भगवतो गुणमये स्थूलरूप आवेशितं मनो ह्यगुणेऽपि सूक्ष्मतम आत्मज्योतिषि परे ब्रह्मणि भगवति वासुदेवाख्ये क्षममावेशितुं तदु हैतद् गुरोऽर्हस्यनुवर्णयितुमिति ॥ ३ ॥
bhagavato gunamaye sthula-rupa avesitam mano hy agune ’pi suksmatama atma-jyotisi pare brahmani bhagavati vasudevakhye ksamam avesitum tad u haitad guro ’rhasy anuvarnayitum iti.
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- guna-maye
- into the external features, consisting of the three modes of material nature
- sthula-rupe
- the gross form
- avesitam
- entered
- manah
- the mind
- hi
- indeed
- agune
- transcendental
- api
- although
- suksmatame
- in His smaller form as Paramatma within the heart
- atma-jyotisi
- who is full of Brahman effulgence
- pare
- the supreme
- brahmani
- spiritual entity
- bhagavati
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vasudeva-akhye
- known as Bhagavan Vasudeva
- ksamam
- suitable
- avesitum
- to absorb
- tat
- that
- u ha
- indeed
- etat
- this
- guro
- O my dear spiritual master
- arhasi anuvarnayitum
- please describe factually
- iti
- thus
When the mind is fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His external feature made of the material modes of nature—the gross universal form—it is brought to the platform of pure goodness. In that transcendental position, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, who in His subtler form is self-effulgent and beyond the modes of nature. O my lord, please describe vividly how that form, which covers the entire universe, is perceived.