Brahma Samhita

Brahma Samhita

The Brahma Samhita is a Sanskrit Pancaratra text, comprised of verses of prayer spoken by Brahma to Govinda or Krishna at the beginning of creation. It is revered within Gaudiya Vaishnavism, whose founder, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534), re-discovered a part of the work, the 62 verses of Chapter 5, when visiting a temple in the Kerala, Southern India in the 16th Century which had previously been lost for many centuries. [ [http://www.indiadivine.org/hinduism/articles/177/1/Brahma-Samhita/ A history of the Brahma Samhita] (Indiadivine.org) ] The text contains a highly esoteric description, with the Kama-Gayatri, of Krishna in His abode Goloka.

In 1971 George Harrison produced a modern recording of these prayers along with the Hare Krishna devotees of the Radha Krsna Temple in London entitled 'Govindam', taking it's title from the main chorus line of the prayer "govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami" meaning "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord"

Recovered text

The recovered fragment of the "Śrī Brahma-samhitā" commences at the fifth chapter. Sloka 5.1 states:

*"īśvarah paramah krsnah, sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahah":"anādir ādir govindah, sarva-kārana-kāranam"

Which translates to:

*"Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead.":"He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all.":"He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes." [http://vedabase.net/bs/5/1/en]

The text was first translated from Sanskrit into English by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur in 1932 and is often sung or recited as a both devotional and philosophical text.

ee also

*Achintya Bheda Abheda
*Satchitananda
*Jiva Goswami

References

External links

* [http://vedabase.net/bs/5/en Sri Brahma-Samhita]
* [http://webcom.com/~ara/col/books/RP/BS/bsi.html Sri Brahma-Samhita by Subhananda Dasa]

Further reading

* Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati, Goswami, (trans.), "Sri Brahma-Samhita, with commentary by Srila Jiva Goswami", Sri Gaudiya Math 1932, reprint BBT, Los Angeles, 1985.
* Matsubara, Mitsunori, "Pancaratra Samhitas and Early Vaisnava Theology", Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi, 1994.
* Narayana, Bhaktivedanta, Swami, (trans.), "Sri Brahma Samhita, Fifth Chapter, with the full commentary by Srila Jiva Goswami", Gaudiya Vedanta Publications, Vrindavana UP, 2003.
* Otto Schrader, F., "Introduction to the Pancaratra and the Ahirbudhnya Samhita", Adyar Library, Madras 1916. Second edition 1973.
* Sagar, B.A., Tridandi Bhiksu, (trans.), "Sri Brahma-samhita, Quintessence of Reality the Beautiful, with the commentary by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur", Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip 1992.

External links

* [http://brahmasamhita.com/5/en1 Sri Brahma Samhita, Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth] (brahmasamhita.com)
* [http://www.vedabase.net/bs/foreword/en1 Foreword to Brahma Samhita by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati] (vedabase.net)


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