Devanagari
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने
न यत्र श्रूयते माया लोकसृष्टिविकल्पना ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
namas tubhyaṁ bhagavate
brahmaṇe paramātmane
na yatra śrūyate māyā
loka-sṛṣṭi-vikalpanā
Synonyms
namaḥ
—
obeisances
;
tubhyam
—
unto You
;
bhagavate
—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
brahmaṇe
—
the Absolute Truth
;
parama
—
ātmane — the Supreme Soul
;
na
—
not
;
yatra
—
in whom
;
śrūyate
—
is heard of
;
māyā
—
the illusory, material energy
;
loka
—
of this world
;
sṛṣṭi
—
the creation
;
vikalpanā
—
which arranges .
Translation
My obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul, within whom there is no trace of the illusory energy, which orchestrates the creation of this world.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
My obeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul, within whom there is no trace of the illusory energy, which orchestrates the creation of this world.
KB 10.28.6
Therefore, O Lord, Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supreme Brahman and Supersoul of everything, let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You. You are the supreme transcendental personality; there is no possibility of imposing the influence of material nature upon You.
Purport
The word
śrūyate
is significant here.
Śruti,
or Vedic literature, consists of authorized statements made by the Lord Himself or His enlightened representatives. Thus neither the Lord nor recognized spiritual authorities would ever say that within the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, there is the fault of illusion. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that the word
brahmaṇe
here indicates the Lord is full in Himself, and that the term
paramātmane
indicates He is the controller of all living entities.
Thus within the supreme being, complete in Himself and omnipotent, we do not find any jurisdiction of the material, illusory energy.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
"You are approached by the three paths of bhakti, jnana and yoga. I pay my respects to you as bhagavan, brahman and paramatma. Those who say that these realizations are tinged with maya are mistaken. These realizations are not touched by maya, which creates various things (loka srsti vikalpana)."
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Varuṇa offers respects to his greatness in devotion. He offers respects to the Lord complete with six qualities and all types of liberation, to the antaryāmī of all beings, to Brahman, the invisible śakti of the Lord for those with meager qualification—which appears as oneness of satyaṁ jñānam anantam: eternal existence and knowledge. (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1.2) The form of the Lord is not māyā since māyā produces bodies for the jīvas but has no power over you. This shows that the svarūpa-śakti produces various qualities, form and powers in the Lord. I am most successful in seeing you, the Lord with such qualities, today in my house.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Varuṇa offers respects to his greatness in devotion, showing the cause and effect in sequence.
Or worshippers of the supreme lord, parabrahman or paramātmā attain Vaikuṇṭha, very rare to attain, by realization. “But I am just a cowherd boy.” But you are Bhagavān, Paramātmā and Brahman. This is expressed in brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabyate. (SB 1.2.11) But in the above verse Brahman is in the middle to express that the Lord is also Brahman, though it is inferior to the other two. All these forms have no trace of māyā. The form of the Lord is not māyā since māyā produces bodies for the jīvas but has no power over you. This shows that the svarūpa-śakti of eternity, knowledge and bliss, which produces various qualities, form and powers in the Lord is completely different. Parabrahma (bhagavān) manifests in the absence of a relationship with māyā, in forms like Paramātmā or the supreme Lord. The forms of the one Lord arise by his special śaktis. I am most successful in seeing you, the Lord with such qualities, today in my house.