Madhya-līlā

Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Verse 15 of 148
Cc Madhya 21.15

দ্যুপতয এব তে ন যযুরন্তমনন্ততযা ত্বমপি যদন্তরাণ্ডনিচযা ননু সাবরণাঃ খ ইব রজাংসি বান্তি বযসা সহ যচ্ছ্রুতযস্ত্বযি হি ফলন্ত্যতন্নিরসনেন ভবন্নিধনাঃ

द्युपतय एव ते न ययुरन्तमनन्ततया त्वमपि यदन्तराण्डनिचया ननु सावरणाः ख इव रजांसि वान्ति वयसा सह यच्छ्रुतयस्त्वयि हि फलन्त्यतन्निरसनेन भवन्निधनाः

dyu-pataya eva te na yayur antam anantatayā tvam api yad antarāṇḍa-nicayā nanu sāvaraṇāḥ kha iva rajāṁsi vānti vayasā saha yac chrutayas tvayi hi phalanty atannirasanena bhavan-nidhanāḥ

Synonyms

dyu-patayaḥthe predominating deities of higher planetary systems (Lord Brahmā and others); evaalso; teYour; nanot; yayuḥcould reach; antamthe limit of transcendental qualities; anantatayādue to being unlimited; tvam apiYou also; yatsince; antarawithin You; aṇḍa-nicayāḥthe groups of universes; nanuO sir; sāvaraṇāḥhaving different coverings; khein the sky; ivalike; rajāṁsiatoms; vāntirotate; vayasāthe course of time; sahawith; yatwhat; śrutayaḥgreat personalities who understand the Vedas; tvayiin You; hicertainly; phalantiend in; atannirasanenaby refuting the inferior elements; bhavat-nidhanāḥwhose conclusion is in You..

Translation

" 'My Lord, You are unlimited. Even the predominating deities of the higher planetary systems, including Lord Brahmā, could not find Your limitations. Nor could You Yourself ascertain the limit of Your qualities. Like atoms in the sky, there are multi-universes with seven coverings, and these are rotating in due course of time. All the experts in Vedic understanding are searching for You by eliminating the material elements. In this way, searching and searching, they come to the conclusion that everything is complete in You. Thus You are the resort of everything. This is the conclusion of all Vedic experts.'

Purport

This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.87.41) is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā:

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ

"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." (Bg. 7.19)

After searching for the Absolute Truth throughout the universe, learned scholars and Vedic experts cannot reach the ultimate goal. In this way they come to Kṛṣṇa.

When there is a discussion about the Absolute Truth, there are always various pros and cons. The purpose of such arguments is to come to the right conclusion. Such an argument is generally known as neti neti ("not this, not that"). Until one comes to the right conclusion, the process of thinking, "This is not the Absolute Truth, that is not the Absolute Truth," will continue. When we come to the right conclusion, we accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, as the ultimate truth.

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