Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.26
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kālaḥ
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time
Time as Bhagavān's own form (Gītā 10.30 — kālaḥ kalayatām aham). Gauḍīyas read kāla as a śakti directly, not an independent reality; the Śiva-jvara correctly places it inside the māyā-list.
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jīvaḥ
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the living being
The conditioned soul. Note where the verse places jīva: inside the list of māyā-effects, not outside. Gauḍīyas read this as the jīva's adhyāsa — he is mistakenly inside saṁsāra; bhakti is the procedure for stepping back out (acintya-bhedābheda).
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bīja-roha-pravāhaḥ
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the flow of seed and plant
Compound: bīja (seed) + roha (sprouting) + pravāha (stream). The Bhāgavatam's signature image of saṁsāra's self-replication. Gauḍīyas cite this phrase in describing why karma alone cannot end karma — only Bhagavān, the negator (tat-niṣedham), can break the loop.
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tat-niṣedham prapadye
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I surrender to the negation of that
Compound: tat (that) + niṣedha (negation) + prapadye (I take shelter). Prapadye is the technical Gauḍīya verb of śaraṇāgati (Gītā 18.66, BhP 11.5.41). The fever names Bhagavān as the very stopper of the cycle — not by absorption, but by sheltering the surrendered.
The word bīja-roha-pravāha is explained as follows: The conditioned soul accepts a material body, with which he attempts to enjoy the material world. That body is the seed ( bīja ) of future material existence because when a person acts with that body he creates further reactions ( karma ), which grow ( roha ) into the obligation to accept another material body. In other words, material life is a chain of actions and reactions. The simple decision to surrender to the Supreme Lord releases the conditioned soul from this futile repetition of material growth and reaction. According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the words tan-niṣedhaṁ prapadye indicate that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is niṣedhāvadhi-bhūtam, “the limit of negation.” In other words, after all illusion is negated, the Absolute Truth remains. The process of education may be succinctly described as a way of eradicating ignorance through the attainment of knowledge. Through inductive, deductive and intuitive means, we attempt to refute the specious, the illusory and the imperfect and elevate ourselves to a platform of full knowledge. Ultimately, when all illusion is negated, that which remains firmly in place is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the previous text, the Śiva-jvara described the Supreme Lord as sarvātmānaṁ kevalaṁ jñapti-mātram, “pure, concentrated spiritual consciousness.” Now the Śiva-jvara concludes his philosophical description of the Lord by saying in this text that the various aspects of material existence are also potencies of the Supreme Lord. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī mentions that the Supreme Lord’s own body and senses, as implied here by the word tan-niṣedham, are nondifferent from the Lord’s pure spiritual existence. The Lord’s body and senses are not external to Him, nor do they cover Him, but rather the Lord is identical with His spiritual form and senses. The full Absolute Truth, unlimited in fascinating diversity, is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
He begins to elaborate on the lord's pure consciousness (kevalam jnaptimatram). First the objects excluded by use of the word "only" (kevalam) are enumerated. Time (kala) is the agitator. Karma, action, is the subtle cause. That which brings about results is daiva. Svabhava is the ability to posess this daiva and karma. Jiva is the holder of this svabhava. Dravya refers to the subtle elements or tan matras. Ksetra is prakrti or matter. Prana is the sutra (math tattva??). Atma means ahankara. Vikara means the eleven senses. Mahabhutani are the five gross elements. The combination of the eleven senses and five gross elements is called the body. Acton generated from the body (bija) produces another body (roha). This continuous (pravaha) flow is your maya. Though the jiva is different from maya, because being controlled by maya it is enumerated with maya. I offer respects to the opposite of that maya. Your senses and body however are part of you, and are not maya.
After offering respects, in order to surrender, he describes the Lord as the shelter of everything and uncontaminated by the faults of matter since he is pure consciousness etc. as described in the previous verse. After describing the Lord in this way, he surrenders. Kṣetram can mean prakṛti or the body. However taking the word to mean body would be repetitious. Jīva here refers to the jīva with upādhis. All of these are the play of your external energy (tvan-māyā). I take shelter of you since I am covered by māyā.
The list of elements is from most subtle to least subtle. Śrīdhara Svāmī explains the rest. I take shelter of you in order to achieve cessation of māyā by your mercy since I am included in the cycle of māyā. That is expressed in this verse. Daivam means that which takes the form of your wish. Svabhāva revers to peace etc. Kṣetra is the citta and intelligence. You cause the negation of this māyā. Thus you should forgive my sins, since I am overpowered by your māyā.
A seed becomes a plant, the plant drops seeds, those seeds become plants — the cycle runs without an outside push. Saṁsāra is exactly this self-perpetuating crop. Kāla, karma, jīva, the senses, the subtle body — all of it, the Śiva-jvara confesses, is Your māyā, and I shelter in You as its negation.
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Source: vedabase.io