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 18 Nov 2025

 

Shri RaadhaaKrishna Gita: Chapter-17: The Association of Enquiry of Mahaa Maayaa And Parabrahman (Verses 20-28)

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(Mahā Māyā Parabrahma Vicāra Yogaḥ)

Verses
1-19 20-28    
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Jaḍaśaktir Mūla Māyā,
Brahma kāraṇa śaktyabhit।
Anādyananta jagataḥ,
Mahā Māyeti tadvacaḥ॥

[Mahā Māyā or Kāraṇa Śakti or Causal Power is not different from Parabrahman since both are unimaginable items even if you like to mention them separately due to your liking for dualism. The actual point is that we don’t know that whether they are one or two in the unimaginable state, which is the original state of God. Even if there are two unimaginable items together, we have to forcibly take both items as one only because both in unimaginable state are not distinguishable. That resulting one unimaginable item is called as Parabrahman by the school of the Vedānta and the same one unimaginable item is called as Ādiparāśakti by the school of the Śākteya. Whatever may be the name, the inevitable conclusion is that it is one only. This is not the discussion about unimaginable God and imaginable soul, in which case it is certainly dualism as told by Madhva. This is discussion between two unimaginable items, which are called Parabrahman and Mahā Māyā. This causal power generates inert energy. The inert energy is called Mūla Māyā because it is the root cause for the rest of the creation through modifications. The entire world, which is formed due to the modification of inert energy, is also called as Mahā Māyā. The word ‘Mahā Māyā’ contains two words:- i) Mahā, ii) Māyā. In the context of Mahā Māyā being called as the entire world, both these words have the below meaning: The word ‘Mahā’ means this infinite creation without beginning and end from the viewpoint of souls. The word ‘Māyā’ means that the creation is also Māyā since it is the modified form of Mūla Māyā. The word ‘Mūla Māyā’ is called as Kārya Māyā Śakti or Kārya Brahman. Here, the word Mahā Māyā means the product resulting from the modification of Kārya Māyā Śakti or inert energy.]

 

Jīva devārtha madvaitam,
dvaitaṃ ca trimatāśritam।
Māyā Śakti Parabrahma —
Viṣayo'nyo'tra mā bhramaḥ॥

[One should not be confused about monism, qualified monism and dualism discussed in the three philosophies of Shankara, Rāmānuja and Madhva with the same three words (monism, qualified monism and dualism) discussed here. In the case of Shankara, Rāmānuja and Madhva, these three topics of three philosophies pertain to God and soul.

Here, the same three topics pertain to Parabrahman and Mahā Māyā or Datta and Anaghā or Rādhā and Krishna.]

 

Advaitaṃ nohya viṣaye,
viśiṣṭa mubhayo rubhe।
Dvaitaṃ jñāta manyatra,
miśramaṃ śuddha manyayoḥ॥

[In the basic unimaginable state of God, God may be one or two. Even if one or two exist in unimaginable state, everybody is forced to take it as one only. This unimaginable state is called ‘Paramārtha Daśā’ of Shankara. This is the kingdom of Shankara, who will not come out into the imaginable state called ‘Vyavahāra Daśā.’ Just like the crocodile is fully strong in water, Shankara is undefeatable in unimaginable state. Madhva takes the clear imaginable state only and sticks to dualism, which speaks that the difference between the two divine items is clear to perception as Anaghā and Datta or Radha and Krishna. Rāmānuja accepts this clear dualism, but mixes this dualism with monism by standing as a bridge between Shankara and Madhava. Rāmānuja says that monism is due to the inseparable single thought of the divine couple and dualism is due to the clear distinguished existence of husband and wife as different items. The dualism of Madhva is pure and the dualism of Rāmānuja is mixed but finally maintains the clear dualism only.]

 

Carā śaktis sthiraṃ Brahma,
cañcalā tvaṃ sthiro'pyaham।
Vāṇī Laṣmī rumā traitā,
śrutā jñāna bala kriyā॥

[The power is very dynamic and the possessor of power is always stable and balanced. Hence, you are very much fast and unstable and I am very much stable and balanced. The Veda says that God’s divine power has three faces: i) Awareness or knowledge or Sarasvatī, ii) Strength or gravity or matter or Lakṣmī and iii) Dynamism or work or Pārvatī.]

 

Prakṛtiḥ pariṇāmārthā,
kāryaṃ karma ca kartṛtā।
Śete svasmin svasīmasthaḥ,
nirliptaḥ puruṣas sthiraḥ॥

[The word ‘Prakṛti’ indicates that she is subjected to real modification (Pariṇāma). Prakṛti also means the product (Prakṛṣṭā kṛtiḥ). Prakṛti also means the subject that does the work (prakarṣeṇa kriyate anayā). The word ‘Purusha’ means He, who lies within His boundaries (Puri svasmin śete). Purusha is not attached to anything or any action.]

 

Hrī bhūṣā mānya vāk pūjyāḥ,
padminyo hastinī striyaḥ।
Citriṇī Śaṅkhinī bhūtaiḥ,
pumāṃso'pi ca lajjitāḥ॥

[The scripture says that there are four races in females: i) Padminī, ii) Hastinī, iii) Citrinii, iv) Śaṅkhinī. The first two races have shyness as their jewel and speak in traditional and cultured language. The next two races are totally opposite to the first two races and act like ghosts, before whom even males get shyness.]

 

Anugraheṇa Me kāścit,
Dharmasthā Bhagavat priyāḥ।
Nāryas syuḥ kalinā śaptāḥ,
pumāṃso'hantayā khalāḥ॥

[Due to My grace, some females lead their lives in the path of justice and I am very much pleased with them. Actually, in the coming Kali age, all the females are cursed by the Kali Purusha to become bad in all angles. Even though Kali did not curse males, they are already bad due to their inherent male ego in the Kali age.]

 

Premaiva Bhagavat prema,
kāma mohau jagat parau।
Tyāgastayoḥ para premṇā,
satya saṃnyāsa lakṣaṇam॥

[Only the love (prema) to God is called ‘Love’. The lust (kāma) to legal or illegal bond belongs to world. Similarly, fascination (moha) is also worldly bond, which is confined to the joint bond with wealth and children. If both lust and fascination are sacrificed due to the love to God without expecting anything in return, such a sacrifice is the characteristic of true sainthood, irrespective of gender and caste of the soul.]

 

Parabrahma svaśaktisthaṃ,
jñātvā moha vivarjitāḥ।
Tat sevā paramā jīvāḥ,
sāyujyaṃ mokṣa māgatāḥ॥

[The souls must know the basic fact that the unimaginable God or Parabrahman is always confined only to His inherent power called Mahā Māyā in the aspect of romantic life. Such learned and devoted souls are confined only to the divine mission of God leaving the fascination to all the worldly bonds. These blessed souls will attain the ‘Sāyujya Mokṣa’, which means that these souls with their subtle energetic bodies merge with the first energetic incarnation called God Datta.]

Iti Śrī Datta Svāmi viracita Śrī RādhāKṛṣṇa Gītāyāṃ Mahā Māyā Parabrahma Vicāra Yogo Nāma Saptadaśādhyāyaḥ।

[Like this, in Shri RadhaKrishna Gita, composed by Shri Datta Swami, the Seventeenth Chapter called ‘The Association of Enquiry of Mahā Māyā and Parabrahman is completed.]


Chapters:

Chapter-1: The Depression-Yoga of Raadhaa

Chapter-2: The Essence of Sainthood-Yoga

Chapter-3: The Analysis of Unimaginable Power-Yoga

Chapter-4: The Analysis of Pravrutti-Nivrutti Yoga

Chapter-5: The Analysis of Raasakeli-Yoga

Chapter-6: The Association of Enquiry Regarding Gender Difference

Chapter-7: The Association of Enquiry About Penance

Chapter-8: The Association of Enquiry About the Incarnation

Chapter-9: The Association of Enquiry About the Intention And Fruit

Chapter-10: The Association of Enquiry About the Difference Between Lust and Love

Chapter-11: The Association Of Enquiry About The Attainment Of Salvation

Chapter-12: The Association of Enquiry of Unity in Divine Incarnations

Chapter-13: The Association of Enquiry of Stories in Secondary Scriptures

Chapter-14: The Association of Enquiry of Justice and Salvation

Chapter-15: The Association of Enquiry of Equality Between Men and Women

Chapter-16: The Association of Enquiry of Greatness of Female Birth

Chapter-17: The Association of Enquiry of Mahaa Maayaa And Parabrahman

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