ध्याने स्म नो दर्शितं त उपासकानाम् ।
तस्मै नमो भगवतेऽनुविधेम तुभ्यं
योऽनादृतो नरकभाग्भिरसत्प्रसङ्गैः ॥४॥
tad vÄ idaá¹ bhuvana-maá¹…gala maá¹…galÄya
dhyÄne sma no darÅ›itaá¹ ta upÄsakÄnÄm
tasmai namo bhagavate 'nuvidhema tubhyaá¹
yo 'nÄdá¹›to naraka-bhÄgbhir asat-prasaá¹…gaiḥ
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tat - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa; vÄ - or; idam - this present form; bhuvana-maá¹…gala - O You who are all-auspicious for all the universes; maá¹…galÄya - for the sake of all prosperity; dhyÄne - in meditation; sma - as it were; naḥ - unto us; darÅ›itam - manifested; te - Your; upÄsakÄnÄm - of the devotees; tasmai - unto Him; namaḥ - my respectful obeisances; bhagavate - unto the Personality of Godhead; anuvidhema - I perform; tubhyam - unto You; yaḥ - which; anÄdá¹›taḥ - is neglected; naraka-bhÄgbhiḥ - by persons destined for hell; asat-prasaá¹…gaiḥ - by material topics.
This present form, or any transcendental form expanded by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is equally auspicious for all the universes. Since You have manifested this eternal personal form upon whom Your devotees meditate, I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Those who are destined to be dispatched to the path of hell neglect Your personal form because of speculating on material topics.
Regarding the personal and impersonal features of the Supreme Absolute Truth, the personal forms exhibited by the Lord in His different plenary expansions are all for the benediction of all the universes. The personal form of the Lord is also worshiped in meditation as Supersoul, ParamÄtmÄ, but the impersonal brahmajyoti is not worshiped. Persons who are addicted to the impersonal feature of the Lord, whether in meditation or otherwise, are all pilgrims to hell because, as stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (12.5), impersonalists simply waste their time in mundane mental speculation because they are addicted more to false arguments than to reality. Therefore, the association of the impersonalists is condemned herewith by BrahmÄ.
All the plenary expansions of the Personality of Godhead are equally potent, as confirmed in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.46):
dÄ«pÄrcir eva hi daÅ›Äntaram abhyupetya
dÄ«pÄyate vivá¹›ta-hetu-samÄna-dharmÄ
yas tÄdá¹›g eva hi ca viṣṇutayÄ vibhÄti
govindam Ädi-puruá¹£aá¹ tam ahaá¹ bhajÄmi
The Lord expands Himself as the flames of a fire expand one after another. Although the original flame, or ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, is accepted as Govinda, the Supreme Person, all other expansions, such as RÄma, Ná¹›siá¹ha and VarÄha, are as potent as the original Lord. All such expanded forms are transcendental. In the beginning of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam it is made clear that the Supreme Truth is eternally uncontaminated by material touch. There is no jugglery of words and activities in the transcendental kingdom of the Lord. All the Lord’s forms are transcendental, and such manifestations are ever identical. The particular form of the Lord exhibited to a devotee is not mundane, even though the devotee may retain material desire, nor is it manifest under the influence of material energy, as is foolishly considered by the impersonalists. Impersonalists who consider the transcendental forms of the Lord to be products of the material world are surely destined for hell.
