Chapter 8 Text 9

1. Chapter 8 Text 9 Remembering the Lord’s personal form Inconceivable potencies of Krsna.

2. Text 9 kavià puräëam anuçäsitäram aëor aëéyäàsam anusmared yaù sarvasya dhätäram acintya-rüpam äditya-varëaà tamasaù parastät One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun, and He is transcendental, beyond this material nature.

3. Remembering Krsna’s form • Remembering Krsna in so many ways;kavim—the one who knows everything,puräëam—the oldest,anuçäsitäram—the controller,aëoùaëéyäàsam—smaller than the atom,sarvasya dhätäram—the maintainer of everything; acintya-rüpam- Inconceivable form;äditya-varëaà - luminous like the sun;tamasaù parastät – transcendental to darkness.

4. Inconceivable • God’s energy is beyond our conception, beyond our thinking jurisdiction, and is therefore called inconceivable (acintya). • Acintya means that which is beyond this material world, that which our argument, logic and philosophical speculation cannot touch, that which is inconceivable. • Therefore intelligent persons, avoiding useless argument and speculation, should accept what is stated in scriptures.

5. Accepting Lord’s incon. potencies. • Demon try to rebel against Lord’s wish and His inconceivable potencies;e.g. Kamsa. • Devotees accept Lord’s inconceivable potencies.e.g. Vrtasura. • Krsna’s will is executed by His inconceivable potencies, we have to become just instrument. Devotees know this and follow it whole heartedly. • By chanting Hare Krsna, we get to understand this truth.