Chapter 1: The First Step in God Realization
(24) His
personal body is this gross material world in which we experience all
that belongs to the past, the present and the future of this universe
in existence. (25) This outer shell of the universe that we know as a
body consisting of seven coverings [see kos'as], constitutes the notion of the object of the
Universal Form of the Purusha [the Original Person] who is the Supreme
Lord.
Chapter 2:
The Lord in the Heart
(8) Others see in the meditation upon Him within their own body
the Personality of Godhead residing in the region of the heart
measuring eight inches, having four arms, carrying the lotus, the wheel
of the chariot, the conch shell and the club. (9) With His mouth
expressing happiness, His eyes wide open like a lotus, His clothes
yellowish like a Kadamba flower, bedecked with jewels and with golden
ornaments studded with precious stones, He wears a glowing headdress
with earrings. (10) His feet are positioned on the whorl of the lotus
hearts of the great mystics. On His chest He wears the beautifully
engraved Kaustubha jewel and around His neck He has a fresh flower
garland spreading its beauty.
Chapter 3:
Pure Devotional Service -
The
Change in Heart
(12) The
knowledge
leading
to
the limit of the complete withdrawal from the
whirlpool of the material modes, results in the satisfaction of the
soul. In the transcendence of being detached from these modes, that
satisfaction carries the blessings of the path of bhakti-yoga. Being
absorbed in the narrations about the Lord, who would then not act upon
this attraction?"
Chapter 4: The Process of
Creation
(12) S'rî S'uka said: 'My obeisances to the
Supreme Personality, who for the maintenance and also the
winding up of the complete whole of the material creation, by His
pastimes assumed the power of the three modes while residing within all
bodies as
the One whose ways are inconceivable.
Chapter 5: The Cause of all
Causes
(9)
The Creator replied: 'Oh gentle
one so dear to
me, you, so very kind, are perfectly right in expressing
your doubts,
for [by that submission in penance] I was led to consider the heroism
and power of the Supreme Lord.
Chapter 6: The Hymn of
the Original Person Confirmed
(32) According
to
His
will,
I
create,
under
His
order
S'iva
destroys
and
He in the form of the
Original Person
maintains the entire universe as the controller of the three
energies.
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