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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.2
SYNONYMS
naradah -- Narada; uvaca -- said; parasarya -- O son of Parasara; maha-bhaga -- the greatly fortunate; bhavatah -- your; kaccit -- if it is; atmana -- by the self-realization of; paritushyati -- does it satisfy; sarirah -- identifying the body; atma -- self; manasah -- identifying the mind; eva -- certainly; va -- and.
TRANSLATION
Addressing Vyasadeva, the son of Parasara, Narada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization?
PURPORT
This was a hint by Narada to Vyasadeva regarding the cause of his despondency. Vyasadeva, as the descendant of Parasara, a greatly powerful sage, had the privilege of having a great parentage which should not have given Vyasadeva cause for despondency. Being a great son of a great father, he should not have identified the self with the body or the mind. Ordinary men with a poor fund of knowledge can identify the body as self or the mind as self, but Vyasadeva should not have done so. One cannot be cheerful by nature unless one is factually seated in self-realization, which is transcendental to the material body and mind.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness