Prior to its discovery by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Brahma-samhita
was not propagated in India as was thetranscendental treatise
Srimad-Bhagavatam previously expounded in the forest of Naimisha.
Om Vishnupad Srila Sachchidananda
Bhaktivinoda Thakur
Lord Brahma meticulously collected
(compiled) this Gem, Sri Brahma-samhita, which is a vast mine of Perfect
Conclusions or siddhanta; thus did Brahma sing the unending Glories of
Sri Krishna. These Holy Prayers are entered into the fifth chapter of the Book.
They are the Supreme Wealth of humanity. On His travels throughout South India,
Sri Gauranga, the ocean of Grace and supreme friend of the souls surrendered
unto Him.
[ excerpt to
preface to his Bengali translation and commentary of Sri Brahma-samhita]
Then Gayatri,
mother of the Vedas, being made manifest, i.e. imparted, by the divine
sound of the flute of Sri Krishna,
entered into the lotus mouth of Brahma,
born from himself, through his eight ear-holes. The lotus-born Brahma having
received the Gayatri,
sprung from the flute-song of Sri Krishna,
attained the status of the twice-born, having been initiated by the
supreme primal preceptor, Godhead Himself.
Purport:
The sound of Krishna's flute is the transcendental blissful sound; hence the
archetype of all Veda, is present in it. The Gayatri is Vedic rhythm. It
contains a brief meditation and prayer. Kama-gayatri is the highest of
all the Gayatris, because the meditation and prayer contained in it are full of
the perfect transcendental sportive activities which are not to be found in any
other Gayatri. The Gayatri that is attained as the sequel of the
eighteen-lettered mantra is kama-gayatri which runs thus: "klim kama-devaya
vidmahe puspa-banaya dhimahi tan no 'nangah pracodayat". In this Gayatri,
the realization of the transcendental pastimes of Sri Gopijana-vallabha after
perfect meditation and the prayer for the attainment of the transcendental god
of love are indicated. In the spiritual world there is no better mode of
endeavor for securing the superexcellent rasa-bedewed love. As soon as that
Gayatri entered into the ear-holes of Brahma, he became the twice-born and began
to chant the Gayatri. Whoever has received the same Gayatri in reality, has
attained his spiritual rebirth. The status of a twice-born that is obtained in
accordance with one's worldly nature and lineage, by the fettered souls in this
mundane world, is far inferior to that of the twice-born who obtains admission
into the transcendental world; because the initiation or acquisition of
transcendental birth as a result of spiritual initiation is the highest of
glories in as much as the jiva is thereby enabled to attain to the
transcendental realm. [Source: Bhaktivedanta Vedabase
Online https://www.vedabase.com/]