na--neither; aham--I; yuyam--all you sons; yat--whose; rtam--factual;

gatim--movements; viduh--do know; na--nor; vamadevah--Lord Siva; kim--

what; uta--else; apare--others; surah--demigods; tat--by His; mayaya--
by the illusory energy; mohita--bewildered; buddhayah--with such
intelligence; tu--but; idam--this; vinirmitam--what is created; ca--
also; atma-samam--by dint of one's personal ability; vicaksmahe--
observe.

Since neither Lord Siva nor you nor I could ascertain the limits
of spiritual happiness, how can other demigods know it? And because all
of us are bewildered by the illusory external energy of the Supreme
Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual
ability.

THE WORD 'BLISS' ENCOMPASSES MANY VARIETIES OF EXPERIENCES BY MANY

KINDS OF BEINGS, BUT THE BLISS OF THE SUPREME LORD VANQUISHES ALL OTHER
CONCEPTIONS OF BLISS.
(Vs. 3.2.33)

10.47.18
yad-anucarita-lila-karna-piyusa-viprut-
sakrd-adana-vidhuta-dvandva-dharma vinastah
sapadi grha-kutumbam dinam utsrya dina
bahava iha vihanga bhiksu-caryam caranti

yat--whose; anucarita--constantly performed activities; lila--of such

pastimes; karna--for the ears; piyusa--of the nectar; viprut--of
a drop; sakrt--just once; adana--by the partaking; vidhuta--removed
entirely; dvandva--of duality; dharmah--their propensities; vinastah--
ruined; sapadi--immediately; grha--their homes; kutumbam--and families;
dinam--wretched; utsrjya--rejecting; dinah--becoming themselves
wretched; bahavah--many persons; iha--here (in Vrndavana); vihangah--
(like) birds; bhiksu--of begging; caryam--the livelihood; caranti--they
pursue.

To hear about the pastimes that Krsna regularly performs is nectar

for the ears. For those who relish just a single drop of that nectar,
even once, their dedication to material duality is ruined. Many such
persons have suddenly given up their wretched homes and families and,
themselves becoming wretched, traveled here to Vrndavana to wander
about like birds, begging for their living.

OBJECTION: CHANDOGYA UPANISAD (3.14.1) STATES, SARVAM KHALV IDAM

BRAHMA TAJ JALAN ITI SANTA UPASITA: 'ALL THIS IS BRAHMAN. IT IS
PRODUCED FROM HIM, LIVES IN HIM AND MERGES IN HIM. SO SHOULD ONE
PEACEFULLY MEDITATE UPON HIM.' THIS VERSE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CLAIM
THAT THE SUPREME LORD IS SUPERIOR TO ALL ELSE.

REPLY: THIS TEACHING IS LIKE THE TEACHING THAT THE MATERIAL WORLD IS
ONE FOOT (EKA-PADA) OF THE SUPREME LORD. BEYOND THAT IS THE REALM OF
ETERNAL HAPPINESS (TRI-PADA VIBHUTI).
(Vs. 3.2.34)

2.6.19
padesu sarva-bhutani
pumsah sthiti-pado viduh
amrtam ksemam abhayam
tri-murdhno 'dhayi murdhasu

padesu--in the one fourth; sarva--all; bhutani--living entities;

pumsah--of the Supreme Person; sthiti-padah--the reservoir of all
material opulence; viduh--you should know; amrtam--deathlessness;
ksemam--all happiness, free from the anxiety of old age, diseases,
etc.; abhayam--fearlessness; tri-murdhnah--beyond the three higher
planetary systems; adhayi--exist; murdhasu--beyond the material
coverings.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be known as the supreme

reservoir of all material opulences by the one fourth of His energy in
which all the living entities exist. Deathlessness, fearlessness and
freedom from the anxieties of old age and disease exist in the kingdom
of God, which is beyond the three higher planetary systems and beyond
the material coverings.

Adhikarana 16: Brahman is not nirvisesa (without particular

features).

OBJECTION: ACCEPTING THAT THE SUPREME IS INFINITE BLISS, STILL IT CANNOT

BE THE OBJECT OF LOVE AND DEVOTION BECAUSE IN THE ABSOLUTE THERE IS NO
VARIETY.

REPLY: JUST AS LIGHT DISPLAYS A VARIETY OF PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS

(VISESA) IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, SO TOO DOES THE SUPREME LORD DISPLAYS
VISESA. HE IS NOT NIRVISESA.
(Vs. 3.2.35)

5.18.33
yasminn asankhyeya-visesa-nama-
rupakrtau kavibhih kalpiteyam
sankhya yaya tattva-drsapaniyate
tasmai namah sankhya-nidarsanaya te iti

yasmin--in You (the Supreme personality of Godhead); asankhyeya--

innumerable; visesa--particular; nama--names; rupa--forms; akrtau--
possessing bodily features; kavibhih--by great learned persons;
kalpita--imagined; iyam--this; sankhya--number; yaya--by whom; tattva--
of the truth; drsa--by knowledge; apaniyate--is extracted; tasmai--unto
Him; namah--respectful obeisances; sankhya-nidarsanaya--who is the
revealer of this numerical knowledge; te--unto You; iti--thus.

O my Lord, Your name, form and bodily features are expanded in

countless forms. No one can determine exactly how many forms exist, yet
You Yourself, in Your incarnation as the learned scholar Kapiladeva, have
analyzed the cosmic manifestation as containing twenty-four elements.
Therefore if one is interested in Sankhya philosophy, by which one can
enumerate the different truths, he must hear it from You. Unfortunately,
nondevotees simply count the different elements and remain ignorant of
Your actual form. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

10.48.20
yatha hi bhutesu caracaresu
mahy-adayo yonisu bhanti nana
evam bhavan kevala atma-yonisu
atmatma-tantro bahudha vibhati

yatha--as; hi--indeed; bhutesu--among manifested beings; cara--mobile;

acaresu--and immobile; mahi-adayah--earth and so on (the primary
elements of creation); yonisu--in species; bhanti--manifest; nana--
variously; evam--so; bhavan--You; kevalah--one alone; atma--Yourself;
yonisu--in those whose source; atma--the Supreme Soul; atma-tantrah--
self-reliant; bahudha--manifold; vibhati--appear.

Just as the primary elements--earth and so on--manifest themselves

in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life,
so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among
the variegated objects of Your creation.

3.24.31
tany eva te 'bhirupani
rupani bhagavams tava
yani yani ca rocante
sva jananam arupinah

tani--those; eva--truly; te--Your; abhirupani--suitable; rupani--forms;

bhagavan--O Lord; tava--Your; yani yani--whichever; ca--and; rocante--
are pleasing; sva jananam--to Your own devotees; arupinah--of one with