Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 15.

 vastuto jānatām atra kṛṣṇaṃ sthāsnu cariṣṇu ca

bhagavad-rūpam akhilaṃ nānyad vastv iha kiñcana (BhP_10.14.056)

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na kevalamātmanāmātmā jaḍānāmapītyāha | jagatkāraṇamiti kṛṣṇaṃ jānatāṃ sthāṣṇu sthāvaraṃ cariṣṇu jaṃgamaṃ sarva bhagavadrūpaṃ bhagavatā kāraṇatvena rūpyaṃ prakākṣyam | bhagavato rūpaṃ vā | bhagavāneva rūpaṃ svarūpaṃ yasya iti vā || 15 ||

 

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jagata kāraṇa kṛṣṇa dewa bhagawanta ||

sthāwara-jaṅgama sabe rūpa mādhawara |

kṛṣṇa bine āna nāhi jānā nṛpabara ||150

 

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creation’s cause (karana) Krsna, the Lord of Opulences.
Inerts and animates are all “forms” of the Lord of Primal Matter.

Apart from Krsna, there is no other entity, know, O supreme king. [150]

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 14.

kṛṣṇam enam avehi tvam ātmānam akhilātmanām

jagad-dhitāya so 'py atra dehīvābhāti māyayā (BhP_10.14.055)

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tatraiva caturdaśādhyāye śukokti kṛṣṇameva jagatāmātmeti darśayannāha | na kevalamātmanāṃ jagatāmapītyāha | jagato hitāya iti ||14||

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akhila jīwara ātmā kṛṣṇa kṛpāmaẏa |

jagatara hita arthe jānibā niścaẏa ||149

māẏāẏe manuṣẏa yena prakāśa karanta |

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he who is the soul of all jivas, Krsna, the personality of grace;

for the welfare of the creation, know it for certain; [149]

he appears as a man-like entity due to the effect of matter (maya); 

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 13.

 na caivaṃ vismayaḥ kāryo bhavatā bhagavaty aje

yogeśvareśvare kṛṣṇe yata etad vimucyate (BhP_10.29.016)

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na cāyamatiprabhāva ityāha | yataḥ kṛṣṇāt etat sthāvarādikam ||13|| 

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nakaribā saṃśaẏa kṛṣṇata nṛpabara |

yogeśbara samastara kṛṣṇese īśbara ||148

parama īśbara kṛṣṇa dewa bhagawante |

sthāwara paryyante gati pāwe yāta hante || 

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Do not entertain any doubt regarding Krsna, O the best among kings.

Even the lords of yoga are having only Krsna as their Lord. [148]

That supreme lord Krsna who is the Possessor of All Excellences;

from whom even the immobiles obtain motion;

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 12.

 

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ bhayaṃ sneham aikyaṃ sauhṛdam eva ca
nityaṃ harau vidadhato yānti tan-mayatāṃ hi te (BhP_10.29.015)

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ato yathākathañcittadāsaktimmuktikāraṇamityāha | aikyaṃ sambandhaṃ sauhṛdaṃ bhaktim ||12||

 

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kāma krodha bhaẏa sneha suhṛdatā bhāwe |

yathā tathā prakāre kṛṣṇata gati pāwe ||147

bhakati karaẏa nuhi sambandha karaẏa |

eteke kṛṣṇara rūpa awaśẏa pāwaẏa || 

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Through lust or anger, fear or affection, or with the sentiment of “beloved friend;”
one is delivered in Krsna, whatever be the means. [147]

One does devotion or enters into relationship with him;
from that only one obtains the form of Krsna, for certain.

 

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 11.

 

nṛṇāṃ niḥśreyasārthāya vyaktir bhagavato nṛpa
avyayasyāprameyasya nirguṇasya guṇātmanaḥ (BhP_10.29.014)

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tatronatriṃśe śukaḥ | nanū dehī kathamanāvṛta ityāha | guṇātmanāstanniyantuḥ evaṃ rūpābhivyaktiḥ | ato:'sau na dehī sādṛśamiti bhāvaḥ ||11||

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brahmāra bacana iṭo thailom̐ ehimāne |

śunā ābe śukara bacana sāwadhāne ||

kṛṣṇara mahimā śuka rājāta kahanta |

nāhi yāra pramāṇa nirguṇa bhagawanta ||146

guṇara niẏantā kṛṣṇa abyaẏa īśbara |

bhailā byakta nistāra kāraṇe jagatara ||

 

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These words of Brahma I keep at this point.

Hear now the word of Suka with attentive mind.

Krsna’s prowess (mahima) Suka tells the king,

‘He who has no quantitativeness—the evolute-less (nirguna) Lord of Opulences; [146]

gunas’ controller Krsna, the undeclining Lord—

has become revealed for the purpose of saving the creation.

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 10.

 

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-
prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
jānāti tattvaṃ bhagavan-mahimno
na cānya eko 'pi ciraṃ vicinvan (BhP_10.14.029)

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nanvevaṃ jñānaikasādhye mokṣe kimiti bhaktirudbodhitā:'ta āha | yadyapi hastaprāptamiva jñānamucyate tathāpi he deva tava pādāmbujadvayasyaikadeśasya prasādaleśaḥ tenānugṛhītastava tattvaṃ jānātīti | mahimnastattvaṃ vā | anyatra ko vā ciramapi vicārayannapi hytadaṃśāpavādena vicārayan ||10||

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bulibāhā ajñānīra henaẏa awasthā |

jñāna bhaile mokṣa pāwe kailā iṭo kathā ||142

kisaka kahilā tebe bhakati pūrbbata |

ihāra uttara śuniẏoka yenamata ||

hāte yena pāwe kaḍi kailom̐ yadi jñāna |

tathāpito prabhudewa śunā bidẏamāna ||143

tomāra caraṇa dui paṅkaja biśeṣa |

tāra eka deśe [leśe?] prasādara eka leśa ||

diẏā yāka anugraha karā kṛpāmaẏa |

tabu [tayu?] mahimāra tattba sehise jānaẏa ||144

ānamate saṅga eri yadi bicāraẏa |

cirakālo tathāpi tomāka najānaẏa ||

eteke bhakati śreṣṭha kahilohom̐ sāra |

bhakatise hetu prabhu tomāra kṛpāra ||145

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You will say, ‘This plight is only of the ignorant.

Salvation (moksa) comes through knowledge (jnana)—this fact you are telling. [142]

Then what for did you mention devotion (bhakti) previously?

Please listen to how this doubt is resolved.

Let one be taught knowledge in the most intelligible manner.

Still, hear, O Lord, my master; there exists [143]

your feet—two lotuses endowed with the most special property;

Giving an infinitesimally small portion of their grace (prasada),
that one to whom you do favor (anugraha), compassionate one;

The truth (tattva) regarding your glory is realized only by him. [144]

Through other means, parting their company, if one searches;

even in ages, still, one is unable to know.

Therefore is bhakti supreme, this essence I have told.

Only bhakti, my lord, is the reason for your grace.’ [145]

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 9.

 

tvām ātmānaṃ paraṃ matvā param ātmānam eva ca
ātmā punar bahir mṛgya aho 'jña-janatājñatā (BhP_10.14.027)

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nanu paramātmajñānenājñānakṛto bandho nivartate ātmatayā jñānādi te ko:'yamāgrahaḥ ityāśaṃkya yadadhyāsādātmanaḥ pararūpāsphūrti: tadapavādena tatraiva jñānaṃ yuktam itīmamarthaṃ vismayenākrośannivāha |

advaya tvāmātmānam paraṃ dehādim ātmani dehādimadhyasya | paraṃ dehādimātmānaṃ matvā dehādāvātmānamadhyasya | atra naṣṭa ātmā bahirmṛgya iti citraṃ na hi gṛhe naṣṭaṃ vastu vane mṛgyate ||9||

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paramātmā-jñānate ajñāna nibarttaẏa |

ātmāra sbarūpa jñāna kisaka lāgaẏa ||139

hena yadi bolā śunā ihāra uttara |

bhailā parabuddhi ātmā abhyāsata [adhyāsata?] yāra ||

tāke dūra karibāka kailo iṭo jñāna |

nāhi ajña dekhā iṭo lokara samāna ||140

tumisi kewala ātmā prabhu nārāẏaṇa |

tomāta karile parabuddhi ajñajana ||

michā para-dehādika ātmā kari māne |

hiẏāta harāilā tumi tāhāka najāne ||141

bicāriẏā phuraẏa ātmāka bāhirata |

āścaryya ajñāna āti dekhā kenamata ||

 

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‘Let through knowledge of paramatma ignorance dissipate;

why do you need to have this knowledge of atma’s true form?’ [139]

If you speak like this, then listen to its answer.

He whose mind has become affected by “other” due to wrongly identifying atma;
in order to remove that only, I have told this knowledge.

Look how supremely ignorant this person is! [140]

Only you are the atma, O Shelter of All Beings!

And it is you this ignorant one has come to view as “other!”

He regards false body, etc.—the (real) “other—”as his soul!

But he does not know you who is lost in his own heart! [141]

He roams about searching for atma outside!

Look, what kind of extremely surprising ignorance!