Sri Paramatma-sandarbha Manigalacarana tau santosayata santau srila-ripa-sanatanau daksinatyena bhattena punar etad vivicyate rmal tasyadyarn granthané-lekham kranta-vyutkranta-khanditam paryalocyatha paryayarh. kkstva likhatt jivakah tau-them, santosayaté-pleasing, santau-saintly, érila-riipa-sanatanau-Sri Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis, daksinatyena-from south India, bhattena-by Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, punal-again, etat-this, vivicyate-is described, tasya-of him, adyam-original; pranthan’-lekham-writing, kranta-vyutkranta-various arguments, khanditam-refuting, paryalocya-considering, atha-now, paryayam-systematic arrangement, krtva-doing, likhati-writes, jvakah-jiva Gosvami Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami, the great philosopher from the southern provinces who greatly pleased Stila Ripa Gosvami and Srila Santana Gosvami, left many valuable notes that defeat various philosophical misconceptions. Systematically arranging these notes, and considering their content, Jiva Gosvami writes this book Anuccheda 1 Text 1 atha paramatma vivriyate. yadyapi paramatmatvam vaikunthe 'pi prabhor asti. tad api.ca bhagavattéfgam tat syd ittham jagad-gatam vacyam. tatra tamh jagad-pata-fiva-nirtipana-pérvakath niripayati dvabhyam atha-now, paramatmé-th Supersoul, vivriyate.-is described, yadyapi-although, paramatmatvam.-the nature of the Supersoul, vaikunthe-in Vaikuntha, api-also, prabhoh-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; asti.-is; tad api-nevertheless, ca- also, bhagavatté-of the nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ahgam--a part, tat-that, syat-is, ittham-thus, jagad-gatam-gone to the material world, vacyam.-to be said, tatra-there, tam-that, jagad-gata-gone to the material world, iva-of the individual spirit soul, nirtipana-description, pirvakam-previous, nirapayati-dscribes, dvabhyam-with two. Now the Supersoul will be described. Although the Lord's Supersoul feature is, also manifested in the spiritual world of Vaikuntha, itis generally said to that the Supreme Lord's Supersoul expansion is present primarily in the material world The individual spirit souls and the Supersoul, both present in the material world, are described in the following two verses (Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.11.12-13) Text 2 ksetrajia eta manasa vibhéntir |ivasya mayé-racitasya nityah avithitah kvapi tirohitas ca suddho vicaste hy avisuddha-kartuh ksetrajia-the individual soul, eté-all these, manasi-of the mind, vibhitih- different activities, jivasya-of the living entity, maya-racitasya-created by the external material energy, nityél-from time immemorial, avishital-sometimes manifested, kvapi-somewhere, tirohitah ca-and not manifested, suddhah-purified; vicaste-sees this, hi-certainly, avisuddha-unpurified, kartult-of the doer “The individual soul bereft of Krsna consciousness has many ideas and activities created in the mind by the external energy. They have been existing from. time immemorial, Sometimes they are manifest in the wakening state and in the dream state, but during deep sleep (unconsciousness) or trance, they disappear. A person who is liberated in this life (jivan-mulkta) can see all these things vividly.* Text 3 ksetrajfia Atma purusah puranah, saksat svayam-jyotir ah paresah nardyano bhagavan vasudevah sva-mayayatmany avadhiyamanah ksetrajia-the Supreme Personality of Godhead, atma-all-pervading, present everywhere, purusal-the unrestricted controller, who has unlimited power,puranah-the original, siksat-perceivable by hearing from the authorities and by direct perception, svayam-personal, jyotih-manifesting His bodily rays (the Brahman effulgence), ajah-never born, paresah-the Supreme Personality of Godhead, narayanal-the resting place of all living entities, bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead with six full opulences, visudevah-the shelter of everything, manifested and nonmanifest; sva-mayayi-by His own potency, atmani- in His own self, or in the ordinary living entities, avadhiyamanalr-existing as the controller “There are two kinds of ksetra jit: the living entity, as explained above, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is explained as follows. He is the all- pervading cause of creation. He is full in Himself and is not dependent on others. He is perceived by hearing and direct perception. He is self-effulgent and does not experience birth, death, old-age, or disease. He is the controller of all the demigods, beginning with Lord Brahma. He is called Narfyana and He is the shelter of living entities after the annihilation of the material world. He is full of all opulences and He is the resting place of everything material. He is therefore known as Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."* Text + yah suddho ‘pi mayatah paro 'pi maya-racitasya vaksyamanasya sarva-ksetrasya mayaya kalpitasya manaso ‘ntalkaranasyaitah prasiddha vibhiitir wrttir vicaste vigesena pasyati. pasyaths tatravisto bhavati. sa khalv asau jiva-nama sva-sarira- dvaya-laksana-ksetrasya jhatytvat ksetra fia ucyata ity arthah. yah-who, suddhah-pure, api-although; mayatah-maya, parah-above; api-even, mayé-racitasya-created by maya, vaksyamanasya-which will be explained, sarva- ksetrasya-of all fields, mayaya-by maya; kalpitasya-created, manasah-of the mind, antalikaranasya-of the mind, etah-they, prasiddha-proved, vibhitih-vibhutis, vrttih-actions, vicaste-sees, vigesena-specifically, pasyati-sees, pasyatth-seeing, tatra-there, avistah-entered, bhavati.~is; sa-he, khalv-indeed, asau-he, jiva-nama- called the jiva; sva-sarira-dvaya-laksana-characterized by two bodies, ksetrasya-of, the field, jhatrtvat-because of being the knower, ksetrajia-the knower of the field, ucyata-is said, iti-thus, arthah -the meaning This verse means: "Even though he is by nature pure (Suddhah), that is to say beyond the touch of the illusory potency maya, the individual spirit soul sees (vicaste) the (etah) activities (vibhitil) of the mind (manasa), the mind having been created by the illusory potency maya (mayé-racitasya). The mind sees all fields of activity. The mind will be further described later in this book. By seeing these activities, the individual soul, who is called the “jiva', enters into them. Because he thus has knowledge of two different material bodies, the soul is thus called “ksetragha' (the knower of the field of action)."Text 5 tad uktam, yaya sammohito jiva atmanam tri-gunatmakam, paro ‘pi manute ‘nartharn tat-kytath cabhipadyate. iti tat-that, tktam-said; yaya-by whom, sammochital-illusioned, jiva-the living. entities, atmanam-self, tri-gundtmakam-conditioned by the three modes of nature, or a product of matter, parah-transcendental, api-in spite of, manute-takes it for granted, anartham-things not wanted, tat-by that, krtari ca-reaction; abhipadyate- undergoes thereof, iti-thus The conditioned soul is also described in these words of Srimad-Bhagavatam, (7.5); “Due to this extemal energy, the living entity, although wanscendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries." Text 6 tasya manasah. kidrsataya mayd-racitasya, tatraha jivasya jivopadhitaya jiva- tadatmyena racitasya. tataé ca tat-tayopacaryamanasyety arthah. tatas ca kidréasya avisuddhath bhagavad-bahirmukham karma karotiti tadréasya, kidrsir vibhitth nity anadita evanugatéh. atra ca kad kidysir ity apeksayam aha jigrat-svapnayor avirbhiitah susuptau tirohitas ceti tasya-of that, manasah -mind, kidréatayd-withwhat?, may’-racitasya -created by maya, tatra-there, ala-said, jivasya-of the soul, jva-the soul, upadhitayd-with the designation, jiva-tadatmyena-by the identity of the soul, racitasya.-created, tatah- then, ca-and, tat-that, tay’-by that, upacaryamanasya-honored, iti-thus, arthah-the meaning, tataly-then, ca-and, kidréasya -like what?, aviguddham-impure, bhagavat- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bahirmukham-outside; karma-deeds; karoti- does; iti-thus, tadréasya Like that, Kidréiblike what?, vibhétih-actions, nitya- eternal, anadita-from time immemorial, eva-indeed, anugatals-followed, atra-here, ca-and, kadé-when?, kidrsilt-like what?; iti-thus, apeksayam-in this matter, aha- said, figrat-svapnaych- of waking and dream, avisbhiitah-manifested, susuptau-in dreamless sleep, tirohitah-disappeared, ca-and, iti-thus Here someone may ask: "How does the illusory energy maya create (mayé- racitasya) the material mind (manasaln)!" The answer is given in the word "jvasya", which means “by making the individual soul think that the external material body is his true identity"