Verse 203 [Examples of Hayagriva and Kṛṣṇa]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 203:

अक्षरेऽम्ब परमे वियदृचो यत्र यत्र सकला च देवता ।
तन्न वेदयति चेदृचां फलं तद्विदां तदिति हि स्फुटा श्रुतिः ॥ २०३ ॥

akṣare'mba parame viyadṛco yatra yatra sakalā ca devatā |
tanna vedayati cedṛcāṃ phalaṃ tadvidāṃ taditi hi sphuṭā śrutiḥ || 203 ||

Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:

[Examples of Hayagriva and Kṛṣṇa]

The projection occurs as past, present and future. The past act of retreading krama is illustrated by two events. Viṣṇu first took Hayagriva form and later during Tretayuga took cowherd form as Kṛṣṇa. He traced back to the Cidākāśa and attained oneness with Cit. The sādhaka who worships in line with these two forms gets all material things. He also gets to know the path of tracing the cause of Jagat in his inner Self. Thus the external projection which is done with the intension to enable all beings attain such a stage through retracing the path of Krama, is highlighted.^[1] Forgetting the past, One must be content with the present and future effects of external projection.

Notes and Sanskrit references:

[1] Cf. [Muṇḍakopaniṣad] 1/13.—

“yenākṣaraṃ puruṣaṃ veda satyaṃ provāca tāṃ tattvato brahmavidyām”

Cf. [Muṇḍakopaniṣad] 2/26 —

“vyomnyātmā saṃpratiṣṭhitaḥ”

Cf. [Śvetāśvataropaniṣad] 4/8 —

“ṛco'kṣare parame vyoman yasmin devā adhiviśve niṣeduḥ | yastanna veda kimṛcā kariṣyati ya ittadvidusta ime samāsate ||”

Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p 136 [Cidgaganacandrikā] 203.—

“iha cedavedīdatha satyamasti no cedavedīd mahatī vinaṣṭiḥ” ||