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Glossary 523

Çuddha-bhakta—devotee free from desires other than to please Kåñëa through
pure devotional service.

Çuddha-bhakti—devotional service performed solely for the pleasure of Kåñëa,
uncontaminated by any other motive. (See explanation in vol. 1, p. 283)
Çuddha-näma—pure chanting of the holy names, i.e., free from offenses, personal
motives, and misconceptions. See also Nämäbhäsa; Nämäparädha.
Çüdra—(1) laborer or artisan; (2) the fourth occupational division of the Vedic
social system. See also Varëa; Varëäçrama-dharma.
Çukadeva Gosvämé—the son of Çréla Vyäsadeva and the original speaker of
Çrémad-Bhägavatam in its present form.
Sukha—happiness.
Supersoul—See Paramätmä.
Supreme Personality of Godhead—Kåñëa (God), the supreme creator, maintainer,
and controller of all that be.
Surrender—(in Vaiñëava parlance) full submission (of oneself as a servant of
guru and Bhagavän).

Sütra—(1) a thread (including the sacred thread worn by higher-caste men); (2)
an aphorism, especially one considered to be definitive or an irreducible
rule; (3) a work consisting of such aphorisms.
Svämé—See Gosvämé.
Svänanda-sukhada-kuïja—“the grove that gives the happiness of one’s own
bliss;” Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura’s place of bhajana and residence in
Godrumadvépa, Navadvépa-dhäma.
Svarga—heaven. Described in Vedic literature, it is inhabited by persons who
by puëya-karma attain the status of demigods, enabling them to enjoy
paradisiac delights for several thousand years by earthly calculation.
Svarga differs from Abrahamic ideations of heaven inasmuch as it is not
the abode of the Supreme Lord, nor is residence there eternal.
Svarüpa—“own form”; (1) the eternal form of the Supreme Lord; (2) the eternal
form intrinsic to a specific jéva; (3) intrinsic spiritual nature.
(Çréla) Svarüpa Dämodara Gosvämé—the personal secretary and intimate
confidant of Lord Caitanya during His pastimes in Puré.
Svarüpa-çakti—internal or intrinsic potency.
Svarupganj—the terrestrial name for a village in the area corresponding to that
which by spiritual vision is perceived as Godrumadvépa, within Navadvépa-
dhäma; therein Svänanda-sukhada-kuïja is situated.