. bcauiilul
+. vciy cllulgcni
5. siiong
6. in ilc piimc ol youil
7. ablc io spcal all soiis ol languagcs
S. iiuillul
9. spcals in a plcasing mannci
10. cloqucni
11. lcaincd
12. iniclligcni
13. gcnius
1+. clcvci in iasa
15. cunning
16. slillul
17. giaiclul
1S. dcicimincd in vows
19. acis accoiding io iimc, placc and pcison
20. sccs iliougl ilc cycs ol sciipiuic
21. clcan
22. scnsc coniiollcd
23. sicady
2+. mild
25. loigiving
26. giavc
27. paiicni
2S. cqual io all
29. gcncious
30. iiglicous
31. biavc
32. mcicilul
33. icspccilul
3+. siiaigliloiwaid
35. couiicous
36. basllul
37. pioiccioi ol ilosc suiicndcicd io lim
3S. lappy
39. liicnd ol lis dcvoicc
+0. coniiollcd by picma
+1. malcs cvciyonc lappy
+2. dignilicd
+3. lamous
++. aiiiaciivc io all
+5. iclugc ol ilc dcvoicc
+6. aiiiaciivc io womcn
+7. woislipablc by all
+S. piospcious
+9. ilc bcsi
50. cndowcd wiil opulcnccs
51. always siiuaicd in lis own loim
52. omniscicni
53. cvci youillul
5+. loim ol conccniiaicd ciciniiy, lnowlcdgc and bliss
55. cndowcd wiil all mysiic powcis
56. cndowcd wiil inconccivablc cncigics
57. slclici ol unlimiicd univciscs
5S. ilc oiigin ol all avaiaias
59. givci ol libciaiion io cvcn lis cncmics
60. aiiiaciivc io ilosc cnjoying ilc scll
61. occan ol pasiimcs amazing io all
62. suiioundcd by gopis icsplcndcni wiil uncquallcd lovc in singaia iasa
63. plays ilc lluic wlicl aiiiacis ilc wlolc univcisc
6+. uncquallcd bcauiy wlicl asiounds all cicaiuics
Among ilc sixiy-loui qualiiics, ilc liisi liliy aic picscni in ilc jvas io a small
dcgicc. All ol ilcm aic picscni in Kisna io ilc lullcsi cxicni. Tlc liisi liliy
qualiiics and ilc ncxi livc qualiiics aic paiiially picscni in Loid Siva and oilcis.
Tlc ncxi livc qualiiics along wiil ilc picvious liliy-livc qualiiics aic picscni in
Naiayana, Loid ol Vailunila. Naiayana las ilcsc sixiy qualiiics in lull. Howcvci,
ilcsc sixiy qualiiics appcai in Kisna in a moic wondcilul mannci. In addiiion,
Kisna posscsscs loui cxccpiional qualiiics: ilc swccincss ol lis pasiimcs, ilc
swccincss ol lis lovc, ilc swccincss ol lis loim and ilc swccincss ol lis lluic. No
onc cxccpi Kisna las ilcsc loui qualiiics. Tlcicloic ilc paia bialman oi vipascii
bialman, ilc liglcsi manilcsiaiion ol iiuil, slould bc undcisiood io bc Si Kisna.
Wlcn Kisna's innumciablc qualiiics aic dilluscd lilc ligli iays, ilai is icimcd
bialman. Tlcicloic ilc Vcdas, in dcsciibing ilc supicmc as saiyam jnanam
ananiam aic indicaiing ilc cllulgcni bialman. Tlc loim ol ilc absoluic iiuil in
ilc lcaii oi in ilc univcisc is Paiamaima. Tlc Loid cicaics all ilc univciscs and
ilcn cnicis ilcm by lis cxpansions. Tlc loim ol ilc Loid wlo cnicis ilc
univciscs and ilc lcaiis ol ilc jvas is an cxpansion ol Kisna, callcd Paiamaima.
Tlis loim is also lnown by many oilci namcs, sucl as loid, coniiollci, cicaioi,
loid ol ilc univcisc, mainiainci, and pioiccioi. Hc also pioiccis ilc souls in ilc
maiciial woild by ialing ilc avaiaia loims sucl as Rama and Nisimla. In ilc
spiiiiual sly, paiamc vyoma, onc ol Kisna's cxpansions lnown as Naiayana is
picscni cicinally.
Alici undcisianding bialman, paiamaima and ilc Loid ol Vailunila, a iiuly
lcaincd pcison suiicndcis io ilc supicmc slclici, lully cxpcii in ilc allaiis ol iasa-
vipascii bialman, Kisna-and cnjoys cicinally wiil ilc Loid, lullilling lis dcsiics
in dasya, sallya, vaisalya, and madluia iasa.
Tlc Paiamaima cxpansion ol Kisna is dcsciibcd in ilc llagavad Gia.
atnava banunatcna hm jnatcna bnavarjuna
vstabnyanam am hrtsnam chamscna stnto jagat
Wlai nccd is ilcic Aijuna, loi all ilis dciailcd lnowlcdgc' Wiil a singlc liagmcni
ol Myscll, I pcivadc and suppoii ilis cniiic univcisc.
l.G.10.+2
Tlc bialmajyoii as ilc bodily cllulgcncc ol Kisna is dcsciibcd in ilc lialma
Samliia.
yasya prabna prabnavato jagaana hot
hotsv ascsa vasuna vbnut bnnnam
ta branma nshaIam anantam ascsabnutam
govnam apurusam tam anam bnajam
I woislip Govinda, ilc piimcval Loid, wlo is cndowcd wiil gicai powci. Tlc
glowing cllulgcncc ol His iiansccndcnial loim is ilc impcisonal lialman, wlicl
is absoluic, complcic and unlimiicd and wlicl displays ilc vaiiciics ol counilcss
plancis, wiil ilcii dillcicni opulcnccs, in millions and millions ol univciscs.
lS.5.+0
Tlcic is a laiila (io dclinc ilc loim ol ilc Loid):
cna-cn-bna nast narma-narm-bna tatna
sri hrsna svarupc purno vaya-jnanatmahc hIa
Unlilc ilc jva, in Kisna ilcic is no dillcicncc bciwccn limscll and lis body,
bciwccn limscll and lis qualiiics. In lis spiiiiual loim, lis body is lis scll and lis
qualiiics aic limscll. Tlougl Kisna is siiuaicd as onc loim ol mcdium sizc, lc is
also siiuaicd cvciywlcic.
liladaianyala Upanisad says:
purnam aan purnam am purnat purnam uacyatc
purnasya purnam aaya purnam cvavassyatc
Tlc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad is pcilcci and complcic, and bccausc Hc is complcicly
pcilcci, all cmanaiions liom Him, sucl as ilis plcnomcnal woild, aic pcilccily
cquippcd as complcic wlolcs. Wlaicvci is pioduccd ol ilc complcic wlolc is also
complcic in iiscll. lccausc Hc is ilc complcic wlolc, cvcn ilougl so many
complcic uniis cmanaic liom Him, Hc icmains ilc complcic balancc.
Pr Ar 5
Naiada Pancaiaiia says:
nrosa purna guna granatma tantrc
nscctanatmaha-sarira-gunas ca ninan
anana-matra-hara-paa-muhnoaran
sarvatra ca svagata-bnca-vvarjtatma
Tlc Supicmc Loid is cndowcd wiil all qualiiics in pcilcci, wiiloui biiil,
mainicnancc and dcsiiuciion common io maiciial bodics. His body is conscious,
dcvoid ol maiciial qualiiics, composcd ol bliss. His loim is dcvoid ol disiinciions
bciwccn ol body and posscssoi ol ilc body, qualiiy and posscssoi ol ilc qualiiy,
dcvoid ol inicinal dillcicncc.
Ii las bccn slown abovc ilai Kisna, blagavan, lull ol ciciniiy lnowlcdgc and bliss
is ilc slclici ol paiamaima and bialman, and is ilc Supicmc Loid. Now ii is
ncccssaiy io slow low ilc Vcdas indicaic Kisna by sccondaiy and piimaiy
iclcicncc (gauna and mullya), and by ncgaiivc and posiiivc siaicmcni (vyaiiicla
and anvaya).
Kisna is dcsciibcd by diicci ablidla usc ol woids in ilc Clandogya Upanisad:
syamac cnavaIam prapayc
savaIac cnyamam praayc
In suiicndciing io syama, Kisna I ialc slclici ol ilc csscncc ol ilc plcasuic
poicncy. In ialing slclici ol ilc plcasuic poicncy, I suiicndci io Kisna.
Clandogya Upanisad S.13.1
Savala mcans ilc vaiicgaicd svaiupa salii ol Kisna. Tlc ablidla viiii oi piimaiy
mcaning ol ilc woid Syama is Kisna.
In ilc Rg-vcda Samliia and ianyopanisad 5il maniia ii is said:
ta vsnon paramam paam saa pasyant surayan
viva cahsur atatam vsnor yat paramam paam
Tlc wisc coniinuously scc ilc liglcsi loim ol Visnu. Tlis supicmc loim,
pciccivcd wiil spiiiiual cycs, is Kisna.
Rg Vcda 1.22.23
Again in ilc Rg Vcda ii is said:
apasyam gopam anpayamana ma ca para ca patnbns carantam
sa sanricin sa vsucir vasana avarirvat bnuvancsv antan
I saw a cowlcid. Hc ncvci lalls liom lis posiiion; somciimcs lc is ncai, and somc
iimcs lai, wandciing on vaiious pails. Hc is a liicnd, dccoiaicd wiil a vaiiciy ol
cloilcs. Hc comcs again and again io ilc maiciial woild.
Rg Vcda 1.22.16+ sulia 31
In ilis Vcdic siaicmcni Kisna's cicinal pasiimcs aic diiccily dcsciibcd.
Ii is also said:
ta vam vastuny usmas gamanya yatra gavo bnur srnga ayasan
atrana ta urugayasya vsnon parama-paam avabnat bnur
I dcsiic io go io ilc louscs ol Radla and Kisna, wlcic ilc cows lavc big loins
and lullill ilc dcsiics ol ilc dcvoiccs. Tlis supicmc abodc ol Kisna icvcals iiscll
complcicly.
Rg Vcda 1.5+ sulia 6
In ilis Vcdic maniia, Kisna in Golula is dcsciibcd vciy niccly. Tlcic aic many
moic diicci dcsciipiions ol Kisna in ilc Vcdas.
Tlc Svciasvaiaia Upanisad dcsciibcs ilc Loid by liguics ol spcccl (lalsana viiii).
yasmat param naparam ast hnc
yasman naniyo na jyayost hasct
vrhsa va stabno v tstnaty chas
tcncam purnam puruscna sarvam
Tlcic is no onc gicaici ilan Him. Tlcic is no onc smallci oi lagci ilan Him. ly
ilis pcison cvciyiling bccomcs complcic. Hc is siiuaicd liimly lilc a iicc,
suiioundcd by cllulgcncc.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 3.9
Kaila Upanisad says:
agnr yatnaho bnuvanam pravsto
rupam rupam pratrupo babnuva
chas tatna sarva-bnutantaratma
rupam rupam prat rupo bans ca
Jusi as ilc clcmcni liic cnicis ilc woild and ialcs ilc loim ol many similai liics,
ilc Supicmc Loid, ilc soul ol all souls, cnicis ilc maiciial woild, as many jvas.
Kaila Upanisad 2.2.9
Tlai wlicl is lilc ilc oiiginal bui dcpcndcni is callcd counici- imagc oi
piaiibimba. Tlougl ilc jva is an cxpansion ol paiamaima and ilus similai, ii
can ncvci bccomc ilc oiiginal, bcing siiuaicd ai a disiancc liom ilc oiiginal. As
ilc sun las paiiiclcs siiuaicd in iis cxicinal iays, so paiamaima las ilc jvas as lis
cxpansions.
savasya Upanisad says:
nranmaycna patrcna satyasyapntam muhnam
tattvam pusan apavrnu satya narmaya rstayc
O my Loid, susiainci ol all ilai livcs, Youi ical lacc (loim) is covcicd by Youi
dazzling cllulgcncc. Kindly icmovc ilai covciing and cxlibii Youiscll io youi
puic dcvoicc.
sopanisad 15
Onc cannoi scc ilc Loid wiiloui puic blalii. Puic blalii docs noi aiisc wiiloui
ilc mcicy ol ilc Loid. In ilis vcisc ilc dcvoicc plcads loi ilc Loid's mcicy.
liladaianyala Upanisad says:
ayam atma sarvcsam bnutanam manu ayam atma sarvcsam
bnutanam anpatn sarvcsam bnutanam raja
Tlis soul is ilc loncy loi all living cniiiics. Hc is ilc Loid ol all living cniiiics,
ilc ling ol all living cniiiics.
liladaianyala Upanisad 2.5.1+-15
Hcic ilc sciipiuics aic liniing ai Kisna by dcsciibing lis qualiiy. Kisna is
dcsciibcd as ilc swccincss ol all living bcings, ilc loid and ling. aima lcic iclcis
io Kisna. Tlis is ilc usagc in ilc llagavaiam as wcll.
hrsnam cnam avcn tvam atmanam jaga atmanam
O King, undcisiand ilai Kisna is ilc soul ol all souls ol ilc univcisc.
S.l.10.1+.52
Clandogya Upanisad malcs siaicmcnis ol agiccmcni (anvaya) wiil ilc abovc
conclusions:
am asmn branma-purc anaram punariham vcsma
Tlcic is a small, loius-lilc dwclling placc in lialma puia.
Tlis siaicmcni diiccily cxplains ilai ilcic is a spiiiiual icalm slapcd lilc a loius
in bialmapuia. Tlis placc is also dcsciibcd in ilc lialma Samliia:
sanasra-patram hamaIam gohuIahnyam manat-paam
tat harnharam ta-nama ta-anantamsa sambnavam
Tlc supcicxccllani siaiion ol Kisna, wlicl is lnown as Golula, las ilousands ol
pcials and a coiolla lilc ilai ol a loius spiouicd liom a paii ol His inliniiaiy
aspcci.
l.S. 2
csa atma panata-papa vjaro vmrtyu vsoho
vjagnatsoppasan satya-haman satya-sanhaIpan
Tlai soul is wiiloui sin, wiiloui old agc, wiiloui dcail, wiiloui lamcniaiion,
wiiloui lungci, wiiloui iliisi, lully iiuillul and wlosc wisl is always lullillcd.
Clandogya Upanisad S.1.5.
sa ya sahnIoha hamo bnavat sanhaIpa cvasya sahnayan
samuttstant tcna sahnIohcna sampanno maniyatc
Il lc dcsiics liicndslip, by lis wisl, liicnds appcai and wiil ilcm lc can obiain
saiislaciion. Clandogya Upanisad S.2.9.
syamac cnavaIam prapayc savaIac cnyamam prapayc
I suiicndci io ilc cncigy ol Slyama iliougl syama and I suiicndci io syama
iliougl lis cncigy.
Clandogya Upanisad S.13.1
Tlai supicmc placc, Golula, is ilc slclici ol immoiialiiy. Tlc jvas icsiding ilcic
aic licc ol sin, wiiloui old agc, wiiloui dcail, wiiloui lamcniaiion, wiiloui
lungci oi iliisi. Tlcii dcsiics aic puic. All ilcii dcsiics aic lullillcd. Tlc puic
soul is cndowcd wiil ilcsc cigli qualiiics. Tlcic ilcy cnjoy ilc iasas sucl as
liaiciniiy, liom wlicl ilcy dciivc saiislaciion and bliss. Tlcy cicinally woislip
syama, wlo is uniicd wiil lis plcasuic poicncy.
In ilc abovc vciscs ilc Vcdas slow by posiiivc siaicmcnis ilc cicinal abodc and
pasiimcs ol Kisna.
Tlc Vcdas indicaic Kisna by ncgaiivc oi coniiaiy siaicmcnis (vyaiiicla) in many
placcs. Kaila Upanisad says:
na tatra suryo bnat na canra-taraham
ncma vyuto bnant hutoyam agnn
tam cva bnantam anubnat sarvas
tasya bnasa sarvam am vbnat
Nciilci sun, moon, siais, liglining, wlai io spcal ol liic, can icvcal ilc Supicmc.
Railci all ilc luminaiy objccis, in accoidancc wiil ilc Loid, icccivc ilcii own
cxisicncc. Lvciyiling icsis on ilc cxisicncc ol ilc Loid.
Kaila Upanisad. 2.2.15
vcanam ctam purusam manantam
atya varnam tamasan parastat
tam cva vtvatmrtyum ct
nanya-pantna vyatcyanaya
sarvatan pan paam tat sarvatohs sro muhnam
sarvatan srutma*Iohc sarvam avrty attstnat
I lnow ilai gicai pcison as iiansccndcnial io ilc maiciial woild, scll illuminaiing
lilc ilc sun. Tlc jva, lnowing Him, suipasscs dcail. Tlcic is no oilci pail loi
ciossing dcail. His lands and lcci aic spicad cvciywlcic. His cycs, lcad, mouil
and cais aic cvciywlcic. Hc cxisis spicading limscll in all ilings.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 3.S.16
na sanrsc tstnat rupam asya
na cahsusa pasyat hascananam
nra nr stnam manasa ya cnam
cvam vur amrtas tc bnavant
His loim is bcyond maiciial scnsc pciccpiion. No onc can scc Him wiil maiciial
cycs. Tlosc wlo, by mcdiiaiion, lnow lim wlo is siiuaicd in ilc lcaii, aiiain
libciaiion.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad +.20
In ilis mannci, ilc Vcdas givc abundani dcsciipiions ol Kisna by liguiaiivc
(gauna) and coniiaiy (vyaiiicla) siaicmcnis. Tlc liicial (mullya) and
suppoiiing (anvaya siaicmcnis can bc iccognizcd as sucl only by ilc powci ol
Kisna's spiiiiual cncigy, oi cii salii. In ilc piaycis ol ilc pcisonilicd Vcdas in ilc
llagavaiam, ii is said:
jaya jaya jany ajam ajta osa-grbnita-gunam
tvam as ya atmana samavaruna- samasta-bnagan
agajaga-ohasam ahnIa-sahty avabonaha tc
hvact ajayatmana ca caratonucarcn ngaman
O Kisna, you dcsiioy ilc cncigy ol maya callcd aja, wlicl givcs iisc io ilc ilicc
modcs ol naiuic, lull ol lauli. Tliougl youi own cncigy you aic ilc Loid ol all
powcis. You awalcn all ilc cncigy ol ilc moving and non-moving cniiiics. Tlc
Vcdas dcsciibc you in iwo ways. Wlcn you opciaic wiil maya salii you aic
dcsciibcd in onc way, and wlcn you usc youi inicinal cncigy oi aima salii in
pciloiming Viaja lla, you aic dcsciibcd in anoilci way.
Sl 10.S7.1+
Tlis laiila summaiizcs ilc poini:

branma-rura-mancnra amanc rasa- manaIc
guru-putra-praanaav asvaryam yat prahastam
nanya-prahasa-banuIyc ta-rstam sastra- varnanc
atan hrsna-paratamyam svatan snam satam matc
Onc cannoi scc anywlcic in ilc sciipiuics acis as gloiious as Kisna's pasiimcs,
sucl as lis conqucsi ol lialma, Siva and India, ilc iasa dancc, oi ilc biinging
iogcilci ol lis guiu wiil lis losi sons. Tlcicloic ilc dcvoiccs say ilai Kisna's
supicmacy is scll-cvidcni.
Oi as Svciasvaiaia Upanisad says:
tam isvaranam paramam mancsvaram
tam avatanam paramam ca avatam
patm patinam paramam parasta
vama cvam bnuvancsam iyam
You aic ilc Loid ol all oilci coniiollcis sucl as lialma and Siva. You aic ilc
Loid ol all ilc dcvaias sucl as India. You aic ilc Loid ol all ilc piajapaiis. You
aic supciioi io ilc supicmc. Wc lnow you as ilc woislipablc Loid, masici ol all
ilc woilds, and absoibcd
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 6.7
Chapfer +
Krsna is endowed wifh aII energies
Tlc iopic ol cncigy and ilc posscssoi ol cncigics las bccn undci discussion loi a
long iimc. Somc pcoplc say ilai wlaicvci is sccn in ilc univcisc is bui a
manilcsiaiion ol cncigy. Tlcy doubi wlcilci ilcic is anyiling oilci ilan cncigy.
Lncigy is ilc icvcalci ol ilings. Tlc ilings ilcmsclvcs cannoi bc icalizcd bui aic
pciccivcd only iliougl ilcii cncigy. Among ilc cxamplcs ilcy givc, ilc lollowing
is onc.
Laiil las vaiious qualiiics. Wlai wc call caiil is bui a collcciion ol ilosc
qualiiics. Onc cannoi say wlcilci caiil cxisis oi noi, alici ialing away ilc
qualiiics. Qualiiics aic cncigy. Tlcicloic cncigy is ilc only piinciplc ol cxisicncc.
Oilcis counici ilis aigumcni by saying ilai cncigy las no scpaiaic cxisicncc; ii is
an inscpaiablc naiuic ol ilc objcci. Wlai ilc objcci icvcals is callcd cncigy.
Tlc gicai dcvoiccs lavc concludcd ilai cncigy (qualiiy) is onc cniiiy and ilc
posscssoi ol cncigy (objcci) is anoilci cniiiy. Tlougl ilcy aic dillcicni ilcy aic
yci inscpaiablc. lccausc man's mind is limiicd, lc cannoi undcisiand ilc dccp
iclaiion bciwccn ilc cncigy and cncigciic. Tlc objcci and iis cncigy, ilougl
disiinci, aic yci noi dillcicni. Dillcicncc and non-dillcicncc cocxisi. Tlis
inconccivablc dillcicni and non-dillcicni naiuic bciwccn an objcci and iis cncigy
is dcsciibcd in Caiianya Caiiiamiia.
rana purna saht, hrsna purna sahtman
u vastu bnca nan, sastra paramana
mrga maa tara ganna yacnc avccnca
agn, jvaIatc, yacnc habnu nan bnca
rana hrsna acnc saa cha svarupa
IiIarasa asvatc narc u rupa
Si Radla is ilc lull powci, and Loid Kisna is ilc posscssoi ol lull powci. Tlc iwo
aic noi dillcicni, as cvidcnccd by ilc icvcalcd sciipiuics. Tlcy aic indccd ilc
samc, jusi as musl and iis sccni aic inscpaiablc, oi as liic and iis lcai aic
nondillcicni. Tlus Radla and Loid Kisna aic onc, yci ilcy lavc ialcn iwo loims
io cnjoy ilc mcllows ol pasiimcs.
C.C.Adi,. +.96-9S
Tlis conclusion can bc lound in ilc Vcda and Vcdania. In ilc sciipiuics ilc
lollowing siaicmcni is sccn:
saht sahtmator abncan
Tlc cncigy and ilc cncigciic aic nondillcicni.
Aciually ilcic is no objcci cxccpi Kisna. Ioi ilai icason Kisna is callcd advaya oi
wiiloui a sccond. Tlosc wlo aic dcdicaicd io bialman oi paiamaima, lowcvci,
cannoi casily idcniily Kisna as ilc supicmc objcci. Alilougl ilc objcci is onc
only, ilai onc objcci appcais in ilicc dillcicni ways accoiding io qualilicaiion ol
ilc obscivci ol ilc objcci.
Tlicc pcoplc may vicw a mouniain liom ilicc dillcicni anglcs. On ilc noiil sidc
is misi. Tlc pcison vicwing liom ilc noiil sidc disccins ilc mouniain as a lugc
pcal suiioundcd by misi. liigli sunligli is lalling on ilc souilcin sidc. Tlc
pcison wlo vicws liom ilc souil sidc sccs ilc mouniain as an cllulgcni iocl wall.
Tlc pcison wlo vicws ilc mouniain liom ilc sidc wiiloui any cxicinal inllucnccs
sccs ilc complcic mouniain clcaily; lc sccs ilc aciual mouniain. In pcicciving ilc
absoluic iiuil as wcll, lcaincd mcn scc ilc iiuil dillcicnily accoiding io ilcii
dillcicni poinis ol vicw.
Tlosc wlo culiivaic lnowlcdgc and iiy io scc ilc absoluic concludc ilai ilc
absoluic iiuil, wlicl is ilc opposiic ol maiciial cxisicncc, is dcvoid ol loim,
clangc, cncigy and aciion. Tlis ilcy call bialman. Howcvci, ilcy lavc noi
disccincd ilc ical naiuic ol ilc uliimaic iiuil. Tlosc wlo, using ilcii
iniclligcncc, scaicl loi ilc linal objcci, pciccivc ilc liicnd ol ilc soul, paiamaima,
cndowcd wiil a loim and similai in naiuic io ilc individual soul. Tlosc wlo scc
ilc absoluic iiuil by mcans ol blalii yoga, wlosc vision is wiiloui obsiaclcs,
undcisiand ilc loid as lc is, as blagavan, lull ol all cncigics, all swccincss and all
opulcnccs.
nayam atma pravacancna Iabnyo
na mcnaya na banuna srutcna
yam cvasa vrnutc tcna Iabnyas
tasyasa atma vvrnutc tanum svam
Onc cannoi undcisiand ilc supicmc soul by siudying ilc Vcdas oi by lcaiing
many sciipiuics oi by oncs mcnial cncigy. Tlc Loid icvcals limscll io ilc pcison
wlo acccpis ilc Loid as lis masici. Tlai pcison alonc aiiains ilc Loid.
Kaila Upanisad 1.2.23
In ilc llagavaiam ii is wiiiicn:
atnap tc cva-paambuja-vaya-
prasaa Icsanugrnita cva n
janat tattvam bnagavan manmna
na canya chop cram vcnvan
O Loid, only ilosc wlo aiiain a paiiiclc ol mcicy loi youi loius lcci can
undcisiand youi gloiy. Tlosc wlo scaicl loi you by siudying ilc sciipiuics using
logic cannoi undcisiand you ai all.
S.l. 10.1+.29
Rcalizaiions ol bialman and paiamaima aic covcicd by maya. lialman
icalizaiion las a covciing ol maya by ncgaiion, and paiamaima icalizaiion las a
covciing ol maiciial cncigy diiccily. Wlcn a pcison is ablc io scc ilc Loid wiil
uncovcicd, spiiiiual cycs, lc sccs ilc spiiiiual loim ol ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad. Tlis loim is ilc liglcsi iiuil, and lis cncigics aic lis manilcsiaiions. Il
a pcison icalizcs ilc Loid dcvoid ol cncigics, lc las icalizaiion ol bialman.
Somc, accoiding io ilcii inclinaiion, ilinl ilai ilis is ilc linal icalizaiion.
Aciually, icalizaiion ol blagavan wiiloui cncigics, wiiloui qualiiics, is bialman;
bialman wiil qualiiics and cncigics is blagavan. Tlus blagavan is ilc ical iiuil,
bialman is only lis impcisonal cllulgcncc, and paiamaima is ilc Loid's cxpansion
wlo cnicis inio ilc maiciial univcisc. Tlougl lc appcais io bc bialman iliougl
ilc impcisonal qucsi, ilc Loid is cicinally cxisiing in an inconccivablc loim wiil
qualiiics, scpaiaic liom boil maiici and ilc living ciiiics.
Tlcicloic llagavaiam says;
vaant tat tattva-vas tattvam yaj jnanam avayam
branmct paramatmct bnagavan t sabyatc
Lcaincd iiansccndcnialisis wlo lnow ilc Absoluic Tiuil call ilis nondual
subsiancc lialman, Paiamaima oi llagavan.
S.l. 1.2.11
Rcalizaiion ol ilc Loid wiiloui cncigics is bialman. Rcalizaiion ol ilc Loid as a
subilc bcing pcivading ilc maiciial univcisc is paiamaima. Rcalizaiion ol ilc
Loid in lull wiil all qualiiics is blagavan. Rcalizaiion ol blagavan pcivadcd by
majcsiy is callcd Naiayana, ilc loid ol Lalsmi. Rcalizaiion ol ilc Loid pcivadcd
by swccincss is callcd Kisna, ilc loid ol Radla. Kaviiaj Gosvam says "Radla is
ilc complcic cncigy, Kisna is ilc complcic posscssoi ol cncigy." Tlis is ilc
coiicci undcisianding.
Puiiing asidc ilc icalizaiion ol bialman and paiamaima as sccondaiy, and
covciing ilc majcsiy ol Naiayana wiil swccincss, Kisna, cndowcd wiil all
cncigics, icmains ilc liglcsi iiuil.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad says ilus:
na tasya haryam haranam ca vyatc
na tat samas cabnyanhas ca rsyatc
parasya sahtr vvnava sruyatc
svabnavhi jnana-baIa-hrya ca
Kisna las no woil io pciloim wiil maiciial scnscs, bccausc lc las no maiciial
body oi scnscs. His body is a complcicly spiiiiual loim, and ilus is noi limiicd in
good qualiiics lilc a maiciial body. Kisna, cndowcd wiil unlimiicd wondcilul
qualiiics pciloims cicinal pasiimcs in spiiiiual Vindavana. lui ilougl lc is so,
lc is siill ilc supicmc cniiiy. No oilci loim is cqual io oi supciioi io lis loim,
bccausc lis loim is ilc abodc ol all inconccivablc cncigics. Ii is callcd
inconccivablc bccausc by limiicd luman iniclligcncc ilc coniiadiciions cannoi bc
icsolvcd. Tlis inconccivablc cncigy is callcd ilc supciioi cncigy, paia salii.
Tlougl onc, ilis iniiinsic cncigy ialcs ilicc loims: jnana (samvii), bala
(sandlin) and liiya (lladin).
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 6.S
Tlus in ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia ii is said:
hrsncra svarupa ara saht traya jnana
yanra naya, tanra nan hrsnctc ajnana
cc-cnaht svarupa-saht antaranga-nama
tanara vabnava ananta vahuntna nama
maya saht banranga jagat-harana
yanara vabnava ananta branmancra gana
jiva saht tatastnahya nan yara anta
muhnya tna saht tara vbnca ananta
c ta svarupa gana ara tna saht
sabara asraya hrsna, hrsnc sabara stnt
Onc wlo lnows ilc ical lcaiuic ol Si Kisna and His ilicc dillcicni cncigics
cannoi icmain ignoiani aboui Him. Tlc cii salii, wlicl is also callcd svaiupa
salii oi aniaianga salii, displays many vaiicd manilcsiaiions. Ii susiains ilc
lingdom ol God and iis paiaplcinalia. Tlc cxicinal cncigy, callcd maya salii, is
ilc causc ol innumciablc univciscs wiil vaiicd maiciial poicncics. Tlc maiginal
poicncy, wlicl is bciwccn ilcsc iwo, consisis ol ilc numbcilcss living bcings.
Tlcsc aic ilc ilicc piincipal cncigics, wlicl lavc unlimiicd caicgoiics and
subdivisions.
C.C.Adi. 2.96, 101-10+
hrsncra svabnavha tna saht parnat
cc cnaht, jiva saht ara maya saht
Loid Kisna naiuially las ilicc cncgciic iiansloimaiions, and ilcsc aic lnown as
ilc spiiiiual poicncy, ilc living cniiiy poicncy and ilc illusoiy poicncy.
C.C.Madlya 20, 111
Tlcic is a laiila io claboiaic on ilis:
sahtn svabnavhi hrsnc tran ccty upapayatc
sannni tu baIam samvj jnanam nIaahari hrya
saht-sahtmato bnco nastit sara samgranan
tatnap bnca-vactryam acntya-saht- haryatan
sannnya sarvam cvatat nama-rupa-gunaham
cn-maya-bncato bnco vsva-vahuntnayon hIa
samva v-vnam jnanam cn-maya bncatan hramat
cn-maya-bncatan snam nIanya v- vnam suhnam
nIani sri svarupa ya sava pryanhari
manabnava-svarupa sa nIani varsabnanavi
In ilc sciipiuics, Kisna's ilicc iniiinsic cncigics aic dcsciibcd as bala (sandlin),
jnana (samvii) and liiya (lladin). Tlc cncigics and ilc souicc ol ilc cncigics aic
non-dillcicni. Tlis is ilc conclusion ol ilc sciipiuics. Howcvci, iliougl ilc
opciaiion ol ilc inconccivablc cncigy ol ilc Loid, vaiiciy bccomcs manilcsi. Tlc
lunciion ol ilc sandlin (cxisicncc) salii is manilcsiaiion ol namc, loim and
qualiiics ol ilings. Tlis biings aboui ilc maiciial cxisicncc iliougl sandlin's
maiciial lunciion and ilc spiiiiual cxisicncc iliougl iis spiiiiual lunciion. Jnana
also las iwo vaiiciics, spiiiiual and maiciial samvii. Similaily ilcic aic spiiiiual
and maiciial lladin cncigics wlicl givc iisc io spiiiiual and maiciial plcasuic.
Tlc lladin salii is ilc dcai scivani ol Kisna. Slc bccomcs Radla, ilc dauglici
ol Visablanu in manilcsiing malablava, ilc liglcsi ccsiasy ol spiiiiual lovc.
Kisna las only onc iniiinsic cncigy callcd ilc supciioi cncigy (paia salii). Tlis
cncigy cicaics vaiiciy in ilc spiiiiual woild and incicascs ilc vaiiciics ol bliss.
Tlougl ilc inllucncc ol ilis cncigy is inliniic, liom ilc poini ol vicw ol ilc jva, ii
appcais io lavc ilicc lunciions: as ilc cii salii, ilc jva salii and ilc maya salii.
Tlc inllucncc ol ilc ilicc cncigics aic dcsciibcd in many placcs in ilc Vcdas.
Svciasvaiaia dcsciibcs ilc cii salii manilcsiaiion ilus:
rco ahsarc paramc vyoman yasmn cva anvsvc nscun
yas tan na vca hm rca harsyat ya tta vus ta mc samasatc
Tlc vciscs ol ilc g Vcda dcsciibc ilc indcsiiuciiblc spiiiiual sly, wlcic all ilc
dcvas icsidc. Ol wlai usc aic ilc Vcdas io a pcison wlo docs noi lnow ilis laci'
Tlosc wlo undcisiand ilis lavc bccn succcsslul.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad +.S
Tlcic is a laiila:
vsnu-sahtn para prohta puranc vasnavc tu ya
sa cavatratma sahttvc varnta tattva-nrnayc
Tlc paia salii dcsciibcd in ilc Visnu Puiana is callcd ilc svaiupa salii in
plilosoplical discussions.
Tlis is lilcwisc cxplaincd in ilc Svciasvaiaia Upanisad.
tc nyana-yoganugata apasyan cvatma-sahtm sva-gunar nguam
yan haranan nhnIan tan haIatma-yuhtany an tstnaty chan
Tlc onc posscssoi ol cncigy appcais as ilc coniiollci ol all causcs, along wiil ilc
jva and iimc. Tlc pcisons absoibcd in yoga mcdiiaiion lavc sccn ilis pcisonal
cncigy ol ilc Loid (aima salii) wlicl is suiioundcd by iis cxpansions
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 1.3
Tlcic is a laiila conccining ilc maya salii:
avyaharma samjna va vasnavc ny anuvarnyatc
mayahnyaya ca sa prohta ny amnayartna- vnrnayc
In ilc Visnu Puiana wlai is callcd ilc cncigy ol avidya laima is callcd maya salii
in ilc Vcdic icxis.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad +.S says:
cnanams yajnan hratavo vratan
bnutam bnavyam yac ca vca vaant
asman mayi srjyatc vsvam ctat
tasmms canyo mayaya sannrunan
Wlaicvci is gloiilicd in ilc Vcdas, sucl as yajnas, claniing Vcdas, asvamcdla
liaiu, vows sucl as candiayana, is cicaicd by ilc Supicmc Pcison, coniiollci ol
maya. Tlc jva is bound by ilis samc maya.
Conccining ilc iaiasila salii, ilcic is a laiila:
hsctra-jnahnya ca ya sahtn sa tatastna nrupta
jiva-sahtr t prohta yaya jivas canchana
Tlc cncigy callcd lsciia jna mcniioncd in ilc Visnu Puiana is ilc iaiasila salii oi
jva salii. Tliougl ilis salii unlimiicd jvas appcai.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad (+.5.) says:
ajam cham Ionta-suhIa-hrsnam
vanvin prajan srjamanam sarupan
ajo ny cho jusamano nusctc
janaty cnam bnuhta-bnogam ajonyan
Tlc unboin pcison, jva is sciving ilc unboin maiciial naiuic, wlicl gcnciaics
numcious maiciial bodics loi ilc living cniiiics and is composcd ol goodncss,
passion and ignoiancc. Tlc oilci unboin pcison, paiamaima, is dciaclcd liom
ilc cnjoymcni ol maiciial naiuic.
prahrtm svam avastabnya vsrjam punan punan
bnuta-gramam mam hrtsnam avasam prahrtcr vasat
Tlc wlolc cosmic oidci is undci Mc. ly My will ii is manilcsicd again and again,
and by My will ii is annililaicd ai ilc cnd.
l.G.9.S
mayanyahscna prahrtn suyatc sacaracaram
nctunancna hauntcya jaga vparvartatc
Tlis maiciial naiuic is woiling undci My diicciion, O son ol Kunii, and ii is
pioducing all moving and unmoving bcings. ly iis iulc ilis manilcsiaiion is
cicaicd and annililaicd again and again.
l.G.9.10
bnumr aponaIo vayun hnam mano bunr cva ca
ananhara tiyam mc bnnna prahrtr astana
aparcyam tas tv anyam prahrtm vn mc param
jiva-bnutam manabano yaycam naryatc jagat

Laiil, waici, liic, aii, cilci, mind, iniclligcncc and lalsc cgo-aliogcilci ilcsc cigli
compiisc My scpaiaicd maiciial cncigics. lcsidcs ilis inlciioi naiuic, O migliy-
aimcd Aijuna, ilcic is a supciioi cncigy ol Minc, wlicl aic all living cniiiics wlo
aic siiuggling wiil maiciial naiuic and aic susiaining ilc univcisc.
l.G.7.+-5
Tliougl ilcsc ilicc cncigics, ilc spiiiiual woild, maiciial woild and ilc jvas
malc ilcii appcaiancc. In ilcsc ilicc cncigics, ilc inllucncc ol sandlin, samvii
and lladin aic picscni.
In ilc icalm ol cii salii, ilc sandlin givcs iisc io ilc qualiiics, ilc objccis, and all
oilci ilings wlicl assisi in ilc Loid's pasiimcs. Kisna's loim, namc, qualiiics
and pasiimcs aic all duc io ilc sandlin poicncy. ly ilc inllucncc ol ilc samvii
salii on ilc cii salii all ilc spiiiiual moods aiisc. ly ilc lladin inllucncc on ilc
cii salii, picma cxpands.
ly ilc inllucncc ol ilc sandlin on ilc jva salii, ilc jva's spiiiiual cxisicncc,
namc and placc appcai. Tliougl ilc inllucncc ol samvii on ilc jva salii ilc
lnowlcdgc ol God aiiscs. Tliougl ilc lladin inllucncc ilc jva cxpciicnccs
spiiiiual bliss. Tlc jva's cxpciicncc ol bliss ol samadli by piaciicing asianga yoga
and mciging inio bialman aic also ilc cllccis ol ilc samvii on ilc jva.
ly ilc inllucncc ol sandlin on maya salii, ilc maiciial univcisc composcd ol
louiiccn maiciial planciaiy sysicms, ilc gioss and subilc bodics ol ilc jvas and
maiciial scnscs, and ilc goals ol ilc jvas sucl as svaga, aic manilcsicd. Tlc
maiciial namc, loim qualiiics and aciions ol ilc condiiioncd jva all aiisc liom
ilis. ly ilc inllucncc ol ilc samvii on ilc maya salii, ilc woiiics, lopcs,
spcculaiions and ilouglis ol ilc condiiioncd jva aiisc. ly ilc inllucncc ol lladin
on ilc maya salii, gioss maiciial bliss and ilc subilc maiciial lappincss ol svaiga
aiisc.
Onc slould undcisiand ilai ilc sandlin, samvii and lladin manilcsi ilcii puic,
lull loim in ilc cii salii. In ilc jva salii, ilcsc appcai in vciy minuic quaniiiy.
In ilc maya salii ilcsc appcai in a pcivciicd oi sladow loim. Ioi ilc jva, ilc
loims manilcsicd in maya aic dciiimcnial. In ilc jva limscll, ilcsc ilicc
inllucnccs aic noi dciiimcnial bui diluic. Wiiloui joining io ilc lladin
manilcsicd in ilc cii salii, ilc jva cannoi cxpciicncc lull spiiiiual bliss. Sucl
joining cannoi bc accomplislcd, cxccpi iliougl ilc mcicy ol Kisna oi lis dcvoicc.
On ilis ilcic is as laiila:
vrona-bnanjha saht yuhtasya sacc atmanan
vartantc yugapa-narman paraspara-vronnan
sarupatvam arupatvam vbnutvam murtr cva ca
nrIcpatvam hrpavatvam ajatvam jayamanata
sarvaranyatvam gopatvam sarva-jnam nara bnavata
savscsatva-sampatts tatna ca nrvscsata
simava yuht-yuhtanam asima-tattva-vastun
tarho n vpnaIas tasmac cnranamnayc pnaIa praa
Kisna las onc cncigy callcd lis inconccivablc, coniiadiciion-bicaling cncigy. ly
ilis cncigy all coniiadicioiy qualiiics bccomc non-coniiadicioiy and cxisi iogcilci
cicinally. Having loim yci bcing loimlcss, laving lull powci, yci ialing ilc limiicd
loim ol a dciiy, unallccicd by anyiling, bui icsponsivc io lis dcvoiccs, unboin bui
ialing biiil as avaiaia, all-woislipablc bui ialing ilc loim ol a cowlcid,
omniscicni bui appcaiing as a luman bcing, bcing wiiloui qualiiy bui lull ol
qualiiics-all sucl coniiadicioiy qualiiics appcai in ilc loim ol Kisna and assisi
His scivicc io Si Radla, ilc cmbodimcni ol ilc lladin salii. Logic and
aigumcni aic liuiilcss lcic. As man's powci ol logic is limiicd, ii is ol no usc in
iopics wlicl aic bcyond lis limii. Tlc loiiunaic pcison givcs up logic and
laiillully acccpis ilc woids ol sciipiuic. Iiom ilc sccd ol laiil, ilc ciccpci ol
blalii dcvclops, and linally ilc dcvoicc aiiains ilc loius lcci ol Kisna.
Tlc siaicmcnis ol sciipiuic aboui ilc coniiaiy qualiiics wiilin ilc Loid aic many.
apanpao javano granita pasyaty acahsun sa srnoty aharnan
sa vctt vcyam na ca tasyast vctta tam anur agryam purusam manantam
Tlc Loid las no maiciial lands oi lcci, yci lc acccpis ilings and gocs
cvciywlcic.. Hc las no maiciial cycs bui sccs pasi, picscni and luiuic. Hc las no
cais bui lcais. Hc lnows all, bui no onc lnows lim. Tlc lcaincd call lim ilc
oiiginal Supicmc Pcison.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 3.19
ta cjat tan najat ta urc ta vanthc
ta antarasya sarvasya ta u sarvasyasya banyatan
Hc is moving and non-moving, lai and ncai. Hc is wiilin ilc univcisc and ouisidc
ilc univcisc.
saparyagac cnuhram ahayam avranam asnavram sunam apapavnam
havr manisi parbnun svayam bnur yatnatyatortnan vyaanac cnasvatibnyan
samabnyan
Sucl a pcison musi laciually lnow ilc gicaicsi ol all, wlo is uncmbodicd,
omniscicni, bcyond icpioacl, wiiloui vcins, puic and unconiaminaicd, ilc scll-
sullicicni plilosoplci wlo las bccn lullilling cvciyonc's dcsiic sincc iimc
immcmoiial.
sopanisad 5, S
Talavalaia Upanisad 3.6 spcals ol lis inconccivablc powci:
tasma trnam nanav cta anct
ta upaprcyaya sarva javcna tan na
sasaha agnum sa tata cva nvavrtc
nata asaham vjnatum ya cta yahsam t
Wlcn ilc dcvas bccamc pioud alici conquciing ovci ilc dcmons in baiilc, ilc
Loid, in oidci io cuib ilcii piidc, placcd a bladc ol giass in lioni ol Agni. Agni
appioaclcd ilc bladc ol giass, bui in spiic ol using all lis siicngil, lc could noi
buin ilc giass. Coming bcloic ilc dcvas lc said, " I cannoi compiclcnd ilis
woislipablc Loid."
Clandogya Upanisad and Gopala Tapan Upanisad spcals ol lis cncigics and
loim:
syamac cavalam piapadyc
samalac clyamam piapadyc
Tliougl lis cncigy I suiicndci io Kisna. . Tliougl Kisna I suiicndci io lis
cncigy.
Clandogya Upanisad S.13.1
gopavcsam sat-punariha-nayanam mcgnabnam vayutambaram
vbnujam mauna-muratyam vana-maInam isvaram
Wc woislip ilc loid, wiil dicss ol a cowlcid, loius lilc cycs, complcxion ol a
cloud, ycllow cloil, iwo aimcd, slowing ilc mauna mudia and dccoiaicd wiil a
loicsi gailand.
Gopala Tapan Upanisad: Puiva 13.1
To undcisiand aboui saliis ol ilc Loid, ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia slould bc
siudicd:
hrsncra ananta saht tatc tna pranana
cc caht, maya saht, jiva saht nama
antaranga, banranga, tatastna han yarc
antaranga svarupa saht sabara uparc
sac c anana maya hrsncra svarupa
atacva svarupa saht naya tna rupa
ananamsc nIani, saamsc sannni
camsc samvt, yarc jnana har man
hrsnahc anIac tatc nama anIani
sc saht varc suhna asvac apan
suhna rupa hrsna harc suhna asvaana
bnahta ganc suhna tc nIani harana
nIanira sara amsa tara prcma nama
anana cnmaya rasa prcmcra ahnyana
prcmcra parama sara manabnava jan
sc manabnava rupa rana tnahuran
Kisna las unlimiicd poicncics, wlicl can bc dividcd inio ilicc main paiis. Tlcsc
aic ilc spiiiiual poicncy, ilc maiciial poicncy and ilc maiginal poicncy, wlicl is
lnown as ilc living cniiiics. In oilci woids, ilcsc aic all poicncics ol God-
inicinal, cxicinal and maiginal. Howcvci, ilc inicinal poicncy is ilc Loid's
pcisonal cncigy and siands ovci ilc oilci iwo. Oiiginally Loid Kisna is sac cid
ananda vigiala, ilc iiansccndcnial loim ol ciciniiy, bliss and lnowlcdgc; ilcic His
pcisonal poicncy, ilc inicinal poicncy, las ilicc dillcicni loims. Hladin is His
aspcci ol bliss; sandlin, ol cicinal cxisicncc; and samvii, ol cognizancc, wlicl is
also acccpicd as lnowlcdgc. Tlc poicncy callcd lladin givc Kisna iiansccndcnial
plcasuic. Tliougl ilis plcasuic poicncy, Kisna pcisonally iasics all spiiiiual
plcasuic. Loid Kisna iasics all linds ol iiansccndcnial lappincss, alilougl Hc
Himscll is lappincss pcisonilicd. Tlc plcasuic iclislcd by His puic dcvoicc is also
manilcsi by His plcasuic poicncy. Tlc mos csscniial paii ol ilis plcasuic poicncy
is lovc ol Godlcad. Conscqucnily, ilc cxplanaiion ol lovc ol Godlcad is also a
iiansccndcnial mcllow lull ol plcasuic. Tlc csscniial paii ol lovc ol Godlcad is
callcd malablava, iiansccndcnial ccsiasy, and ilai ccsiasy is icpicscnicd by
Simai Radlaiani.
Madlya 3, 151-160
Tliougl ilis inconccivablc cncigy, Kisna appcais in ilc maiciial woild along wiil
lis abodc and associaics. ly lis unlimiicd mcicy, ilc spiiiiual abodc, namc, loim
qualiiics and pasiimcs bccomc visiblc io ilc condiiioncd souls. Tlcsc ilings
cannoi bc sccn by ilc maiciial cyc, bui by ilc inconccivablc cncigy and Kisna's
mcicy, ilcsc bccomc visiblc io ilc maiciial cyc. Somciimcs lc also appcais in
oilci loims sucl as Maiysa, Kuima, Vaiala, Nisimla, Vamana and Rama and
pciloims lis pasiimcs. lui, ii slould bc noicd ilai Kisna is ilc souicc ol ilc
avaiaias. Yci Kisna and lis cxpansions aic all spiiiiual. Tlcy aic noi inllucnccd
by ilc maiciial cncigy and do noi ialc maiciial bodics. Occasionally, ilc Loid
may invcsi a qualilicd jva wiil lis cncigy, appcaiing as a salii avcsa avaiaia.
In ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia ilc avaiaias aic dcsciibcd ilus:
prabnava vabnava rupc v vna prahasa
prabnava vabnava bncc vIasa vnahara
prahasa vIascra c haIa vvarana
svamscra bnca cvc suna sanatana
sanharsana matsyaha u bnca tanra
avatara naya hrsncra sa vna prahara
purusavatara cha IiIavatara ara
gunavatara ara manvantara bnara ara
yugavatara ara sahtyavcsa avatara
In lis oiiginal loim, Kisna manilcsis Himscll in iwo lcaiuics-piablava and
vaiblava. Hc cxpands His onc oiiginal loim inio many, as Hc did duiing ilc iasa
lla dancc.
C.C. Madlya 20.167
Again ilc vilasa loims aic dividcd inio iwolold caicgoiics -piablava and vaiblava.
Again ilc pasiimcs ol ilcsc loims aic ol unlimiicd vaiiciy.
C.C. Madlya 20.1S5
Now plcasc lcai aboui ilc dillcicni pcisonal cxpansions. Tlc liisi pcisonal
cxpansion is Sanlaisana, and ilc oilcis aic incainaiions lilc ilc lisl incainaiion.
Sanlaisana is an cxpansion ol ilc puiusa oi Visnu. Tlc incainaiions sucl as
Maiysa, ilc lisl incainaiion, appcai in dillcicni yugas loi spccilic pasiimcs. Tlcic
aic six iypcs ol incainaiions ol Kisna. Onc is ilc puiusa incainaiions, and anoilci
is ilc lla avaiaias. Tlcic aic incainaiions ol gunas, incainaiions ol ilc Manus,
incainaiions in dillcicni millcnniums and incainaiions ol cmpowcicd living
cniiiics.
C.C. Madlya 20.2+3-2+6
Iuiilci dcsciipiions and idcniiiy ol ilc avaiaias may bc obiaincd by consuliing
ilc 20il clapici ol Madlya lla, Caiianya Caiiiamiia and ilc Laglu
llagavaiamiia.
Chapfer 5
Krsna fhe Reservoir of PIeasure
Tlc liglcsi iiuil, ilc cmbodimcni ol supicmc consciousncss, is iasa. Il a pcison
cannoi icalizc iasa, lc cannoi ai all icalizc ilc supicmc iiuil.
Tlus ilc Taiiiiiya Upanisad says:
raso va san
rasam ny cvayam Iabnvanani bnavat
ho ny cvanyat han pranyat
ya csa ahasa anano na syat
csa ny cvananayat
Tlc supicmc iiuil is iasa. Tlc jva bccomcs blisslul on aiiaining ilis iasa. Wlo
would woil wiil body and piana, il ilis blisslul, complcic loim did noi cxisi. Hc
givcs bliss io all.
Taiiiciya 2.7
Piogicssing iliougl laiil, sicadincss, iasic, and aiiaclmcni, wlcn ilc iclaiionslip
wiil Kisna maiuics inio iaii, ii is callcd silayi blava. Wlcn ilis silayi blava
bccomcs mixcd wiil ilc ingicdicnis viblava, anublava, saiivila blava and
vyablicai blava, ii aiiains a icmailablc siaic callcd blalii iasa. Tlc woilings ol
maiciial iasa and spiiiiual iasa aic similai. Wlcn ilcic is a silayi blava diiccicd
iowaids Kisna, ii bccomcs blalii iasa. Wlcn ilc silayi blava is diiccicd iowaids
cnjoymcni ol scnsc objccis, ii bccomcs ilc cplcmcial maiciial iasa. Wlcn ilc
silayi blava is bascd on an inclinaiion iowaids undillcicniiaicd lnowlcdgc, ii
bccomcs impcisonal bialma iasa. Wlcn ilc silayi blava is diiccicd inio yoga
piaciicc, ii bccomcs paiamaima iasa. Wlcn a pcison, bcloic aiiaining gcnuinc iaii,
aiicmpis io cxpciicncc iasa using viblava, anublava, saiivila and vyablicai
blavas, ii bccomcs impcilcci, liagmcnicd iasa. Maiciial iasa is insignilicani. Lci
maiciial liiciaiuic dcsciibc ilis, and lci ilc maicialisiic cnjoycis iclisl ii. Tlc
dcvoicc las no inicicsi in ilis, and discusscs ilc spiiiiual iasa alonc. Tlc
dillcicnccs liom bialma iasa and paiamaima iasa picviously mcniioncd will bc
discusscd laici. Now iasa will bc claiilicd by discussing ilc ingicdicnis.
In ilc woilings ol iasa, iaii, ilc silayi blava (pcimancni inclinaiion), is ilc
coniainci. Ii iiansloims io iasa by combinaiion wiil ilc ingicdicnis. Tlcic aic
loui ingicdicnis: viblava, anublava, saiivila blava and vyablicai blava. Viblava
(causc ol cmoiion) las iwo caicgoiics: alambana and uddpana. lambana
(suppoii in ilc loim claiacicis) las iwo divisions: asiaya and visaya. Tlc pcison
posscssing silayi blava is ilc asiaya oi slclici. Tlc pcison iowaids wlom ilc
silayi blava is diiccicd is ilc visaya oi objcci. In spiiiiual iasa, ilc visaya is ilc
woislipablc Loid, and ilc woislippci dcvoicc is ilc asiaya. Tlc innumciablc
qualiiics ol ilc Loid aic ilc uddpana (siimulus). Dancing, cloling up, singing,,
spcaling loudly, siicicling ilc body, liccuping, yawning, sigling, disicgaid loi
oilcis, diooling, laugling, wailing , giinding ilc iccil-sucl visiblc manilcsiaiions
ol cmoiion aic callcd anublava (cxicinal sympioms). lcing siunncd, swcaiing,
sianding ol laiis, bicaling ol voicc, slivciing, clagc ol coloi, icais and lainiing-
ilcsc cigli bodily clangcs duc io disiuibancc ol lcaii and pianas aic callcd
saiivila blava (sympioms aiising liom inicinal disiuibancc). Tlc iliiiy-ilicc
sympioms ilai appcai suddcnly in ilc occan ol silayi blava aic callcd vyablicai
blavas (iiansiioiy cmoiional sympioms). Appcaiing lilc wavcs in ilc occan ol
silayi blava, ilcsc sympioms nouiisl ilc siaic ol silayi blava.
Rasa is ol iwo iypcs: piimaiy and sccondaiy. Piimaiy iasas aic livc: sania, dasya,
sallya, vaisalya and madluia. Sccondaiy iasas aic scvcn: comcdy, wondci,
biavciy, lamcniaiion, angci, lcai and glasilincss.
Tlc livc majoi iasas appcai in dillcicni pcisons accoiding io ilcii iaii. Sania iaii
malcs bialman and paiamaima ilc visaya in a siaic ol pcacc. In a moic inicnsc
siaic, ilc Loid ol Vailunila bccomcs ilc visaya. Dasya iaii acccpis ilc Loid ol
Vailunila as visaya wiil admiiaiion ol ilc Loid's powci. Wlcn ilc aiiiaciion
bccomcs moic inicnsc, Kisna alonc bccomcs ilc objcci in sallya, vaisalya and
madluia iaii. Caiianya Caiiiamiia says:
sanana bnaht natc naya ratra uaya
rat gana naIc tara prcma nama haya
prcma vrn hramc nama -sncna, mana, pranaya
raga, anuraga, bnava, manabnava naya
yacnc bija, hsu, rasa, gua hnana sara
sarhara, sta-mcnar, uttama mcnar ara
c saba hrsna bnaht rasc stnaybnava
stnaybnavc mIc ya vbnava anubnava
sattvha, vyabncari bnavcra mIanc
hrsna bnaht rasa naya amrta asvaanc
bnaht bncc rat bnca panca parahara
santa rat, asya rat, sahnya rat ara
vatsaIya rat, manura rat c panca vbnca
rat bncc hrsna bnaht rasc panca bnca
ly icgulaily icndciing dcvoiional scivicc, onc giadually bccomcs aiiaclcd io ilc
Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad. Wlcn ilai aiiaclmcni is inicnsilicd, ii bccomcs
lovc ol Godlcad. Tlc basic aspccis ol picma, wlcn giadually incicasing io
dillcicni siaics, aic allcciion, abloiicncc, lovc aiiaclmcni, luiilci aiiaclmcni,
ccsiasy and gicai ccsiasy. Tlc giadual dcvclopmcni ol lovc may bc compaicd io
dillcicni siaics ol sugai. Iiisi ilcic is ilc sccd ol ilc sugaicanc, ilcn sugaicanc
and ilcn ilc juicc cxiiacicd liom ilc canc. Wlcn ilis juicc is boilcd, ii loims a
liquid molasscs, ilcn a solid molasscs, ilcn sugai, candy, iocl candy and linally
lozcngcs. All ilcsc siagcs combincd aic callcd silayi blava, oi coniinuous lovc ol
Godlcad in dcvoiional scivicc. In addiiion io ilcsc siagcs, ilcic aic viblava and
anublava. Wlcn ilc liglci siandaid ol ccsiaiic lovc is mixcd wiil ilc sympioms
ol saiivila and vyablicai, ilc dcvoicc iclislcs ilc iiansccndcnial bliss ol loving
Kisna in a vaiiciy ol ncciaican iasics. Tlsc iasics aic lilc a combinaiion ol
yoguii, sugai candy, glcc, blacl pcppci and camploi and aic as palaiablc as swcci
ncciai. Accoiding io ilc dcvoicc, aiiaclmcni lalls wiilin ilc livc caicgoiics ol
sania iaii, dasya iaii, sallya iaii, vaisalya iaii and madluia iaii. Tlcsc livc
caicgoiics aiisc liom ilc dcvoiccs' dillcicni aiiaclmcnis io ilc Supicmc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad. Tlc iiansccndcnial mcllows dciivcd liom dcvoiional
scivicc aic also ol livc vaiiciics.
C.C.Madlya 19, 177-1S3
Tlosc wlo dcsiic io undcisiand aboui iasa may siudy llalii Rasamiia Sindlu,
souil, wcsi and noiil paiis, and iis supplcmcni Ujjvala Nla Mani, undci ilc
guidancc ol a guiu. Tlcsc subjccis aic summaiizcd in ilc icaclings io Rupa and
Sanaiana in ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia.
In ilis clapici, Kisna will bc slown as ilc icscivoii ol all iasa. Kisna las alicady
bccn slow as ilc supicmc cniiiy in Clapici Two. Kisna las also bccn slow io bc
ilc posscssoi ol all powcis. ly cxamining ilc vciscs wiiiicn by Rupa Gosvam,
onc will undcisiand all aboui Kisna.
snantatas tv abnccp srisa-hrsna-svarupayon
rascnothrsyatc hrsna-rupam csa rasa-stntn
Oniologically, ilcic is no dillcicncc bciwccn Naiayana and Kisna. Howcvci, ilc
loim ol Kisna lolds a spccial aiiiaciion duc io ilc iasa, cspccially involcd by
conjugal scniimcnis. Tlis is ilc naiuic ol iasa.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 32
Tlougl bialman and paiamaima aic paiiiculai icalizaiions ol ilc absoluic iiuil,
ilcy aic dcvoid ol uniquc, pcisonal loim (svaiupa). Rcalizaiion ol ilc Loid's
pcisonal loim (blagavan) is ilc pcilcciion in God icalizaiion. Tlc Supicmc
Pcison appcais in iwo loims; onc is cndowcd wiil majcsiy and ilc oilci is
cndowcd wiil swccincss. Tlc sania iasa availablc iliougl bialman oi
paiamaima icalizaiion is cxiicmcly mcagci. Wiil icalizaiion ol ilc loid's loim in
a majcsiic mood, dasya iasa (sciviioislip) aiiscs in ilc woislippci. Tlc cxiicmc
dillcicncc bciwccn ilc gicai powcis ol ilc Loid and ilc minuic qualiiics ol ilc
jva malc icvcicncc incviiablc. lui bccausc ol ilis siaic ol icvcicncc, ilc jva is
baiicd liom liglci iasa. Tlcicloic by lis mcicy, ilc Loid icvcals lis ical loim as
Kisna io ilc jva.
Tlcicloic, Caiianya Caiiiamiia says:
asvarya-jnanctc saba jagat msrta
asvarya stnIa prcmc nan mora prita
amarc isvara manc apanahc nina
tara prcmc vasa am, na na anina
amahc ta yc yc bnahta bnajc yc bnavc
tarc sc sc bnavc bnaj-c mora svabnavc
mora putra, mora sahna, mora prana pat
c bnavc yc mora harc suna bnaht
apanahc baa manc, amarc sama nina
sc bnavc na am tanara anina
mata morc putra bnavc harcna banana
at nina jnanc harc IaIana paIana
sahna suna sahnyc harc shannc aronana
tum hon baa Ioha, tum am sama
priya ya mana har harayc bnartsana
vca stut natc narc sc mora mana
c suna bnaht Iana harmu avatara
harba vvna vna abnuta vnara
Tlc univcisc is lillcd wiil ilc conccpiion ol My majcsiy, bui lovc wcalcncd by
ilai scnsc ol majcsiy docs noi saiisly Mc. Il onc icgaids mc as ilc Supicmc Loid
and limscll as a suboidinaic, I do noi bccomc subscivicni io lis lovc, noi can ii
coniiol Mc. In wlaicvci iiansccndcnial mcllow My dcvoicc woislips Mc, I
iccipiocaic wiil lim. Tlai is my naiuial bclavioi. Il onc clciislcs puic loving
dcvoiion io Mc, ilinling ol Mc as lis son, lis liicnd oi lis bclovcd, icgaiding
limscll as gicai and considciing mc lis cqual oi inlciioi, I bccomc suboidinaic io
lim.
Moilci somciimcs binds Mc as lci son. Slc nouiislcs and pioiccis Mc, ilinling
Mc uiicily lclplcss. My liicnds climb on My slouldcis in puic liicndslip, saying,
"Wlai lind ol big man aic You' You and I aic cqual." Il my bclovcd consoii
icpioaclcs Mc in a sully mood, ilai sicals My mind liom ilc icvcicni lymns ol
ilc Vcdas. Taling ilcsc puic dcvoiccs wiil Mc, I slall dcsccnd and spoii in
vaiious wondcilul ways, unlnown cvcn in Vailunila.
CC. Adi +. 17-27
Il Kisna lad noi appcaicd in lis oiiginal loim, ilc jva would noi lavc acccss io
ilc liglci iasas, namcly, sallya, vaisalya and madluia. llava (cmoiion ) is
aciually ilc piimaiy puisuii in ilc woild. Tlc jva's lnowlcdgc ol ilc supicmc is
limiicd. ly puisuing ilc pail ol lnowlcdgc, ilc jva docs noi icccivc any iiacc ol
lovc ol God. ly puisuing ilai pail, a pcison docs noi icalizc ilc loim ol God,
and insicad concludcs ilai God is loimlcss and wiiloui qualiiics. Tlc pail ol
lnowlcdgc docs noi lcad io icalizaiion ol God's loim. Tlcic is no pioccss io
icalizc ilc Loid cxccpi by ilc pail ol dcvoiion (blava). As a jva advanccs,
piopoiiionaicly lis aiiiaciion (blava) io ilc Loid incicascs and givcs saiislaciion.
Advanccmcni duc io cducaiion oi iniclligcncc is noi spiiiiual advanccmcni. Onc
can gain spiiiiual advanccmcni only by incicasing dcvclopmcni ol puic blava.
Tlus an illiiciaic lool can aiiain a ligl dcgicc ol ilc Loid's mcicy, and a lcaincd
sclolai, bcing ailcisiic, on ilc lcvcl ol an animal, an bc complcicly dcvoid ol ilc
Loid's mcicy. To aiiain ilc Loid's mcicy, biiil, cducaiion, wcalil, siicngil,
bcauiy oi slills aic incllcciivc. Tlc gicai sclolai and waiiioi, lull ol piidc,
giadually piocccd io lcll, wlilc ilc lool and wcalling woislip ilc Loid in
dcvoiion and aiiains supicmc pcacc. Tlus ilc iooi ol all spiiiiual aiiainmcni is
blava (cmoiion, ccsiasy). Tlis blava ialcs ilc loim ol sania oi dasya in many
cascs, suiiablc io ilc qualilicaiion ol ilc pcison. In iaic cascs, ilc dcvoicc
aclicvcs ilc liglcsi goal ol sallya, vaisalya and madluia. Tlc puic dcvoicc
wlo aiiains madluia blava is ilc clicl ol all ilc dcvoiccs iasiing iasa.
Caiianya Caiiiamiia says:
santcra guna, asycra scvana-sahnya u naya
asyc sambnrama gaurava scva, sahnyc vsvasa maya
apanahc paIaha jnana hrsnc paIya jnana
car rascra gunc vatsaIya amrta samana
hanta bnavc njanga ya harcna scvana
ata cva manura rasa naya panca guna
ahasa guna ycna para para bnutc
cha u tna hrama panca prtnvitc
Tlc qualiiics ol sania iasa and ilc scivicc ol dasya iasa aic boil picscni on ilc
plailoim ol sallya iasa. On ilc plailoim ol liaiciniiy, ilc qualiiics ol dasya iasa
aic mixcd wiil ilc conlidcncc ol liaiciniiy insicad ol awc and vcnciaiion.
On ilc plailoim ol paicinal lovc, ilc dcvoicc considcis limscll ilc Loid's
mainiainci. Tlus ilc Loid is ilc objcci ol mainicnancc, lilc a son, and ilcicloic
ilis mcllow is lull ol ilc loui qualiiics ol sania iasa, dasya iasa, liaiciniiy, and
paicnial lovc. Tlis is moic iiansccndcnial ncciai.
On ilc plailoim ol conjugal lovc, ilc dcvoicc ollcis lis body in ilc scivicc ol ilc
Loid. Tlus, on ilis plailoim all livc iiansccndcnial qualiiics aic picscni. All ilc
maiciial qualiiics cvolvc onc alici anoilci in ilc maiciial clcmcnis, bcginning
liom cilci. ly giadual cvoluiion, liisi onc qualiiy dcvclops, ilcn iwo qualiiics
dcvclop, ilc ilicc and loui, uniil all livc qualiiics aic in caiil.
C.C.Madlya.19.222,22S, 232-233
Wlcn dcvoiccs wiil mcagci iasa lcai aboui madluia iasa, ilcy cannoi bclicvc ii,
and moicovci, ilcy lcai ilai ii is ollcnsivc. Tlc common spiiiiual piaciiccs ialc
slclici ol dasya iasa. Pcisons ol ilis mcnialiiy, wlcn ilcy lcai aboui woislipping
ilc Loid in madluia iasa, icjcci ii bccausc ol dicad oi lcai ol lalldown. Somc cvcn
ilinl ilai ilis iasa is a pcivcisc concociion. Tlosc ol lowci qualilicaiion misialc
ilc aciions ol ilosc ol supciioi qualilicaiion. Only wlcn ilcy aiiain ilai liglci
qualilicaiion by good loiiunc, ilcy will icalizc, " Ol, I was sucl a lool! I lavc
ciiiicizcd clcvaicd souls!" Tlcicloic, wc lumbly icqucsi ilosc lollowing oilci
pails io undcisiand ilai ilis iopic is vciy dccp. Wiiloui spccial dclibciaiion on
ilis iopic, onc slould noi comc io somc ciioncous conclusion.
A pcison slould givc a scai io ilc Loid ol ilc lcaii wiilin ilc coic ol lis lcaii,
and iiy woislipping Him in ilc madluia mood. Il lc appicciaics ii, ilcn lc
slould ialc slclici ol a guiu compcicni in iasa and aiicmpi io iasic ilis iasa. Il lc
docs noi appicciaic ii, ilcn lc may icjcci ii as coniiaiy io lis naiuic-bui in any
casc lc slould noi dcnouncc ii.
Hcic, ilcic is no spacc loi claboiaic discussion ol ilis iopic. Ii is cnougl io say
ilai ilosc wlo aic qualilicd loi madluia iasa aic noi aiiiacicd io any loim oilci
ilan Kisna's. Kisna is ilc solc objcci ol ilc liglcsi iasa. Il a pcison impaiiially
judgcs alici giving up all coniaminaiion ol idcas duc io vaiious plilosoplics, lc
musi concludc ilai ilc loim ol Kisna is ilc bcsi and puicsi ol all. lui bccausc
Kisna displays ilc qualiiy ol bcing on an cqual lcvcl wiil lis dcvoicc, onc slould
noi considci ilai lis loim is lcss ilan oilci loims ol God. Railci ilan bcing lcss,
ilis loim is in all ways gicaici ilan oilci loims. Kisna las wlaicvci spiiiiual,
complcic qualiiics ilc oilci loims ol God posscss, bui Hc las ilc addiiional
uniquc qualiiy ol icvcaling lis complcic spiiiiual pasiimcs io all ilc maiciial
scnscs iliougl His cii salii. Wlcn lc appcais in ilc maiciial woild, lc is
cndowcd wiil all powcis, ilougl caiiying oui sccmingly maiciial aciiviiics.
Wlcn lc acis lilc a boy wiil dcai liicnds, wlcn lc acis lilc a baby undci ilc
pioicciion ol lis paicnis, wlcn lc is ilc lovci ol ilosc dcvoiccs in madluia iasa,
lc siill cxlibiis lis supicmc coniiol. Lvcn wlilc pciloiming lis pasiimcs lilc a
luman bcing among luman bcings, .lc asionislcd ilc mosi lcaincd pcisons by
aciing as ilc masici ol all ilc clcvaicd dcvaias. Il Kisna lad noi mcicilully
icvcalcd lis inioxicaiing pasiimcs as a cowlcid io ilc woild, wlo would bc ablc io
icalizc ilai ilc Supicmc Loid is ilc icscivoii ol madluia iasa' Tlc pasiimcs ol
Kisna aic noi ilc cicaiions ol luman imaginaiion, noi aic ilcy bascd on ilc blind
laiil ol bcwildcicd, loolisl pcoplc. Howcvci, only lnowlcdgcablc pcisons can
undcisiand ilis.
Among all Kisna's pasiimcs, ilc pasiimcs in Viaja aic supicmc, bccausc in ilosc
pasiimcs can bc sccn ilc liglcsi aiiainmcni in iasa possiblc loi ilc jva.
Aigumcniaiivc oi logical iniclligcncc cannoi ioucl ilc gloiy ol Kisna's pasiimcs.
Only ilosc dcvoiccs wlo can iasic ilc iasa ol ilc Viaja pasiimcs can undcisiand
ilcii swccincss. Undcisianding ilc Viaja pasiimcs is ilc gicaicsi good loiiunc.
Logic, cilics, sclolaislip yoga and lnowlcdgc ol iigli and wiong bccomc
insignilicani in lioni ol ilc gicai slining lamp ol Viaja pasiimcs, wlicl illuminc
ilc lcaiis ol ilc spiiiiually iniclligcni pcoplc.
Conccining ilis ilcic is a laiila:
vbnavayar jaobnutar rasoyam vyavanarhan
aprahrtar vbnavayar rasoyam paramartnhan
paramartna rasan hrsnas tanmaya cnayaya prtnah
jaotam rasam vsvc vtanot banr muhnc
bnagyavams tam partyajya branmananaham svaham
c vscsam samasrtya hrsna rasabnm apnuyat
tam tv aopansaam sahsat purusam hrsnam cva n
atma sabcna vcanta vaant prit purvaham
Wlcic iaii is nouiislcd by maiciial viblava, anublava, saiivila blava and
vyablicai blava, ilc iasa is maiciial. Wlcic ilc ingicdicnis aic spiiiiual, ilc iasa
is spiiiiual. Tlc objcci ol spiiiiual iasa is Kisna. Tlc dcgiadcd icllcciion ol ilis
iasa appcais in ilc maiciial woild, a sladow ol ilc spiiiiual icalm. Ii is disiinci
liom ilc spiiiiual iasa, pcivading only ilc maiciial woild. Wlcn a loiiunaic
pcison givcs up ilc qucsi ol lappincss in ilc maiciial woild oi in impcisonal
bialman and ialcs slclici ol spiiiiual vaiiciy, lc aiiains ilc occan ol Kisna's
picma iasa. Tlc liladaianyala Upanisad says, iam iv aupanisadam puiusam
picclami (I inquiic alici ilc pcison spolcn ol in ilc Upanisads.) Tlai pcison is
nonc oilci ilan Kisna. Wlcn ilc Vcdania suiias spcal ol aima oi scll, ilcy aic
dcsciibing Kisna wiil allcciion.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol iasa: maiciial and spiiiiual. Wlcn maiciial anublava,
viblava, saiivila and vyablicai blavas biing maiciial iaii io ilc siaic ol iasa, ii is
only iasa bciwccn maiciial malc and lcmalc bodics. Tlis iasa is insignilicani,
cplcmcial and pcivcisc. Ii is bui a disgusiing icllcciion ol ilc spiiiiual iasa. Tlc
puic jva libciaicd liom lis iclaiion io ilc maiciial gioss and subilc bodics is
spiiiiual. His naiuial iaii is also spiiiiual. Tlis iaii, wlcn ii bccomcs lixcd as
silayi blava, mixcs wiil ilc ingicdicnis ol spiiiiual anublava, viblava, saiivila,
and vyablicai blava, and aiiains a iclislablc naiuic; ii bccomcs spiiiiual iasa.
And wlcn ilc spiiiiual loim ol Kisna bccomcs ilc objcci ol ilai iasa, Kisna blalii
iasa aiiscs. Kisna is supicmc iasa. Kisna's maya salii disiiibuics maiciial iasa, a
sladow ol ilc ical iasa, io ilc jvas advcisc io Kisna in ilc maiciial woild. Tlc
loiiunaic pcison givcs up ilis lowci iasa and suipasscs cvcn ilc insignilicani iasa
ol bliss in bialmanwiilin limscll; and ialing suppoii ol ilc vaiicgaicd, puic iasa
bclonging io ilc spiiiiual woild, lc aiiains ilc occan ol iasa, in ilc loim ol Kisna.
Ioi ilosc wlo dismiss ilc iasa ol Kisna as insignilicani, Ujjvala Nla Mani says:
Iagnutvam atra yat prohtam tat tu prahrta nayahc
na hrsnc rasa nryasa svaartnam avatarni
Wlcn sinigaia iasa bccomcs maiciial, ii is cxiicmcly insignilicani and condcmncd,
bui wlcn ii is spiiiiual, ii is mosi signilicani and ilc mosi woislipablc in ilc
spiiiiual woild.
Ujjvala Nlamani, Nayala blcda, 16
Tlis iasa is noi ai all maiciial. Iis viblavas (subjcci and objcci, Kisna and
dcvoicc) lavc noiling io do wiil ilc maiciial gioss oi subilc bodics. Tlc
anublavas, saiivila blavas and vyablicai blavas (ccsiaiic sympioms) lavc a
sligli appcaiancc in ilc maiciial woild. In oidci io iasic ilc ncciai ol iasa, Kisna
appcaicd in ilc maiciial woild, bui Hc is noi cvcn an avaiaia, bui avaiaii, ilc
souicc ol ilc avaiaias. Tlcicloic ilc spiiiiual paialya iclaiionslips ilai occui in
spiiiiual singaia iasa wiil ilc avaiai cannoi bc ciiiicizcd.
Onc will bc ablc io judgc ilcsc iopics coiiccily accoiding io ilc dcgicc ol
dciaclmcni liom maiciial cncigy. Wlcn ilc laiicd ilai ilc moialisi displays
iowaids maiciial iasa is caiiicd io ilc spiiiiual iasa, ii biings aboui a picjudiccd
icsponsc. Unloiiunaic pcoplc dcicsi ilc spiiiiual iasa cmbodicd in ilc iasa lla
bciwccn spiiiiual Kisna and ilc jvas wiil spiiiiual bodics. Sucl pcoplc aic only
clcaiing ilcmsclvcs.
Kisna is ilc only malc, as mcniioncd in ilc Upanisads. Tlc Vcdania spcals ol
lim allcciionaicly by addicssing lim as aima.1
atmavcam sarvam t sa va csa cvam
pasyann cvam manvan cvam vjanan
atma ratr atma hria atma mtnuna
atmananan sa svara bnavat
Kisna (ilc aima, scll) is all in all. Sccing ilis loim, mcdiiaiing on ilis loim,
lnowing ilis loim, ilc jva dcvclops aiiaclmcni, pasiimcs, scxual iclaiionslips
and bliss wiil ilc Loid.
Clandogya Upanisad 7.2.52
sarvam ny cta branmayam atma
branma soyam atma catuspat
Lvciyiling in ilc univcisc is inlciioi bialman, a pioduci ol ilc cncigy ol
bialman. Tlc ical aima ol ilis bialman is Kisna, ilc supicmc bialman. Tlougl
lc is onc, iliougl lis inconccivablc cncigy, lc appcais cicinally in loui loims loi
iclisling iasa.
Mundala Upanisad 1.2
Tlc loui loims aic mcniioncd by Si Jva Gosvam in llagavai Sandaibla.
cham cva tat paramam tattvam svabnavhacntya-sahtya
sarvaava svarupa-ta-rupa-vabnava-jiva-pranana-
rupcna caturnavatstnatc suryantara-manaIa-stnta-tcjo va
manaIa-ta-banr-gata-ta rasm-tat-pratccnav-rupcna
Tlc supicmc iiuil is onc. Hc is cquippcd wiil lis naiuial inconccivablc cncigics.
Tliougl ilis cncigy lc cxisis in loui loims: lis own loim, lis cxpansion in ilc
spiiiiual woild, ilc jva and ilc maiciial woild. Tlcsc may bc compaicd io ilc
sun, iis inicinal cllulgcncc, iis cxicinal iays and iis disiani icllcciion.
llagavai Sandaibla 16
Kisna's loim, lis spiiiiual cxpansions, and ilc jva absoibcd in pasiimcs ol
spiiiiual iasa aic all supciioi clcmcnis.
Tlcic is a vcisc:
vcartna brmnanam yatra tatra sarvc manajanan
anvcsayant sastrcsu sunam hrsnasrtam rasam
sanaha-sva-vyasa-naraa-manattaman
sastrcsu varnayant sma hrsna IiIatmaham rasam
Iabnam samanna sahsat hrsna-hrpotam subnam
aprahrtam ca jivc n jaa-bnava-vvarjtc
Accoiding io ilc sciipiuics wlicl clucidaic ilc mcaning ol ilc Vcdas (llagavaiam
and oilcis), all ilc gicai dcvoiccs aic scaicling loi ilc puic iasa diiccicd io Kisna.
Sagcs sucl as Sanala, Siva Vyasa and Naiada lavc dcsciibcd in ilcii vaiious woils
ilc spiiiiual iasa ol Kisna's pasiimcs. Tlcsc pasiimcs can bc icalizcd by Kisna's
mcicy, by ilc puic jvas dcvoid ol maiciial scniimcnis.2
Ii is Caiianya Malapiablu, guiu ol ilc univcisc, wlo las biougli Kisna's swcci
iasa io ilc maiciial woild. No onc lad donc so bcloic lis appcaiancc. To
subsianiiaic ilis, ilcic is a vcisc by Sila Piablodananda Saiasvai:
prcma-namabnutartnan sravana-patna- gatan hasya namnam manmnan
ho vctta hasya vrnavana-vpna-mana manurisu pravcsan
ho va janat ranam parama-rasa-camathara-manurya-simam
chas catanya-canran parama-harunaya sarvam avscahara
O bioilci! Wlo lad lcaid ol ilc supicmc objcciivc ol luman lilc callcd picma'
Wlo lncw ilc gloiics ol ilc namc ol Haii' Wlo was ablc io cnici ilc swccincss
ol Vindavan' Wlo lncw aboui ilc supicmc cncigy, Radlila, ilc pcilcciion ol
ilc wondcilul madluiya iasa' Only ilc mosi mcicilul Caiianya las uncovcicd all
ol ilcsc iopics loi ilc jvas.
Caiianya Candiamiia 130
1 In ilis ncxi scciion llaliivinoda slows low ilc Upanisads icvcal inicnsc
aiiiaciion and iasa loi ilc supicmc malc.
2 llaliivinoda concludcs by saying ilai iasa can bc lnow only by ilc mcicy ol
Kisna, and by ilc mcicy ol Caiianya Malapiablu.
Chapfer 6
]vas are Separafed Parfs of Krsna
Tlcic is mucl disagiccmcni conccining ilc naiuic ol ilc individual soul oi jva.
Accoiding io lis naiuic, cacl luman bcing will lold a dillcicni conclusion aboui
ilc jva. Tlosc undci ilc inllucncc ol ignoiancc bclicvc ilai ilc jva is an objcci
aiising liom maiciial clcmcnis. Accoiding io ilcm, ilc jva aiiscs in maiciial
naiuic along wiil ilc maiciial body.
Tlosc wlo aic inllucnccd by a mixiuic ol ignoiancc and passion say ilai only
luman bcings lavc souls oi may bc classilicd as jvas. Animals aic lcss ilan jvas,
and aic mcani loi ilc cnjoymcni ol lumans. Accoiding io ilcm, ilc associaics ol
ilc Loid aic a liglci class ilan ilc jvas. Tlcy do noi bclicvc in picvious oi
luiuic bodics loi ilc luman bcing. Tlcy cannoi say wly onc pcison loi ilc liisi
iimc aiiains a comloiiablc posiiion in lilc and anoilci pcison aiiains a misciablc
posiiion.
Tlosc in ilc mood ol passion say ilai lumans, animals and biids aic all jvas and
ilcy bclicvc in picvious and luiuic livcs, bui ilcy do noi bclicvc in a puic spiiiiual
dcsiinaiion bcyond ilc gioss maiciial icalm. Pcisons ol mixcd passion and
goodncss bclicvc in clcvaiion io liglci plancis bui noi ilc spiiiiual woild. Tlosc
in ilc modc ol goodncss bclicvc in ilc undillcicniiaicd bialman bcyond ilc
maiciial woild as ilc goal ol ilc jva. Tlosc bcwildcicd by maya considci ilc jva
in ilis mannci. Tlosc wlo succccd in picicing ilc ilicc gunas, and ilcicloic
can icason wiiloui picjudicc, acccpi wiil dcvoiion ilc woids ol Caiianya
Caiiiamiia.
mayaisa, mayavasa isvarc jivc bnca
ncna jivc isvara-sana hana taabnca`
gita-sastrc jiva rupa saht har manc
ncna jiva bnca hara isvarcra sanc
Tlc Loid is ilc masici ol ilc poicncics, and ilc living cniiiy is ilc scivani ol
ilcm. Tlai is ilc dillcicncc bciwccn ilc Loid and ilc living cniiiy. Howcvci, you
dcclaic ilai ilc Loid and ilc living cniiiics aic onc and ilc samc. In llagavad
Gia ilc living cniiiy is csiablislcd as ilc maiginal poicncy ol ilc Supicmc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad. Yci you say ilai ilc living cniiiy is complcicly non-
dillcicni liom ilc Loid.
C.C.Madlya 6, 162-3
jvcia svaiupa laya lisncia niiya dasa
lisncia iaiasila salii blclabcda pialasa
suiyamsu liiana ycna agni jvalacaya
svablavila lisncia iina-pialaia 'salii' laya
Ii is ilc living cniiiy's consiiiuiional posiiion io bc an cicinal scivani ol Kisna
bccausc lc is ilc maiginal cncigy ol Kisna and a manilcsiaiion simuliancously onc
and dillcicni liom ilc Loid, lilc a molcculai paiiiclc ol sunslinc oi liic.
C.C.Madlya 20.10S-9
hrsna bnuIsc jiva ana banr muhna
atacva maya tarc cya samsara unhna

Ioigciiing Kisna, ilc living cniiiy las bccn aiiiacicd by ilc cxicinal lcaiuic liom
iimc immcmoiial. Tlcicloic ilc illusoiy cncigy givcs lim all linds ol misciy in
lis maiciial cxisicncc.
C.C.Madlya 20. 117
maya sanga vharc rura-bnnnabnnna rupa
jiva tattva naya, nanc hrsncra svarupa
ugna ycna amIa yogc an rupa narc
ugnantara vastu nanc, ugna natc narc
Rudia, Loid Siva, las vaiious loims, wlicl aic iiansloimaiions biougli aboui by
associaiion wiil maya. Alilougl Rudia is noi on lcvcl wiil ilc jva -iaiivas, lc
siill cannoi bc considcicd a pcisonal cxpansion ol Loid Kisna. Mill is
iiansloimcd inio yoguii wlcn ii associaics wiil a yoguii culiuic. Tlus yoguii is
noiling bui mill, bui siill ii is noi mill.
C.C.Madlya 20, 30S-309
svanga vscsabnasa rupc prahrt sparsana
jiva rupa bija tatc haIa samarpana
To impicgnaic wiil ilc sccds ol living cniiiics, ilc Loid Himscll docs noi diiccily
ioucl ilc maiciial cncigy, bui by His spccilic lunciional cxpansion, Hc iouclcs
ilc maiciial cncigy, and ilus ilc living cniiiics, wlo aic His paiis and paiccls, aic
impicgnaicd inio maiciial naiuic.
C.C. Madlya 20, 273
svamsa vstara-caturvyuna, avatara gana
vbnnnamsa jiva tanra sahttc ganana
sc vbnnnamsa jiva u taprahara
cha ntyamuhta cha ntya samsara
Lxpansion ol His pcisonal scll-lilc ilc quadiuplc manilcsiaiions-dcsccnd as
incainaiions liom Vailunila io ilis maiciial woild. Tlc scpaiaicd cxpansions aic
living cniiiics. Alilougl ilcy aic cxpansions ol Kisna, ilcy aic counicd among
His dillcicni poicncics. Tlc living cniiiics aic dividcd inio iwo caicgoiics. Somc
aic cicinally libciaicd, and oilcis aic cicinally condiiioncd.
C.C. Madlya 22, 9-10
Tlosc cquippcd wiil saiivila lnowlcdgc, wlcn ilcy considci ilc opposiic ol
maiciial lnowlcdgc, concludc ilai ilcic is no dillcicncc bciwccn ilc jva
(individual) and bialman (Supicmc). Wlaicvci dillcicnccs aic pciccivcd aic
appaicni only, noi ically spiiiiual. Tlcy lavc ilicc sclools ol ilougli. Among
ilcm, somc bclicvc ilai ilc idca ol dillcicncc (bciwccn jva and bialman) is lalsc,
bcing bui a pciccpiion duc io maya. ly ilc imposiiion ol ignoiancc, ilc jva
pcicicvcs an illusion ol dillcicncc, lilc ilc sly and ilc poi coniaining a poiiion ol
sly. Wlcn ignoiancc disappcais, ilc illusion ol dillcicncc ccascs, and only ilc
gicai sly oi bialman icmains. Ai ilai iimc ilc jva oi ilc lalsc cgo disappcais.
Tlis dociiinc is callcd paiicclcda paiicclinna vada.
Tlc sccond sclool bclicvcs ilai bialman is icaliiy and ilc jva is a pciccpiion ol
iis icllcciion duc io ignoiancc. Tlc jva las no aciual cxisicncc. Ignoiancc is a
paiiiculai lunciion ol maya salii. Wlcn ilc ignoiancc is icmovcd, ilc cxisicncc
ol jva ccascs. Tlc iliid sclool says ilai aciually noiling cxisis. Tlcic is somc
disiuibancc callcd maya by wlicl ilcic is a pciccpiion ol dillcicncc.
Rcvicwing ilcsc ilcoiics onc can undcisiand ilai ilcy aic all pompous iall
gcnciaicd liom logic. ly slilllul logic, ilcy can bc quiclly dclcaicd. Tlcsc
plilosoplics aiisc by ialing suppoii liom somc poiiions ol ilc Vcdas, bui ilcy aic
noi ilc conclusion ol ilc Vcdas. Tlc conclusion ol ilc Vcdas is ilai ilc Loid is
naiuially ilc coniiollci ol maya and ilc jva is naiuially coniiollcd by maya.
Tlc Vcdas say:
clandamsi yajnal liaiavo viaiani
bluiam bllavyam yac ca vcda vadanii
asman may sijaic visvam ciai
iasmims canyo mayaya sanniiuddlal
mayas iu pialiiim vidyan
mayinam iu malcsvaiam
Tlc coniiollci ol maya, ilc Loid, cicaics ilc maiciial univcisc by maya. Tlc jva,
dillcicni liom ilc Loid, lalls undci ilc coniiol ol maya in ilc maiciial woild.
Maya is an cncigy ol ilc Loid and ilc Loid is ilc coniiollci ol maya.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad +. 9-10
Tlus ilc jva is, undci no condiiion, ilc samc as ilc Loid. In ilc llagavad Gia,
ilc jva is callcd cncigy. Tlai mcans ilc jva cannoi bc ilc samc as ilc Loid.
bnumr aponaIo vayun hnam mano bunr cva ca
ananhara tiyam mc bnnna prahrtr astana
aparcyam tas tv anyam prahrtm vn mc param
jiva bnutam manabano yaycam naryatc jagat

Laiil, waici, liic, aii, cilci, mind, iniclligcncc and lalsc cgo-aliogcilci ilcsc cigli
compiisc My scpaiaicd maiciial cncigics. lcsidcs ilis inlciioi naiuic, O migliy-
aimcd Aijuna, ilcic is a supciioi cncigy ol Minc, wlicl aic all living cniiiics wlo
aic siiuggling wiil maiciial naiuic and aic susiaining ilc univcisc.
l.G.7.+-5
Tlc jva is ilc scivani ol Kisna. Tlc jva is ilc maiginal cncigy ol Kisna, bcing
simuliancously dillcicni and non-dillcicni liom ilc Loid. Tlai mcans ilai ilc
jva is nciilci complcicly dillcicni liom ilc Loid, noi absoluicly idcniical wiil ilc
Loid.
liladaianyala Upanisad says:
tasya va ctasya purusasya vc cva stnanc bnavata
am ca paraIoha-stnanam ca sannyam trtiyam
svapna-stnanam tasmn sannyc stnanc tstnan ctc
ubnc stnanc pasyat am ca paraIoha-stnanam ca
Tlc puiusa oi jva las iwo locaiions, ilc maiciial woild and ilc spiiiiual woild.
Tlc jva is siiuaicd ai a iliid posiiion, callcd svapna silana, on ilc boidci bciwccn
ilcsc iwo placcs. Siiuaicd in ilis maiginal placc, lc can scc boil ilc maiciial and
spiiiiual woilds.
liladaianyala Upanisad +.+.3.1S
Tlis maiginal posiiion is dcsciibcd as lollows:
ta yatna mana matsya ubnc huIc
nusancarat purvam ca param cavam
cvayam purusa ctav ubnav antav
anusancarat svapnantam ca bunantam ca
Jusi as a laigc lisl living in ilc iivci wandcis liom onc banl io ilc oilci, so ilc
jva is ol similai qualiiy, and is cquippcd io wandcis in ilc Kaiana waicis bciwccn
ilc maiciial and spiiiiual woilds (svapnania and buddlania).
liladaianyala Upanisad +.+.3.1S
Tlougl all ilc jvas aic gcnciaicd liom ilc Supicmc Loid iliougl ilc iaiasila
salii, ilcy lavc a scpaiaic cxisicncc liom Him. Tlcy may bc compaicd io ilc
aioms in ilc sun's iays, oi ilc spails ol a liic.
yatnagnc hsura vspnuInga vyuccarant cvam
cvasma atmanan sarvan bnutan vyuccarant
Jusi as spails aiisc liom liic, all ilc jvas aiisc liom Kisna, ilc supicmc soul.
liladaianyala Upanisad 2.1.20
Iiom ilis ii may bc dcicimincd ilai jvas aic small, scpaiaic conscious paiiiclcs
wlicl may lind ilcii placc ciilci in ilc maiciial oi spiiiiual woilds duc io ilcii
dual naiuic (iaiasila). lui ilcii csscniial naiuic is io bc ilc scivani ol Kisna.
Tlc momcni ilai ilc jvas dcsiic io cnjoy indcpcndcnily wlilc gazing ai ilc iwo
banls ol ilc iivci, ilcy bccomc avcisc io Kisna, wlo is lilc ilc sun. Tlcy aic
callcd by maya, wlo is siiuaicd closc by, io acccpi a placc ol cnjoymcni. Duc io
loss ol icmcmbiancc ol Kisna, ilcy aic avcisc io Kisna wiil no bcginning. Tlcy
aic in ilis siaic duc io misusc ol ilcii indcpcndcncc.
Onc slould noi aiiiibuic ilis unloiiunaic siiuaiion io lauli oi ciucliy on ilc paii
ol Kisna, loi Kisna las no icsponsibiliiy ai all loi ilc misusc ilai ilc jva malcs ol
lis spiiiiual qualiiy ol indcpcndcncc. Wlcn ilis misusc ialcs placc, Kisna placcs
ilc jvas lilc sccds in ilc maiciial woild, iliougl a spccial lunciional cxpansion
(Malavisnu). (scc abovc C.C.Madlya 20.273)

Kisna docs noi ioucl maiici, bui iliougl ilc loim ol Malavisnu, wlo glanccs
upon maiici, lc placcs ilc ollcnding jvas in maiici. Duc io ilis ollcnsc, maiici oi
maya punislcs ilc jvas by inlliciing ilc sullciings ol icpcaicd biiils in ilc
maiciial woild.
Tlc Loid las iwo iypcs ol cxpansions, svamsa and viblinnamsa. Tlc caiuivyula
and avaiaias aic all svamsa. Tlc jvas aic viblinnamsa. Tlc dillcicncc bciwccn
svamsa and viblinnamsa is ilai ilc svamsa cniiics aic always cndowcd wiil all
powcis, and always idcniily ilcmsclvcs as ilc Loid. Kisna's dcsiic is ilcii dcsiic.
Tlcy lavc no indcpcndcncc. Tlc viblinnamsas cicinally idcniily ilcmsclvcs as
scpaiaic liom Kisna. lcing ol small loim, ilc jvas lavc small powci, and ilcii
dcsiics aic scpaiaic liom Kisna's. In ilis mannci, ilougl unlimiicd jvas cmanaic
liom Kisna, ilcy do noi in any way dccicasc ilc pcilcci naiuic ol Kisna.
Tlc ollcnsc ol iuining liom Kisna occuis bcloic ilc cniiancc ol all jvas inio
maiici. lccausc ilc iooi ol ilis ollcnsc occuis bcloic maiciial iimc, ii is callcd
bcginninglcss avcision io Kisna (anadi balii mullaia).

lccausc ol iiansloimaiion duc io associaiion wiil maiici, Rudia also is dillcicni
and non-dillcicni liom ilc Loid. Hc is noi ilc svaiupa ol Kisna. ly coniaci wiil
iamaiind, mill bccomcs yoguii. Ii is noi somciling complcicly dillcicni liom
mill, bui ii is noi mill as wcll. (scc CC M. 20.307-9).
In ilc Paiamaima Sandaibla (19) ol Jva Gosvam Jamaii Muni 's quoic liom ilc
Padma Puiana, Uiiaia Klanda is lound dcsciibing ilc jva:
jnanasrayo jnana-gunas cctanan prahrtcn paran
na jato nrvharas ca cha-rupa-svarupa-bnah
anur ntyo vyapt-siIas c ananatmahas tatna
anam-artnovyayan hsctr bnnna-rupan sanatanan
aanyoyam accncyo hIcyo sosyahsara cva ca
cvam a gunar yuhtan scsa-bnutan parasya va
Tlc jva is ilc slclici ol lnowlcdgc, las ilc qualiiy ol lnowlcdgc, is conscious,
non-maiciial, wiiloui biiil, unclanging, las onc naiuial loim, is a paiiiclc,
cicinal, pcivasivc, lull ol lnowlcdgc and bliss, las a scnsc ol "I", is masici ol lis
body, docs noi dccicasc, is a scpaiaic loim, cannoi bc buincd, cui, oi diicd and is
indcsiiuciiblc. Hc is ilc scivani ol ilc Loid.
Slclici ol lnowlcdgc mcans ilai ilc jva is a lnowci; laving ilc qualiiy ol
lnowlcdgc mcans ilai lnowlcdgc is lis aiiiibuic. Tlc jva is bcyond maiici, lc
las no biiil oi clangc, and is moic subilc ilan ilc maiciial aioms. Pcivasivc
mcans ilai ilc jva pcivadcs lis wlolc body. . Hc idcniilics limscll as "I", lc is
ilc masici ol lis body, is scpaiaic liom ilc Loid's loim, and is dcvoid ol
impcimancni qualiiics.

Naiada in ilc Pancaiaiia las spolcn ol ilc iaiasila salii.
yai iaiasilam iu cid iupam svalam vcdyad viniigaiam
Tlc paiiiclc ol consciousncss cmanaiing liom ilc cii salii is callcd iaiasila.
Jva Gosvam las cxplaincd aboui ilc naiuic ol ilc iaiasila salii:
tatastnatvam ca maya-sahty atitatvat
asyavya-para-bnava-rupcna oscna
paramatmano Icpabnavac ca ubnaya hotav
apravstcs tasya tac cahttvc saty ap
paramatmanas taI Icpabnavas ca yatna hvac
cha-csa-stnc rasmau cnayaya trashrtcp
suryasyatrasharas tavat
Tlc iaiasila oi jva salii is dillcicni liom maya salii. Ii is noi considcicd in ilc
caicgoiy ol maya. Howcvci, bccausc ol ilc lauli ol bcing ovcicomc by ignoiancc,
ilc jva salii cannoi bc considcicd in ilc caicgoiy ol Paiamaima, wlicl is licc
liom ilc inllucncc ol maya. Tlougl ilc jva is ilc salii ol ilc Paiamaima,
Paiamaima is noi iouclcd by ilc jva's coniaminaiion ol ignoiancc. Tlougl a
paiiiculai iay ol ilc sun may bc covcicd by sladow, ilc sun is noi covcicd.
Paiamaima Sandaibla 37
Tlcsc jvas aic ol iwo iypcs: cicinally condiiioncd and cicinally libciaicd.
Si Jva says:
ta cvam ananta cva jivahnyas tatastnan sahtayan
tatra tasam varga-vayam cho vargo nata
cva bnagava-unmuhnan anyas tv anata cva bnagavat-paranmuhnan svabnavatas
taiya-jnana-bnavat taiya-jnanabnavat ca tatra pratnamo ntaranga- saht vIasanu
grnito ntya-bnagavat-parhara rupo garuahan asya
ca tatastnatvam jivatva-prasncr isvaratva-hotav
apravcsat aparam tu tat paranmuhnatva-
oscna Iabna-cnraya mayaya parbnutan samsari
Tlc numbci ol jvas is unlimiicd. Tlcy aic dividcd inio iwo classcs. Onc class is
lavoiablc io ilc Loid wiiloui bcginning. Tlc oilci class is avcisc io ilc Loid
wiiloui bcginning. Tlc liisi class is lavoiablc io ilc Loid bccausc ol lnowlcdgc ol
iclaiionslip wiil ilc Loid. Tlc sccond class is avcisc io ilc Loid bccausc ol lacl
ol ilai lnowlcdgc. Tlc lavoiablc jvas aic all iccipicnis ol ilc Loids splcndid
inicinal cncigy. Tlcy aic ilc cicinal associaics ol ilc Loid, sucl as Gaiuda. Tlcy
aic noi in ilc caicgoiy ol ilc Loid, as in slown by ilc sciipiuics. Tlcy aic siill
iaiasila oi jva. Tlc sccond class ol jvas is dcvoid ol ilc lclp ol ilc inicinal
cncigy as ilcy aic avcisc io ilc Loid. lccausc ol ilis lacl, ilcy aic ovciwlclmcd
by maya and ialc icpcaicd biiil in ilc maiciial woild.
Paiamaima Sandaibla +7
ct suryan paramatma va jivas ct paramanavan
tat hrana-hanan sunas cnma artnan svarupatan
acntya-saht-sambnuta-tatastna-narmatan hIa
ct svarupasya jivasya maya-vasyam ca snyat
aparcyam tas tv anyam prahrtm vn mc param
jiva bnutam manabano yaycam naryatc jagat
t ya bnagava vahyam gtopansa srutam
jivasya tcna sahttvc snc bnco na snyat
jvo maya-vasan hntu mayanisan parcsvaran
cta amnaya vahyat tu bnco jivasya sarvaa
bncabnca prahasoyam yugapaj jiva cva n
hcvaIabnca-vaasyavahatvam nruptam
maya-vasatva-narmcna mayavao na sambnavct
yato mayapara sahtn paraya jiva nrmtan
maya-vrttr ananharo jivas ta atrcyatc
maya-sanga vninop jivo na n vnasyat
mayavaa-bnramartanam sarvam nasyas- paam matam
avatasya nshaIasya nrIptasya ca branmanan
pratbmba-parccncau hatnam syatam ca hutract
avata sna Iabncp hatnam nrbnayata bnavct
rajju-sarpa-gnatahasa-suht-rajata-yuhtsu
avata-nanr cvasya yatnoanrtcsu va
branma-Iina yaa maya taa tasyan hrya hatnam
hasya va sprnaya tasyan pravrttr upajayatc
branmcccna ya ta nctun hutas tan nrvharata
maycccna ya va nctur urbnagyam branmanon tat
mayavaam asac cnastram sarvam vca- vrunaham
prahrtam yuhtm astrtya prahrtartna- vambanam
acntya-saht-vsvasat jnanam sunrmaIam bnavct
branman nrvharc sya ccna-saht-vscsatan
ta ccna sambnava srsts trna ta ihsana- srutcn
mayha javhi suna hatnam yuhtn pravartatc
nanam manyc suvcct no na vcct vca ca
srut-vahyam am Iabnva cntya-sahtm vcaraya
bnca-vahyan Iahsyan va suparna suhtsu
tattvam asya vahycsu cabncatvam praarstam
sarvajna-vca-vahyanam vrono nast hutract
bncabncatmaham tattvam saytam ntyam ca sartnaham
cha-csatnam asrtya canya-csartna- haIpanam
matavaa-prahasartnam srut-sastra-haartnanam
harma-mimamsahanam ya vjnanam srut- nnanam
murhnatvam cva tcsam tat na granyam tattvavj janan
vbnnnamso n jivoyam tatastna-saht- haryatan
sva-svarupa-bnrama asya maya-haragrna-stntn
Paiamaima is ilc spiiiiual sun. All ilc jvas aic paiiiclcs ol lis iays. Tlc ical
naiuic ol ilc jva is puicly spiiiiual. Tlc jva is by naiuic posscsscd ol individual
idcniiiy. lccausc ol ilc naiuic ol iaiasila salii wlicl cmanaics liom ilc
inconccivablc cncigy ol paiamaima, ilc jva, bcing minuic, is liablc io lall undci
ilc coniiol ol maya. In ilc vcisc ol llagavad Gia, Kisna icaclcs ilai ilc jva is a
supciioi cncigy io maya, and ilus ilc jva is noi qualiiaiivcly dillcicni liom
paiamaima, noi is lc ilc samc. Tlc jva is coniiollcd by maya and ilc Loid is ilc
coniiollci ol maya. Tliougl ilis sciipiuial siaicmcni ii is undcisiood ilai ilc
jva is simuliancously dillcicni and non-dillcicni liom ilc Loid. Tlc dociiinc ol
absoluic monism is noi accoiding io Vcdic cvidcncc.
Il ilc jva is undci ilc coniiol ol maya, onc cannoi say ilai cvciyiling is maya.
Accoiding io ilc dociiinc ol maya, ilc jva is a icmpoiaiy plcnomcnon, lilc a
icllcciion. Wlcn wc say ilc jva is coniiollcd by maya, ii mcams ilai spiiiiual
paiiiclc callcd jva is dillcicni liom maya and is capablc ol lalling undci ilc
inllucncc ol maya bccausc ol lis minuic naiuic. Maya is inlciioi cncigy and ilc
jva is composcd ol supciioi cncigy. Tlc lnciion ol maya is maiciial
idcniilicaiion. Tlc jva is a scpaiaic caicgoiy, a spiiiiual bcing. Tlougl ilc jva is
absoibcd in maya, ii docs noi losc iis naiuic as jva. Tlc mayavada plilosoply is
ciioncous.
Tlc opinions ol ilosc coniaminaicd by ilis ciioi aic iidiculous. Accoiding io
ilcm, bialman is onc, unconiaminaicd. Tlcn low is ii possiblc ilai ilis bialman
bccomcs dividcd' How can ilcic bc any liccdom liom lcai oncc ilc jva las
aiiaincd oncncss' Tlc cxamplcs ol ilc iopc and snalc, slcll and silvci aic
inappiopiiaic. Railci ilan piovc ilc conccpi ol advaiia, ilcy dclcai ii. Il onc iiics
io say ilai maya dissolvcs in bialman, ilc conccpi ol absoluic advaiia lails. Il onc
aigucs ilai maya is dcsiic, low docs ilai dcsiic aci' ly wlosc dcsiic docs maya
aci' Il bialman is ilc souicc ol ilis dcsiic, ilcn bialman is noi unclanging. Il
onc mainiains ilc clangclcss naiuic ol bialman and cxisicncc ol ilc dcsiic ol
maya, ilcn ilcic aiiscs anoilci bcing opposing bialman wlicl dividcs up ilc
dcsiiclcss bialman. Tlai is a gicai disasici loi bialman!
Il onc imagcs ilai bialman bccomcs svaia and ilcn cicaics ilc woild ol maya, in
ilc abscncc ol indcpcndcni dcsiic ol bialman, ii mcans ilai bialman bccomcs
unloiiunaicly coniiollcd by onc ol iis cncigics. Tlus mayavada is an
unauiloiizcd dociiinc, coniiaiy io all ilc Vcdas. ly maiciial logic ilc non-
maiciial subjcci ol ilc Vcdas bccomcs losi.
Il a pcison las laiil in ilc Loid's inconccivablc cncigy, lis lnowlcdgc bccomcs
pcilcci. Acccpiing ilai bialman is non-dual, and clangclcss, il onc also acccpis
ilai bialman las inconccivablc cncigy, boil ilc clangclcss siaic and dcsiic can
laimoniously cocxisi and aci wiiloui coniiadiciion.

Tlc Vcdas say, sa ailsaia ("Hc glanccd.") Tlis siaicmcni illusiiaics ilai by ilc
Loid's dcsiic alonc, lis inconccivablc cncigy cicaics ilc maiciial cncigy, ilc jvas
and ilc spiiiiual cncigics. Il onc bclicvcs in ilis inconccivablc cncigy, lis doubis
will bc dissipaicd. In ilc woids, nalam manyc suvcdcii no na vcdcii vcda ca (I
do noi ilinl I lnow lialman wcll. I lnow and I do noi lnow) ol ilc Kcna
Upanisad, ilc inconccivablc cncigy is acccpicd. In ilc siaicmcni dva supaina
("iwo biids in a iicc"), ilc cicinal dillcicncc is iaugli, and in iai ivam asi ("you
aic ilai") cicinal non-dillcicncc is iaugli. Tlcic is no coniiadiciion anywlcic in
ilc pcilcci Vcdas. Tlus, ilc Vcdas concludc ilai ilc cxisicncc ol
Chapfer 7
The jva in maya
Tlc jva's qualiiy ol iaiasila was discusscd in ilc picvious clapici. lccausc ol
ilis qualiiy, ilc jva , dcvoid ol lnowlcdgc ol ilc Loid, bccomcs ovcicomc by
maya siiuaicd closc by.
In Caiianya Caiiiamiia ii is wiiiicn:
ntyabana-hrsna natc ntya banrmuhna
ntya samsara bnunjc naha unhna
sc osc maya-psaci ana harc tarc
anyatmha tapa traya tarc jar marc
hama hroncra asa nana tara Iatn hnaya
bnramtc bnramtc ya sanu-vaya paya
tara upacsa mantrc psaci paIaya
hrsna bnaht paya, tabc hrsna nhatc yaya
Apaii liom ilc cvci-libciaicd dcvoiccs, ilcic aic ilc condiiioncd souls wlo always
iuin away liom ilc scivicc ol ilc Loid. Tlcy aic pcipciually condiiioncd in ilis
maiciial woild and aic subjccicd io ilc maiciial iiibulaiions biougli aboui by
dillcicni bodily loims in lcllisl condiiions.
Duc io lis bcing opposcd io Kisna consciousncss, ilc condiiioncd soul is
punislcd by ilc wiicl ol ilc cxicinal cncigy, maya. Hc is ilus icady io sullci ilc
ilicclold misciics-misciics biougli aboui by ilc body and mind, ilc inimical
bclavioi ol oilci living cniiiics and naiuial disiuibanccs causcd by ilc dcmigods.
In ilis way ilc condiiioncd soul bccomcs ilc scivani ol lusiy dcsiics, and wlcn
ilcsc aic noi lullillcd, lc bccomcs a scivani ol angci and coniinucs io bc liclcd by
ilc cxicinal cncigy, maya. Wandciing and wandciing iliougloui ilc univcisc, lc
may by clancc gci ilc associaiion ol a dcvoicc plysician, wlosc insiiuciions and
lymns malc ilc wiicl ol cxicinal cncigy llcc. Tlc condiiioncd soul ilus gcis inio
ioucl wiil ilc dcvoiional scivicc ol Loid Kisna, and in ilis way lc can appioacl
ncaici and ncaici io ilc Loid.
C.C. Madlya 22, 12-15
Tlc Svciasvaiaia Upanisad spcals ol ilc jva in bondagc.
baIagra sata-bnagasya satana haIptasya ca
bnago jivan sa vjncyan sa canantyaya haIpatc
Tlougl ilc jva is siiuaicd in a maiciial body, ii is a subilc cniiiy, non-maiciial in
naiuic. Lvcn il ilc iip ol a laii is dividcd up onc lundicd iimcs, and onc paii is
dividcd again a lundicd iimcs, ii cannoi compaic io ilc minuicncss ol ilc soul.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 5.9
Tlougl ilc jva siiuaicd in maiici is wcal, lc is siill non-maiciial, cquippcd wiil
immoiial qualiiics.
naiva sii puman csa na caivayam napumsalal
yad yac claiiam adaiic icna icna sa yujyaic
Only ilc jva's maiciial body is claiaciciizcd as malc, lcmalc oi ncuici. Tlc jva
dwclls in ilc body obiaincd as a icsuli ol pasi aciions.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 5.10
Tlc jva is aciually a spiiiiual cniiiy. ly cxicinal vision, jva may appcai as malc oi
lcmalc bui ilai is noi ilc ical naiuic ol jva.
sanhaIpana-sparsana-rst-monar grasambu-
vrstnyatma vvrna janma harmanugany
anuhramcna cni stnancsu rupany abnsamprapayatc
Tlc jva ialcs many iypcs ol maiciial bodics accoiding io lis aciions iliougl lis
dcsiics, ioucl, sigli, illusion, caiing, waici, and iain.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad 5.11
stnuIan suhsman banun cava rupan cno svagunar
vrnot hrya gunar atma gunas ca tcsam
samyoga-nctur aparop rstan
Tlc jva aiiains numcious loims ol gioss and subilc bodics iliougl qualiiics lc
dcvclops. And iliougl ilc qualiiy ol aciion and scll, lc bccomcs covcicd by
oilci bodics.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad, 5.22
anay anantam haIIasya manyc
vsvasya srastaram ancha-rupam
vsvasyaham parvcstntaram
jnatva cvam mucyatc sarva-pasan
Tlc jva, laving lallcn inio ilc dccp lolc ol icpcaicd biiil in ilc maiciial woild,
dcvclops laiil by ialing slclici ol dcvoiccs. Wlcn lc undcisiands paiamaima as
ilc cicaioi ol ilc univcisc, dwclling in ilc univcisc and aciing as ilc souicc ol
unlimiicd avaiaias, lc bccomcs licc liom ilc bondagc ol maya.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad, 5.13
In ilc mnaya Suiias (35-3S) 1 ilc condiiioncd jva is dcsciibcd ilus.
parcsa-vamuhnyat tcsam avyabnnvcsan
sva-svarupa-bnraman
vsama-haman harma-bannan
stnuIa-Ingabnmana-janta-samsara hIcsas ca
lcing avcisc io ilc Loid, ilc jvas bccomcs absoibcd in ignoiancc.
lccausc ol ilis, ilcy loigci ilcii iiuc idcniiiy oi loim.
Having loigoiicn ilcii idcniiiy, liom scllisl cnjoymcni and aciion, ilcy acccpi
iciiiblc icsiiiciion oi bondagc.
Idcniilicaiion ol scll wiil gioss and subilc maiciial bodics is ilc causc ol ilcii
sullciing in ilc woild.
Tlc jva is a spiiiiual, conscious, lnowing cniiiy. Tlc jva appcaicd by ilc
maiginal cncigy ai ilc dividing linc bciwccn spiiii and maiici. Iiom ilai
posiiion, lc bcgan io gazc ai ilc spiiiiual and maiciial woilds. Tlosc jvas wlo
wcic aiiiacicd somcwlai io icalizaiion ol ilc Supicmc Pcison bccamc dcsiious ol
ilc spiiiiual icalm- bccausc ol ilai coniaci ol lnowlcdgc. Tlcy ilcn obiaincd
siicngil liom ilc lladin poicncy ol ilc abundani cii salii, wlicl madc ilcm
lavoiablc io ilc Loid cicinally, and ilcy wcic biougli inio ilc spiiiiual woild as
associaics ol ilc Loid.
Tlosc wlo, by ilcii own licc will, bccamc bcwildcicd and bccamc giccdy loi maya
siiuaicd on ilc opposiic sidc, bcing bccloncd by maya, ilcn bccamc aiiiacicd io
ilc maiciial univcisc, and wcic iliown in ilc univcisc by Kaianainavasayi Visnu,
ilc coniiollci ol maya. Tlai was bui ilc icsuli ol ilcii cicinal avcision io ilc
Supicmc Loid. Tlc momcni ilcy cnicicd ilc maiciial icalm, ilcy bccamc
ovcicomc by ignoiancc, ilc lunciion ol maya. Ovcicomc by ignoiancc, ilcy lcll
inio ilc wlccl ol binding laima in oidci io bccomc lully absoibcd in ilcii iasl.
Sucl jvas lavc bccn compaicd io a biid cnjoying ilc liuii ol laima.

va suparna sayuja sahnaya
samanam vrhsam parsasvajatc
tayor anyan pppaIam svavatt
anasnan anyo abncahasit
Ksiodasay Visnu and ilc jva aic living lilc liicnds in ilc iicc ol ilc icmpoiaiy
maiciial woild. Tlc jva is caiing ilc liuiis ol ilc iicc accoiding io lis laima.
Tlc oilci biid, paiamaima, is noi cnjoying ilc liuii bui sciving as wiincss.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad, +.6 , Mundala Upanisad, 3.1.1.
samanc vrhsc puruso nmagno
nsaya socat munyamanan
In ilc samc iicc, ilc jva, bcwildcicd by maya, las lallcn inio lamcniaiion.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad, +.7, Mundala Upanisad, 3.1.2
Ii is wiiiicn in ilc Simad llagavaiam.:
bnayam vtiyabnnvcsatan sya
isa apctasya vparyayosmrtn
lcing avcisc io lnowlcdgc ol God, ilc jva, bccoming absoibcd in ilc sccond
piinciplc (maiciial ignoiancc), ilcn cxpciicnccd lcai ol icpcaicd biiil,
misidcniilicd limscll wiil ilc maiciial body (vipaiyaya), and lcll inio
loigcilulncss ol lis iiuc loim (asmiiil). (Siila llaliivinod's iianslaiion)
S.l.11.2.37
Tlc liisi icsuli ol coniaci wiil maya (ignoiancc) was misialcn idcniiiy conccining
ilc jva's iiuc loim. Ioigciiing lis spiiiiual loim, ilc jva iool on a maiciial loim,
and iliougl lis scll-idcniiiy lcll inio dccp loigcilulncss ol lis iolc as scivani ol
ilc Loid. Maya bcsiowcd iwo covciings--ilc gioss and subilc bodics- ovci ilc
spiiiiual loim. Tlc subilc body is composcd ol maiciial cgo, maiciial mcmoiy,
maiciial iniclligcncc and maiciial mind. Tlcsc aic ilc siiiing placcs ol lusi, angci,
giccd, illusion, inioxicaiion and cnvy. Tlcsc six bccamc ilc causc ol ilc jva's
clcvaiion oi dcgiadaiion, dcpcnding on wlcilci ilc aciions aic cnacicd accoiding
io sciipiuial injunciion oi noi (punya oi papa). Tlc puic spiiiiual idcniiiy ol ilc
jva bccamc covcicd by ilc lalsc cgo ol ilc subilc body.
lui as ilc subilc body docs noi aci oi cnjoy on ii own, ilc gioss body composcd ol
slin, llcsl, blood, bonc, maiiow, lai and scmcn (scvcn dlaius) was imposcd on
ilc jva along wiil biiil, mainicnancc, giowil, icpioduciion, aging and dcail (six
iiansloimaiions). Obiaining ilc gioss body, ilc jva bccamc cvcn moic cnianglcd
in lis misidcniilicaiion. Tlcn ilc jva bcgan io ilinl ol limscll as a maiciial gioss
body. ly misialing lis iiuc idcniiiy, ilc jva lcll inio ilc iigli bondagc ol aciion
impcllcd by dcsiics. Tlc iulcs ol vainasiama dcicimincd lis pcimissiblc,
unpcimissiblc and ncuiial aciions; daily, scasonal and individual duiics; and ilc
icsuliani cnjoymcni and sullciing. Innumciablc obsiaclcs aiosc as a icsuli ol ilc
conncciion wiil ilc gioss and subilc bodics.
liladaianyala Upanisad says:
sa va ayam atma yatnahari yatnacari tatna bnavat
sanuhari sanur bnavat papahari papo bnavat
punyan punycna harmana bnavat papan papcna
Tlc aima accoiding io lis aciions aiiains a siiuaiion. ly good aciions lc bccomcs
good, by sinlul aciion lc bccomcs sinlul. ly punya ilc jva aiiains lappincss and
by papa ilc jva aiiains sullciing.
liladaianyala Upanisad, +.+.5
Tlc llagavaiam says:
sa anyamana sarvanga csam uvanananna
haroty avratam muno urtan urasayan
In oidci io mainiain lis so-callcd lamily and sociciy, ilc lool, buining wiil
anxiciy, ladcn wiil unlullillcd lopcs, pciloims all linds ol sinlul aciiviiics.
S.l.3.30.7
Tlc mcaning ol ilcsc iwo siaicmcnis is clcai. Tlc jva, iliougl lis covciings ol
gioss and subilc maiciial bodics, bccomcs bound by samsaia and cxpciicnccs
sullciing iliougl aciions ol punya and papa.
Tlc Saivajna Sulia quoicd in llagavai Sandaibla says:
nIanya samvasIstan sac c anana isvaran
svavya samvrto jivan samhIcsa-nharaharan
Tlc Supicmc Loid is lull ol ciciniiy, lnowlcdgc and bliss, bcing cmbiaccd by lis
cncigics lladin and samvii. Tlc jva cxpciicnccs so many sullciings in ilc
maiciial woild, bcing covcicd by lis own ignoiancc.
In Paiamaima Sandaibla, Jva Gosvam says ilai maya las iwo piopcnsiiics:
lnowlcdgc and ignoiancc. Knowlcdgc is boin ol ical mcicy ol maya. Tlc
ignoiancc lunciion is ilc spccial cncigy ol maya io punisl ilc jva loi lis ollcnscs.
Hc luiilci says:
atnavyahnyasya vc vrtt avaranatmha
vhscpatmha ca tatra purva jiva cva tstnanti
taiyam svabnavham jnanam avrnvana uttara
ca tam ta-anyatna-jnancna sanjayanti vartatc
Tlis ignoiancc las iwo lunciions-callcd ilc avaiana aimila lunciion and ilc
vilscpa aimila lunciion. Tlc liisi lunciion covcis ilc jva's lnowlcdgc ol lis
naiuial iclaiionslip wiil ilc Loid. Tlc sccond lunciion givcs iisc io oilci iypcs ol
lnowlcdgc, iliowing ilc jva inio ignoiancc.
Paiamaima Sandaibla 5+
On ilis ilcic is a laiila:
sattvam rajas tamas cct gunan prahrt- sambnavan
ty ay upansa-vahyan nrguno jiva cva n
cctanan hrsna asonam t jnanc gatc parc
prahrtcr guna-samyogat harma-bannosya snyat
harma-cahra-gatasyasya suhna-unhnaham bnavct
sa-gunabn-nmagnasya stnuIa-Inga- vyavastntn
Tlc Vcdas lavc said ilai ilc ilicc qualiiics, goodncss, passion and ignoiancc, aic
ilc maiciial qualiiics. Tlc jva is by naiuic wiiloui ilcsc qualiiics. Wlcn ilc
jva, bccausc ol lis smallncss, opposcs ilc Loid and bccomcs wcal, ilc maiciial
qualiiics bccomc siiong and ovcicomc lim. Tlc lnowlcdgc ilai ilc jva is
spiiiiual and a scivani ol Kisna is covcicd, and bccausc ol ilc coniaci wiil
maiciial modcs, ilc jva lalls inio complcic bondagc ol laima. ly acccpiancc ol
ilc gioss and subilc bodics, ilc jva lalls inio ilc occan ol six maiciial qualiiics,
and bccoming ovciwlclmcd, cxpciicnccs lappincss and disiicss in ilc wlccl ol
biiil and dcail.
Tlis siaic ol ilc puic jva is callcd an unloiiunaic siaic ol ilc jva, imposcd by
maya. Ii cxisis duc io ilc maiginal qualiiy inlcicni in ilc jva. Tlc jva is
aciually a puic cniiiy, and ignoiancc, ilc lunciion ol maya, is bui an upadli oi
icmpoiaiy covciing. Tlc icsulis ol ilis upadli aic ilc ilicc misciics-adlyaimila,
adlidaivila and adliblauiila.
1 Anoilci woil by llaliivinoda
Chapfer 8
The jva's Iiberafion from maya
Tlougl ilc jva, ovcicomc by maya, is bound by ilc clains ol bcginninglcss
impicssions and laima, lc docs noi losc lis maiginal loim and qualiiy. Tlougl
ilc inllucncc ol maya is siiong, and ilc inlcicni consciousncss ol bcing ilc
scivani ol Kisna is wcal, ii siill icmains iniaci. Givcn ilc oppoiiuniiy, lis ical
naiuic will giadually manilcsi. Tlc oppoiiuniiy is piovidcd by ilc sainily
dcvoiccs ol ilc Loid. Tlus ilc Svciasvaiaia Upanisad says:
yasya cvc para bnahtr yatna cvc tatna gurau
tasyatc hatnta ny artnan prahasantc manatmanan
Tlc mcaning ol ilc Vcdas is icvcalcd io ilc pcison wlo las dcvoiion io ilc guiu
as lc las puic dcvoiion loi ilc Supicmc Loid.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad, 6.23
In ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia ii is said:
samsara bnramtc hona bnagya hcna tarc
nara prabnavc ycna hastna Iagc tirc
hona bnagya haro samsara hsayonmuhna naya
sanu sanga harc, hrsnc rat upajaya
sanu sanga sanu sanga sarva sastrc haya
Iava matra sanu sangc sarva sn naya
hrsna tomara nau ya baIc chabara
mayabanna natc hrsna tarc harc para
Tlcic aic unlimiicd condiiioncd souls wlo aic bcicli ol Loid Kisna's scivicc. Noi
lnowing low io cioss ilc occan ol ncscicncc, ilcy aic scaiicicd by wavcs, iimc
and iidc. Howcvci, somc aic loiiunaic io coniaci dcvoiccs, and by ilis coniaci
ilcy aic dclivcicd liom ilc occan ol ncscicncc, jusi as log, lloaiing down a iivci,
accidcnially waslcs upon ilc banl.
ly good loiiunc, onc bccomcs cligiblc io cioss ilc occan ol ncscicncc, and wlcn
onc's icim ol maiciial cxisicncc dccicascs, onc may gci an oppoiiuniiy io associaic
wiil puic dcvoiccs. ly sucl associaiion, onc's aiiiaciion io Kisna is awalcncd.
C.C.Madlya 22.+3, +5
Tlc vcidici ol all icvcalcd sciipiuics is ilai by cvcn a momcni's associaiion wiil a
puic dcvoicc, onc can aiiain all succcss.
C.C.Madlya 22.5+
Onc is immcdiaicly liccd liom ilc cluiclcs ol maya il lc sciiously and sinccicly
says, 'My dcai Loid Kisna, alilougl I lavc loigoiicn You loi so many long ycais in
ilc maiciial woild, ioday I am suiicndciing unio You. I am Youi sinccic and
sciious scivani. Plcasc cngagc mc in Youi scivicc.
C.C.Madlya 22. 33
Wlcn, by dcsiiny (blagya), a pcison's cnianglcmcni in maya dccicascs, lc
bccomcs qualilicd loi associaiion ol dcvoiccs. Onc may asl conccining ilis
siaicmcni, "wlai is dcsiiny'" Il dcsiiny is ilc causc ol dcsiiuciion ol samsaia,
ilcn low can onc say ilai laiil oi associaiion wiil dcvoiccs is ilc causc' Dcsiiny
is moicovci a blind oi impcisonal lacioi. Il ilai is ilc solc causc ol auspiciousncss
loi ilc jva, ilcn ilc jva will lavc no inclinaiion io iniiiaic lis own aiicmpis.
Tlougl ii is casy io icason in ilis maiici, ii biings aboui a loi ol dilliculiy in ilc
cnd. To lind ilc ical iiuil, ii is ncccssaiy io cxaminc ilc basic icndcncy ol ilc
jva.
Wlcn ilc jva's naiuic (svablava) is loimcd, ilc only doci, oi icsponsiblc bcing, is
ilc Supicmc Loid. No onc clsc cxisis. Iicc will oi indcpcndcncc is implicii wiil
loimaiion ol anyiling spiiiiual. Tlc iclaiion io ilc cicaioi icmains only in ilc
cicaiion iiscll. All aciions ol ilc spiiiiual jva alici lis cicaiion lavc no iclaiion io
ilc Loid. Tlc jva cquippcd wiil lull indcpcndcncc liisi bccomcs ciilci lavoiablc
oi avcisc io ilc Loid. Tlis is ilc liisi aci ol ilc jva. In ilai, ilc jva is ilc piimc
doci. Ai ilc iimc ol ilai aciiviiy, ilc Loid is only ilc accompanying doci, in ilai
lc givcs ilc icsulis io ilc jva's aciiviiics. Having cnicicd ignoiancc, ilc maiciial
icalm, ilc docis bccomc ilicclold.
1. Tlc jva bccomcs ilc piimc doci loi all aciiviiics.
2. Maiici, wlicl assisis ilc jva, bccomcs ilc sccondaiy doci.
3. Tlc Loid, in giving ilc liuiis, bccomcs ilc associaicd doci.
Tlougl ilc jva by lis licc will las bccomc ovcicomc by ignoiancc, lc docs noi
losc lis icsponsibiliiy as ilc piimc doci. Wlaicvci aciions ilc jva pciloims alici
cniciing ilc maiciial woild aic callcd dcsiiny oi blagya wlcn ilcy bcgin io yicld
ilcii icaciions. Tlc dcsiinics ol an ailcisi and icligious pcison aic noi judgcd in
ilc samc way. Accoiding io ilc aciions ol ilc jva, ilc paiiiculai icsulis aic givcn.
Tlc icsulis ol aciion aic ol iwo iypcs: maiciial and spiiiiual. Tliougl aciion
moiivaicd by maiciial gain, a pcison icccivcs maiciial icsulis. Tliougl aciions
aiming loi spiiiiual goals, a pcison dcvclops a spiiiiual icsuli. All aciions
pciloimcd wiil spiiiiual inicniion, sucl as scivicc io dcvoiccs, claniing ilc namc
ol ilc Loid and scivicc io ilc Loid, aic spiiiiual.
All ilcsc dcvoiional aciions, pciloimcd in wlaicvci mannci, pioducc an
impicssion, in ilc loim ol dcsiic loi dcvoiion. Wlcn ilis impicssion giadually
giows, ii aiiains ilc namc ol good loiiunc, saublagya. Wiil ilc advanccmcni ol
ilis saublagya, ilc aiiiaciion loi maiciial cnjoymcni wcalcns. Wlcn ilc
maiciial dcsiics bccomc vciy wcal, ilc saublagya (dcsiic loi dcvoiion) bccoming
siiongci, and iiansloims inio laiil, by ilc associaiion ol dcvoiccs. Tlis laiil
pioduccs moic associaiion, and bcsiows all succcss. Tlc sicps in ilc cicaiion ol
saublagya loi ilc jva may bc siudicd liom ilc lilc sioiy ol Naiada.
In Simad llagavaiam ii says:
anam puratita bnavcbnavam munc
asyas ca hasyascana vcavanam
nrupto baIaha cva yognam
susrusanc pravrs nrvvahsatam
uccnsta Icpan anumoto vjan
sahrt sma bnunjc ta apasta hIbsan
cvam pravrtasya vsuna-cctasas
ta narma cvatma rucn prajayatc
tatranvanam hrsna-hatnan prajayatam
anugrncnasrnavam manonaran
tan sranaya mcnupaam vsrnvatan
prya-sravasy anga mamabnava ratn
O Muni, in ilc lasi millcnnium I was boin as ilc son ol a cciiain maidscivani
cngagcd in ilc scivicc ol bialmanas wlo wcic lollowing ilc piinciplcs ol Vcdania.
Wlcn ilcy wcic living iogcilci duiing ilc loui monils ol ilc iainy scason, I was
cngagcd in ilcii pcisonal scivicc.
Oncc only, by ilcii pcimission, I iool ilc icmnanis ol ilcii lood, and by so doing
all my sins wcic ai oncc ciadicaicd. Tlus bcing cngagcd, I bccamc puiilicd in
lcaii, and ai ilai iimc ilc vciy naiuic ol ilc iiansccndcnialisi bccamc aiiiaciivc io
mc.
Vyasadcva, in ilai associaiion and by ilc mcicy ol ilosc gicai Vcdaniisis, I could
lcai ilcm dcsciibc ilc aiiiaciivc aciiviiics ol Loid Kisna and ilus lisicning
aiicniivcly, my iasic loi lcaiing ol ilc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad incicascd ai cvciy
sicp.
S.l.1.5.23,25,26
cvam hrsna matcr branman nasahtasyamaIatmanan
haIan praur abnut haIc tat sauamni yatna
prayujyamanc may tam sunam bnagavaim tanum
arabna-harma-nrvano nyapatat panca- bnauthan
And so, O lialmana Vyasadcva, in duc couisc ol iimc, I, wlo was lully absoibcd
in ilinling ol Kisna and wlo ilcicloic lad no aiiaclmcnis, bcing complcicly
liccd liom all maiciial iainis, mci wiil dcail, as liglining and illuminaiion occui
simuliancously.
Having bccn awaidcd a iiansccndcnial body bcliiiing an associaic ol ilc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, I quii ilc body madc ol livc maiciial clcmcnis, and ilus
all acquiicd liuiiivc icsulis ol woil sioppcd.
S.l.1.6.27, 2S
Tlc conclusion is ilis: wlcn blagya aiiscs liom many biiils ol suliiis, laiil also
aiiscs, iliougl associaiion ol dcvoiccs. Iiom ilis laiil aiiscs dcvoiional aciion,
clcaiancc ol maiciial dcsiics, sicadincss, iasic, aiiaclmcni and aiiiaciion loi Kisna.
Wlcic blagya appcais in a pcison's lilc, laiil also is sccn. Tlcicloic laiil and
associaiion ol dcvoiccs is ilc iooi ol all auspiciousncss.
Tlcic is a laiila in ilis conncciion:
cvam panjara-bannoyam jivan socat sarvaa
haact satprasangcna tasya mohso vniyatc
Tlc subilc and gioss bodics bind ilc jva in a cagc. In ilis siiuaiion ilc jva is
always lamcniing. Somciimcs, iliougl good loiiunc, lc is iclcascd liom bondagc
by ilc associaiion ol dcvoiccs.
mulia-bandla-dasa-blcdac caiianyasya dasa-dvayam
muliii liivanyaila iupam svaiupcna vyavasiliiil
aiyania-dullla lanau sa cii-sullapiii na samsayal
Tlc jva las iwo condiiions: in bondagc and libciaiion. Giving up lalsc
condiiions, and bccoming siiuaicd in oncs ical condiiion is callcd mulii oi
libciaiion. Tlcic is no doubi ilai, wiil libciaiion, sullciing ccascs and bliss is
aiiaincd.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad says:
justam yaa pasyaty anyam isam
asya manmanam t vita sohan
Wlcn ilc jva lools iowaids ilc Supicmc Loid, woiily ol lis woislip, lis
lamcniaiion disappcais and lc aiiains gloiy as a scivani ol Kisna.
Svciasvaiaia Upanisad +.7
Libciaiion and bondagc aic ilc iwo siaics ol ilc jva. Libciaicd jvas aic ol iwo
iypcs: cicinally libciaicd (niiya mulia) and libciaicd liom maya (maya mulia).
Tlc cicinally libciaicd jvas aic ncvci bound by maya. Tlc maya mulias, liisi
laving cnicicd maya, laici cnici ilc spiiiiual pasiimcs alici bcing libciaicd liom
maya by associaiion ol dcvoiccs.
Wlai is ilc loim ol ilc jva in libciaiion' Somc say ilai ilc jva's libciaiion is ilc
absoluic ccssaiion ol misciy; somc say ii is mciging wiil ilc Loid oi bialman.
Howcvci, ilosc wlo aic wisc say:
muhtr ntvanyatna rupam svarupcna vyavastntn
Libciaiion mcans bcing siiuaicd in oncs cicinal oiiginal loim, wlicl lc aiiains
alici giving up ilc clangcablc gioss and subilc bodics.
S.l. 2.10.6
Tlc jva is a spiiiiual loim, ilc puic scivani ol Kisna. Lniiancc inio maya is a
disioiiion io lis loim. Wlcn lc icjccis maya and bccomcs siiuaicd in lis iiuc
loim, ilai siaic is callcd mulii, oi libciaiion. Wlcn lnowlcdgc ol lis iiuc loim
bccomcs cxiicmcly indcliniic, lc las a icndcncy io mcigc inio ilc Loid, and wlcn
ilc lnowlcdgc ol lis loim is clcai, lc aiiains ilc siaius ol a puic scivani ol Kisna.
Libciaiion is noi mcicly ilc ccssaiion ol all misciics, bui ilc aiiainmcni ol
spiiiiual bliss along wiil ilc ccssaiion ol misciics. Tlc claiaciciisiics ol
libciaiion aic mcniioncd in ilc Clandogya Upanisad:
cvam cvasa samprasaosmac cnarirat
samuttnaya param jyot-rupa-sampaya
svcna rupcnabnnspayatc sa uttaman purusan
sa tatra paryct jahsan hrian ramamanan
Having aiiaincd libciaiion, giving up ilc gioss and subilc bodics, ilc jva bccomcs
cquippcd wiil a spiiiiual cllulgcni loim. Hc is a spiiiiual pcison. In ilc spiiiiual
woild lc cais, plays and bccomcs absoibcd in bliss.
Clandogya Upanisad S.12.3
Accoiding io ilc Vcdas, ilis is ilc uliimaic libciaiion. Tlc Clandogya Upanisad
also dcsciibcd ilc cigli qualiiics aiiaincd by ilc jva in libciaiion.
atmapanata-papma vjaro vmrtyur
vsoho vjgnatsoppasan satyahaman
satya-sanhaIpan sonvcstavyan
Tlc jva is wiiloui sin, oi licc liom iclaiion wiil sin and ignoiancc. Hc is licc
liom old agc, bcing cvci young. Hc is dcaillcss, ncvci lcaving lis spiiiiual body.
Hc is pcacclul, bcing licc liom lamcniaiion, sullciing and ciaving. Hc is dcvoid ol
dcsiic loi cnjoymcni. Hc is wiiloui iliisi, wiil no dcsiic oilci ilan io scivc ilc
Loid. Hc las only dcsiics io scivc ilc Loid lavoiably. Wlaicvci dcsiics lc las
aic lullillcd.
Clandogya Upanisad S.7.1
Tlcsc cigli qualiiics do noi cxisi in ilc condiiioncd jva. Onc slould lnow ilc
dillcicncc bciwccn ilc condiiioncd and libciaicd jvas by scaicling ilc sciipiuics.
Tlougl ilc goal ol libciaiion is laudablc, ilc linal aiiainmcni in libciaiion musi
only bc ilc lappincss ol scivicc io llagavan. As ilcic is a dangci ol losing sigli
ol ilc main goal by aspiiing loi sccondaiy goals, ii is bciici noi io aspiic loi
libciaiion. Tlosc wlo lold in ilcii lcaiis ilc dcsiic loi libciaiion liom ilc
bcginning cannoi aiiain advanccmcni in ilc cicinal iasas ol blalii. Howcvci
mucl a pcison may ialc slclici ol laima oi jnana, wiiloui aiiaining ilc mcicy ol
Kisna, lc cannoi aiiain cvcn mulii. Among ilc icn iopics ol ilc llagavaiam,
libciaiion is ilc ninil, bui ilc lappincss ol scivicc io ilc slclici, Kisna, is ilc
icnil.
asamc asamam Iahsyam asrtasraya- vgranam
sri-hrsnahnyam param nama jaga nama namam tat
In ilc icnil canio ol Simad llagavaiam, ilc icnil subjcci maiici, ilc slclici ol
ilc dcvoiccs, is dcsciibcd. I pay my icspccis io ilai supicmc goal, ilc goal ol ilc
univcisc, wlosc namc is Kisna.
llavaiiladipla 10.1
Tlosc wlo dcvclop ilc lappincss ol sciving Kisna in ilcii lcaii lavc in ilcii
giasp all ilc oilci ninc iopics ol llagavaiam, including libciaiion. To malc ilis
laci clcai, Caiianya Malapiablu said:
car varnasrami ya hrsna nan bnajc
saharma hartc sc rauravc pa majc
jnani jivan muhta asa panu har manc
vastutan bun suna nanc hrsna bnaht vnc
Tlc lollowcis ol ilc vainasiama insiiiuiion acccpi ilc icgulaiivc piinciplcs ol ilc
loui social oidcis and loui spiiiiual oidcis. Howcvci, il onc caiiics oui ilc
icgulaiivc piinciplcs ol ilcsc oidcis bui docs noi icndci iiansccndcnial scivicc io
Kisna, lc lalls inio ilc lcllisl condiiion ol maiciial lilc.
Tlcic aic many plilosoplical spcculaiois bclonging io ilc Mayavada sclool wlo
considci ilcmsclvcs libciaicd and call ilcmsclvcs Naiayana. Howcvci, ilcii
iniclligcncc is noi puiilicd unlcss ilcy cngagc in Kisna's dcvoiional scivicc.
C.C.Madlya22.26, 29
Sincc mulii cannoi bc aiiaincd by piaciicc ol laima, jnana, yoga, ausiciiiy oi any
oilci pioccss, cvcn ilc jnans uiilizc blalii, ilougl in a polluicd loim, io aiiain
libciaiion. Tlc puic dcvoicc docs noi cvcn piay loi sucl libciaiion, bui ilai
libciaiion lumbly submiis lciscll io ilcii scivicc.
bnahts tv ay stnratara bnagavan ya sya
avcna nan pnaIat vya hsora murtn
muhtn svayam muhuItanjaI scvatcsman
narmartna-hama-gatayan samaya-pratihsan
Ol Loid, il you ilinl oui dcvoiion is lixcd, ilcn icvcal youi iiansccndcnial
youillul loim in oui lcaiis. Piaycis loi dlaima, aiila, lama and molsa aic no
longci ncccssaiy, bccausc mulii lciscll, wiil loldcd lands, siands waiiing io
scivicc us. Dlaima, aiila, and lama icmain waiiing oui oidcis io scivc youi
loius lcci.
Kisna Kainamiia 107
Tlc libciaiion obiaincd by ilc dcvoiccs is ol iwo iypcs: svaiupa mulii and vasiu
mulii. Onc wlo, duc io piaciicc, aiiains lis spiiiiual loim cvcn in ilis maiciial
woild, is scivcd by libciaiion bcloic giving up ilc maiciial body. Tlougl ilc
body bclongs io ilc maiciial woild, ilc soul is absoibcd diiccily in ilc spiiiiual
woild. Onc slould undcisiand ilai sucl a pcison las aiiaincd svaiupa mulii.
Wlcn sucl a pcison givcs up lis maiciial body lc aiiains vasiu mulii by Kisna's
mcicy.
Tlc libciaiion ol ilc advaiia vadis is ol iwo iypcs: bialma-sayujya (mciging inio
ilc cllulgcncc ol ilc Loid) and svaia-sayujya (mciging inio ilc Loid's body).
Nciilci ol ilcsc iypcs ol libciaiion is ilc naiuial posiiion ol ilc jva. In ilc
lialmanda Puiana ilcsc pcoplc aic dcsciibcd:
sna-Iohas tu tamasan parc yatra vasant n
sna branma suhnc magna atyas ca narna natan

Siddlalola, ilc abodc ol bialman, lics bcyond ilc maiciial woild. In ilai placc
icsidc ilc asuias sucl as Kamsa lillcd by ilc Loid and ilc mayavadis absoibcd in
ilc bliss ol bialman.
lialmanda Puiana
Tlc jnans and yogis, ilougl ilcy aiicmpi io scpaiaic ilcmsclvcs liom ilc
maiciial cncigy by mcdiiaiions sucl as "alam bialmasmi" and "iaiivam asi", do
noi obiain ilc supicmc spiiiiual goal ol bcing siiuaicd in ilcii spiiiiual bodics.
Chapfer 9
The maferiaI worId and fhe jva are simuIfaneousIy differenf and
non-differenf from fhe Lord
Bhedabheda
On siudying ilc Vcdas and Vcdania, ilc acaiyas lavc comc io iwo dillcicni
conclusions. On ilc basis ol ilc conclusions ol Daiiaiicya, Asiavalia, Duivasa
and oilci isis, Sanlaiacaiya picaclcd ilc plilosoply ol absoluic monism. Tlai is
onc iypc ol conclusion. On ilc oilci land, lollowing in ilc looisicps ol Naiada,
Piallada, Dliuva, Manu and oilcis, ilc Vaisnavas lavc picaclcd ilc plilosoply
ol puic blalii. Tlai is ilc sccond iypc ol conclusion icaclcd liom siudying ilc
sciipiuics.
Tlcic aic loui iypcs ol blalii plilosoply. Ramanujacaiya picaclcd visisiadvaiia;
Madlvacaiya picaclcd suddla dvaiia; Nimbailacaiya picaclcd dvaiiadvaiia; and
Visnu Svam picaclcd suddla advaiia. Tlcy aic all picaclcis ol puic blalii.
Accoiding io Ramanujacaiya, ilcic is only onc icaliiy, ilc Loid (advaiia), wlo is
qualilicd (visisia) by cii and acii. Accoiding io Madlvacaiya, ilc jva is a icaliiy
oi cniiiy disiinci liom ilc Loid (dvaiia) , bui las a naiuic ol dcvoiion io ilc Loid.
Accoiding io Nimbaila, ilc jva is simuliancously dillcicni and non-dillcicni
liom ilc Loid (dvaiia advaiia), bui lc acccpis ilc conccpi ol cicinal dillcicncc ol
jva and ilc Loid. Accoiding io Visnu Svami, ilougl ilcic is only onc subsiancc
(advaiia), ilcic aic siill cicinal siaics ol dillcicncc in ilc loim ol bialman and
jva . Tlougl ilcic aic dillcicnccs amongsi ilc plilosoplics, all ilc vaisnava
acaiyas lavc acccpicd ilc cicinal naiuic ol blalii, blagavan, ilc jva 's cicinal
sciviioislip and ilc goal ol picma. Tlcy aic iiuc Vaisnavas. lui ilougl ilcy aic
all Vaisnavas, ilcii icalizaiions, bcing sliglily dillcicni loi cacl oilci, wcic paiiial
oi impcilcci. Wlcn Malapiablu appcaicd, lc icmovcd incomplcicncss liom
ilosc icalizaiions and iaugi ilc woild ilc puic scicncc, ilc liglcsi iiuil ol puic
blalii.
vyascra sutrctc hanc parnama vaa
vyasa bnranta baI tara utnaIa vvaa
parnama vac isvara naycna vhari
cta hanvvarta vaa stnapana yc har
vastutan parnama vaa sc sc pramana
cnc atmabun naya vvartcra stnana
avcntya saht yuhta sri bnagavan
ccnaya jaga rupc paya parnama
tatnap acntya sahtyc naya anhari
prahrta cntaman tanc rstanta nar
nana ratna ras naya cntaman natc
tatnapna man ranc svarupc avhrtc
brna vastu branma han sri bnagavan
sa vna asvarya purna para tattva nama
tanrc nrvscsa han, cc cnaht na man
arna svarupa na manIc, purnata naya nan
apaana, harana, anharana -haraha tna
bnagavancra savscsc c tna cnna
sa asvarya purnanana vgrana yannara
ncna bnagavanc tum hana nrahara
In lis Vcdania suiia, Siila Vyasadcva las dcsciibcd ilai cvciyiling is bui a
iiansloimaiion ol ilc cncigy ol ilc Loid. Sanlaiacaiya, lowcvci, las mislcd ilc
woild by commcniing ilai Vyasadcva was misialcn.. Tlus lc las iaiscd gicai
opposiiion io ilcism iliougloui ilc cniiic woild. Accoiding io Sanlaiacaiya, by
acccpiing ilc ilcoiy ol ilc iiansloimaiion ol ilc cncigy ol ilc Loid, onc cicaics
an illusion by indiiccily acccpiing ilai ilc Absoluic Tiuil is iiansloimcd.
Tiansloimaiion ol cncigy is a piovcn laci. Ii is ilc lalsc bodily conccpiion ol ilc
scll ilai is an illusion. Tlc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad is opulcni in all
icspccis. Tlcicloic by His inconccivablc cncigics Hc las iiansloimcd ilc maiciial
cosmic manilcsiaiion.
Using ilc cxamplc ol a iouclsionc, wlicl by iis cncigy iuins iion io gold and yci
icmains ilc samc, wc can undcisiand ilai alilougl ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad iiansloims His innumciablc cncigics, Hc icmains unclangcd.
Alilougl iouclsionc pioduccs many vaiiciics ol valuablc jcwcls, ii ncvciilclcss
icmains ilc samc. Ii docs noi clangc iis oiiginal loim.
lialman, wlo is gicaici ilan ilc gicaicsi, is ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad.
Hc is lull ol six opulcnccs, and ilcicloic Hc is ilc icscivoii ol uliimaic iiuil and
absoluic lnowlcdgc. Wlcn wc spcal ol ilc Supicmc as impcisonal, wc dcny His
spiiiiual poicncics. Logically, il you acccpi lall ol ilc iiuil , you cannoi
undcisiand ilc wlolc.
C.C. Madlya 7.121-126, 13S, 1+0
Tlc pcisonal lcaiuics ol ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad aic caicgoiizcd in
ilicc cascs-namcly, ablaiivc, insiiumcnial and locaiivc.
C.C. Madlya 6.1++
Aic you dcsciibing as loimlcss ilai Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad wlosc
iiansccndcnial loim is complcic wiil six iiansccndcnial opulcnccs'
C.C.Madlya 6 152
Vcda Vyasa in ilc Vcdania Suiias las iaugli paiinama vad (iiansloimaiion), noi
vivaiia vada (illusion). lui Sanlaiacaiya, claiming ilai in paiinama vada ilc Loid
bccomcs subjcci io clangc, clangcd ilc mcaning ol ilc suiias and csiablislcd
vivaiiavada. Tlc mcaning ol ilc woids 'paiinama' and 'vivaiia' aic givcn in ilc
Vcdaniasaia wiiiicn by Sadananda Yogindia, 59 vcisc:
satattvatonyatna bunr vhara ty uiratan
atattvatonyatna bunr vvarta ty uanrtan
Tlc pciccpiion ol a dillcicni objcci wlcn a ical objcci ialcs anoilci loim is callcd
paiinama. Pciccpiion ol a dillcicni objcci wlcn ilcic is aciually no dillcicni objcci
is callcd vivaiia.
Paiinama is iiansloimaiion ol an objcci. Tlc cxamplc is ilc loimaiion ol yoguii
liom mill. An cxamplc ol vivaiia is misialing a iopc loi a snalc.
Taling ilcsc dcliniiions, ilc lollowcis ol Sanlaiacaiya say ilai ilc jva and ilc
maiciial woild can ncvci bc a iiansloimaiion ol ilc Loid. Il onc acccpis sucl a
iiansloimaiion ol ilc Loid, ii musi bc considcicd a pcivciicd siaic ol ilc Loid. As
yoguii is a pcivciicd siaic ol mill, onc musi say ilai ilc woild is a pcivciicd siaic
ol ilc Loid. Tlcicloic, ilcy say, paiinama is noi acccpiablc. Il oui ol ignoiancc a
pcison acccpis a iopc as a snalc, liom ilai misialc many dilliculiics aiisc. Tlcy
claim ilc pciccpiion ol ilc maiciial woild is similai io ilis. Tlc woild docs noi
cxisi. Oui ol ignoiancc ilai wlicl is pciccivcd as woild is aciually an illusion,
vivaiia. ly acccpiing ilis pioposiiion, ilc Loid is noi subjcci io clangc oi
iiansloimaiion. ly sucl icasoning, ilc ilcoiy ol vivaiia is csiablislcd.
Malapiablu's icacling is as lollows. Tlcic is no subsiancc io ilc ilcoiy ol vivaiia
vada. Tlinling ilc maiciial body io bc ilc scll is compaiablc io ilc misialing a
iopc loi a snalc. Tlai is vivaiia. Howcvci ilc maiciial body is noi lalsc. And io
claim ilai ilc Loid, iliougl illusion oi vivaiia, bccomcs ilc maiciial body and ilc
maiciial woild, ilai ilc Loid lalls undci ilc illusion ol ilinling lc is a jva , is a
dcicsiablc bclicl.
Paiinama is acccpicd in ilc Vcdania Suiias ol Vyasa. ly icjcciing paiinama, onc
admiis ilai all-lnowlcdgcablc Vyasa is misialcn. Jusi as mill iiansloims inio
yoguii, ilc Loid's inconccivablc cncigy, by lis wisl, is iiansloimcd inio ilc jva
and ilc maiciial woild. Tlcic is no iiansloimaiion ol ilc Loid oi lialman.
Wlai is iiansloimcd iliougl ilc inllucncc ol ilc Loid's vaiicgaicd, inconccivablc
cncigics can ncvci malc ilc Loid ilc objcci ol iiansloimaiion.
Tlougl a maiciial cxamplc cannoi lully icpicscni spiiiiual maiicis, by acccpiing
an cxamplc onc can claiily a spiiiiual iopic. Tlus ii is siaicd ilai iouclsionc,
ilougl pioducing pilcs ol jcwcls, icmains unclangcd. On ilc spiiiiual lcvcl, onc
can ilinl ol ilc Loid's cicaiions in ilc samc way. Tlougl cicaiing unlimiicd jvas
and unlimiicd univciscs by lis inconccivablc cncigy jusi by lis will, ilc Supicmc
Loid icmains wiiloui clangc.
Onc slould noi ilinl ilc woids "wiiloui clangc" malc ilc Loid impcisonal,
absoluicly wiiloui qualiiy. Tlc absoluic iiuil is cndowcd wiil ilc six opulcnccs
in lull as llagavan. ly claiming ilc Loid is absoluicly wiiloui qualiiics, onc is
claiming lc is wiiloui spiiiiual cncigics. Howcvci, by lis inconccivablc cncigics,
ilc Loid is cicinally cndowcd wiil qualiiics as wcll as bcing dcvoid ol qualiiics.
To claim absoluic abscncc ol qualiiics is acccpiancc ol only lall ol ilc Loid's loim.
ly ilis, onc is dcsiioying lis complcicncss.
Tlc ilicc ways in wlicl ilc Loid is ilc causc (ablaiivc, insiiumcnial, locaiivc-
liom wlom, by wlom and in wlom cvciyiling cxisis) is cxplaincd in ilc siuii:
yaio va imani bluiani jayanic ycna jaiani jva nii yai
piayaniy ablisamvisanii iad vijijnasasva iad bialma
Inquiic aboui ilc bialman liom wlo cvciyiling is boin, by wlom cvciyiling is
susiaincd, and inio wlom cvciyiling cnicis.
Taiiiiiya Upanisad 3.1
"Iiom wlom all bcings aic boin" dcsciibcs ilc Loid in ilc ablaiivc lunciion. "ly
wlom all bcings coniinuc io livc" dcsciibcs ilc Loid in lis insiiumcnial lunciion.
"Inio wlom ilcy cnici" dcsciibcs lis locaiivc lunciion. Tlc supicmc bcing is
qualilicd by ilcsc claiaciciisiics; ilcsc aic lis qualiiics. Tlus ilc Loid is always
cndowcd wiil qualiiics, and can ncvci bc wiiloui loim oi qualiiics. Tlc loim ol
ciciniiy, lnowlcdgc, and bliss, lull ol ilc six opulcnccs, is ilc Loid's cicinal
spiiiiual loim.
Si Jva Gosvam in lis llagavai Sandaibla las cxplaincd ilc Supicmc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad as lollows:
cham cva paramam tattvam svabnavhacntya sahtya sarvaava svarupa-ta-rupa-
vabnava-jiva-pranana-rupcna caturnavatstnatc suryantara-manaIa-stnta-tcja
va manaIa-ta banrgata-ta-rasm-tat-pratccnav rupcna
Tlcic is onc Supicmc lcing. Hc is naiuially cndowcd wiil inconccivablc cncigics.
Tliougl ilcsc cncigics lc cxisis cicinally in loui siaics: His own loim, His
spiiiiual cxpansions, ilc jva and piadlana (maiici). Tlcsc loui siaics may bc
compaicd io ilc sun's powci, ilc sun globc, ilc sun's iays and ilc sun's
cllulgcncc.
llagavai Sandaibla 16
In ilc abovc quoaiaiion, His own loim (svaiupa) mcans ilc loim ol cicinal bliss
and lnowlcdgc. His spiiiiual abodc, namcs, associaics and all objccis assisiing in
pasiimcs aic ilc cxpansions (vaiblava). Tlc cicinally libciaicd and cicinally
condiiioncd souls aic ilc jvas. Maya and all ilc gioss and subilc clcmcnis ol ilc
univcisc aic indicaicd by ilc woid "piadlana". Tlcsc loui manilcsiaiions aic
manilcsicd liom ilc cicinal supicmc bcing.
How can cicinally coniiadicioiy objccis cxisi wiilin ilc Supicmc lcing' Ioi ilc
iniclligcncc ol ilc jva , ilis is impossiblc, bccausc ilc iniclligcncc ol jva is
limiicd. Howcvci, by ilc inconccivablc cncigy ol ilc Loid, ii is noi impossiblc.
Si Jva Gosvam las callcd ilis conccpiion aciniya blcdablcda in lis woil Saiva
Samvadin. Tlc plilosoply ol dillcicncc and non-dillcicncc callcd dvaiiadvaiia ol
Nimbailacaiya is noi pcilcci (noi cxplaining ilc coniiadiciion). Tlc Vaisnava
woild las icccivcd ilc pcilcciion ol ilis plilosoply iliougl ilc icaclings ol
Caiianya Malapiablu. Sincc ilc iooi ol aciniya blcdablcda lics in
Madlvacaiya's acccpiancc ol ilc cicinal loim ol ilc Loid, lull ol cicinal bliss and
lnowlcdgc, Caiianya Malapiablu acccpicd ilc Madlva sampiadaya. lccausc ilc
picvious Vaisnava acaiyas' plilosoplics all lad a sligli plilosoplical dclicicncy,
ilcy appcaicd as dillcicni sampiadayas wiil muiually dillciing plilosoplics. ly
ilc powci ol lis own omniscicncc, Caiianya Malapiablu lascomplcicd wlai is
lacling in all ilcsc plilosoplics.
Taling Madlva's acccpiancc ol ilc cicinal loim ol ilc Loid; Ramanuja's
conccpiion ol ilc cncigics (qualiiics) ol ilc Loid; Visnu Svam's conccpi ol ilc
Loid' oncncss by complcic dcdicaiion io Him; and Nimbaila's conccpiion ol ilc
Loid's simuliancous dillcicncc and non-dillcicncc, Caiianya Malapiablu madc
ilcm pcilcci, mcicilully ollciing io ilc woild ilc puic scicniilic plilosoply ol
aciniya blcdablcda. Vciy soon ilcic will bc only onc sampiadaya ol blalii
plilosoply, callcd Si lialma sampiadaya. All oilci sampiadayas will icacl ilcii
pcilcciion in ilis bialma sampiadaya.
Tlcic is ilc lollowing laiila io summaiizc ilis:
sarvatra srut-vahycsu tattvam cha vnsctam
navyahaIptam vsvam na jiva-nrmtam hIa
atattvato nyatna bunr vvarta ty uanrtan
satattvc vsva ctasmn vvarto na pravartatc
acntya-saht-yuhtasya parcsasychsanat hIa
maya-namny apara sahtn suyatc sacaracaram
bncabncatmaham vsvam satyam hntu vnasvaram
na tatra jiva-jatanam ntya-sambanna cva ca
na branma-parnamo va sahtcn parnatn hIa
stnuIa-Ingatmaham vsvam bnogayatanam atmanan
Il onc cxamincs all ilc siaicmcnis ol all ilc sciipiuics, onc can undcisiand ilai
ilcic is onc cicinal iiuil. Tlc woild is iiuc, noi a lalsc objcci imagincd iliougl
ignoiancc. Ii las aiiscn iliougl ilc licc will ol ilc Supicmc Loid, noi iliougl
ilc jva . Pciccpiion ol a lalsc objcci is callcd vivaiia. Tlougl ilc woild is
icmpoiaiy, ii is ical, laving aiiscn iliougl ilc glancc oi will ol ilc Loid cndowcd
wiil inconccivablc cncigics. Tlcic is no lacioi ol illusion oi vivaiia lcic. Tlc
Supicmc Loid's inlciioi cncigy is maya. ly lci will, ilis maiciial woild ol moving
and non-moving cniiiics appcais. Tlc wlolc univcisc is ai oncc idcniical wiil and
dillcicni liom ilc Loid by lis inconccivablc cncigy. Tlougl ilc woild is ical, ii
is noi ilc uliimaic ical. Tlc Kailopanisad and Svciasvaiaia Upanisad piovc ilis:
niiyo niiyanam ccianas cciananam (I am ilc clicl cicinal and ilc clicl ol all
conscious cniiiics.)
Lxclusivc dualiiy, cxclusivc monism, puic monism oi qualilicd monism-ilcsc
plilosoplics all agicc wiil somc ol ilc siaicmcnis ol ilc sciipiuics, bui coniiadici
oilci sciipiuial siaicmcnis. lui ilc plilosoply ol aciniya blcdablcda is a
plilosoply wlicl agiccs wiil all ilc siaicmcnis ol sciipiuic. Ii is ilc naiuial
objcci ol ilc laiil ol ilc jva and appiovcd by all ilc dcvoiccs.
Tlc jva docs noi lavc an cicinal iclaiion wiil ilis maiciial woild, wlicl is a
iiansloimaiion ol ilc Supicmc lialman's cncigy, noi a iians
Chapfer 10
Sadhana of fhe ]va, Pure Bhakfi
A laciual dclincaiion ol ilc sadlana ol ilc jva will bc picscnicd, iliougl
cxaminaiion ol ilc naiuic ol puic blalii, ilc qualilicaiion loi blalii, ilc iypcs ol
blalii and ilc vaiious sciviccs ol blalii.
Tlc naiuic ol puic blalii is discusscd by Si Rupa Gosvam in llalii Rasamiia
Sindlu puiva viblaga 1.22, as wcll as Caiianya Caiiiamiia Madlya 19,.167:
anyabnIasta sunyam jnana-harmay anavrtam
anuhuIycna hrsnanusiIanam bnahtr uttamam
To scivc Kisna in a lavoiablc mood by all ilc scnscs is callcd Kisna blalii. lcing
licc liom all dcsiics cxccpi ilc dcsiic io incicasc dcvoiion io Kisna, wiiloui
woisliping any oilci pcisonaliiy oi dcvaia as anoilci Loid; bcing dcvoicd io
Kisna alonc, giving up all piaciicc ol jnana and laima, and sciving Kisna wiil all
ilc scnscs in a lavoiablc mood, is callcd puic dcvoiional scivicc.
Iavoiablc (anululya) iclcis io a plcasing aiiiiudc iowaids Kisna. Ii is possiblc io
culiivaic icalizaiion ol lialman oi Paiamaima by lollowing ilc pails ol jnana oi
yoga. lui ilcsc aic noi blalii (noi bcing plcasing io ilc Loid.). ly ilc woid
"jnana" is mcani culiivaiion ol analyiical lnowlcdgc and scaicl loi
undillcicniiaicd lialman. Howcvci, loi ilc pcilcciion ol ilc jva, ii is vciy
ncccssaiy io lavc lnowlcdgc jnana) ol ilc iiuc naiuic ol jva, jada (maiici) and
llagavan and ilcii iclaiionslips. Tlis is includcd wiilin ilc culiivaiion ol
dcvoiional scivicc.
ly ilc woid 'laima" is mcani daily (niiya), pciiodic (naimiiiila) oi pcisonally
moiivaicd (lamya) iiiuals sucl as piayasciiia oi aioncmcni ccicmonics, wlicl aic
diiccicd away liom ilc Loid. Tlougl ilc acis ol scivicc io Kisna sccm almosi lilc
laima, bccausc ol ilc disiinci qualiiy ol laiil in Kisna, ilc aciiviiics aic callcd
blalii iailci ilan laima. Tlc piaciicc ol dciaclmcni (vaiiagya) wlicl is
piaciiccd bcloic ialing io blalii is also a iypc ol laima. Only ilc unmoiivaicd,
diicci dcsiic ol ilc soul io scivc Kisna is sccn in ilc aciiviiics ol blalii.
Tlcic aic loui qualiiics in ilc siaic ol sadlana blalii and iwo qualiiics in ilc
siagc ol pcilcciion ol blalii.
hIcsa-gnni subnaa mohsa-Iagnuta-hrt suurIabna
sanranana-vscsatma sri-hrsnaharsni ca sa
1. Tlc liisi claiaciciisiic ol sadlana blalii is ilc dcsiiuciion ol misciics,
consiiiuicd ol ignoiancc (sccd ol sin), dcsiic loi sinlul aciion, and sinlul aciion
(and icaciion); and ignoiancc (sccd ol punya), dcsiic io do punya and ilc aciions
ol punya.
2. Tlc sccond claiaciciisiic ol sadlana blalii is ilc bcsiowal all good
qualiiics and puic lappincss oi ilc jva, as wcll manilcsiing ilc allcciion liom all
living cniiiics and io all living cniiiics.
3. Tlc iliid claiaciciisiic is io considci libciaiion as vciy insignilicani.
+. Tlc louiil claiaciciisiic is iis iaic aiiainmcni. Lvcn alici pciloiming all
ilc aciiviiics ol blalii loi a long iimc il ilc pcison docs noi lavc dccp aiiaclmcni
io ilc goal, lc cannoi aiiain picma.
5. Tlc lilil qualiiy is ilc inicnsc bliss.
6. Tlc sixil qualiiiy is ilc abiliiy io aiiiaci cvcn Kisna. Tlc lasi iwo manilcsi
in ilc siagc ol pcilcciion.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 1.17
Tlc liisi loui qualiiics aic also sccn in ilc pcilcci siagc ol blalii. Tlc liisi paii ol
ilc pcilcci siagc is callcd blava blalii. Ai ilis siagc, ilc liisi loui qualiiics appcai
in lull. Tlc linal siagc ol pcilcci blalii is picma. In ilc siagc ol piaciicc, ilcic is
sadlana blalii and in ilc siagc ol pcilcciion (sadlya) ilcic is blava blalii and
picma blalii. Puic logic can ncvci lopc io capiuic ilc csscncc ol blalii.
Howcvci il logic is obcdicni io lavoiablc inclinaiion io Kisna, ilcn blalii may bc
undcisiood. In ilis clapici only sadlana blalii will bc discusscd.
Tlc qualiiy ol sadlana blalii is ilis:
hrt-sanya bnavct sanya-bnava sa sananabnna
ntya-snasya bnavasya prahatyam nr sanyata
Wlcn a pcison iiics io aiiain ilc goal ol puic blalii (sadlya-blava) iliougl
uiilizaiion ol lis scnscs (liii-aadlya) ii is callcd sadlana blalii. Tlc goal is
cicinally pcilcci (niiya-siddlasya), bui ilai piaciicc by wlicl ii bccomcs manilcsi
in ilc lcaii (pialaiyam lidi) is callcd sadlana.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 2.2
Types of Bhakfi
Tlc impoii lcic is ilai ilc suiiablc mcilod by wlicl a pcison is ablc io absoib lis
mind in Kisna is callcd sadlana blalii oi upaya blalii. Tlis sadlana blalii is ol
iwo iypcs: vaidl and iaganuga.
Sadlana blalii is callcd vaidl blalii wlcn ilc soul piaciiccs dcvoiion io Kisna
accoiding io ilc icgulaiion ol sciipiuics, lacling naiuial aiiiaciion io Kisna. Tlc
iulcs ol vaidl blalii slould bc piaciiccd by bialmanas, lsaiiiyas, vaisyas and
sudias; by bialmacais, gilasilas, vanapiasilas and sannyass. Tlis is gloiilicd in
ilc sciipiuics. In ilc Naiada Pancaiaiia ilis is also dcsciibcd:
surarsc vnta sastrc narm usya ya hrya
sava bnahtr t prohta taya bnahtn para bnavct
All ilc aciiviiics picsciibcd in ilc sciipiuics io plcasc ilc Loid aic callcd sadlana
blalii, oi upaya blalii. ly ilai mcans paia blalii oi sadlya blalii (upcya
blalii) is aiiaincd.
Naiada Pancaiaiia
QuaIificafon (devofees according fo faifh)
Tlcic aic ilicc iypcs ol pcoplc piaciicing sadlana blalii.:
siaddlavan jana laya blalii adlilai
uiiama madlyama lanisila siaddla anusai
A laiillul dcvoicc is a iiuly cligiblc candidaic loi ilc loving scivicc ol ilc Loid.
Accoiding io onc's laiil, onc is classilicd as a iopmosi dcvoicc, an inicimcdiaic
dcvoicc oi an inlciioi dcvoicc.
C.C. Madlya 22. 6+
Tlc mcaning ol laiil (siaddla) is ilis:
sranan sabc vsvasa hanc surna nscaya
hrsnc bnaht haIc sarva harma hrta naya
ly icndciing iiansccndcnial loving scivicc io Kisna, onc auiomaiically pciloims
all subsidiaiy aciiviiics. Tlis conlidcni, liim laiil, lavoiablc io ilc disclaigc ol
dcvoiional scivicc is callcd siaddla.
C.C. Madlya 22.62
To lavc liim laiil ilai dcvoiion io Kisna is ilc only mcans loi ilc jva, and ilai
aiicmpis ai laima and jnana dcvoid ol dcvoiion aic usclcss-sucl a lavoiablc
inclinaiion ol ilc lcaii is callcd laiil oi siaddla. Il a pcison's laiil is dccp and
unslalcablc, lc is callcd an uiiama adlilai. Onc wlosc laiil is modciaicly liim
is callcd a madlyama adlilai. Tlc pcison wlo as no liim laiil, sucl ilai lc las
dangci ol clanging laiil duc io opposing aigumcnis, is callcd a lanisila adlilai.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol lanisilas: ilosc wlosc laiil is mixcd wiil laima and
jnana and ilosc wlosc laiil is licc liom laima and jnana. Tlosc licc liom laima
and jnana can aiiain ilc uiiama lcvcl iliougl dcvoicc associaiion. Tlosc wlosc
laiil is mixcd wiil laima and jnana piogicss only wiil gicai dilliculiy and ilc
vciy siiong mcicy ol dcvoiccs.
Conccining ilc mixcd laiil ol a lanisila, Sila Rupa Gosvam las wiiiicn in
llalii Rasamiia Sindlu:
mru sranasya hatnta svaIpa harmanharita
A pcison wlo las only icndci laiil las a sligli icndcncy io laima.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 2.1S6
Pcoplc ol icndci laiil pciloim blalii by mcans ol ilc vainasiama sysicm and
ollciing ol ilc icsulis ol ilcii woil (laimaipana). Tlcii blalii is noi ical blalii
bui a scmblancc ol blalii (blaliy ablasa): ilcii claniing ol Haic Kisna is callcd
sladow namablasa (claya namablasa). Il ilai blalii laibois maiciial dcsiics oi
dcsiic loi libciaiion, ii is callcd piaiibimba namablasa. In ilai casc, sucl pcisons
aic callcd laimis oi jnans bui noi blalias. Tlc lanisila adlilai ollciing ilc
icsuli ol lis woil oi lnowlcdgc io Kisna (laima-jnana aipana), wiiloui any
dcsiic oilci ilan io plcasc Kisna (anyablilasiia sunya) is callcd vaisnavablasa, oi
vaisnava piaya, almosi a vaisnava.
(llalii is dcvoid ol culiivaiion ol jnana,and vaiiagya and dcsiic loi mulii)
Wlcn Ramananda was dclining sadlana blalii, Malapiablu gavc ilc answci
"Tlis is cxicinal, plcasc say moic." Tlai was bccausc ilis Ramananda was
spcaling ol ilc vaisnava piaya, on ilc siagc ol icndci laiil. Laici, wlcn
Malapiablu icplicd "Tlis is coiicci, plcasc say moic," Ramananda lad bcgun io
discuss puic blalii. Quoiing liom Simad llagavaiam lc gavc a dcsciipiion ol
ilc dcvoicc wiil liim laiil, wlo icjccis jnana:
jnanc prayasam uapasya namanta cva
jivant sammuhnartam bnavaiya-vartam
stnanc stntan srut-gatam tanu-van manobnr
yc prayaso jta jtopy as tas trIohyam
To aiicmpi io undcisiand ilc Loid by ilc asccnding pioccss, iliougl lnowlcdgc
gaincd by ilc maiciial scnscs is callcd asiauia, bui Kisna is noi obiainablc by
mind, woids and body. Tlc dcvoicc ilus givcs up ilc pail ol logic iliougl
obscivaiion ol icmpoiaiy cxicinal objccis by ilc icmpoiaiy scnscs, and lcais liom
ilc mouils ol ilc dcvoiccs dcvoid ol ilc loui dclccis ol illusion, inaiicniion,
clcaiing and limiicd scnscs, and wiil diicci icalizaiion ol ilc iiuil. Hc scivcs by
lcaiing aboui and gloiilying Kisna wiil laiil. Dcvoid ol all lalsc cgo, lc dcdicaics
lis wlolc lilc, body, mind and woids, io lcaiing and claniing ilc auiloiizcd
mcssagc ol blalii. Tlougl unconquciablc, ilc Loid bccomcs lnown and
coniiollcd by picma blalii ol ilis dcvoicc, wlaicvci siaius lc occupics in ilc
ilicc woilds. (Sila llaliivinoda's iianslaiion)
S.l.10.1+.3
ly ilc accumulaiion ol dcvoiional cicdiis ol many lilciimcs, ilc jva aiiains laiil
lavoiablc loi dcvclopmcni ol blalii. Wiil ilis laiil, il ilc dcvoicc minimizcs lis
maiciial nccds jusi io mainiain lis lilc, ical blalii will aiisc. Tlis is noi ilc
piaciicc diy icnunciaiion aiming ai libciaiion.
bnuht-muht-sprna yavat psaci nr vartatc
tava bnaht suhnasyatra hatnam abnyuayo bnavct
As long ilc wiiclcs ol blulii and mulii lingci in ilc lcaii, low can puic blalii
aiisc'
l.R.S. Puiva 2.16
Tlc dcsiic loi mulii is quiic coniiaiy io blalii. Among ilc livc iypcs ol mulii
(salolya, sampya, saiupya, saisii and sayujya) sayujya mulii is cxiicmcly
coniiaiy. lui ilc dcvoiccs do noi cvcn aspiic loi ilc loui oilci iypcs ol mulii.
As Simad llagavaiam says:
saIohya sarst samipya sarupyahatvam apy uta
yamanam na grnnant vna mat scvanam janan
A puic dcvoicc docs noi acccpi any lind ol libciaiion-salolya, saisii, samipya,
saiupya oi claiva-cvcn ilougl ilcy aic ollcicd by ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad.
S.l.3.29.13
Tlcic is no spccial qualilicaiion loi sadlana blalii as ilcic is in vainasiama. Any
pcison wlo dcvclops laiil (as dcsciibcd abovc) las ilc qualilicaiion loi blalii.
Sucl a pcison, wlo is qualilicd loi blalii, (bcing on a liglci lcvcl ol
qualilicaiion) is noi obligaicd io pciloim laima oi io indulgc in vilaima.
Qualilicd loi blalii, lc las no iasic loi sinlul aciiviiy. Il a sinlul aci by clancc
ialcs placc, iis cllcci is dcsiioycd by blalii iiscll. Onc docs noi dcpcnd on
aioncmcnis (piayasciiia).
As Simad llagavaiam says:
svapaa-muIam bnajatan pryasya
tyahtanya bnavasya narn parcsan
vharma yac cnotpattam hatnanc
nunot sarvam nr sannvstan
Onc wlo las ilus givcn up all oilci cngagcmcnis and las ialcn lull slclici ai ilc
loius lcci ol Haii, ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, is vciy dcai io ilc Loid.
Indccd, il sucl a suiicndcicd soul accidcnially commiis somc sinlul aciiviiy, ilc
Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, wlo is scaicd wiilin cvciyonc's lcaii,
immcdiaicly ialcs away ilc icaciion io sucl sin.
S.l.11.5.+2
Piopci dciciminaiion ol oncs qualilicaiion is ilc causc ol all good qualiiics.
Pciloiming aciions noi suiiablc io oncs qualilicaiion is ilc causc ol all laulis.
svc svcnharc ya nsta sa gunan parhirttan
vparyayas tu osan sya ubnayor csa nrnayan
Sicadincss in onc's own posiiion (piopci qualilicaiion loi aciions) is dcclaicd io bc
aciual piciy, wlcicas dcviaiion liom onc's posiiion is considcicd impiciy. In ilis
way ilc iwo aic dcliniicly ascciiaincd.
S.l.11.21.2
Pciloiming ilc aciiviiics ol dcvoiion wiil sicadincss, as mcniioncd in ilc abovc
vcisc, is ilc diicciion ol ilc sciipiuics.
The acfivifies of bhakfi
lcing qualilicd wiil ilc icquisiic laiil, ilc dcvoicc pciloims ilc aciiviiics ol
vaidl blalii accoiding io ilc sciipiuial injunciions. Tlcic aic many angas oi
aciiviiics ol blalii, bui ilcy may bc abbicviaicd as sixiy-loui. Tlcsc aic: ialing
slclici ol an auiloiizcd guiu, ialing iniiiaiion and icaclings liom guiu, sciving
ilc guiu, lollowing ilc pail ol ilc picvious dcvoiccs, inquiiy aboui ilc uliimaic
iiuil, icnouncing maiciial cnjoymcni loi Kisna, living in a dcvoiional iiila,
acccpiing wlai is ncccssaiy io mainiain ilc body, obsciving cladasi, icspcci loi
ilc asvaiila and dlaiii iiccs. Tlcsc icn angas aic ilc bcginning ol dcvoiional
scivicc, and musi bc piaciiccd.

Tlc ncxi icn aic: giving up maiciial associaiion, noi maling unqualilicd disciplcs,
giving up big maiciial cndcavouis, giving up siudying ol bools dcvoid ol blalii,
oi supciilicial siudy ol blalii sasiia, oi aigumcniaiion on ilc samc, noi bcing
miscily in dcalings, noi lalling inio lamcniaiion, giving up disicspcci io dcvaias,
noi giving agiiaiion io oilci cniiiics by oncs woil, giving up scva and nama
apaiadlas, avoiding lcaiing ciiiicism ol Kisna oi lis dcvoiccs. Tlcsc icn aic
piaciiccd by avoidancc. Tlc clicl among all ilc iwcniy aic ialing slclici ol guiu,
ialing iniiiaiion and sciving ilc guiu.
Wcaiing ilc mails ol a Vaisnava, wcaiing ilc namcs on ilc body, iccciving ilc
llowci icmnanis, dancing bcloic ilc Loid, ollciing obcisanccs, sianding wlcn ilc
Loid appioaclcs, lollowing ilc pioccssion ol ilc Loid, going io ilc icmplc,
paiiliama, dciiy woislip, scivicc io ilc Dciiy, singing, sanliiana, japa, vijnapii,
ollciing piaisc io ilc Loid, iasiing piasadam, ialing ilc looi wasl, smclling ilc
inccnsc oi llowcis, ioucling ilc dciiy, sccing ilc dciiy, pciloiming aiaiiila,
sccing lcsiivals, iccciving ilc Loid's glancc, ollciing ilings dcai io oncscll, puiiing
loiil all clloii loi Kisna's salc, suiicndci io ilc Loid's will in all cascs, scivicc io
iulasi, llagavaiam, Mailuia and Vaisnavas, lolding lcsiivals along wiil ilc
dcvoiccs, obscivancc ol Kaiiila viaia, cclcbiaiion ol Janmasiami cic. sciving ilc
dciiy, iclisling ilc mcaning ol ilc llagavaiam in associaiion ol dcvoiccs,
associaiion wiil advanccd dcvoiccs, nama sanliiana and living in Mailuia.
Lvcn wiil a liiilc piaciicc ol ilc lasi livc iicms, a pcison can aiiain blava blalii.
Amongsi ilc iicms, somc aic cngagcmcni loi ilc body, somc loi ilc scnscs, and
somc loi ilc mind. In oilci woids, vaidl sadlana blalii may bc dclincd as ilc
mcilod ol cngaging ilc body, mind and scnscs in Kisna's scivicc. Somc dcvoiccs
icacl pcilcciion by piaciicc ol onc iicm, and oilcis piaciicc many. Tlc maiciial
icsulis wlicl ilcsc aciiviiics yicld aic iccoidcd in ilc sciipiuics, bui ilcsc aic
only mcani loi cncouiaging ilc maiciialisiic pcison. Aciually ilc main icsuli ol
any ol ilc iicms ol sadlana blalii is onc-aiiiaciion ol ilc jva io Kisna.
Tlougl ilc iicms ol blalii aic classilicd as sixiy-loui, ilcy aic laciually only ninc
iicms.
As Simad llagavaiam says:
sravanam hirtanam vsnon smaranam paa-scvanam
arcanam vananam asyam sahnyam atmanvcanam
t pumsarpta vsnau bnahts ccn nava Iahsana
hrycta bnagavaty ana tan manycnitam uttamam
Hcaiing and claniing aboui ilc iiansccndcnial loly namc, loim, qualiiics,
paiaplcinalia and pasiimcs ol Loid Visnu, icmcmbciing ilcm, sciving ilc loius
lcci ol ilc Loid, ollciing ilc Loid icspccilul woislip wiil sixiccn iypcs ol
paiaplcinalia, ollciing piaycis io ilc Loid, bccoming His scivani, considciing ilc
Loid onc's bcsi liicnd, and suiicndciing cvciyiling unio Him-ilcsc ninc pioccsscs
aic acccpicd as puic dcvoiional scivicc. Onc wlo las dcdicaicd lis lilc io ilc
scivicc ol Kisna iliougl ilcsc ninc mcilods slould bc undcisiood io bc ilc mosi
lcaincd pcison, loi lc las acquiicd complcic lnowlcdgc.
S.l.7.5.23-2+
Caiianya Caiiiamiia says ilc samc in Madlya Lla. 22.11S.
Tlosc lnowlcdgcablc ol blalii do noi say ilai ilc acis ol laima aic ai any iimc an
anga oi aciiviiy ol blalii. Unlcss an aciion loscs iis liuiiivc inicniion and aiiains
ilc loim and namc ol causclcss dcvoiion, ii docs noi bccomc blalii. lcloic laima
iiansloims iis vciy naiuic, ii undcigocs ilicc siagcs: nislama laima (laima
wiiloui maiciial dcsiic), laimaipana (ollciing ilc icsulis io Kisna) and laima
yoga. Wlcn a pcison passcs ilcsc ilicc siagcs, ilc vciy loim ol laima (laima
svaiupa) clangcs and bccomcs dcvoiional scivicc.
Tlus Simad llagavaiam says:
iavai laimani luivia na niividycia yavaia
mai laila siavanadau va siaddla yavan na jayaic
As long as onc is noi saiiaicd by liuiiivc aciiviiy and las noi awalcncd lis iasic loi
dcvoiional scivicc by siavanam liianam visnol, onc las io aci accoiding io ilc
icgulaiivc piinciplcs ol ilc Vcdic injunciions.
S.l.11.20.9
Wlcn a pcison bccomcs indillcicni io laima, laima simply bccomcs jnana.
Wlcn ical laiil in iopics ol Kisna aiiscs, laima clangcs inio blalii.
Conccining nislama laima and laimaipana, Naiada says:
nasharmyam apy acyuta bnava varjtam
na sobnatc jnanam aIam nranjanam
hutan punan sasva abnaram isvarc
na carptam harma ya apy aharanam
Wlcn bialma jnana, csscniially dcvoid ol boil laima and dcvoiion io Acyuia, las
no good qualiiics, naiuially laima, wlicl by naiuic is inauspicious, cvcn il ii
bccomcs nislama, wiiloui dcsiic, cannoi aiiain any good qualiiics, as long as ii is
noi ollcicd ilc Loid.
S.l. 1.5.12
How laima ollcicd io ilc Loid (laimaipana) bccomcs blalii is dcsciibcd by
Naiada in llagavaiam:
amayo yas ca bnutanam jayatc ycna suvrata
ta cva ny amayam ravyam na punat chtstam
cvam nrnam hrya yogan sarvc samsrt- nctavan
ta cvatma vnasaya haIpantc haIptan parc
ya atra hryatc harma bnagavat-partosanam
jnanam yat ta aninam n bnaht-yoga- samanvtam
hurvana yatra harman bnagavac-chsaya sahrt
grnant guna-naman hrsnasyanusmarant ca
Il onc iiics io cuic a siclncss by ilc vciy causc ol ilc siclncss, ilc discasc will
ncvci bc cuicd. Tlc causc ol ilc discasc ol samsaia ol ilc jva is laima landa.
Wlcilci ii is nislama (pciloimcd wiiloui dcsiic loi icsuils), oi ollcicd io ilc
Loid, ii siill docs noi yicld dcsiiuciion ol samsaia. Only alici laima is acccpicd
only io ilc cxicni ol mainiaining ilc body docs ii losc iis naiuic as laima. Only
ilcn can ii iiansloim inio blalii. Only wlcn ilosc laimas alonc wlicl aic
lavoiablc loi plcasing ilc Loid aic acccpicd, and ilc pcison acccpis sambandla
jnana conccining blalii, docs all laima bccomc blalii yoga. Maling all aciions
in iclaiion io Kisna, and acccpiing ilc icaclings conccining ilc Loid, ilc dcvoicc
slould consianily clani and icmcmbci ilc qualiiics and namcs ol Kisna. Tlis is
ilc insiiuciion ol ilc sciipiuics.1
S.l.1.5.33.36
Tlougl jnana and vaiiagya aic somcwlai lavoiablc loi cniciing blalii, ilcy aic
noi angas ol blalii. Il ilcy bccomc piomincni, ilcy laidcn ilc lcaii, and onc
cannoi appicciaic blalii, wlicl is by naiuic vciy icndci. Tlcy aic by naiuic
obsiaclcs in ilc dcvclopmcni ol iclaiion wiil Kisna. Dcvoiion is ilc only causc
ol blalii. Railci ilan piaciicc vaiiagya, ilc dcvoicc slould piaciicc yulia-
vaiiagya.
anasahtasya vsayan yatnarnam upayunjatan
nrbannan hrsna-sambannc yuhtam varagyam ucyatc
Rclaiing cvciyiling in ilc woild as mucl as possiblc io Kisna in a lavoiablc
way,wiiloui bcing aiiaclcd, is callcd yulia vaiiagya.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 2.125
Yulia vaiiagya is ncccssaiy in sadlana blalii, wlcicas culiivaiion ol lnowcldgc
and lalsc icnunciaiion aic noi angas ol blalii bui coniiadicioiy clcmcnis. Tlc
display ol dcvoiion io gain moncy oi disciplcs is also lai icmovcd liom iiuc
dcvoiion and is also coniiadicioiy io iiuc blalii. Qualiiiics sucl as piopci
disciiminaiion aic cciiainly ncccssaiy in piaciicc ol blalii, bui ilcy aic noi angas
ol blalii. Yama niyama, alimsa, clcanlincss-ilc aspccis ol good claiacici-bccomc
splcndoious wlcn ilcy ialc slclici ol an anga ol blalii. Tlcy aic noi
indcpcndcni angas ol blalii.
jnana varagya bnahtra habnu nanc anga
anmsa yama nyama buIc hrsna bnahta sanga
Tlc pail ol spcculaiivc lnowlcdgc and icnunciaiion is noi vciy csscniial loi
dcvoiional scivicc. Indccd, good qualiiics sucl as nonviolcncc and mind and scnsc
coniiol auiomaiically acompany a dcvoicc ol Loid Kisna.
C.C. Madlya 22, 1+5
Raganuga bhakfi
Up uniil now, vaidl blalii las bccn discusscd. Now wc will discuss iaganuga
sadlana blalii.
stnc svarashi ragan param avstata bnavct
tan mayi ya bnavc bnahtn satra ragatmhota
Raga oi aiiaclmcni mcans inicnsc and naiuial absoipiion in ilc objcci ol lovc.
Wlcn dcvoiion io Kisna las ilis qualiiy ii is callcd iagaimila blalii.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 10+
Tlc piaciicc ol lollowing ilis mood ol iagaimila blalii is callcd iaganuga blalii.
Jusi as blalii wlicl lollows ilc iulcs ol sciipiuic is callcd vaidl blalii, so ilai
blalii wlicl lollows alici iagaimila blalii is callcd iaganuga blalii. Nciilci ol
ilcsc is ilc goal oi pcilcciion; boil aic sadlana oi piaciicc. Ragaimila blalii las
iwo iypcs: lamanuga and sambandlanuga.
Tlc iagaimila blalii ol ilc inlabiianis ol Viaja and Mailuia is wcll lnown.
Tlosc wlo aic cagci io aiiain ilc mood ol ilosc dcvoiccs aic qualilicd loi
iaganuga sadlana blalii. Jusi as ilc qualilicaiion loi vaidl blalii is laiil in
sciipiuic, so ilc qualilicaiion loi iaganuga blalii is a giccd io aiiain ilc mood ol
ilc iagaimila dcvoiccs.
tat ta bnava-manurya-srutc nir ya apchsatc
natra sastram na yuhtm ca taI Iobnotpatt Iahsanam
hrsnam smaran janam casya prcstnam nja- samintam
tat tat hatna rats casau hurya vasam vrajc saa
scva sanaha-rupcna sna-rupcna catra n
ta bnava Ipsuna harya vraja-Iohanusaratan
Sciipiuic and logic aic noi ilc sympioms ol giccd loi ilc Loid. Wlcn ilc mind
cagcily awaiis absoipiion in ilc mood ol lovc on lcaiing swccincss ol ilc
paiiiculai moods ii is callcd puic giccd. Tlc mcilod ol piaciicc is ilis: io iclisl
iopics ol Kisna's pasiimcs wlilc icmcmbciing Kisna and oncs closcn Viaja
dcvoicc, io livc in Viaja consianily, and io scivc Kisna in oncs body oi closcn
spiiiiual body, iliougl scivicc similai io ilai ol ilc inlabiianis ol Viaja wiil a
giccd loi ilc mood ol oncs closcn idcal.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 11S, 150-151
Among ilc angas ol blalii mcniioncd in vaidl blalii sucl as liiana , ilosc
wlicl aic lavoiablc loi lis scivicc aic acccpicd by ilc piaciiiionci ol iaganuga.
Tlosc aspiiing loi dasya iasa copy ilc mood and gcsiuics ol Paiiala and oilci
scivanis; ilosc dcsiious ol sallya iasa copy ilc mood and gcsiuics ol Subala and
oilci liicnds; ilosc dcsiious ol paicnial iasa copy ilc mood and gcsiuics ol
Yasoda and oilci cldcis; and ilosc dcsiious ol madluia iasa copy ilc mood,
scivicc and gcsiuics ol ilc Viaja gopis.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol iagaimila blalii: by lama and sambandla. Similaily ilcic
aic iwo iypcs ol iaganuga blalii: lamanuga and sambandlanuga. Ol ilc iwo,
lamanuga is siiongci and moic piomincni. In lamanuga ilcic aic also iwo
divisions: samblogcccla may and iad blavccclamay. In ilc liisi, ilc dcvoicc ol
Kisna is inclincd io givc plcasuic io Kisna; in ilc laiici ilc dcvoicc iclislcs ilc
swcci iclaiion bciwccn Radla and Kisna. Tlai blalii in wlicl onc indcniilics
wiil dcvoiccs ol Kisna wlo lavc convcniional iclaiionslips wiil Kisna is callcd
sambandlanuga. In Dvaiala ilc quccns' lovc is madluia iasa bascd on
sambandla. In Viaja, only lamanuga madluia iasa cxisis.
Loid Caiianya iaugli ilai ilc icndcncics ol ilc jva suddcnly manilcsi iliougl ilc
iaganuga pioccss. Loid Caiianya las appiovcd ol woislip in ilc iaga modc (iaga
maiga). Il a soul by good loiiunc gcis associaiion wiil dcvoiccs wlo lavc ilc
mcicy ol Gauianga, lc will cciiainly bccomc giccdy loi ilc mood ol ilc Viaja
vasis. lui as long as lc docs noi lavc sucl associaiion, lc musi piaciicc vaidl
blalii. Jusi on ialing slclici ol ilc loius lcci ol Gauianga lc cnicis ilc pail ol
iaga. Tlosc cagci loi ilc pail ol sponiancous aiiiaciion liisi piaciicc iaganuga
blalii. In piaciicing iaganuga blalii ilc pcison quiclily dcvclops an cxiicmcly
ligl qualilicaiion. On aiiaining giccd loi ilc mood ol ilc Viaja vass, no oilci
aiiiaciion icmains. Wlcn ilai giccd aiiscs, ilc piaciiiionci immcdiaicly bccomcs
complcicly disinicicsicd in sinlul aciion, piciy, social duiy, ncglcci ol duiy,
loibiddcn aciions, spcculaiion, and diy icnunciaiion.
aau srana tatan sanu-sangotna bnajana hrya
tato nartna nvrttn syat tato nstna rucs tatan
atnasahts tato bnavas tatan prcmabnyuancat
sanahanam ayam prcmnan praurbnavc bnavct hraman
In ilc bcginning, ilcic musi bc laiil. Tlcn onc bccomcs inicicsicd in associaiing
wiil puic dcvoiccs. Tlcicalici onc is iniiiaicd by ilc spiiiiual masici and
cxccuics ilc icgulaiivc piinciplcs undci lis oidcis. Tlus onc is liccd liom all
unwanicd labiis and bccomcs liimly lixcd in dcvoiional scivicc. Tlcicalici, onc
dcvclops iasic and aiiaclmcni. Tlis is ilc way ol sadlana blalii, ilc cxccuiion ol
dcvoiional scivicc accoiding io ilc icgulaiivc piinciplcs. Giadually cmoiions
inicnsily, and linally ilcic is an awalcning ol lovc. Tlis is ilc giadual
dcvclopmcni ol lovc ol Godlcad loi ilc dcvoicc inicicsicd in Kisna
consciousncss.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga, Picma blalii laliii,11
In ilc vaidl blalii pioccss lollowing ilis giadually mcilod, aiiainmcni ol blava
ialcs a long iimc. Howcvci, il giccd loi ilc mood ol ilc Viaja vass dcvclops, ilc
maiciial dcsiics aic quiclly dcsiioycd, sincc no oilci dcsiics lavc a placc. Along
wiil giccd loi Kisna simuliancously aiiscs blava.
On ilc pail ol iaga, lowcvci, ii is ncccssaiy io avoid imiiaiion oi dcccpiion. Il
ilai occuis, ii pioduccs disiuibancc and obsiaclcs, ilougl ilc pcison may ilinl
ilai lis coiiupicd iaga is ical iaga. Iinally, maiciial associaiion iuins ilai iaga
inio maiciial aiiiaciion and causcs lalldown ol ilc jva.
Tlc dcvoicc ol Caiianya Malapiablu, alici laving dcvclopcd ical giccd, piaciiccs
iaganuga blalii. Iollowing ilc samc iulcs as vaidl blalii, ilc dcvoicc ialcs
slclici ol gcnuinc guiu, scivcs ilc dciiy, ialcs Vaisnava associaiion, siudics ilc
dcvoiional liiciaiuic, livcs in a placc ol ilc Loid's pasiimcs, and clanis ilc Loid's
namc. Along wiil ilis, ilc dcvoicc scivcs Kisna in an inicnsc mood ol lovc in lis
spiiiiual body (siddla dcla), lollowing ilc scniimcnis ol ilc Viaja vass.
Chanfing
Tlc loiiunaic dcvoicc, by ialing slclici ol ilc Holy Namc, ilc supicmc pioccss,
will bccomc absoibcd in scivicc on ilc lcvcl ol blava. In claniing ilc namc,
dilsa and puiascaiya iiics aic noi ncccssaiy. ly avoiding nama ablasa and nama
apaiadla, giadually ilc pcison will bc ablc io clani ilc namc coniinuously. ly
coniinuing io clani in ilis way, ilc dcvoicc, iiying io aiiain ilc mcicilul glancc ol
ilc dciiy, will coniinuously icalizc ilc Loid's namc and loim. Giadually, lc will
bc ablc io icalizc simuliancously ilc namc, loim and qualiiics ol ilc dciiy.
Iinally, lc will icalizc ilc namc, loim and qualiiics wlilc mcdiiaiing on ilc
laciual pasiimcs ol ilc Loid. ly paiiicipaiion in ilc pasiimcs, iasa aiiscs. Rasa is
ilc lasi aiiainmcni. Tlc siagc ol iasa can bc quiclly aiiaincd il ilc dcvoicc
mainiains an inicnsc longing loi iasa wlilc claniing ilc namc.
Tlc ollcnscs againsi ilc namc aic icn as mcniioncd in ilc Padma Puiana:
satam nna-namnan param aparanam vtanutc
yatan hnyatm yatam hatnam u sanatc ta vgarnam
svasya sri vsnor ya na guna nama sahaIam
nya bnnnam pasyct sa hnaIu nar-namantaharan
guror avajna srut-sastra-nnanam
tatnartnavao nar namn haIpanam
namno baIa yasya n papabun
na vyatc yasya yamar n sunn
narma-vrata-tyaga-nuta-sarva-
subna-hrya samyam ap pramaan
asraananc vmuhncpy asrnvat
yas copacsan sva-namaparanan
srutcp nama-manatmyc yan prit ranto naran
anam mama paramo namn sopy aparana-hrt
To slow cnvy oi ciiiicizc ilc puic dcvoicc.
To ilinl ilai ilc dcvaias aic cqual io Kisna.
To disicspcci oi disobcy ilc guiu.
To disicspcci ilc sciipiuics.
To ilinl ilai ilc gloiilicaiion ol ilc Namc is cmpiy piaisc.
To imaginc mcanings ol ilc Namc.
To commii sin on ilc siicngil ol ilc Namc.
To considci ilc Namc on ilc samc lcvcl as pious aciions.
To givc ilc Namc io unqualilicd pcoplc.
Noi io lavc laiil in ilc Namc oi iasic loi ilc Namc alici lcaiing iis gloiics, and io
acccpi ilc Namc wiiloui giving up maiciial aiiaclmcni.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol namablasa: claya namablasa and piaiibimba namablasa:
Claniing ilc namc wiiloui ollcnsc bui dcvoid ol piopci lnowlcdgc is callcd
claya namablasa. Wlcn, iliougl dcvoiional associaiion, a dcvoicc obiains
piopci lnowlcdgc, ii bccomcs ilc puic namc, suddla nama. Wlcn ilc claniing
ol ilc namc is covcicd by maiciial dcsiics, by jnana and laima, oi by diy
icnunciaiion, ii is callcd piaiibimba namablasa. Ai iimcs piaiibimba namablasa
comcs closc io claya nama blasa and ai iimcs ii iuins io apaiadla. Ioi nama
apaiadla, ilcic is no oilci icmcdy ilan io coniinually clani in ilc associaiion ol
dcvoiccs.
Vaisnavas according fo chanfing
Tlosc vaisnavas wlo aic suiicndcicd io ilc puic namc aic callcd vaisnavas
lollowing ilc looisicps ol Si Caiianya. Tlosc wlo clani ilc namc in ilis way
pciiodically aic callcd vaisnavas. Tlosc wlo clani in ilis way coniinuously aic
callcd bciici vaisnavas. Tlosc wlosc pioximiiy causcs oilcis io clani puicly aic
callcd ilc bcsi ol vaisnavas.
atacva yanra muhnc cha hrsna nama
sc ta vasnava, harna tannara sammana
hrsna nama nrantara yanara vaanc
sc vasnava srcstna, bnaja tannara caranc
yannara arsanc muhnc asc hrsna nama
tannarc janna tum vasnava pranana
hrama har hanc prabnu vasnava Iahsana
vasnava vasnavatara ara vasnavatama
Onc wlo is claniing ilc Haic Kisna maniia is undcisiood io bc a Vaisnava;
ilcicloic you slould ollci all icspccis io Him. A pcison wlo is always claniing
ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid is io bc considcicd a liisi-class Vaisnava, and you duiy
is io scivc lis loius lcci. A liisi -class Vaisnava is lc wlosc vciy picscncc malcs
oilcis clani ilc loly namc ol Kisna. In ilis way Si Caiianya Malapiablu
insiiucicd aboui dillcicni iypcs ol Vaisnavas-ilc Vaisnava, Vaisnavaiaia and
Vaisnavaiama. Hc ilus succcssivcly cxplaincd all ilc sympioms ol a Vaisnava io
ilc inlabiianis ol Kulna giama.
C.C. Madlya 16.72, 7+-75
Onc slould ialc associaiion wiil all ilcsc vaisnavas. Onc slould icspcci ilc
oidinaiy vaisnava. Onc slould ialc slclici ai ilc lcci ol ilc bciici and bcsi
vaisnavas. Sciving sucl vaisnavas, ilc louscloldci vaisnava slould cclcbiaic and
lccl saiislicd. Wlcilci ilc vaisnava is a louscloldci oi icnounccd, accoiding io
lis lcvcl, ilc dcvoicc slould icspcci lim. Tlc dcvoicc will sccl oui and scivc ilc
Vaisnavas supciioi io limscll.
sajatiyasayc sngnc sanau sangan svato varc
srima bnagavatartnanam asvao rashan sana
Onc slould iasic ilc mcaning ol Simad llagavaiam in ilc associaiion ol puic
dcvoiccs, and onc slould associaic wiil ilc dcvoiccs wlo aic moic advanccd ilan
oncscll and cndowcd wiil a similai iypc ol allcciion loi ilc Loid.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 2.+0
Onc slould noi lind lauli in ilc picvious sins ol ilc vaisnava noi ilc sins wlicl
lavc disappcaicd oi aic aboui io disappcai, noi slould lc lind lauli in ilc
accidcnial commission ol sin.
na pialiiaivam ila blala-janasya pasyci
Onc slould noi scc ilc dcvoicc liom ilc maiciial poini ol vicw.
Upadcsamiia 6
Tlc louscloldci slould pciloim only aciiviiics lcading io ilc spiiiiual goal, and
noi involvc limscll in ilc sinlul aciiviiics ol ilc maiciialisi. Hc slould slow
appiopiiaic compassion loi all jvas. Considciing limscll lallcn, lc slould givc
piopci icspcci io all oilcis, noi dcmanding icspcci liom oilcis. Tlc louscloldci,
bcing unaiiaclcd io lamily lilc, slould blcnd ii wiil ilings iclaicd io Kisna.
Acccpiing only wlai is ncccssaiy, lc slould piaciicc iclisling ilc claniing ol ilc
namc. Wlcn ilc iasic loi Kisna bccomcs siiong and ilc iasic ol maiciial
cnjoymcni bccomcs complcicly dcsiioycd, a naiuial scnsc ol dciaclmcni will aiisc
duc io abscncc ol maiciial aiiaclmcni. Sucl a siaic will noi appcai by cndcavoi
alonc.
Guru
Ioi piaciicc ol boil iypcs ol blalii, ilc bona lidc guiu is ncccssaiy. Tlc guiu
cngagcs ilc candidaic ol vaidl blalii accoiding io lis inclinaiions. Hc icaclcs
wlai iulcs io obscivc and low io climinaic ilc obsiaclcs. Tlc guiu slows ilc
candidaic ol iaganuga blalii low io culiivaic suiiablc iasa coiicsponding io ilc
disciplc's naiuial iasic.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol iasic ol giccd: icmpoiaiy and naiuial. Somciimcs dcvoiccs
lcai aboui ilc qualiiics ol Nanda oi Subala, dciivc gicai bliss and somciimcs slow
similai scniimcnis, bui ilis bliss and ilc slow ol scniimcnis aic sloii-livcd. Tlis
is callcd icmpoiaiy giccd. Tlcic is no usc in sucl a slow. Ii is ncccssaiy loi ilc
guiu io caiclully cxaminc wlicl iasa -dasya, sallya, vaisalya oi madluia-givcs
naiuial giccd. Dcicciing oncs naiuial scniimcni, ilc guiu will givc icaclings
accoiding io ilai mood. Il ilis is noi donc, ilcn ilc insiiucicd mood will noi bc
pcimancni, duc io ilc unsuiiabiliiy io ilc disciplc. Ii slould bc noicd ilai noi all
scclcis will bc qualilicd loi madluia iasa. Il a guiu linds ii impossiblc loi lim io
dccidc ilc iasa ol ilc disciplc, lc will loncsily admii lis inabiliiy io ilc disciplc
and diicci lim io appioacl a suiiablc guiu. Tlc disciplc las no alicinaiivc bui io
ialc slclici ol ilc loius lcci ol ilc bona lidc guiu.
Ioi lcai ol cnlaiging ilc bool, I lavc madc a summaiy siudy ol sadlana blalii.
Tlosc wlo lavc dcsiic io lnow moic aboui ilis can siudy ilc Puiva Viblaga ol
llalii Rasamiia Sindlu and ilc llalii Sandaibla.
1 Tianslaiion ol llaliivinoda
Chapfer 11
Prayojana: fhe uIfimafe goaI
Taling a paiiiclc ol mcicy liom ilc muniliccni Malapiablu, I will now picscni
ilc linal goal ol ilc sciipiuics and ol all luman cndcavois- ilc onc, linal
aiiainmcni, picma-wlicl cvcn alici compiling, siudying and considciing all ilc
Vcdas loi lundicds ol lalpas, Loid lialma could noi undcisiand; and wlicl cvcn
Loid Siva, cquippcd wiil all lnowlcdgc and yoga powcis, ilc masici ol ilc pail ol
icnunciaiion, is always scaicling loi; and wlicl all libciaicd jvas coniinually
adoic as ilc aiiainmcni ol ilcii own gloiy (sva malima).
Caiianya Malapiablu, in icacling Si Rupa Gosvam aboui picma, said ilc
lollowing:

branmana bnramtc hona bnagyavan jiva
guru hrsna prasac paya bnaht Iata bija
maIi nana harc sc bija aropana
sravana hirtana jaIc harayc sccana
upajya bac Iata branmana bnc yaya
vraja branmaIoha bnc paravyoma paya
tavc yaya ta upar goIoha vrnavana
hrsna carana haIpa vrhsc harc aronana
tanna vstarta nana pnaIc prcma pnaIa
nna maIi sccc ntya sravana hirtana jaIa
ya vasnava aparana utnc nati mata
uparc va cnnc, tara suhn yaya pata
tatc maIi yatna har harc avarana
aparana nastira yacnc na naya ugama
hntu ya Iatara sangc utnc upasahna
bnuht muht vanca yata asanhnya tara Ichna
nsnacara, hutnat, jiva nmsana
Iabna, puja, pratstna yata upasahna gana
scha jaIa pana upasahna ba yaya
stabna nana muIa sahna bartc na paya
pratnamc upasahna harayc cncana
tavc muIa sahna bar yaya vrnavana
prcma pnaIa pah parc, maIi asvaaya
Iata avaIamb maIi haIpa vrhsa paya
tanna sc haIpa vrhscra harayc sccana
suhnc prcma pnaIa rasa harc asvaana
c ta parama pnaIa parama purusartna
yanra agc trna tuIya car purusartna
Accoiding io ilcii laima, all living cniiiics aic wandciing iliougloui ilc cniiic
univcisc. Somc ol ilcm aic bcing clcvaicd io ilc uppci planciaiy sysicms, and
somc aic going down inio ilc lowci planciaiy sysicms. Oui ol many millions ol
wandciing living cniiiics, onc wlo is vciy loiiunaic gcis an oppoiiuniiy io
associaic wiil a bona lidc spiiiiual masici by ilc giacc ol Kisna. ly ilc mcicy ol
boil Kisna and ilc spiiiiual masici, sucl a pcison icccivcs ilc sccd ol ilc ciccpci
ol dcvoiional scivicc.
Wlcn a pcison icccivcs ilc sccd ol dcvoiional scivicc lc slould ialc caic ol ii by
bccoming a gaidcnci and sowing ilc sccd in lis lcaii. Il lc waicis ilc sccd
giadually by ilc pioccss ol siavana and liiana ilc sccd will bcgin io spioui.
As onc waicis ilc blalii laia bja, ilc sccd spiouis, and ilc ciccpci giadually
incicascs uniil ii pcnciiaics ilc walls ol ilis univcisc and gocs bcyond ilc Viiaja
iivci bciwccn ilc spiiiiual woild and ilc maiciial woild. Ii aiiains bialma-lola,
ilc lialman cllulgcncc. Pcnciiaiing iliougl ilai siiaium, ii icaclcs ilc spiiiiual
sly and ilc spiiiiual planci Golola Vindavana.
lcing siiuaicd in onc's lcaii and bcing waicicd by siavana-liiana, ilc blalii
ciccpci coniinucs io giow. In ilis way ii aiiains ilc slclici ol ilc dcsiic iicc ol ilc
loius lcci ol Kisna, wlo is cicinally siiuaicd in ilc planci lnown as Golola
Vindavana in ilc iopmosi icgion ol ilc spiiiiual sly.
Tlc ciccpci gicaily cxpands in ilc Golola Vindavana planci, and ilcic ii pioduccs
ilc liuii ol lovc loi Kisna. Alilougl icmaining in ilc maiciial woild, ilc gaidcnci
icgulaily spiinllcs ilc ciccpci wiil ilc waici ol lcaiing and claniing.
Il ilc dcvoicc commiis an ollcnsc ai ilc lcci ol a Vaisnava wlilc culiivaiing ilc
ciccpci ol dcvoiional scivicc in ilc maiciial woild, lis ollcnsc is compaicd io a
mad clcplani ilai upioois ilc ciccpci and bicals ii. In ilis way ilc lcavcs ol ilc
ciccpci aic diicd up.
Tlc gaidcnci musi dclcnd ilc ciccpci by lcncing ii all aiound so ilai ilc powcilul
clcplani ol ollcnscs may noi cnici.
Somciimcs unwanicd ciccpcis, sucl as ilc ciccpcis ol dcsiics loi maiciial
cnjoymcni and libciaiion liom ilc maiciial woild, giow along wiil ilc ciccpci ol
dcvoiional scivicc. Tlc vaiiciics ol sucl unwanicd ciccpcis aic unlimiicd.
Somc unncccssaiy ciccpcis giowing wiil blalii ciccpci aic ilc ciccpcis ol
bclavioi unacccpiablc loi ilosc iiying io aiiain pcilcciion, diplomaiic bclavioi,
animal lilling, mundanc pioliicciing, mundanc adoiaiion and mundanc
impoiiancc. All ilcsc aic unwanicd ciccpcis.
Il onc docs noi disiinguisl bciwccn ilc blalii laia ciccpci and ilc oilci ciccpcis,
ilc spiinlling ol waici is misuscd bccausc ilc oilci ciccpcis aic nouiislcd wlilc
ilc blalii laia ciccpci is cuiiailcd.
As soon as an iniclligcni dcvoicc sccs an unwanicd ciccpci giowing bcsidc ilc
oiiginal ciccpci, lc musi cui ii down insianily. Tlcn ilc ical ciccpci ol blalii
laia bja giows niccly, iciuins, lomc, bacl io Godlcad, and sccls slclici undci
ilc loius lcci ol Kisna.
Wlcn ilc liuii ol dcvoiional scivicc bccomcs iipc and lalls down, ilc gaidcnci
iasics ilc liuii, and ilus ialcs advaniagc ol ilc ciccpci and icaclcs ilc dcsiic iicc
ol ilc loius lcci ol Kisna in Golola Vidnavana.
Tlcic ilc dcvoicc scivcs ilc loius lcci ol ilc Loid, wlicl aic compaicd io a wisl-
lullilling iicc. Wiil gicai bliss lc iasics ilc juicc ol ilc liuii ol lovc and bccomcs
cicinally lappy.
To iasic ilc liuii ol dcvoiional scivicc ai Golola Vindavana is ilc liglcsi
pcilcciion ol lilc, and in ilc picscncc ol sucl pcilcciion, ilc loui maiciial
pcilcciions-icligion, cconomic dcvclopmcni, scnsc giaiilicaiion and libciaiion-aic
vciy insignilicani aclicvcmcnis.
C.C.Madlya 19-151-16+
Kisna das Kaviiaja las dcsciibcd Caiianya Malapiablu's icaclings in liiiing vciscs
wiil gicai cxpciiisc. Il ilc jva can undcisiand ilc diicci mcaning ol ilcsc vciscs,
lc will bc immcdiaicly loiiunaic. Il lc undcisiands ilcsc cigliccn vciscs lc will
casily aiiain wlai cannoi bc aiiaincd by siudying pilcs ol sciipiuics.
Sincc iimc immcmoiial ilc jvas aic all wandciing in ilc univcisc, lollowing ilc
pail ol laima oi jnana. Wlcn ilc suliiis wlicl build up ilc piopcnsiiy loi
blalii bccomc siiong, ilc jva dcvclops laiil in blalii. Wiil laiil, ilc dcvoicc
ialcs slclici ol ilc loius lcci ol sadlu and guiu. Accoiding io insiiuciions ol ilc
guiu, lc liimly sows in lis lcaii ilis laiil, wlicl is in ilc loim ol a sccd ol ilc
blalii ciccpci. Tlc jva bccomcs ilc gaidcnci, and waicis ilc blalii wiil waici
in ilc loim ol lcaiing and claniing ilc namc. Tlc ciccpci giows biggci and
biggci, piciccs ilc univcisc, ciosscs ovci ilc Viiaja, ilc boidci ol ilc spiiiiual
woild, and alici iiavcising ilc impcisonal bialma dlama cnicis ilc placc ol ilc
Loid's pasiimcs.
Wlcn ilc jva piciccs ilc univcisc an incidcni ialcs placc, in ilc loim ol
obiaining ilc mcicy ol Kisna. Tlc jva in lis spiiiiual loim is vciy insignilicani.
Moicovci, wlilc giving up maiici, qualiiics gci cxiinguislcd. Tlc jva ilcn dcsiics
io annililaic lis cxisicncc. Ai ilis ciucial iimc, Kisna's own mcicy assisis ilc jva,
iliougl ilc spccial mcicy ol Kisna's dcvoiccs. Wlai is ilis mcicy' Ii is ilc
lladin salii cmanaiing liom ilc cii salii oi spiiiiual cncigy ol ilc Loid. Ii is
cxiicmcly powcilul. Ai ilc iimc ol maiciial ccssaiion, ilis cncigy is cagci io
pioicci ilc jva liom annililaiion ol lis spiiiiual individualiiy. Ii iiansloims
sadlana blalii inio a moic loving loim. ly ilc siicngil ol ilis moic inicnsc loim,
ilc jva aiiains iaii, and giadually bcgins io asccnd. Wiiloui ilc mcicy ol ilc
lladin salii, ilc jva cannoi bc qualilicd loi ilc goal ol picma.
Lquippcd wiil ilc siicngil ol ilc lladin salii, ilc jva piciccs bialma dlama and
aiiains ilc spiiiiual woild. Ai ilc iop ol ilc spiiiiual woild is Golola Vindavana.
Tlcic, ilc ciccpci ol blalii spicads iiscll ai ilc lcci ol Kisna's loius lcci and yiclds
ilc liuiis ol picma. Tlc gaidcnci, siill icsiding in ilc maiciial woild, coniinucs
waiciing ilc iooi ol ilc ciccpci iliougl lcaiing and claniing Kisna's namc
consianily.
Wlcn ilc ciccpci spiouis and giows, ilc gaidcnci musi bc caiclul. Somciimcs ilc
mad clcplani ol ollcnscs againsi dcvoiccs in ilc loim ol violcncc, laiicd oi
ciiiicism aiiscs. Ii icais up ilc blalii ciccpci, and ilc lcavcs wiilci. Somciimcs
ilc mad clcplani upioois ilc plani complcicly. Tlc gaidcnci musi bc vciy
caiclul io cnsuic ilai ilis ollcnsc docs noi ialc placc.
Onc oilci obsiaclc may appcai: along wiil ilc ciccpci ol blalii, wccds may also
spiing up. Tlcy giow along wiil ilc waiciing pioccss ol lcaiing and claniing
and smoilci ilc ciccpci ol blalii. Many iypcs ol wccds may giow up: maiciial
cnjoymcni, dcsiic ol libciaiion, dcsiic loi mysiic powcis, dcsiic ol womcn, sinlul
aciion, absoipiion ol ilc mind in loibiddcn ilings, violcncc io oilci living
cniiiics, ciucliy, clcaiing, longing loi posiiion, giccd loi moncy oi maiciial piciy.
Tlc gaidcnci musi bc caiclul io cui down ilcsc wccds as ilcy bcgin io giow.
In ilis way, ilc ciccpci can suipass ilc maiciial woild and aiiain ilc spiiiiual
woild ol Vindavana. Tlc liuii ol picma iipcns and lalls, and ilc gaidcnci iclislcs
ii in gicai bliss. Picma is ilc uliimaic goal ol ilc jva. Compaicd io ilis, dlaima,
aiila, lama and molsa aic noiling.
Now ilc naiuic ol picma and ilc iypcs ol picma will bc discusscd.
suna-sattva-vscsatma prcma-suryamsu- samyabnah
rucbns ctta-masrnya-hr asau bnava ucyatc
Wlcn dcvoiional scivicc is siiuaicd on ilc iiansccndcnial plailoim ol puic
goodncss, ii is lilc a iay ol ilc sunligli ol lovc ol Kisna (picma). Ai sucl a iimc,
dcvoiional scivicc causcs ilc lcaii io bc solicncd by vaiious iasics, and ii is callcd
blava.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga 3.1
samyan masrnta-svanto mamatvatsayanhtan
bnavan sa cva sanratma bunan prcma ngayatc
Wlcn ilai blava solicns ilc lcaii complcicly, bccomcs cndowcd wiil a gicai
lccling ol posscssivcncss in iclaiion io ilc Loid and bccomcs vciy mucl
condcnscd and inicnsilicd, ii is callcd picma by lcaincd sclolai.
l.R.S. Picma laliii 1.
Iiom ilc svaiupa salii ol Kisna, wlicl manilcis all ilings, aiiscs ilc samvii salii,
govcining ilc consciousncss in ilc spiiiiual woild. Tlis lcaiuic ol ilc svaiupa
salii is callcd suddla saiiva, puic goodncss. Tlc saiiva ol maya salii is noi puic
bui mixcd. Tcndci and dccp cmoiion wiil posscssivcncss ol Kisna is ilc spccial
lcaiuic ol ilc lladin salii. Wlcn ilcsc iwo clcmcnis (suddla saiiva (samvii)
and lladin) mix, ilcy aiiain ilc liglcsi and mosi asionisling siaic in ilc jva's
lcaii: ii is callcd puic picma. In ilc maiciial woild ilc combinaiion ol ilc maya's
samvii and lladin poicncy givcs iisc io maiciial picma oi maiciial lovc. Tlis is
bui a pcivciicd sladow ol ilc puic, spiiiiual picma. Tlc iclaiionslip (blava )
coming liom oncs spiiiiual loim in puic, naiuial consciousncss (suddla saiiva
svaiupa) and icndci aciions io cxpicss ilai lovc (lladin) aic boil picscni in
picma. (llava lcic iclcis io silayi blava, lixcd cmoiion.) Iis liisi appcaiancc is
callcd iaii.
sanana bnaht natc maya ratra uaya
rat gana natc tara prcma nama haya
prcma vrn hramc nama -sncna, mana, pranaya
raga, anuraga, bnava, manabnava naya
ly icgulaily icndciing dcvoiional scivicc, onc giadually bccomcs aiiaclcd io ilc
Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad. Wlcn ilai aiiaclmcni is inicnsilicd, ii bccomcs
lovc ol Godlcad. Tlc basic aspccis ol picma, wlcn giadually incicasing io
dillcicni siaics, aic allcciion (sncla), abloiicncc (mana), lovc (pianaya),
aiiaclmcni (iaga), luiilci aiiaclmcni (anuiaga), ccsiasy (blava) and gicai ccsiasy
(malablava).
C.C.Madlya 19.177-17S
Bhava
Tlis blava is callcd ilc sccdling ol picma oi piii and wlcn ii appcais, ii slows
ilc lollowing claiaciciisiics:
hsantr avyartna-haIatvam vrahtr mana- sunyata
asabannan samuthantna nama-ganc saa rucn
asahts ta-gunahnyanc prits ta-vasat-stnaIc
ty aayo nubnavan syur jata-bnavanhurc janc
Tlc sympioms (anublavas) ol ilc spioui ol blava aic loibcaiancc, noi wasiing
iimc, dciaclmcni, abscncc ol piidc, possibiliiy ol aiiaining Kisna, giccd loi
aiiaining Kisna, iasic ol claniing ilc namc, aiiaclmcni io discussions ol Kisna's
qualiiics, living in a placc ol Kisna's pasiimcs.
l.R.S. Puiva Viblaga Raii blalii, 11
Tlcsc aic also mcniioncd in Caiianya Caiiiamiia Madlya Lla 23. 20-31. Wlcn
ilcsc sympioms ol blava appcai, ilcy aic sccn as ical naiuic ol ilc pcison. Tlis
iaii is ilc liisi siagc ol picma; picma is ilc dccpci siagc ol iaii. Picma is lilc ilc
sun and iaii oi blava is iis iay. Wlcn iaii aiiscs, vciy small ccsiaiic sympioms
appcai. Wlcn iaii appcais in ilc mind ol ilc condiiioncd soul, ilougl ii is
aciually scll-manilcsiing, coming liom ilc soul iiscll, ii appcais as il a pioduci ol
ilc mind.
Tlcic aic iwo iypcs ol iaii: ilai causcd by ilc mcicy ol Kisna oi lis dcvoicc, and
ilai causcd by absoipiion in sadlana blalii. Tlai iaii duc io sadlana is
commonly sccn in ilc woild, wlcicas ilai duc io mcicy is vciy iaic. Tlc iaii
duc io sadlana las iwo iypcs: liom vaidli sadlana and iaganuga sadlana.
Raii is a iaic iling. Tlc appaicni sympioms ol iaii visiblc in pcisons dcsiiing
libciaiion oi maiciial bcncliis is bui a scmblancc ol ical iaii. Tlis iaiy ablasa las
iwo iypcs: piaiibimba iaiy ablasa (icllcciion) and claya iaiy ablasa (sladow).
Sccing ilosc sympioms, ilc ignoiani pcison will misialc ilcm loi ical iaii.
Somciimcs onc may scc a pcison wlo las noi donc sadlana, bui wlo las gcnuinc
iaii. In sucl cascs, onc musi undcisiand ilai in picvious livcs lis cxpcii sadlana
was loi somc icason iniciiupicd. Wlcn ilai obsiaclc las bccn dcsiioycd, ilc
icsuli, puic blava, appcais in ilis lilc.
Il onc sccms io scc somc discicpancy in ilc aciions oi bclavioi ol a pcison wlo as
aiiaincd ical iaii, onc slould noi bc cnvious ol lim. Hc las icaclcd ilc succcss ol
lilc. Aciually sucl a pcison is laulilcss. Il onc sccs in lim somc mundanc aciion
wlicl is coniiaiy io ilc iulcs ol vaidl blalii conduci, liom lis sidc ilcic is no
lauli. Ii is only appaicni lauli sccn liom ilc cycs ol ilc pcison on a lowci lcvcl
aiiaclcd io ilc iulcs.
Tlc aciivc poiiions ol iaii (ccsia iupa blalii) aic ilc anublavas (aciions
gcnciaicd liom cmoiion loi Kisna) and ilc spccial ingicdicnis ol cmoiion (blava
iupa) aic ilc sancaii blavas (iiansiioiy cmoiions). Wlcn ilcsc mix wiil iaii and
iaii bccomcs inicnsc, ii is callcd picma, and picma lcads io iasa. Tlc iopics ol
iasa aic discusscd in ilc woil "Kisncia Rasamiia Samudiaiva Vicaia" so ilcy will
noi bc mcniioncd lcic.
Prema
Picma las iwo iypcs: lcvala (puic) picma and malima jnana yulia (cndowcd
wiil icvcicncc) picma. Iiom iaganuga sadlana blalii usually lcvala picma
aiiscs. Tliougl vaidl blalii, malima jnana yulia picma aiiscs; ilc dcvoicc
aiiains ilc samc planci, samc opulcnccs, samc loim and closc associaiion ol ilc
Loid in Vailunila. Accoiding ilc Loid Caiianya's icaclings, ilc liglcsi goal is
lcvala picma.
Picma aiiscs in iwo ways: liom blava and liom ilc mcicy ol ilc Loid. Picma
aiising liom blava las iwo iypcs: aiising liom vaidla-induccd blava and liom
iaganuga induccd blava. Picma aiising liom mcicy alonc is vciy iaic wlcicas
picma aiising liom blava is noimal. Tlc succcssion io picma iliougl blava is
mcniioncd in Caiianya Caiiiamiia:

hona bnagyc hona jivcra srana ya naya
tavc sc jiva sanu sanga haraya
sanu sanga natc naya sravana hirtana
sanana bnahtyc naya sarvanartna nvartana
anartna nvrtt naIc bnaht nstna naya
nstna natc sravanayc ruc upajaya
ruc bnaht natc naya asaht pracura
asaht natc cttc janmc hrsnc prity anhura
sc rat gana naIa narc prcma nama
sc prcma prayojana sarvanana nama
yanra cttc hrsna prcma harayc uaya
tanra vahya, hrya, mura vjncna na bujnaya
Il by good loiiunc, a living cniiiy dcvclops laiil in Kisna, lc bcgins io associaic
wiil dcvoiccs.
Wlcn onc is cncouiagcd in dcvoiional scivicc by ilc associaiion ol dcvoiccs, onc
bccomcs licc liom all unwanicd coniaminaiion by lollowing ilc icgulaiivc
piinciplcs and claniing and lcaiing. Wlcn onc is liccd liom all unwanicd
coniaminaiion, lc advanccs wiil liim laiil. Wlcn liim laiil in dcvoiional scivicc
awalcns, a iasic loi lcaiing and claniing also awalcns. Alici iasic is awalcncd, a
dccp aiiaclmcni aiiscs, and liom ilai aiiaclmcni ilc sccd ol lovc loi Kisna giows
in ilc lcaii. Wlcn ilai ccsiaiic cmoiional siagc inicnsilics, ii is callcd lovc ol
Godlcad. Sucl lovc is lilc's uliimaic goal and ilc icscivoii ol all plcasuic. Il onc
aciually las ilc sccd ol iiansccndcnial cmoiion in lis lcaii, ilc sympioms will bc
visiblc in lis aciiviiics. Tlai is ilc vcidici ol all icvcalcd sciipiuics.
C.C.Madlya 23.9-17
On ilis ilcic is a laiila:
aharsa sannnau Iaunan pravrtto rsyatc yatna
anor manat catanyc pravrttn pritr cva sa
pratpnaIana-narmatvat bana-jvc nsargatan
tarcsu ca sarvcsu ragost vsayasu
Inga-bnangottara bnahtn suna-pritr anuttama
tat purvam atmanhscpat bnahtn pritmayi sati
Jusi as iion slows iis innaic qualiiy wlcn ilc magnci comcs closc, so ilc minuic
consciousncss, jva, slows lis naiuial icndcncy wlcn lc bccomcs lavoiablc
iowaids ilc supicmc conscious cniiiy Kisna. His naiuial icndcncy is puic lovc ol
Kisna. Tlis qualiiy ol iaga is pcilcci in ilc spiiiiual woild. Tlc maiciial woild is
only a icllcciion ol ilc spiiiiual woild. Tlc jva, acccpiing unnaiuial qualiiics in
ilc maiciial woild, pioduccs a dillcicni iypc ol iaga iowaids ilc objccis ol ilc
woild, ilougl iaga iiscll is gcnciaicd liom lis naiuic.
Il ilc condiiioncd jva docs noi dcsiioy lis subilc maiciial body, lis puic lovc will
noi appcai. Only alici bicaling ilc subilc body, ilc blalii wlicl appcais is puic
piii. lcloic ilis siagc, blalii aiicmpiing scll- suiicndci by dcsiioying ilc
maiciial idcniiiy and csiablisling ilc spiiiiual idcniiiy, las piii, lovc, as iis
qualiiy (piiimay) bui cannoi lavc piii as iis csscncc (piii aimila).
Tlis siaic ol piiimay is dcsciibcd in ilc Caiianya Caiiiamiia:
ragatmha bnaht muhnya vrajavasi janc
tara anugata bnahtra raganuga namc
Iobnc vrajavasira bnavc harc anugat
sastrayuht nan manc raganugara prahrt
banya, abnyantara, nara u tasanana
banyc sanaha cnc harc sravana hirtana
manc nja sna cna harya bnavan
ratr nc harc vrajc hrsncra scvana
njabstna hrsna prcstna pacnc ta Iagya
nrantara scva harc antarmana nana
Tlc oiiginal inlabiianis ol Vindavana aic aiiaclcd io Kisna sponiancously in
dcvoiional scivicc. Noiling can compaic io sucl sponiancous dcvoiional scivicc,
wlicl is callcd iagaimila blalii. Wlcn a dcvoicc lollows in ilc looisicps ol ilc
dcvoiccs ol Vindavana, lis dcvoiional scivicc is callcd iaganuga blalii. Il onc
lollows in ilc looisicps ol ilc inlabiianis ol Vindavana oui ol sucl iiansccndcnial
covciousncss, lc docs noi caic loi ilc injunciions oi icasoning ol sasiia. Tlai is
ilc way ol sponiancous lovc. Tlcic aic iwo pioccsscs by wlicl onc may cxccuic
ilis iaganuga blalii-cxicinal and inicinal. Tlc scll-icalizcd, advanccd dcvoicc
cxicinally icmains lilc a ncoplyic and cxccuics all ilc sasiiic injunciions,
cspccially lcaiing and claniing. Howcvci, wiilin lis mind, in lis oiiginal
puiilicd scll-icalizcd posiiion, lc scivcs Kisna in Vindavana in lis paiiiculai way.
Hc scivcs Kisna iwcniy-loui louis, all day and nigli. Aciually ilc inlabiianis ol
Vindavana aic vciy dcai io Kisna. Il onc wanis io cngac in sponiancous loving
scivicc, lc musi lollow ilc inlabiianis ol Vindavana and consianily cngagc in
dcvoiional scivicc wiilin lis mind.
C.C.Madlya 22.1+9, 153, 156-157. 159
Tlc laiila says:
hrsna-banrmuhnc sa ca vsaya-pritr cva n
sa cava hrsna-sammuhnyat hrsna-pritn sunrmaIa
raty a-bnava-paryantam svarupa-Iahsanam smrtam
asya-sahnya-sambannat sa cava rasatam vrajct
Wlai is ilc dillcicncc bciwccn lovc (piii) ol maiciial objccis and lovc ol Kisna'
Wlcn ilc allcciion is diiccicd liom maiici io Kisna in a puic way ii bccomcs lovc
ol Kisna. Wlcn ilc samc allcciion is iuincd liom Kisna iowaids maiici, ii is
callcd maiciial lovc oi maiciial aiiaclmcni. In ilc siagcs liom iaii io malablava
ilis allcciion is iniiinsic claiaciciisiic loi cacl siagc. Tlis silayi blava, qualilicd
by iclaiions sucl as dasya, aiiains ilc naiuic ol iasa by mixing ol ilc ingicdicnis
(anublava, saiivila blava cic.).
In ilc Silsasiala blasya , bascd on ilc Piii Sandaibla ol Siila Jva Gosvam, ilc
dcvclopmcni ol piii is dcsciibcd as lollows: undcvclopcd piii, in ilc liisi siagc is
ullasamay, jubilani. Ii is callcd iaii. Tlis iypc ol iaii is picscni in sania iasa.
Wlcn ii appcais, any oilci objcci ilan Kisna bccomcs vciy insignilicani. Wlcn
ullasamayi iaii bccomcs cxiicmcly posscssivc ii is callcd picma. Tlis is picscni in
dasya iasa. Wlcn ilis dcvclops, all causcs loi bicaling ilc iclaiionslip bccomc
lccblc. Wlcn picma bccomcs visvasamay (conlidcniial) ii is callcd pianaya. Ii is
suiiablc loi sallya iasa. Wlcn pianaya manilcsis, ilcic is no longci any
icvcicncc, cvcn wlcic icvcicncc would bc suiiablc. Wlcn pianaya bccomcs
vaiicgaicd and bccomcs sliglily dcvious duc io ialing ilc idcniiiy ol a bclovcd ol
Kisna, ii is callcd mana (piidc). Wlcn mana appcais, cvcn Kisna manilcsis lcai
(oui ol lovc). Wlcn ilc lcaii bccomcs mclicd, picma bccomcs sncla. Wiil ilc
appcaiancc ol sncla, ilcic aic sympioms sucl s slcdding ol cxccssivc icais. Lvcn
ilougl sccing ilc Loid, ilc pcison is unsaiislicd, and ilougl capablc ol plcasing
ilc Loid, ilc pcison is lcailul and unsicady. Wlcn sncla bccomcs lull ol dcsiic, ii
is callcd iaga. Wlcn iaga appcais, cvcn a momcni's scpaiaiion bccomcs
iniolciablc. Mcciing is lappincss and scpaiaiion is disiicss. Wlcn iaga icalizcs
ilc dcai objcci in ncwci and ncwci ways and iiscll appcais in ncwci ways, ii is
callcd anuiaga. Wiil ilc appcaiancc ol anuiaga, ilc pcison dcsiics io ialc biiil as
an inanimaic objcci jusi io bc iclaicd io ilc Loid, duc io ilc vaiicgaicd picma
icsuliing liom muiual submissivcncss. Duiing ilc pain ol scpaiaiion, Kisna
malcs a suddcn appcaiancc. Wlcn anuiaga aiiains a siaic ol madncss wiil
uncqualcd amazing appcaiancc, ii is callcd malablava. Wlcn malablava
appcais, duiing mcciing, ilc passing ol cvcn onc momcni is iniolciablc, and a
lalpa ol iimc passcs in a sccond. In scpaiaiion, onc sccond sccms io bc lalpa. In
anuiaga and malablava, ilc ccsiaiic sympioms sucl as saiivila blavas appcai in
ilc mosi inicnsc loim.
Tlc laiila says:
taranga-rangni prits c-vIasa-svarupni
vsayc sac-c-ananc rasa-vstarni mata
prauanana-camathara-rasan hrsnc svabnavatan
hrsnct namancyas tu janaharsa-vscsatan
c-gnananana-sarvasvam rupam camrtam pryam
ananta-guna-sampurno IiIanyo gopi- vaIIabnan
cbnr Ingar narn sahsa rsyatc prcstnam atmanan
tcna vrnavanc ramyc ta-vanc ramatc tu yan
sa nanyan suna-buno n hcnopansaam matc
Piii, ilc vciy cmbodimcni ol spiiiiual pasiimcs, playing in unlimiicd wavcs,
coniinually disiiibuics iasa io Kisna, ilc cmbodimcni ol ciciniiy, lnowlcdgc and
bliss. Duc io ilc vciy naiuic ol piii, iasa bccomcs cxiicmcly blisslul and
asiounding in Kisna-wlo is callcd Kisna bccausc Hc las a spccial aiiiaciing powci
loi cvciyonc. Wiil lis dail, bcauiilul loim ol compacicd lnowlcdgc and bliss,
Kisna is ilc supicmc swccincss and ilc gcnciaioi ol piii, lovc. Kisna, ilc
bclovcd ol ilc gopis, is lull ol unlimiicd auspicious qualiiics and piolusc pasiimcs.
Kisna, ilc dcaimosi objcci io ilc soul, musi bc cxpciicnccd diiccily iliougl His
namc, loim, qualiiics and pasiimcs. Tlai pcison wlo cnjoys wiil Kisna in lis
Vindavana loim in ilc loicsi is ilc mosi loiiunaic, mosi iniclligcni, accoiding io
ilc Kcna Upanisad.
pancangc sa-nyam anvaya-suhrt-matam sat-hrpaha-prabnavat
raga-praptcsta-asyc vraja-jana-vntc jayatc IauIyam ana
vcatita n bnahtr bnavat ta-anuga hrsna- scvaha-rupa
hspram pritr vsuna samuayat taya gaura-shsava guna
Tlc livc angas aic sciving ilc dciiy, iasiing ilc mcaning ol llagavaiam wiil
iclisling dcvoiccs, associaiing wiil ilc supciioi dcvoiccs on iaga maiga, claniing
ilc namc and living in Mailuia. Piaciicing ilcsc livc wiil an ollcnsclcss lcaii,
onc aiiains ical mcicy. Tliougl ilai mcicy aiiscs a giccd io scivc ilc inlabiianis
ol Viaja wlo aic impcllcd by iaga. Iiom ilai giccd, ilcic aiiscs iaganuga sadlana-
blalii, wlicl iiansccnds ilc sciipiuial injunciions and cxclusivcly scivcs Kisna
wiil a mood ol allcciion ol ilc Viaja vass. ly piaciicing ilis blalii (sadlana),
vciy soon, puic, cxclusivc piii (lcvala picma) loi Kisna will aiisc. Tlis is ilc
csoiciic icacling ol Malapiablu.