Enthusiasm and Confidence, through these pastimes!

SB 2.7.5 (M Prji):

* We have entered a new and important topic about the Supreme Lord
* The sages of Naimisharanya had asked questions to Suta Goswami and he was answering them
 - That Mahraj Parikshit had put forward a question as to what is the prime duty of a person leaving his body. To that Sukadeva Goswami answered that one has to meditate on the SPG. Then how to meditate on the Lord, he explained the universal form, personal features of the Lord. Then he tells that Brahmaji was also asked the same question by Naradamuni. So Brahmaji is answering these questions. He goes on explain the incarnations of the Lord
* At the end of the previous chapter, SP gives a very nice purport
 - The power of the Lord in terms of creation and how He maintains everything due to His energies, is the first aspect
 - Second aspect is the pastimes of the Lord
 - This second aspect is more important
* So, in this chapter, this second aspect is being highlighted
* In here, the Lord is coming in different incarnations to save the condition of living entities, destroying the miscreants
* So this material world is basically a correctional center, for living entities to realize their connection to the SPG
* The prime reason is for transformation of the heart of the living entity and go back to the SPG, for which this world is made
* In this connection, a verse from NOI is apt here: 6 things needed for progress of devotional service. Enthusiasm is one of these 6 important qualities
 - Everyone is enthusiastic for something. Karmi, it is fruitive activities, sense enjoyment. For gyani, rejecting everything is happiness. But for a devotee, enthusiasm is cultivation of loving relationships with the Lord and the Lord's devotees
* In BG, the Lord says: ye yatha maam prapadyante..
 - so how one approaches the Lord, He reciprocates accordingly
* One has to perform DS to the Lord, just to please the Lord
* DS is nothing but sravanam, kirtanam....atma nivedanam, 9 processes
* Then endeavoring with confidence. The opposite of confidence is doubt. So don't have doubt in the process of KC
* SP is saying that: one should get rid of all these doubts. Service to the Supreme Lord is the goal of our life. One can gain this confidence only through regular association of devotees
* Reading these different incarnations of the Lord, will strengthen our faith in the Supreme Lord. He will always protect us
* If one enthusiastically performs his DS, for him going back to Godhead is guaranteed!

Avoiding Offenses to the Devotees

SB 2.7.4 (Nr Prji):

* Whatever we achieve in DS can go away within a short span if we are not guarding against offense at the lotus feet of devotees
* If we do Vaisnava aparadha, then it is most dangerous
* Lord CM called it the mad-elephant offense
* Jana aparadha and sevaaparadha can be overcome by sincerely chanting the holy name. But Vaisnava aparadha is not that easy to overcome
* Vancha kalpa... this prayer should be recited with feelings to get the mercy of the devotees
* Even of the 10 offenses to the holy name of the Lord, the first one is to blaspheme the devotees of the Lord
* The symptom of this offense is that we will lose taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord
* According to Srila Jiva Goswami
 - 1000 offenses a day, then we will not even touch the bead bag
 - more than 10000 offenses a day, then we will break the 4 regulative principles
* Result of offending a Vaisnava
 - eg: Haihaya, Daksha
* All of one's DS credits will go away with offenses to the lotus feet of Vaisnavas
* Pride comes and then comes arrogance. Without respect that arrogance manifests into anger and then it becomes into behaving very badly
* According to Srila BVT, sadhu-ninda is also a big problem
* Remedy of offense is regular and submissive hearing of the message of SB
 - when material conceptions are spiritualized, then offenses can be reduced
* Offenses can be carried by body or speech or mind too
* Continuing to mentally commit offenses will lead to speech and bodily offenses
* Best it to always maintain happy mood of service and have appreciation for all devotees, then we can avoid all offenses

SB 2.7.3 (SS)

coming soon..

Lord Varaha Incarnation!

SB 2.7.1 (SA Prji):

* Lord Brahma is saying: When the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift the planet earth, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the Garbhodaka, the first demon [Hiranyaksa] appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk.
* In the purport, SP is explaining the structure of the universe, saying that one half is filled with the Garbhodaka ocean
* When the Lord initially comes into the universe, there was nothing here
 - a drop from his navel fell and created the whole Garbhodaka ocean
 - Ananta expanded and formed the bed for the Lord
* Only under certain conditions do the planets float as weightless balls in the air, and as soon as these conditions are disturbed, the planets may fall down in the Garbhodaka Ocean, which covers half the universe. The other half is the spherical dome within which the innumerable planetary systems exist. The floating of the planets in the weightless air is due to the inner constitution of the globes, and the modernized drilling of the earth to exploit oil from within is a sort of disturbance by the modern demons and can result in a greatly harmful reaction to the floating condition of the earth. A similar disturbance was created formerly by the demons headed by Hiranyaksa (the great exploiter of the gold rush), and the earth was detached from its weightless condition and fell down into the Garbhodaka Ocean.
* SP is mentioning here, that Hiranyaksa extracted all the Gold from planet Earth, that it lost its weightless
condition and fell into the Garbodhaka ocean
* Then on the prayer of Brahmaji, Lord Krishna appeared as Lord Varaha, from the nostril of Lord Brahma. He increased his shape and grew into a gigantic boar
* He then killed Hiranyaksa and restored Earth back to its original position
* And similarly to kill Hiranyakashipu, the Lord appeared as Narsimha deva
* In both these incarnations, the Lord appeared without any parents, cause He can do anything
* Next, He appeared as the son of Devahuti and Kardama muni. It is not necessary that He appears like this only, the Lord can come in any way, cause He is the supreme of all supremes
* So on our part, we should use only those resources that we just need. We should not become greedy and try to acquire everything around us. Otherwise, the balance of planet Earth is lost
* Even though the Lord appeared here as a boar, still His form was completely transcendental
* He appeared, gave a great fight to Hiranyaksa and finally killed him to re-establish planet Earth in its original
orbit

Chapter 6 Ending...

Coming soon...

Knowing the real Supreme Lord!

SB 2.6.43-45 (Kp Prji):

* Brahmaji is saying here: this verse
* Everyone in this material world, every living entity has a tendency of worshipping something higher. If not God, some other super power
* In this world, we observe extraordinary strength or power or beauty or modesty etc in some one and possibly worship them
* Lord Brahmaji is telling here that what are those personalities that human beings tend to worship
 - Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Visnu, great generators of living beings like Daksa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyādhara planets, the leaders of the Cāranaloka planets, the leaders of the Yaksas, Raksas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kūsmāndas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc. — in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless
 — they may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord
* Because we are naturally attracted to the power of the Supreme Lord, directly or indirectly
* Actually we see that Naradamuni was also mentioning something like this in one of the previous verses
* But Brahmaji is clearing saying: until one knows of the SPG, one is sure to be illusion-ed
* Eg: Frog living in a well, thinking or informed of an ocean, will not believe the existence of the ocean. Or he
could imagine the ocean wrongly as well
 - that is why experience is also required
 - same is with understanding the SPG
* SP says here: those who are simply astonished by the powers of anything in the creation of the Lord, without any factual information of the Lord Himself, are known as saktas, or worshipers of the great powers
 - Devotees, we were also in that stage sometime back
* All the above list may appear like a form of the Lord, but actually they are not. They are just a simple portion of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna!
* SP mentions, one should know the truth by following the instructions of Lord Brahma
 - by surrendering to a Spiritual Master and serving his lotus feet

Surrender to the Lord...

 SB 2.6.42 (Ss Prji):

* Brahmaji in this verse is telling Naradamuni that Karnarnavasayi Vishnu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbodakasayi Vishnu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving
* Real and absolute truth is understood by us about the cosmic manifestation, through the descriptions of the scriptures, given to us by acharyas like Srila Prabhupada
* So many creations
 - keyboard to screen, some energy is working
 - earthquake to TV screen, some one is working behind the scenes to bring it all to us
* Story: potatoes, student
 - Moral: using intelligence in the right way is knowledge, otherwise it is ignorance
* Imagine the effort needed to make a real flower
 - That is why we are attracted to nature
 - And Krishna is the Supreme creator behind this all
* Krishna says in BG
 - Surrendering to Him will help us overcome the divine material energy
* ...

Learning from a Spider...

SB 2.6.40-41 (BG Prji):

* Here Lord Brahmaji is speaking to Narada muni
 - estimation of the Lord is given here
* "The Personality of Godhead is pure, being free from all contaminations of material tinges. He is the Absolute Truth and the embodiment of full and perfect knowledge. He is all-pervading, without beginning or end, and without rival. O Narada, O great sage, the great thinkers can know Him when completely freed from all material hankerings and when sheltered under undisturbed conditions of the senses. Otherwise, by untenable arguments, all is distorted, and the Lord disappears from our sight"
* Once incident in 11th Canto of SB, where Avanti Brahmana mentions 26 Gurus for him
 - one of the source is a spider. Just as from within itself, the spider gets out some web, plays with it and then
takes it back within him. Similarly, the Lord manifests and unmanifests the cosmic universe from within His body
 - We can understand Lord's creation simply like this
 - For one whose eyes are open in KC, transcendental knowledege is available on all sides. Like here, the brahmana is able to see the Lord in the activities of a small spider
* We need the eyes to see the Lord...premanjana churitha bhakti vilochanena...
* Coming to this purport, the impersonalists think that the Lord when He descends also gets a material body
* To understand the Lord, we need to have undisturbed conditions of the senses
* Need to be free from all demands of the senses, to really understand the Lord, even to some extent
* So requirement is to get rid of this sense gratification, both subtle and gross
* To understand the Lord, another condition is mentioned in BG 7.28
 - freed of all dualities of material nature
 - don't travel in two boats at once
* We need to understand the requirements for continuing in our KC life, as SP mentions here

Material Manifestations explained...

SB 2.6.39 (R Prji):

* "...The creation, however, takes place in Him, and the material substance and manifestations are all Himself. .."
* Krishna is telling avyakta murti = unmanifested form. Very contradictory words, but only Krishna can say this. It is talking about form of the Lord and in His all-pervading energy
* We cannot understand this so easily
* That is why we need Guru, who can spell this out properly to us
* Eg: Mahabharata war, when Krishna went to talk peace with Duryodhana
 - Krishna even showed to him the Universal form, still he did not understand
* SP later talks on the Universal form again
* To ease all this, Sri CM gave us the inconceivable oneness and difference philososphy
* Bhakti is the only thing which can get us close to Krishna. Nothing else like gyana, karma can bring us close to Bhakti
* What science can explain the power of the yogi's, nature etc
* Another example: a speaker speaking in the microphone, the sound energy is spreading through the atmosphere
 = which implies energetic is present behind all energy
* Krishna continues to say: O son of Kuntī, when the kalpa, or the duration of the life of Brahmā, is ended, then all the created manifestations enter into My prakṛti, or energy, and again, when I desire, the same creation takes place by My personal energy

Limitations, in knowing the SPG!

SB 2.6.37 (SA Prji):

* Brahmaji is saying to Narada muni: Since neither Lord Śiva nor you nor I could ascertain the limits of spiritual happiness, how can other demigods know it? And because all of us are bewildered by the illusory external energy of the Supreme Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability.
* He is telling about the limitations of anybody except Krishna
* Even the greatest personalities like Brahma himself, Narada or Siva cannot know the SPG in full. Everyone is controlled by the 3 modes of material nature
* Even of the dvadasa mahajanas, Brahma, Narada and Siva, in order of merit, know the maximum about the SPG of all living entities
* We need to go through the authority of vedas and mahajanas to know the SPG. These great mahajanas represent the Vedas
* In this purport, SP also explains about Lord Brahma's bewilderment during Krishna's Dwaraka lila
 - Brahma thinking he is the only greatest Brahma
 - But Krishna called so many other Brahmas much greater than this Brahma, that he got his teaching well
* Srila Rupa Goswami explained the position of Krishna so nicely
 - om namo maha vadanyaya, kkrishna prema pradayathe, krishnaya krishna caitanya namne gauratvishe namaha
 - That Lord Caitanya is Krishna Himself and is distributing Krishna prema so freely
* Today is Lord Caitanya's appearance day too, such an auspicious day for all Gaudiya Vaisnavas
 - Just simply sit down and chant the holy name of Lord Krishna. That's all is needed
 - Just continue the Sankirtana movement of the Lord
* SP's divine words on Lord Sri CM
 - BG 7.13, following the words of Lord Sri CM...
 - SB Introduction, mission of Lord Sri CM
 - Lord Sri CM is Krishna Himself
 - Letter to Gurudas, Dec 14th 1968, This avatar of Lord does not kill the impious person, but removes the impious qualities
 - BG 4.8
* Krishna in BG put a condition that we need to surrender first, then everything will follow
* But later Krishna realized that the conditioned souls will not do that, so He Himself came as Lord Sri CM and made us chant the holy name and is giving the prema unconditionally

Qualification to know the Lord!

SB 2.6.35 (KP Prji):

* The only way for us to get out of the conditioned life is through knowledge
* That knowledge is also talked about my Krishna in the BG.
* So how can one know the SPG.
 - Given in the BG: bhaktya maam abhijanti...
 - brahma bhuta prasannatma...
* Krishna says, only when you understand Me, you will be free from bondage. And you can understand Me only by Devotional Service
* In sayujya mukti, one cannot understand the Lord
* We can know the Lord only by the process of Devotional Service. With humbling knowledge, which comes with DS, we can understand the Lord to some extent
* Brahmaji himself is saying he cannot the understand the Lord completely
* By self realization one can understand, but bhakti which is realization of the SPG, then it is very humbling but fulfilling
* ...
* Narada muni thought Brhamaji to be all in all. But Brahmaji is giving explanation that it is the SPG who is the ultimate creator of everything and is happy in describing Him to Naradamuni
* By austerities, position or anything else, one cannot understand the SPG. Only by DS one can know the SPG.
* To certain extent, one can know the absolute truth, only by self-surrendering to the absolute truth
* He is durlabam (not obtainable) to the vedantists, but is adurlabam (available) to the bhakti-vedantists
* This is what is being expressed by Lord Brahma here

By Krishna's will...everything happens!

SB 2.6.32 (R Prji):

* Brahmaji is saying now: By His will, I create, Lord Śiva destroys, and He Himself, in His eternal form as the Personality of Godhead, maintains everything. He is the powerful controller of these three energies.
* So here it is clear that only by Maha Vishnu's will, Brahma creates and Lord Siva destroys
 - so everything happens under the Supreme Lord's will
* BG 7.19
* Everything depends on the Supreme Lord only - Indra, chandra, vayu, everything else
* We can be fixed to devotion to Krishna, not worry about anything any demigod will think about us
 - Previously, in our undergrad lives, we went behind so many demigods
 - But truth is, as water poured on the root, then everything in the tree is satisfied, similarly, Krishna is the Supreme, so serving Him, everyone will be served
* People are secular and think they are the best
 - But their knowledge is misdirected
 - So we must preach to get the civilization in the right direction
* But people don't want to listen
 - neither to Acharya's and neither to scientists who are talking about global warming etc
* So we must not dump our good thoughts on these people, they will not listen
 - just open love to them
 - once they feel the connection, then they will listen to what we have to say
* The Lord is described here as omnipotent by three energies (tri-sakti-dhrk). So primarily His three energies are internal, marginal and external. This external energy is also displayed in the three modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Similarly, the internal potency is also displayed in three spiritual modes — samvit, sandhini and hladini
* We see love only in Krishna's created nature
 - we don't see love in grocery stores, sky scrapers etc
 - implies only in Krishna's creation we see love
* Conclusion from verse of Ramayana
 - Hanuman, declares boldy before Ravana, that he is Rama's servant
 - So if we can also boldy declare that we are Krishna's servant, then we can win over all the 6 anarthas in our heart

Faith in the Supreme Lord!

SB 2.6.29 (P Mji):

* Concept of sacrifice for the Supreme Lord and concept of offering to the Lord is being mentioned here
* BG: Whatever you do, whatever you offer....do it as an offering to me, Krishna says!
* Today's verse, sacrifice with proper rituals and satisfy the manifested and nonmanifested personalities, are the
keywords
* Manifested = Indra, non manifested = Lord
* Previous yugas, demigods used to travel planet to planet. But in today's yuga, this travel no longer can happen
* We believe only what we see, these days
 - Diseased mind causes our ability to see to go down
 - Our belief in scriptures also is not there
* Story: Of a milkmaid, having faith in God, walked over water.
 - moral: faith is the most imp thing for our spiritual life
 - Krishna says Arjuna to have complete faith and to cut the doubts with weapon of knowledge
 - A faithful man, dedicated, subdues his senses, then he quickly achieves supreme spiritual peace
* With this faith, then we can see the manifested and nonmanifested personalities
* BG: Acting in DS, renouncing the fruits of action... not bound by reactions of work
 - Krishna is telling the way to get this faith

Krishna is the ultimate enjoyer and closest friend!

SB 2.6.28 (M Prji):

* Here, in BG 5.29, SP specifically mentions this verse
 - sacrifice and austerity both are good, are pious activity
 - all results of pious activities, the enjoyer is Krishna alone
 - He is also the only friend of all living entities
 - He is the proprietor of everything. But living entities make the big mistake of thinking we are the owners
 - We must develop this sense that we are just guests in the house of Krishna.
* For eg, as an Indian, I have just come here for 50-100 years. I cannot take India with me after death.
 - Implies we don't have enjoyment nor renunciation, cause we are not the owners at all
 - Simple thing to remember is everything belongs to God and therefore, everything should be engaged in His service alone
* If we understand this one principle
 - all sense enjoyment, all pride everything is gone. It will become simple
* We must try to utilize the whole thing for the purpose of Krishna, that is Krishna consciousness
 - Eg: This conference call, we are using this technology in Krishna's service, cause we are listening and hearing about him
* God has given us so many things, but we still suffer. That is because we are trying to enjoy it independently. But if we think it is all Krishna's property, let us enjoy it while being KC, then automatically peace and all happiness will come about
* This is the peace formula: BG 5.29
* Krishna is such a nice friend, He is present in all our bodies all the time along with us, just to help us out
 - Two birds are sitting on the tree of the body. One is myself, while the other is Krishna, always there to help me out. Just when I turn to Him and tell Him that I surrender unto Him, then He will do everything for Him
* Nectar of Devotion, words from there:
 - Take association of pure devotees with faith, then advancement in pure devotional service (DS) is guaranteed
 - Develop faith in authoritative scriptures
 - Then accepts Spiritual master and executes regulative DS
 - Then unwanted things get detached. Then attachment to DS comes and then pure love of Godhead is obtained


SB 2.6.27 

coming soon...

Spiritual not ritual...

SB 2.6.26 (SS Prji):

* Brahmaji is continuing: Other necessities include invoking the different names of the demigods by specific hymns and vows of recompense, in accordance with the particular scripture, for specific purposes and by specific processes.
* Process of sacrifice comes under the fruitive action. But real brahmanas are rare
* But SP is asking us to come to the real platform of sacrifice
* Real brahmanas only can perform the sacrifice in the correct way
* But the current brahmanas do everything just as a ritual, only for money, without any purity in themselves
* Nice examples of this - story of how people of kaliyuga are degraded
* In the previous ages though, the mantras had the power to do so many things, cause those invoking them were qualified
 - eg: Kardamamuni satisfying Devahuti by constructing a mansion in the air
* ...
* Purpose of life is not sense gratification
* Human beings in this world are losing out the Vedic culture, brahmanical culture
* To teach this culture, varnashrama dharma is recommended. Simple living high thinking is key to the success of this culture
* Self realization is the purpose of life
* We need to decide: no more sense gratification, but Devotional Service is the only way to go.
* Another story:  Brahmanas with iron offering cup, with clay balls in the cup. Could not distinguish one from another. Just following something without knowing the reason, it is practically called a ritual

SB 2.6.24-25

Coming soon....

SB 2.6..23

Coming soon...

Inconceivable oneness and difference of the Lord!

SB 2.6.22 (K Prji):

* We have seeing the from the past few days about the viswa rupa of the Lord.
* Everything is coming from the Lord, but at the same time He is aloof from it.
* Krishna is simultaneously personal and impersonal. Tgus inconceivable tattva is explained by Sri CM.
* Sri BS verseL: Krishna is internal to everything and external as well.
* Krishna's different incarnations
 - Lord Buddha to save the world from animal sacrifices
 - Sankaracharya to save the world from voidism to accepting the vedas and impersonalism
 - Ramnujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vishnuswami and Nimbarka swami, from the 4 different vaisnava sampradaya's
 - Then Lord Krishna cames as Sri CM Himself, put things together, gave us the acintya beda abeda tattva
* Knowledge must come from an absolute source, which is the Vedas
 - it says there that the Lord has both personal and impersonal features
* Lord cM took 2 essential teachings from each sampradayas
 - Deity worship and devotion
 - Devotioanl Service and service to devotees
 - Exclusive dependence to Krishna, spontaneous devotion
 - taking shelter of Srimati Radharani, high esteem of the Gopi's for Krishna
* There is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself
 - passes through offensive, cleaning and transcendental stage
* The 3rd stage is the highest stage and we are fortunate to be in this sampradaya which can give us that stage

Difference between Jiva and the Supersoul!

SB 2.6.21 (SA Prji):

* Here in this verse, it is explained that in all situations, the SPG is the master of everything that ever existed.
* Differences between the individual jiva and supersoul, SP explains how they are equal and unequal
 - qualitative oneness, but we can never be quantitatively equal to the SPG
* Krishna is so wonderful that He makes us qualitatively same as Him
 - but under all circumstances, He is much much more in quantity than us
* Those who know this are in vidya, those who do no are in avidya
* In the spiritual world, the jiva is completely cognizant that he is the servant of the servant of the servant of
the SPG.
* SP says, different stages of avidya
 - dharma, artha and moksha
* Moksha is also the last stage of avidya
* 99.9% of the living entities in the material world always want something from the Lord, either for themselves or for their close ones
* Nice story: Jai and Vijai, the door keepers of Vaikunta
 - by the curse of the 4 Kumaras, they come from tripad-vibhuti to ekapadvibhuti
 - Ravana is prime in this. But Lord Rama destroys his ignorance and him too
 - Hiranyakashipu is another example. Again the Lord comes to destroy him
* Moral, on the path of bhakti, if we ever make ourself or anybody equivalent to Krishna, then it is a big nescience and the Lord will destroy such nescience
* From devotional perspective, when somebody falls in that misconception, Krishna, actually keeps giving us hope, hope after hope...
 - eg: Life of Prahalad Maharaj
 - PM never asked for any help from Krishna, cause he knew that if Krishna wants to protect, He will surely do it and if Krishna wants him to die, then he has no problem
 - That kind of faith is pure devotional service
* BG 2.71: Give up all desires of sense gratification, lives free from all desires, false ego, all proprietorship
* To come to this understanding, Lord Caitanya came us to give the Maha mantra
 - chanting this mahamantra, all the material coverings will slowly melt off
 - then we can know our true nature
 - then we can always chant the holy names of Krishna!!!

The Lord's different Potencies!

SB 2.6.19 (KP Prji):

* We are seeing how the Lord has inconceivable potencies, as seen from this and previous verses.
* The Lord is the generating center for everything
* Brahmaji is explaining how the Virat rupa is the generating center for almost every thing in this material world
* Even though it is temporary
* Through partial annihilation and complete annihilation, Brahmaji is explaining how the Virat Rupa is manifesting  and unmanifesting everything
* Virat rupa is within this universe, the Lord Shyamsundar is existing within the Supreme Lord and this virat rupa is only a secondary expansion of Him
* The SPG is to be known as the reservoir of all energies
* Out of the total manifestations of the sandhinī energy of the Lord, one fourth is displayed in the material world, and three fourths are displayed in the spiritual world. The Lord's energy is divided into three component parts, namely sandhini, samvit and hladini; in other words, He is the full manifestation of existence, knowledge and bliss.
* ...
* The living entities in the liberated state can actually very minutely experience this existence of the state of
full manifestation of existence, knowledge and bliss
* The souls in the 3/4th spiritual world exist the above 3 all the time
* In the material world, the planetary systems are arranged in three spheres, called triloka, or Svarga, Martya and Patala, and all of them constitute only one fourth of the total sandhini energy.
* The Lord's chit potency is bringing forward yoga maya, while his achit potency is bringing forward the mahamaya