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| Canto 1: Creation | Chapter 5: Nārada's Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.5.6
sa vai bhavān veda samasta-guhyam
parāvareśo manasaiva viśvam
srijaty avaty atti gunair asańgah
SYNONYMS
sah — thus; vai — certainly; bhavān — yourself; veda — know; samasta — all-inclusive; guhyam — confidential; upāsitah — devotee of; yat — because; purushah — the Personality of Godhead; purānah — the oldest; parāvareśah — the controller of the material and spiritual worlds; manasā — mind; eva — only; viśvam — the universe; srijati — creates; avati atti — annihilates; gunaih — by the qualitative matter; asańgah — unattached.
TRANSLATION
My lord! Everything that is mysterious is known to you because you worship the creator and destroyer of the material world and the maintainer of the spiritual world, the original Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to the three modes of material nature.
PURPORT
A person who is cent-percent engaged in the service of the Lord is the emblem of all knowledge. Such a devotee of the Lord in full perfection of devotional service is also perfect by the qualification of the Personality of Godhead. As such, the eightfold perfections of mystic power (ashta-siddhi) constitute very little of his godly opulence. A devotee like Nārada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is trying to attain. Śrīla Nārada is a cent-percent perfect living being, although not equal to the Personality of Godhead.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness