Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.70
चित्तेन हृदयं चैत्य: क्षेत्रज्ञ: प्राविशद्यदा ।
विराट् तदैव पुरुष: सलिलादुदतिष्ठत ॥ ७० ॥
cittena hṛdayaṁ caityaḥ
[chittena hridayam chaityah]
kṣetra-jñaḥ prāviśad yadā
[kshetra-jnah praavishad yadaa]
virāṭ tadaiva puruṣaḥ
[viraat tadaiva purushah]
salilād udatiṣṭhata
[salilaad udatishthata]
Word-for-word
cittena
—
along with reason, consciousness
hṛdayam
—
the heart
caityaḥ
—
the deity presiding over consciousness
kṣetra-jñaḥ
—
the knower of the field
prāviśat
—
entered
yadā
—
when
virāṭ
—
the virāṭ-puruṣa
tadā
—
then
eva
—
just
puruṣaḥ
—
the Cosmic Being
salilāt
—
from the water
udatiṣṭhata
—
arose.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
cittena hṛdayaṁ caityaḥ
cittena
along with reason, consciousness
hṛdayam
the heart
caityaḥ
the deity presiding over consciousness
kṣetra-jñaḥ prāviśad yadā
kṣetra-jñaḥ
the knower of the field
prāviśat
entered
yadā
when
virāṭ tadaiva puruṣaḥ
virāṭ
the virāṭ-puruṣa
tadā
then
eva
just
puruṣaḥ
the Cosmic Being
salilād udatiṣṭhata
salilāt
from the water
udatiṣṭhata
arose.
However, when the inner controller, the deity presiding over consciousness, entered the heart with reason, at that very moment the Cosmic Being arose from the causal waters.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
When Vāsudeva, the antaryāmī, along with the citta, entered the heart, the universal form rose up from the water.
Caityaḥ is Vāsudeva, the antaryāmī (kṣetrjñaḥ), for as the Gītā says kṣetrajñaṣ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣv asthitam: know that I am the knower of the field situated in all bodies. (BG 13.13)
Personal Guidance
Only when the inner controller — the deity presiding over consciousness — enters the heart with reason does the Cosmic Being arise. Awakening requires not just any faculty but the consciousness-presiding presence within. Bhakti is the entry of that controller.
Reflection Questions
- What practice could invite the consciousness-presiding deity into my heart?
- Where in my life is everything else online except the One thing that would wake me up?
My note
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