Lecture given at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on May 1, 2022

Brahma-stuti, verse 6: The Formless Form of the Absolute

ŚB 10.14.6

तथापि भूमन्महिमागुणस्य ते

विबोद्धुमर्हत्यमलान्तरात्मभि: ।

अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवादरूपतो

ह्यनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा ॥ ६ ॥

tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te

viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ

avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato

hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā

Translation
Nondevotees, however, cannot realize You in Your full personal feature. Nevertheless, it may be possible for them to realize Your expansion as the impersonal Supreme by cultivating direct perception of the Self within the heart. But they can do this only by purifying their mind and senses of all conceptions of material distinctions and all attachment to material sense objects. Only in this way will Your impersonal feature manifest itself to them.