Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.25

iti nana-prasankhyanam

tattvanam rsibhih krtam

sarvam nyayyam yuktimattvad

vidusam kim asobhanam

SYNONYMS

iti -- in these ways; nana -- various; prasankhyanam -- enumeration; tattvanam -- of the elements; rsibhih -- by the sages; krtam -- has been done; sarvam -- all this; nyayyam -- logical; yukti-mattvat -- because of the presentation of rational arguments; vidusam -- of those who are learned; kim -- what; asobhanam -- lack of brilliance.

TRANSLATION

Thus great philosophers have analyzed the material elements in many different ways. All of their proposals are reasonable, since they are all presented with ample logic. Indeed, such philosophical brilliance is expected of the truly learned.

PURPORT

The material world has been analyzed in innumerable ways by innumerable brilliant philosophers, but the conclusion is always one -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. Aspiring philosophers need not waste their precious time showing off their intellectual brilliance, because there is little left to analyze on the material platform. One should simply surrender to the Absolute Truth, the supreme element, Lord Sri Krsna, and uncover one's eternal consciousness of God.

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