Can the jnanis situated in Brahman perceive the Narayana form?
Question from Leela Parimruhu. When the Jnanis are situated in the impersonal Brahman, do they perceive the Narayan form of the Lord at that time? Answer? No, because they have aspired for and sought the impersonal aspect of the absolute truth. And what they seek is what they get.
So therefore, Krishna says, all people surrender unto me, I reward them accordingly. So therefore, in the purport to this, Krishna Achyutapur explains that the Lord manifests his aspects which are according to the desire of the spiritual seeker. In the Bhagavatam also, in Brahmaji's prayers for creative energy, he says, yad yad dhiya tu rugaye vibhavayanti tat tad vapah pranayase sadhanam rahaya So yad yad dhiya tu rugaye vibhavayanti So according to one's intelligence, one's consciousness, one's inclination, dhiya tu rugaye vibhavayanti For you who are supremely glorious Lord, the devotee worships tat tad vapah pranayase accordingly you manifest a form sadhanam rahaya out of your mercy.
So generally, this verse is used to refer to how the Lord will manifest in that particular form in which the devotee worships. If somebody worships Ram, the Lord will manifest as Ram. Somebody worships as Narasimha, the Lord will manifest as Narasimha.
That means whichever form we have attraction to, the Lord will manifest accordingly. We know that Gopal Bhatta Goswami, he wanted to dress and decorate a Shaligram Shila. So from this Shaligram Shila, the Radharamanditi manifested.
So same way, it is the same absolute truth who reciprocates with the impersonalists also. So when the impersonalists attain Brahman, at that time, their goal has always been to perceive the impersonal reality. And what they pursue is what they will eventually perceive.
What they want is what they will get. Now, in the Goswami literature, it is mentioned at one place that when the soul is situated like this in the impersonal Brahman, if the soul desires to, if somehow when the pure devotees or the purified souls who are returning back to the spiritual world, if they pass through the Brahman on to the spiritual world, at that time, by contact with those devotionally minded souls, if the Jnanis also get the devotional inclination, then by that devotional inclination, they may get an opportunity to glimpse the higher aspect of the absolute truth, the personal aspect, and eventually attain that personal aspect also. Otherwise, what they aspire for is what they get.
So, the absolute truth is reciprocal. And according to our desires, the absolute truth reciprocates and reveals in whatever manifestation we want. That's why for the Jnanis, when they were here in the material world doing sadhana, they had the opportunity to turn towards the personal form also, personal aspect of the absolute truth also.
But for whatever reason, generally that reason can be traced back to not getting the association of devotees because bhakti sanjayate bhakti. So, when somebody has association of devotees, that association inspires one to also develop similar devotion towards the personal aspect of the absolute truth. But when that devotion is not there at that time, because of lack of devotee association, then one gravitates towards the impersonal aspect if one pursues spiritual realization.
Otherwise, one gravitates back to material life. So, that's why they had the opportunity in the material world. But when they don't take that opportunity, let me, in the material world, the soul is primarily experiencing material forms and material personality.
But the soul also has the opportunity to turn towards the spiritual form and know about the spiritual personality and spiritual activity. But when the soul chooses sadhana, focus on the impersonal aspect, then that is what that soul will get. And accordingly, that the soul will attain the destination of the impersonal Brahman.
Thank you.