Brahma-Samhita
(Verse 5.32)
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Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness
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angani yasya sakalendriya-vritti-manti
pasyanti panti kalayanti chiram jaganti
ananda-chinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
Angani yasya sakalendriya-vritti-manti. This verse is particularly important because it describes the significance of sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. The Lord’s body is sat-cit-ananda. His body is not like ours. Our body is acit, asat. Acit and nirananda, just the opposite. Asat means it will not exist and acit means it is full of ignorance. And nirananda. Nirananda means full of misery. These are the three qualifications of our body, whereas the Lord’s body is sat-cit-ananda. It is eternal and full of knowledge and full of bliss. Our body, and with our selves... my body and my self are different, but Lord and Lord’s body is absolute. What is Lord’s? Lord’s body is also the same, so that description is given here. Angani yasya sakalendriya vrtti manti. The Lord is not impersonal. He has got His form, and what sort of form? We should not consider that whenever there is a question of form, the form must be just like one of us. This is foolishness. No. His form is completely different. Just like we have explained. His form is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, and ours, this present material body is asat, acit and nirananda. Just completely different. So His form, His different parts of the body described in the Vedas, apani pade javani pascati. He has no hands and legs, still He accepts all that we offer to Him. In the Bhagavad-gita also you will find that... patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayascati tad aham bhaktya... My devotee... The Lord is not in need of our offering, but still, He is so kind. If we offer Him something… patram puspam phalam toyam... not that we have to offer Him very luxurious things, very highly valuable things. He says that even a piece of leaf, patram, a piece of flower, puspam, a piece of fruit, and little water. That means these four things can be secured by any poor man in any part of the world. There is no botheration for securing a piece of leaf, a piece of flower, a little water or a piece of fruit. Any poor man, any rich man can secure and the Lord says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Anyone who offers Me these four things with devotion, with love, I accept it. I accept. Why? Tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami. Because that is secure with sincere love for Me.
So God, the Lord, accepts our love. Now the Lord is, we cannot see. He is far far away, and still He is within us. Therefore, His hand is not like our hand. The Vedas, when the Vedas describe that the Lord has no hands, that means He has no hands like ours. Not like two feet hand, two or three feet hands; largest hand. His hand is so large, that He can extend His hand in any part of His creation, millions and billions of miles away, and everywhere. That is the specific significance of His body. So this is described here. Angani yasya sakalendriya vritti manti, pasyanti panti kalayanti ciram jaganti, ananda cin maya sadhujjavala vigrahasya, govindam adi purusam tam aham bhajami. And another special significance of the parts of His body, limbs, hands, or legs, eyes, ears… what is that significance? Each part of His body has got all the potency of other parts of the body; just like with our eyes, we can simply see, but the Lord, He can not only see by His eyes, transcendental eyes, but He can also hear, He can also eat, all these… all the functions of all other parts of the body, He can function by any part of His body, not that a particular part of the body can function only for a particular purpose. No. Just like simply by glancing… in the Vedic literature it is said, sa ei katha, sa asij jatah. Simply by seeing, simply by seeing, He impregnated all the energies for creation, simply by seeing. Mayadyaksena prakrti, suyate sa caracaram. Simply by His glance, He impregnates the material energy, for functioning it is going on. So He has got all the potencies in all parts of His body. Angani yasya sakalendriy vritti manti, pasyanti panti kalayanti. That is the difference between His body and our body. So when there is description in the Vedas, that He has no legs, no hands, no eyes, that does not mean He has no eyes. He has got eyes, but not these eyes. Just like we have got some section... here it is explained... angani yasya sakalendriy vritti manti. His parts of the body are invested with all the potencies of other parts of the body. With any part of His body, He can function any work.
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