Madhya-līlā

Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Verse 118 of 282
Cc Madhya 25.118

মাযাতীত হৈলে হয আমার ঽঅনুভবঽ এই ঽসম্বন্ধঽতত্ত্ব কহিলুঙ্, শুন আর সব

मायातीत हैले हय आमार ऽअनुभवऽ एइ ऽसम्बन्धऽतत्त्व कहिलुङ्, शुन आर सब

māyātīta haile haya āmāra 'anubhava' ei 'sambandha'-tattva kahiluṅ, śuna āra saba

Synonyms

māyā-atīta hailewhen one becomes transcendentally situated above this external energy; hayathere is; āmāra anubhavaperception of Me; ei sambandha-tattva kahiluṅthis has been explained as the principle of a relationship with Me; śunaplease hear; āra sabaall the rest..

Translation

" 'When one is transcendentally situated, he can perceive Me. This perception is the basis of one's relationship with the Supreme Lord. Now let Me further explain this subject matter.

Purport

Real spiritual knowledge has to be received from revealed scriptures. After this knowledge is attained, one can begin to perceive his actual spiritual life. Any knowledge achieved by speculation is imperfect. One must receive knowledge from the paramparā system and from the guru, otherwise one will be bewildered, and will ultimately become an impersonalist. When one very scrutinizingly deliberates, he can realize the personal feature of the Absolute Truth. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always transcendental to this material creation. Nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyaktāt: Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always transcendental. He is not a creation of this material world. Without realizing spiritual knowledge, one cannot understand that the transcendental form of the Lord is always beyond the creative energy. The example of the sun and sunshine is given. The sunshine is not the sun, but still the sunshine is not separate from the sun. The philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva (simultaneously one and different) cannot be understood by one who is fully under the influence of the external energy. Consequently a person under the influence of the material energy cannot understand the nature and form of the Personality of the Absolute Truth.

Verse 118 of 282
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