Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Bg 13.15

sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ
sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛc caiva
nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca

Synonyms: 

sarva — of all; indriya — senses; guṇa — of the qualities; ābhāsam — the original source; sarva — all; indriya — senses; vivarjitam — being without; asaktam — without attachment; sarva–bhṛt — the maintainer of everyone; ca— also; eva — certainly; nirguṇam — without material qualities; guṇa–bhoktṛ — master of the guṇas; ca — also.

Translation: 

The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is the master of all the modes of material nature.

sarvendriya-guṇa +ābhāsaṁ, that means He is the source of all Gunas. Source of all the senses and source of all the qualities.

sarvendriya-vivarjitam, that AT is free from all senses

asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛc caiva, that AT is detached from everything but at the same time is maintainer of everyone sarva-bhṛc

nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca, so that AT is not effected by any modes is transcendental to all the modes but still controller of all the modes guṇa-bhoktṛ ca

So in this way the Absolute Truth is reservoir of all the contradicting attributes. All integrated into one.

So what is being referred to here? Here the point that is made is that the AT has inconceivable attributes, this is also discussed in Ishopnishad.

Inconceivable doesn’t mean we cannot understand but we cannot understand at our present level of consciousness over a period of time we will be able to understand more and more we will never be able to understand completely. 

Here three sets of contradiction are established, the source of all senses but without senses, is the maintainer of all but is not maintainer of anyone, and is the Lord of the modes but still is beyond the modes. These are all possible because of inconceivable potency of the Supreme Lord.

Why we cannot understand AT? Because of our materially contaminated senses.

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