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Brahma Samhita
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The Brahma Sahit is a Sanskrit Pacartra text, composed of verses of

prayer spoken by Brahma glorifying the supreme Lord Ka or Govinda at
the beginning of creation. It is revered within Gauiya Vaiavism, whose
founder, Caitanya Mahprabhu (14861534), re-discovered a part of the
work, the 62 verses of Chapter 5, at the Adikeshav Temple in Thiruvattar,
Tamil Nadu, South India in the 16th Century which had previously been lost
for a few centuries.[1] Mitsunori Matsubara in his Pacartra Sahits and
Early Vaisava Theology dates the text at ca 1300 AD. The text contains a
highly esoteric description, with the Kma-Gyati, of Ka in His abode
Goloka.
In 1970, George Harrison produced a modern recording of these prayers
performed by devotees of the Rdhe Ka Temple in London. Titled
"Govinda", the song took its title from the main chorus line of the prayer
"govindam di-puruam tam aha bhajmi", meaning "I worship
Govinda, the primeval Lord". This prayer was sung by Yamun Devi, a
disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda.

Cover of Bhakti
Siddhnta Sarasvat's
translation of the Brahma
Sahit (1st edition,
1932).

Contents
1 Recovered text
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links

Recovered text
The recovered fragment of the r Brahma-samhit (http://vedabase.net/bs/en2) commences at the fifth
chapter. verse 1 states:
vara parama ka sac-cid-nanda-vigraha
andir dir govinda sarva kraa kraam loka 5.1
Which translates to:

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Ka who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all.
He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.[2]
The text was first translated from Sanskrit into English by Bhakti Siddhnta Sarasvat hkura in 1932
and is often sung or recited as a both devotional and philosophical text.

See also
Satchitananda
Lord's Prayer
Achintya Bheda Abheda
Brahma Sampradaya
Jiva Goswami
Sahit

References
1. A history of the Brahma Sahit (http://www.indiadivine.org/hinduism/articles/177/1/Brahma-Samhita/)
(Indiadivine.org)
2. http://vedabase.net/bs/5/1/en

Further reading
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Goswami, (trans.), Sri Brahma-Samhita, with commentary by Srila
Jiva Goswami, Sri Gaudiya Math 1932, reprint The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Los Angeles,
1985.
Matsubara, Mitsunori, Pancaratra Samhitas and Early Vaisnava Theology, Motilal Banarsidass,
New Delhi, 1994.
Narayana, Bhaktivedanta, Swami, (trans.), Sri Brahma Samhita, Fifth Chapter, with the full
commentary by Srila Jiva Goswami, Gaudiya Vedanta Publications, Vrindavana UP, 2003.
Otto Schrader, F., Introduction to the Pacartra and the Ahirbudhnya Sahit, Adyar Library,
Madras 1916. Second edition 1973.
Sagar, B.A., Tridandi Bhiksu, (trans.), r Brahma Sahit, Quintessence of Reality the Beautiful,
with the commentary by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip
1992.

External links
r Brahma Sahit, Chapter 5, english translation with commentary by Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura (https://www.vedabase.com/en/bs)
Foreword to Brahma Sahit by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
(http://www.vedabase.net/bs/foreword/en1) (vedabase.net)
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