Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 2.

rūpa yad etad avabodha-rasodayena
śaśvan-niv
tta-tamasa sad-anugrahāya
ādau g
hītam avatāra-śataika-bīja
yan-nābhi-padma-bhavanād aham āvirāsam      
(BhP_03.09.002)

nanu tvamapi samyak na jānāsi yattvayā dṛṣṭaṃ rūpaṃ guṇātmakameva nirguṇaṃ brahmaiva satyaṃ tatrāha | avabodheti cicchaktyāvirbhāvena śakṣvannivṛttaṃ tamo yasmāttasya tava | satāmanugrahāya upāsakānāṃ kṛpārthaṃ āviṣkṛtaṃ prakaṭitam | avatāraśatasya yadekaṃ mukhyaṃ bījaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatpradarśanārthaṃ ātmano guṇāvatāratvaṃ kathayati yannābhīti ahaṃ guṇāvatāraḥ ||2||
ṭī. tatrāha ... guṇāvatāraḥ || sa. pā. tatrāha dvābhyām | avarodharasodayena [avabodharasodayena?] cicchaktayāvirbhāvena śakṣvannivṛttaṃ tamo yasmāt tasya tava yadetadrūpaṃ tayaiva svātantryena satāmupāsakānāṃ anugrahāya gṛhītamāviḥkṛtam avatāraśatasya śuddhasattvātmakasya yadekaṃ bījaṃ mūlaṃ tatpradarśanārthaṃ guṇāvatārattvaṃ daśauyati yannābhīti |



bulibāhā najānilā tumio samyake |
yio rūpa tumi dekhi āchāhā pratyeke ||113
io rūpa āmāra kewale guamaa |
brahmase kewale jānā nirgua howaa ||
hena yadi bolā śunā uttara ihāra |
ātapare bhinna rūpa nāhike tomāra ||114
śuddha-sattba awatāra āchaa yateka |
sabāro kāraa prabhu tumisi pratyeka ||
tayu nābhi kamalata upajilom̐ āmi |
yio brahma nirgua sehio tumi sbāmī ||115
bhailāhā bekata anugrahe bhakataka |
karilom̐ āśraa ma–i ehio rūpaka ||




If you say, ‘Even you have failed to determine me correctly;
the form (rupa) which you are witnessing directly; [113]
this form of mine—it is completely material (gunamaya) ?
Don’t you know that the Transcendent Spirit (brahma) alone is spiritual (nirguna)?’
If you say like this, then listen to the answer to this doubt:
Beyond this, there does not exist any other form of you. [114]
All the sublime (suddha-sattva) descents (avatara) that exist;
only you, O Lord, are the cause (karana) of each one of them.
In your navel-lotus I also am born;
the brahma that is spiritual—that you are, my Lord. [115]
You have revealed yourself out of favor for your devotee;
only in this form I take sole-refuge (asraya).

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