Verse 1.7.3-4: This is one of the very foundational verses in SB. For Vedic culture, Vyasadev is the unquestionable authority. There is always a question: Is God a person or impersonal. According to Vyasadev, God is a person.
He was fixed in meditation, he got a divine vision. He saw the abode of the Lord, he saw the Lord Himself, but behind Him, he saw the Brahman effulgence.
This maya (external energy) is created by the Lord, just to confuse the conditioned living entity, who wants to simply enjoy the material nature. Nature of maya is to fear the living entities and keep them here to purify them. Unless we are pure, we cannot escape this maya.
But here Vyasadev saw Krishna and Radha, and in one corner, he saw a cloud - maya. She feels shy to come in front of maya. Bhakti is ultimate. Bhakti even brings Krishna under control ==> Devotional service is greater than bhakti. And the goddess of Bhakti is Srimati Radharani.
Friday, March 20, 2009
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