Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.14
Govinda Is the Source of Brahman
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the impersonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes.”
What the purport teaches
- Govinda is worshiped as the primeval Lord endowed with great power. He is the original and supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Impersonal Brahman is the glowing effulgence of Govinda’s transcendental body. It is absolute, complete and unlimited.
- Countless universes contain innumerable planets with different constitutions, atmospheres and opulences. All come from the unlimited nondual Brahman, which exists in absolute knowledge.
Try this today
Offer respectful obeisances to Govinda today, remembering Him as the source of the unlimited Brahman effulgence.
Ask yourself
How does knowing the source of Brahman affect your understanding of Govinda?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.