Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.3.33
व्यक्तं विभो स्थूलमिदं शरीरं
येनेन्द्रियप्राणमनोगुणांस्त्वम् ।
भुङ्क्षे स्थितो धामनि पारमेष्ठ्ये
अव्यक्त आत्मा पुरुष: पुराण: ॥ ३३ ॥
vyaktaṁ vibho sthūlam idaṁ śarīraṁ
[vyaktam vibho sthoolam idam shareeram]
yenendriya-prāṇa-mano-guṇāṁs tvam
[yenendriya-praana-mano-gunaams tvam]
bhuṅkṣe sthito dhāmani pārameṣṭhye
[bhunkshe sthito dhaamani paarameshthye]
avyakta ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
[avyakta aatmaa purushah puraanah]
Word-for-word
vyaktam
—
manifested
vibho
—
O my lord
sthūlam
—
cosmic manifestation
idam
—
this
śarīram
—
external body
yena
—
by which
indriya
—
the senses
prāṇa
—
the life air
manaḥ
—
the mind
guṇān
—
transcendental qualities
tvam
—
you
bhuṅkṣe
—
enjoy
sthitaḥ
—
situated
dhāmani
—
in your own abode
pārameṣṭhye
—
the supreme
avyaktaḥ
—
not manifested through ordinary knowledge
ātmā
—
the soul
puruṣaḥ
—
the supreme person
purāṇaḥ
—
the oldest.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vyaktaṁ vibho sthūlam idaṁ śarīraṁ
vyaktam
manifested
vibho
O my lord
sthūlam
cosmic manifestation
idam
this
śarīram
external body
yenendriya-prāṇa-mano-guṇāṁs tvam
yena
by which
indriya
the senses
prāṇa
the life air
manaḥ
the mind
guṇān
transcendental qualities
tvam
you
bhuṅkṣe sthito dhāmani pārameṣṭhye
bhuṅkṣe
enjoy
sthitaḥ
situated
dhāmani
in your own abode
pārameṣṭhye
the supreme
avyakta ātmā puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
avyaktaḥ
not manifested through ordinary knowledge
ātmā
the soul
puruṣaḥ
the supreme person
purāṇaḥ
the oldest.
O my lord, being changelessly situated in your own abode, you expand your universal form within this cosmic manifestation, thus appearing to taste the material world. You are Brahman, the Supersoul, the oldest, the Personality of Godhead.
Purport
It is said that the Absolute Truth appears in three features — namely, impersonal Brahman, localized Supersoul and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. The cosmic manifestation is the gross material body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who enjoys the taste of the material mellows by expanding His parts and parcels, the living entities, who are qualitatively one with Him. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, is situated in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, where He enjoys the spiritual mellows. Therefore the one Absolute Truth, Bhagavān, pervades all by His material cosmic manifestation, the spiritual Brahman effulgence, and His personal existence as the Supreme Lord.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O lord! The universe is your gross body by which you enjoy the senses, life airs, mind and sense objects, but you are still situated in your svarūpa of great power. Thus you are Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān.
This universe, as the universal form, is your gross body by which you enjoy the senses, life airs and mind and sense objects (guṇān), but, situated in your svarūpa (dhāmani) of great power (pārameṣṭhye), you enjoy, without a disappearance of you svarūpa. Therefore you are Brahman (avyaktaḥ), Paramātmā (ātmā), and Bhagavān (puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ).
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Personal Guidance
The Absolute, changeless in His abode, expands the universal form and seems to taste material life through it. The cosmos is the Supreme tasting His own creation through countless tongues. You are one of those tongues — how is the Lord tasting through you today?
Reflection Questions
- What experience in your day, offered up, would let the Lord taste sweetly through you?
- Where are you serving the Lord's tasting of saṁsāra without realizing it?
My note
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