Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 1.

||5|| paramagatipradabhajanīyaparamadevatāsvarūpanirūpaṇaṃ māhātmyañca ||

jñāto 'si me 'dya sucirān nanu deha-bhājāṃ
na jñāyate bhagavato gatir ity avadyam

nānyat tvad asti bhagavann api tan na śuddhaṃ

māyā-guṇa-vyatikarād yad urur vibhāsi             (BhP_03.09.001)

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atha paramagatipradabhajanīyaparamadevatāsvarūpaṃ nirūpya māhātmyamāha ||

vikṣvasargavisargādinavalakṣaṇalakṣitam |
kṣrīkṛṣṇākhyaṃ parandhāma jagaddhāma namāma tat ||

ityuktaṃ svarūpaṃ nirūpayati tṛtīyaskandhe navamādhyāye brahmāstutau | sucirādbahukālopāsanena adyedānīṃ mayā jñāto:'si | nanvaho dehabhājāmitīdamavadyaṃ doṣaḥ | yadbhagavatastava gatistattvaṃ tairna jñāyata iti | yatastvameva jñātuṃ yogyaḥ | anyasyāsattvāt ityāha | tvatto:'nyannāsti yattvastīti pratibhāti tat śuddhaṃ satyaṃ na bhavati | kathamasataḥ pratītistatrāha | māyāguṇakṣobhāttvameva ururvibhāsi ||1||

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ṭī.--ityuktaṃ svarūpaṃ nirūpayati brahmāstutau—bhagavatjñāne ātmanaḥ kṛtārthatāmāviḥkurvannajñāṃ śocayannāha ||

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īśbara-nirṇaẏa-māhātmya

pada

āta anantare kaho īśbara-nirṇaẏa |

mahā gati-dātā yiṭo dewa kṛpāmaẏa ||

jagatare bhajanīẏa dewatā parama |

saṃsārata dewa āra nāhi yāka sama ||106

tāhāne māhātmya ābe karom̐ nirūpaṇa |

sāwadhāna mane śuniẏoka sarbbajana ||

yāhāra śrīkṛṣṇa nāma parama prakhyāta |

sarga bisargādi nawa lakṣaṇa sākṣāta ||107

kare lakṣya mātra kṛṣṇa dewaka niścaẏa |

siṭo kṛṣṇa jagatara kewale āśraẏa ||

kṛṣṇe se parama dhana [dhāma?] dewatāro dewa |

karom̐hom̐ sadāẏa tāna caraṇata sewa ||108

śuniẏoka ābe sabe bacana brahmāra |

karanta kṛṣṇata tuti-nati-namaṣkāra ||

bhailanta kṛtārtha brahmā īśbaraka jāni |

nājānaẏa īśbaraka yiṭo mūḍha prāṇī ||109

tāke śoka kari brahmā bacana bolanta |

he prabhu kamalalocana bhagawanta ||

tomāka bahuta kāla upāsā karilom̐ |

āji se tomāka mañi sākṣāte jānilom̐ ||110

tumi se kewale satya sawe māẏāmaẏa |

tumi bine satya āna bastu nāhikaẏa ||

ehi tayu tattbaka yi jane najānaẏa |

ehi mahā doṣe ghora saṃsāre bhramaẏa ||111

bulibā asatya yebe howaẏa jagata |

kisaka prakāśa tebe satya hena mata ||

ihāra uttara śuniẏoka kṛpāmaẏa |

māẏāra guṇaka tumi karichā āśraẏa ||112

tumi se prakāśa prabhu karā bahu rūpe |

tumi bine bastu nāi kahilom̐ sbarūpe ||

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The Determination of Lord

After this, I tell the determination of lord.

That compassionate deity who is the giver of great deliverance;

he who is the supreme deva and the sole entity of worship for the entire creation;

equal to whom there is no other controlling entity (deva) in samsara; [106]

it is his greatness only that I now determine;

listen, all people, with careful mind.

Whose “Sri Krsna” name is supremely famous;

Lord Krsna, whom “sarga,” “visarga” and all nine laksanas themselves [107]

certainly make their sole target;

that Krsna is the sole refuge (asraya) of the entire world.

Only Krsna is the supreme treasure, the god even of gods;

At his feet we always do salutation. [108]

Now listen all to the words of Brahma;

he does obeisance and prays to Krsna with folded hands.

Brahma has achieved fulfillment knowing the Lord.

That foolish person who knows not the Lord;   [109]

out of grief for that one, Brahma is uttering these words.

‘O my master! With Eyes like a Lotus! Lord of All Excellences!

For ages, I had devoted my mind to you

but only today have I known you in your true form. [110]

Only you are, solely, conscious (satya); all else is composed of matter (mayamaya).

Apart from you, there does not exist any other conscious (satya) entity.

One who knows not this truth of you;

on account of this great-fault only he travels through terrible bodily existence. [111]

You would say, ‘If the creation is indeed unconscious (asatya),

then, for what reason, does it appear in the manner of “conscious” (satya)?’

Please listen, O personality of grace, to its answer:

you have taken up residence in the evolutes (gunas) of primal matter. [112]

It is only you, my master, who appear in many forms.

Apart from you, there is no other conscious entity, I tell this, in reality.