govinda prayer (iii)

21
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
Brahma and other Lords of the mundane worlds
appearing from the pores of hair of Maha-Vishnu
remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter

22
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
from whom the separated subjective portion Brahma
receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world
just as the sun manifests some portion of his own light
in all the effulgent gems that bear the names of suryakanta

23
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
whose lotus feet are always held by Ganesa
upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head
in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all the obstacles
on the path of progress of the three worlds

24
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
the three worlds are composed of the nine elements:
earth, fire, ether, air, water, direction, time, soul and mind
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom they originate
in whom they exist and into whom they enter at the time of the universal cataclysm

25
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
the sun who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul
is as the eye of this world, in pursuance of Govinda's order it performs its journey
mounting the wheel of time

26
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
by whose conferred power are maintained the manifested potencies that are found to exist
of all virtues, all vices, the Vedas, the penances and all jivas
from Brahma to the meanest insect

27
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
who burns up to their roots
all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion
and impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one's activities
of all those who walk in the path of work, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works, no less in the case of the tiny insect that bears the name of indragopa
than in that of Indra, king of the devas

28
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord...
the meditators of whom, by meditating upon Him
under the sway of wrath, amorous passion, natural friendly love, fear, parental affection, delusion, reverence and willing service, attain to bodily forms befitting the nature of their contemplation

29
I worship that transcendental seat, known as Svetadvipa...
where as loving consorts the Laksmis in their unalloyed spiritual essence
practice the amorous service of the Supreme Lord Krishna as their only lover
where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree
where the soil is the purpose gem, all water is nectar
every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute is the favorite attendant
effulgence is full of transcendental bliss, and the supreme spiritual entities are all enjoyable and tasty
where numberless milk cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk
where there is eternal existence of transcendental time
who is ever present and without past or future
and hence is not subject to the quality of passing away even for the space of half a moment
that realm is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realized souls in this world

30
on hearing these hymns containing the essence of the truth
the Supreme Lord Krishna said to Brahma:
"Brahma, if you experience the inclination to create offspring
by being endowed with the real knowledge of the glory of Godhead
listen, My beloved, from Me to this science set forth in the following five slokas...

31
"when the pure spiritual experience is excited
by means of cognition and service [bhakti]
superexcellent unalloyed devotion characterized by love for Godhead
is awakened towards Krishna, the beloved of all souls...

32
"the highest devotion is attained by slow degrees
by the method of constant endeavor for self-realization
with the help of scriptural evidence, theistic conduct and perseverance in practice...

33
"these preliminary practices of devotion [sadhana-bhakti]
are conducive to the realization of loving devotion [loving devotion]
than whom there is no superior well-being
who goes hand in hand with the attainment of the exclusive state
of supreme bliss and who can lead to Myself...

34
"abandoning all meritorious performances, serve Me with faith
the realization will correspond to the nature of one's faith
the people of the world act ceaselessly in pursuance of some ideal
by meditating on Me by means of those deeds one will obtain devotion
characterized by love in the shape of the supreme service...

35
"listen, O Vidhi, I am the seed, i.e. the fundamental principle
of this world of animate and inanimate objects
I am pradhana [the substance of matter]
I am prakriti [material cause]
and I am purusa [efficient cause]
this fiery energy that belongs specially to the Brahman, that inheres in you
has also been conferred by Me
it is by bearing this fiery energy that you regulate
this phenomenal world of animate and inanimate objects"