10 Jul 2023
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 3
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
प्रदत्त निजसत्तया स्फुरति दत्त! सद्ब्रह्मणो
जगद्यदिद मद्भुतं दृगदृगेक नोह्यं सकृत् ।
विनोद सदतो विभूतिरपि तर्क हर्त्रा त्वया
वयं त्रिगुण कन्दुकै र्जगति खेलितैः खेलिताः ।। 3
Pradatta nijasattayā sphurati Datta! Sadbrahmaṇo
Jagadyadida madbhutaṃ dṛgadṛ geka nohyaṃ sakṛt ।
Vinoda sadato vibhūtirapi tarka hartrā tvayā
Vayaṃ triguṇa kandukai rjagati khelitaiḥ khelitāḥ ।। 3
[O God Datta! You are the unimaginable God and You gifted Your absolute reality to this wonderful creation and hence, this creation exists with shining. Since You merged with the first energetic medium, when the medium is seen, You are also seen. But, since You are unimaginable and invisible by Your inherent nature, You are not also seen simultaneously. Due to the absolute reality of the creation, You are getting absolutely real entertainment. At the same time, You do any miracle in the creation due to Your omnipotence, which is also Your inherent nature (this means that the creation remains absolutely real for the sake of the real entertainment and at the same time, the creation will become absolutely unreal whenever God wants to do miracles). Imaginable visibility and unimaginable invisibility cannot go together side by side as per worldly logic. But, You are beyond worldly logic. We, the souls, are played by the three quality-balls, which are played by You (this means that the powerful divine illusion called ‘Māyā’ is in the control of God, whereas, the same illusion controls the souls).]
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