Quotes on God — 1

collected by

Krishna Jain and Animesh Kumar

||Śrī viṣṇave namaḥ||

Quotes [1]—[5] appear in old diary of Vṛndāvana which has various quotes in different pages. Most of them are translations from the Śrīmadbhāgavatpurāṇa. Quotes [6]—[10] are provided with appropriate references.

I meditate on Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, because He is the absolute truth, and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes.[1]

He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him.[2]

It is He only Who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahma; the first living being.[3]

By Him, even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water.[4]

I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world.[5]

May the Lord, Who is devoid of start, middle or end, Who is meditated by sages and knowledge-seekers alike, Whose supreme-feet is beyond the scope of narration, shower us with blessings. [Prahlāda to Hiraṇyakaśipu, Viṣṇupurāṇa] [6]

The soul never dies. There was no era in which a soul was not present, neither there will be an era in which that soul will cease to live on. Only the body is born, ages, and dies. [Śrī Kṛṣṇa on Soul, Śrīmadbhagavadgītā] [7]

Clouds float in air and dustiness is in the soil, but ignorants conclude that clouds float in sky and dustiness is in air; similarly, the body is non-living and the soul lives forever, but the ignorants conclude that body is living and the soul is non-existent. [Śukadeva on Ignorance About Soul, Śrīmadbhāgavatpurāṇa] [8]

I bow to Rāma, Who is the abode of infinite strength, Who has no beginning or birth, Who cannot be described, Who is all-pervading, Who is beyond the comprehension of sense-organs, Who is known as Govinda¹, Who is beyond eyes, Who absolves the duality (within us), Who is the supreme abode of knoweldge, and Who lifted the earth². [Jaṭāyu to Śrī Rāma, Rāmacaritamānasa] [9]

Salutations to Viṣṇu, Who is the state of universe before creation, Who expresses inside the heart of knowledge-seekers after continuous penance, Who is devoid of any material or physical tensions, Who is the only one (polymorphic), Who is present inside everyone's heart, and Who takes various forms. [Brahmā on Śrī Rāma, Ādhyātmarāmāyaṇa] [10]

Notes:

¹After Kṛṣṇa lifted Mount Govardhana to protect Vraja from destruction, Indra realized His divinity. He immediately rushed to Kṛṣṇa asking for mercy. Independently, Kāmadhenu, the divine cow, left Brahmaloka to pray Kṛṣṇa. Together, Indra and the cow named Him as Govinda at that time.

²After the boar-incarnation, i.e., the Varāha-Avatāra, Viṣṇu is known as Dharaṇīdhara, i.e., One Who lifted the Earth. In the boar-incarnation, Viṣṇu re-located the earth back to its orbit when She started sinking in ether or vacuum.

©Stutimaṇḍala 2006, Nov 05.

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