Adhyay 1 • Shlok 178

चौ0—स»यनगिU ु»यनगिU न¤गU कछयU भेदा । »ाव¤गU मयनि पयरान बयˇ बेदा॥ ु»यन ुरूरप ुल„ ु` `ôर्§ । भ»ि पýेम बस स»यन सô गUôर्§॥ 1॥ `ô »यन रगिUि स»यन सô§ कारसेउ । `लय गिUम 'Uपल बिल» न¤गU `ासेउ॥ `ासय नाम भýम ििमिर पिं»ा । िेगिU किमि कगिUु बिमôगU पýसं»ा॥ 2॥ राम स“िादानंद दिनेसा । न¤गU िग¡U मôगU निसा लवलेसा॥ सगU` पýकासरूरप भ»वाना । न¤गU िग¡U पयनि बि‚यान बिगUाना॥ 3॥ गUरा बिाद ‚यान ु‚याना । `ीव ˇर्म ुगUमििि ुभिमाना॥ राम बýrा् Žयापक `» `ाना। परमानंद परेUस पयराना॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

sagunahi agunahi nahi ò kachu bhedŒ, gŒvahiò muni purŒna budha bedŒ. aguna arµupa alakha aja joī, bhagata prema basa saguna so hoī.1. jo guna rahita saguna soi kaise¡, jalu hima upala bilaga nahi ò jaise ¡. jŒsu nŒma bhrama timira pataṅgŒ, tehi kimi kahia bimoha prasaṅgŒ.2. rŒma saccidŒnanda dinesŒ, nahiò taha ¡ moha nisŒ lavalesŒ. sahaja prakŒsarµupa bhagavŒnŒ, nahiò taha ¡ puni bigyŒna bihŒnŒ.3. haraṣa biṣŒda gyŒna agyŒnŒ, jīva dharma ahamiti abhimŒnŒ. rŒma brahma byŒpaka jaga jŒnŒ, paramŒnanda paresa purŒnŒ.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

There is no difference between qualified Divinity and the unqualified Brahma: so declare the sages and men of wisdom, the Vedas and the PurŒ˜as. That which is attributeless and formless, imperceptible and unborn, becomes qualified under the influence of the devotee’s love. How can the Absolute become qualified? In the same way as water and the hail-stone are non-different in substance. Infatuation is out of the question for Him whose very Name is like the sun to the darkness of error. Ýr¶ RŒma, who is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss combined, is like the sun; the night of ignorance cannot subsist in Him even to the smallest degree. He is the Lord whose very being is light; there is no dawn of understanding in His case (for the dawn presupposes night and night there is none in the sunlight of Ýr¶ RŒma). Joy and grief, knowledge and ignorance, egoism and pride—these are the characteristics of a J¶va (finite being). Ýr¶ RŒma is the all-pervading Brahma; He is supreme bliss personified, the highest Lord and the most ancient Being. The whole world knows it. (1—4)

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