sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ vasudeva-śabditaṁ

sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ vasudeva-śabditaṁ

yad īyate tatra pumān apāvṛtaḥ

sattve ca tasmin bhagavān vāsudevo

hy adhokṣajo me namasā vidhīyate

The pure antaḥ-karaṇa is called Vasudeva, because there the Supreme Lord appears without coverings. In that antaḥ-karaṇa, I worshipped the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, beyond the material senses, by offering respects.

 “How could you be in samādhi at that time?” That cannot be asked, since samādhi on the Lord is not dependent on me. I am dependent on the Lord. I cannot make a rule for when he will appear. The spiritual antaḥ-karaṇa (viśuddham sattvam) is called vasudeva. Or another meaning is “the spiritual state (sattvam) composed of the actions of cit-śakti (viśuddham) is the producer of the Lord’s appearance (vasudeva). Why? It is because in that spiritual mind or the state composed of the cit-śakti, the Lord without covering (apāvṛtaḥ), called Vāsudeva, appears. The meaning of the word Vāsudeva is “he who makes his appearance in the state of vasudeva.” He appears in the pure antaḥ-karaṇa. Thus vasudeva refers to my pure antaḥ-karaṇa. Moreover, the Supreme Lord dwells (vasati) there. Therefore the antaḥ-karāṇa is called vasu. Because it is completely spiritual it is called deva. That is the derivation of the word vasudeva. In the antaḥ-karaṇa (sattve) the Lord appears, but he is beyond the material senses (adhokṣajaḥ), and is served or is particularly meditated upon (vidhīyate) by respects (namasā), which indicates other services as well. Instead of namasā sometimes manasā is seen. That means “the Lord is served by the mind.” At that time, I was serving the Lord. Because of uninterrupted service to the Lord, I did not have external awareness. Tell me if that is a fault on my part. 

 

|| 4.3.24 ||

tat te nirīkṣyo na pitāpi deha-kṛd