Vasudev Mahatmya English - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj

Chapter 24
Shree Vasudeva Mahatmyam 269 270
With English Translation
ºÉ ´ÉɺÉÖnäù´É: |ÉEÞòiÉÉè {ÉÖÆ漃 EòɪÉæ¹ÉÖ SÉèiɪÉÉä: *
+Êx´ÉiÉp {ÉÞlÉCSÉɺiÉä ºÉ´ÉÉÇvÉÒÉ: º´ÉvÉɨÉÊxÉ **65**
´ªÉÉ{ªÉ º´ÉÉÆÉèÊ®¨ÉÉı±ÉÉäEòÉxªÉlÉÉÊMxɴɯñhÉÉnùªÉ: *
º´ÉºiªÉɺÉiÉä º´Éº´É±ÉÉäEäò iÉlÉè¹É ¦ÉMÉ´ÉÉx¨ÉÖxÉä ! **66**
ºÉMÉÉÇi|ÉÉCºÉÊSSÉnùÉxÉxnù: ÉÖrù BEòp ÊxÉMÉÖÇhÉ: *
ªÉlÉɺÉÒkÉÉnÞùMÉä´ÉɺÉÉ´ÉÊx´ÉiÉÉä%{ªÉʺiÉ ÊxɨÉDZÉ: **67**
´ÉɪÉÖiÉäVÉÉäVɱÉI¨ÉɺÉÖ iÉkÉiEòɪÉæ¹ÉÖ JÉÆ ªÉlÉÉ *
+x´ÉÒªÉÉ{ªÉʺiÉ ÊxɱÉæ{ÉÆ ªÉlÉÉ{ÉÚ´ÉÈ iÉlÉè¹É ʽô **68**
welfare of all beings, the Lord of the good incarnates. (64)
That Vasudeva will be inherently present in Prakriti (nature),
humans (purusha) and in their acts. He will also maintain his
presence exclusive of these, and be He being the master of
all, resides in His divine mansion. (65)
O Sage! Just as the gods like Agni, Varuna and others simultaneously
permeate in this world and happily reside in their
own abodes, similarly Lord Vasudeva too is simultaneously
present at all places. (66)
Just as he had the divine form of ‘Sat’ ‘Chit’ ‘Ananda’ before
creation occurred, he continues to be afterwards too being
devoid of all fallacies. (67)
Just as the ether (space) exists in all entities like air, fire water
etc, and still is totally unaffected by its association with them,
the Lord too resides in everything, but is unaffected by His
ºÉ´ÉÉæ{ÉɺªÉÉä ÊxɪÉxiÉÉ SÉ ´ªÉÉ{ÉEò SÉè¹É EòÒÌiÉiÉ: *
+ÉiªÉÊxiÉEäò ±ÉªÉä%lÉè¹É ¦É´ÉiªÉä´É ªÉlÉÉ {ÉÖ®É **69**
´Éè®ÉVÉ: {ÉÖ¯ñ¹ÉÉä ªÉÉä%jÉ |ÉÉäHòÉä%ºÉÉ´ÉÒ·É®ÉʦÉvÉ: *
YÉäªÉ: º´ÉiÉxjÉ: ºÉ´ÉÇYÉÉä ´ÉªÉ¨ÉɪÉp xÉÉ®nù ! **70**
BiɺªÉè´É º´É°ñ{ÉÉÊhÉ ¥ÉÀʴɹhÉÖÊÉ´ÉɺjɪÉ: *
®VÉ+ÉÊnùMÉÖhÉÉä{ÉäiÉÉ: º´ÉMÉÖhÉÉxÉÖMÉÖhÉÊGòªÉÉ: **71**
¥ÉÀhÉÉä ªÉä ºÉ¨ÉÖi{ÉzÉÉ näù´ÉɺÉÖ®xÉ®ÉnùªÉ: *
iÉä VÉҴɺÉÆYÉÉ Á±{ÉYÉÉ: {É®iÉxjÉÉ ¦É´ÉÊxiÉ SÉ **72**
presence within them (68)
Chapter 24
The Lord is fit to be worshiped by all; He is the controller of
everything; He is all pervading. There will be no change in
Him even after the dissolution of this Universe. (69)
O Narada! Understand that the Virat-purusha who is known
as the Iswara here, is free from all bondages, omniscient, and
the one who has complete control over ‘Maya’. (70)
Brahma, Vishnu and Siva — all the three are his very forms,
consisting prominently of the qualities of Rajas, Satva and
Tamas respectively. (71)
Those souls created by Brahma and known as Deva-s, Asuras
etc, are ignorant and dependent. (72)
The bodies of the Jiva-s (individual souls) and Iswara are