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Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Verse 25 of 38
SB 1.6.25

एतावदुक्त्वोपरराम तन्महद्भूतं नभोलिंगमलिंगमीश्वरम् अहं च तस्मै महतां महीयसे शीर्ष्णावनामं विदधे ऽनुकम्पितः

etāvad uktvopararāma tan-mahad bhūtaṁ nabho-liṅgam aliṅgam īśvaram ahaṁ ca tasmai mahatāṁ mahīyase śīrṣṇāvanāmaṁ vidadhe 'nukampitaḥ

Synonyms

etāvatthus; uktvāspoken; upararāmastopped; tatthat; mahatgreat; bhūtamwonderful; nabhaḥ-liṅgampersonified by sound; aliṅgamunseen by the eyes; īśvaramthe supreme authority; ahamI; caalso; tasmaiunto Him; mahatāmthe great; mahīyaseunto the glorified; śīrṣṇāby the head; avanāmamobeisances; vidadheexecuted; anukampitaḥbeing favored by Him..

Translation

Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.

Purport

That the Personality of Godhead was not seen but only heard does not make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four Vedas by His breathing, and He is seen and realized through the transcendental sound of the Vedas. Similarly, the Bhagavad-gītā is the sound representation of the Lord, and there is no difference in identity. The conclusion is that the Lord can be seen and heard by persistently chanting the transcendental sound.

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