TATTVA SANDARBHA
srikrsno jayati
Krsna reigns supreme!
1) krsnavarnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastraparsadam /
yajnair sankirtanaprayair yajanti hi sumedhasah //
"The wise worship Krsna Caitanya, whose complexion is golden and who is accompanied by his 'limbs', 'ornaments', 'weapons', and attendants, through sacrifices consisting chiefly of congregational chanting of names and glories of the Lord."(Bh. P.11/5/32)
2) antahkrsnam bahirgauram darsitangadivaibhavam
kalau sankirtanadyaih smah krsnacaitanyam asritah
"We take refuge in Krsna Caitanya in the kali Yuga by means of sankirtana etc.- in Him who is dark (Krsna) within and fair (Gaura) without, who revealed the opulence of His limbs and expansions etc. To people."
3) jayatam mathurabhumau srilarupasanatanau
yau vilekhayatas tattvam jnapakau pustikam imam
"May Rupa and Sanatana reign supreme in the land of Mathura, the two preceptors of the highest truth, at whose behest this book is being written."
4) ko'pi tadbandhavo bhatto daksinadvijavamsajah
vivicya vyalikhad grantham likhitad vrddhavaisnavaih
"A certain friend of theirs, a Bhatta born in the line of South Indian brahmanas, has written a book after studying the writings of the eminent Vaisnavas."
5) tasyadyam granthanalekham krantavyutkrantakhanditam
paryalocyatha paryayam krtva likhati jivakah
"Now, Jiva, having noticed that while some portions of this text were in proper order, others were not, and still others were missing completely, will now write it out in proper sequence."
6) yat srikrsnapadambhojabhajanaikabhilasavan
tenaiva drsyatam etad anyasmai sapatho 'rpitah
"May this book be studied by him alone whose chief desire is to worship the lotus feet of Krsna. All others are debarred."
7) atha natva mantragurum gurun bhagavatarthadan
sribhagavatasandarbham sandarbham vasmi lekhitum
"Now, having paid homage to the Mantra-guru, the preceptors who elucidated the meaning of the Bhagavata, I wish to write this treatise, the Bhagavatasandarbha."
8) yasya brahmeti samjnam kvacid api nigame yati cin-
matrasattapy amso yasyamsakaih svair vibhavati
vasayann eva mayam pumams ca /
ekam yasyaiva rupam vilasati paramavyomni nara-
yanakhyam sa srikrsno vidhattam svayam iha bhaga-
van prema tatpadabhajam //
"May Krsna Whose form as consciousness without any manifest qualities is designated Brahman in certain Sruti texts, a portion of whom manifests as His own partial incarnations and rules over Maya as the Purusa, and Who in one of His principal forms, goes by the name , Narayana, and sports in Paramavyoman may that Krsna, bhagavat Himself, bestow the boon of Prema on those in this world who worship His feet."
9) athaivam sucitanam srikrsnatadvacyavacakatalaksana-
sambandhatadbhajanalaksanavidheyasaparyayabhidheyatatp-
remalaksanaprayojanakhyanam arthanam nirnayaya tavat
pramanam nirniyate / tatra purusasya bhramadidosacatusta-
yadustatvat sutaram alaukikacintyasvabhavavastusparsayog-
yatvac ca tatpratyaksadiny api sadosani /
"Now, in order to determine the meaning of those topics just alluded to, namely: the sambandha, or relationship between the topic under discussion, i.e. Krsna, and the medium through which it is expressed; the abhidheya, or means, which is the whorship of Krsna, taught in the form of scriptural injunction; and the prayojana , or goal, which is characterized by love of Krsna, the standard of valid knowledge will be duly decided.
Since even most learned people are subject to four kinds of defects, confusion, etc., and more importantly, since they are incapable of grasping the essentially supernatural and inconceivable reality, their means of acquiring knowledge by sense-perception etc. will prove unreliable in this realm."
10) tatas tani na pramananity anadisiddhasarvapurusaparam-
parasu sarvalaukikalaukikajnananidanatvad aprakrtavacana-
laksano veda evasmakam sarvatitasarvasrayasarvacintyascarya-
svabhavam vastu vividisatam pramanam /
"Therefore, realizing that these (pratyaksa etc.) cannot serve as proper means for proper knowledge, let us turn to the Vedas themselves as we seek to comprehend that reality which transcends all and yet is the substratum of all, whose nature is inconceivable and wondrous-to the Vedas, whose utterances have no earthly origin, being the source of all knowledge, both material and spiritual,and having been handed down in an unbroken line of succession from time immemorial."
Krsna reigns supreme!
1) krsnavarnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastraparsadam /
yajnair sankirtanaprayair yajanti hi sumedhasah //
"The wise worship Krsna Caitanya, whose complexion is golden and who is accompanied by his 'limbs', 'ornaments', 'weapons', and attendants, through sacrifices consisting chiefly of congregational chanting of names and glories of the Lord."(Bh. P.11/5/32)
2) antahkrsnam bahirgauram darsitangadivaibhavam
kalau sankirtanadyaih smah krsnacaitanyam asritah
"We take refuge in Krsna Caitanya in the kali Yuga by means of sankirtana etc.- in Him who is dark (Krsna) within and fair (Gaura) without, who revealed the opulence of His limbs and expansions etc. To people."
3) jayatam mathurabhumau srilarupasanatanau
yau vilekhayatas tattvam jnapakau pustikam imam
"May Rupa and Sanatana reign supreme in the land of Mathura, the two preceptors of the highest truth, at whose behest this book is being written."
4) ko'pi tadbandhavo bhatto daksinadvijavamsajah
vivicya vyalikhad grantham likhitad vrddhavaisnavaih
"A certain friend of theirs, a Bhatta born in the line of South Indian brahmanas, has written a book after studying the writings of the eminent Vaisnavas."
5) tasyadyam granthanalekham krantavyutkrantakhanditam
paryalocyatha paryayam krtva likhati jivakah
"Now, Jiva, having noticed that while some portions of this text were in proper order, others were not, and still others were missing completely, will now write it out in proper sequence."
6) yat srikrsnapadambhojabhajanaikabhilasavan
tenaiva drsyatam etad anyasmai sapatho 'rpitah
"May this book be studied by him alone whose chief desire is to worship the lotus feet of Krsna. All others are debarred."
7) atha natva mantragurum gurun bhagavatarthadan
sribhagavatasandarbham sandarbham vasmi lekhitum
"Now, having paid homage to the Mantra-guru, the preceptors who elucidated the meaning of the Bhagavata, I wish to write this treatise, the Bhagavatasandarbha."
8) yasya brahmeti samjnam kvacid api nigame yati cin-
matrasattapy amso yasyamsakaih svair vibhavati
vasayann eva mayam pumams ca /
ekam yasyaiva rupam vilasati paramavyomni nara-
yanakhyam sa srikrsno vidhattam svayam iha bhaga-
van prema tatpadabhajam //
"May Krsna Whose form as consciousness without any manifest qualities is designated Brahman in certain Sruti texts, a portion of whom manifests as His own partial incarnations and rules over Maya as the Purusa, and Who in one of His principal forms, goes by the name , Narayana, and sports in Paramavyoman may that Krsna, bhagavat Himself, bestow the boon of Prema on those in this world who worship His feet."
9) athaivam sucitanam srikrsnatadvacyavacakatalaksana-
sambandhatadbhajanalaksanavidheyasaparyayabhidheyatatp-
remalaksanaprayojanakhyanam arthanam nirnayaya tavat
pramanam nirniyate / tatra purusasya bhramadidosacatusta-
yadustatvat sutaram alaukikacintyasvabhavavastusparsayog-
yatvac ca tatpratyaksadiny api sadosani /
"Now, in order to determine the meaning of those topics just alluded to, namely: the sambandha, or relationship between the topic under discussion, i.e. Krsna, and the medium through which it is expressed; the abhidheya, or means, which is the whorship of Krsna, taught in the form of scriptural injunction; and the prayojana , or goal, which is characterized by love of Krsna, the standard of valid knowledge will be duly decided.
Since even most learned people are subject to four kinds of defects, confusion, etc., and more importantly, since they are incapable of grasping the essentially supernatural and inconceivable reality, their means of acquiring knowledge by sense-perception etc. will prove unreliable in this realm."
10) tatas tani na pramananity anadisiddhasarvapurusaparam-
parasu sarvalaukikalaukikajnananidanatvad aprakrtavacana-
laksano veda evasmakam sarvatitasarvasrayasarvacintyascarya-
svabhavam vastu vividisatam pramanam /
"Therefore, realizing that these (pratyaksa etc.) cannot serve as proper means for proper knowledge, let us turn to the Vedas themselves as we seek to comprehend that reality which transcends all and yet is the substratum of all, whose nature is inconceivable and wondrous-to the Vedas, whose utterances have no earthly origin, being the source of all knowledge, both material and spiritual,and having been handed down in an unbroken line of succession from time immemorial."
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