This ‘Vastu’ in endowed with a remarkable power – “hasta-nyastanat – apavargam” – it offers ‘apavarga’ to whosoever performs His bhajan. Generally, the word ‘apavarga’ means ‘liberation’. However, here, ‘apavarga’ means ‘the blissful body that Sri Krishna offers to His devotee’. In Srimad-Bhâgavatam, Sri Krishna has told Uddhav –
“When man gives up all actions and surrenders totally unto me, I desire to make him more special than the gyân-yogis1, and he then obtains eternal life and becomes my very own.”
– [S.B. 11.29.34]
To explain the above verse, Srila Vishwanâth Chakravartipâd has written –
“The word ‘cha’ in this verse (the original verse from Srimad-Bhâgavatam) signifies that the important thing in bhajan is to become a loving associate of Sri Krishna”.
Sriman-Mahâprabhu says that, the body of a surrendered devotee is not material.
“A devotee surrenders himself at the time of initiation. At that very moment, Krishna makes him His own. He makes the devotee’s body conscious and blissful. The devotee then serves the lotus-feet of Krishna with a divine body.”
– (C.C. Antya.4.184-185)
‘Apavarga’ may also mean ‘prem-bhakti’ (love and devotion). In the verse ‘varna-vidhânam–apavargashcha’ of 5th skandha2 of Srimad-Bhâgavatam, Sridhar Swâmi has explained the word ‘apavarga’ as ‘prem-bhakti’.
The Sanskrit dictionary says –
“‘Apavarga’ means sacrifice, liberation, termination of action, success.” – Medini-Kosh3
Using the last two meanings (termination of action, success), Srila Bhatta Goswâmi has thus explained the word ‘apavarga’ – “Sri Bhagavân is most merciful and fulfils all the desires of His devotee. Hence, He honours His surrendered devotee with success in bhajan, without any delay. He bestows ‘apavarga’ to a surrendered devotee.”
This ‘Vastu’ has another quality – he is ‘akhilodaram’ (generous). ‘Akhila’ means ‘kalpa-vriksha’. However, He is more generous than a ‘kalpa-vriksha’. You cannot get anything from a ‘kalpa-vriksha’ without first praying to it. However, the sweet Lord often gives us gifts for which we have not prayed. Srimad-Bhâgavatam says –
“Sri Bhagavân places His infinitely sweet lotus–feet in the heart of His devotee in order to bless him, even though the devotee may not have wished for it.” -[S.B.5.19.28]
‘Akhila’ also means ‘the good qualities of a hero’. In this respect too He is supreme, since He is the treasure house of all good qualities. Such a ‘Vastu’ exists eternally in Sri Vrindâvan.
So far, Srila Kavirâj Goswâmipâd was explaining the meaning from sâdhak point of view. Now he is describing the poet’s realisation in siddha-swarup.