Lord Brahma saw Krishna directly and composed a prayer based on his Realizations?a striking prayer by one who has seen the Truth.
Krishna revealed His own form to Brahma, along with His spiritual planets, His devotees and their relationships with Him. Overwhelmed by this transcendental revelation, Brahma spoke these words glorifying Krishna and what he saw.
Brahma's awe and love permeates the text and gives an overview of the workings of the cosmic creation.
Follow Brahma's vision and understanding to the feet of Krishna and see Him face-to-face yourself.
This publication is an expanded edition of the first English-language version of Brahma-samhita?published in India in 1932?featuring the translation and commentary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami (1874-1937). Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, a great Vaishnava saint and scholar, was the guru of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The origins of the text Brahma-samhita are lost in cosmic antiquity. According to Vedic tradition, these "Hymns of Brahma&38221; were recited or sung countless millennia ago by the first created being in the universe, just prior to the act of creation. The text surfaced and entered calculable history early in the sixteenth century, where it was discovered in the manuscript library of an ancient temple in what is now Kerala state in South India. The essential core of the Brahma samhita consists of a brief description of the enlightenment of Lord Brahma by Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed by Brahma's extraordinarily beautiful prayers elucidating the content of his revelation.
There is nothing vague about Brahma's description of the lord and His abode. No dim, nihilistic nothingness, no blinding bright lights, no wispy, dreamy visions of harps and clouds; rather, a vibrant, luminescent world in transcendental color, form, and sound?a sublimely variegated spiritual landscape populated by innumerable blissful, eternal liberated souls reveling in spiritual cognition, sensation, and emotion, all in relationship with the all-blissful, all-attractive Personality of Godhead.
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