SRI BRAHMA-SAMHITA

Verse 28

traya prabuddho ’tha vidhir vijhata-tattva-sagarah
tustava vedasarena stotrenanena kesavam [28]

Translation: Becoming enlightened by meditating upon that threefold gayatri, Brahma became acquainted with the ocean of truth. Then he worshipped Sri Krishna, singing His transcendental glories by this hymn, which is the quintessence of all the Vedas.

Purport: By meditating upon the kama-gayatri, Brahma began to conceive, ‘I am an eternal maidservant of Krishna.’ Although the profound mysteries of servitorship as a maidservant of Sri Krishna were not necessarily revealed to him, his discrimination between spirit and matter developed to such a degree that an ocean of truth came within his grasp. When all the expressions of the Vedas thus became manifest within him, he sung this hymn, which expresses the quintessence of all the Vedas. Because in all respects this hymn is replete with the Vaisnava-siddhanta (perfect conclusions, or truths, of Vaishnavism), Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught it to His personally favoured devotees.

The good readers may take the opportunity to daily sing and relish this hymn with devotion.

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