SB 3.1.34

TEXT 34

TEXT

अपिस्विदास्ते भगवान्सुखं वो यः सात्वतां कामदुघो ऽनिरुद्धः ।
यमामनन्ति स्म हि शब्दयोनिं मनोमयं सत्त्वतुरीयतत्त्वम् ॥ ३४ ॥

api-svid aste bhagavan sukham vo

yah satvatam kama-dugho 'niruddhah

yam amananti sma hi sabda-yonim

mano-mayam sattva-turiya-tattvam

api-as also; svit-whether; aste-does He; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; sukham-all happiness; vah-of you; yah-one who; satvatam-of the devotees; kama-dughah-source of all desires; aniruddhah-the plenary expansion Aniruddha; yam-whom; amananti-accept; sma-from yore; hi-certainly; sabda-yonim-the cause of the Rg-Veda; manah-mayam-creator of the mind; sattva-transcendental; turiya-the fourth expansion; tattvam-principle.

TRANSLATION

May I inquire whether Aniruddha is doing well? He is the fulfiller of all the desires of the pure devotees and has been considered from yore to be the cause of the Rg-veda, the creator of the mind and the fourth plenary expansion of Visnu.

PURPORT

Adi-caturbuja, the original expansions from Baladeva, are Vasudeva, Saṅkarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. All of Them are Visnu-tattvas or nondifferent Personalities of Godhead. In the incarnation of Sri Rama, all these different expansions appeared for particular pastimes. Lord Rama is the original Vasudeva, and His brothers were Saṅkarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Aniruddha is also the cause of Maha-Visnu, from whose breathing the Rg-veda appeared. All this is nicely explained in the Markandeya Purana. In the incarnation of Lord Krsna, Aniruddha appeared as the son of the Lord. Lord Krsna in Dvaraka is the Vasudeva expansion of the original group. The original Lord Krsna never leaves Goloka Vrndavana. All the plenary expansions are one and the same Visnu-tattva, and there is no difference in their potency.

Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/3/1/34