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Shloka 2

The Greatness of Puruṣottama

Goloka-tattva and Rādhā–Kṛṣṇa Upāsanā

गोलोके स विभुर्नित्यं ज्योतिरभ्यंतरे स्थितः । एक एव परं ब्रह्म दृश्यादृष्यस्वरूपधृक् ॥ २ ॥

goloke sa vibhurnityaṃ jyotirabhyaṃtare sthitaḥ | eka eva paraṃ brahma dṛśyādṛṣyasvarūpadhṛk || 2 ||

Dans Goloka, ce Seigneur tout-puissant demeure éternellement au-dedans comme la Lumière intérieure. Lui seul est le Brahman suprême, portant les formes du manifeste (visible) et de l’immanifesté (invisible).

गोलोकेin Goloka
गोलोके:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootगोलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (गो-लोक); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in Goloka'
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
विभुःthe Lord (all-pervading)
विभुः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject, apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'the all-pervading lord'
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative) — 'always'
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
अधिकरण/आधार (as locus/inner light; complement)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject-complement with स्थितः
अभ्यन्तरेwithin
अभ्यन्तरे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'within/inside'
स्थितःabiding
स्थितः:
क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय (Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त/क्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'situated/abiding' (agreeing with सः/विभुः)
एकःone
एकः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ब्रह्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'one'
एवindeed/only
एव:
सम्बन्ध (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic particle)
परम्supreme
परम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'supreme' (qualifying ब्रह्म)
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
दृश्यादृश्यस्वरूपधृक्bearing visible and invisible forms
दृश्यादृश्यस्वरूपधृक्:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ब्रह्म/सः)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश्य + अदृश्य + स्वरूप + धृक्(धृ) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (दृश्य-अदृश्य-स्वरूप-धृक् = 'bearing forms that are seen and unseen'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Uttara-Bhaga dialogue style)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

G
Goloka
B
Brahman

FAQs

It identifies the Supreme Reality as the indwelling Light (jyoti) and affirms non-dual supremacy: one Brahman that simultaneously supports both the manifest world and the unmanifest principle.

By portraying the Lord as present within as inner radiance, it supports bhakti as intimate remembrance and worship of the indwelling Bhagavan, not merely an external deity—devotion becomes inward contemplation and surrender.

No specific Vedanga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is contemplative focus (dhyāna) on jyoti as an aid to moksha-oriented practice.