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Chapter 9: Answers by Citing the Lord's Version

Verse 21 of 46
SB 2.9.21

वरं वरय भद्रं ते वरेशं माभिवांछितम् ब्रह्मञ्छ्रेयःपरिश्रामः पुंसां मद्दर्शनावधिः

varaṁ varaya bhadraṁ te vareśaṁ mābhivāñchitam brahmañ chreyaḥ-pariśrāmaḥ puṁsāṁ mad-darśanāvadhiḥ

Synonyms

varambenediction; varayajust ask from; bhadramauspicious; teunto you; vareśamthe giver of all benediction; mā (mām)from Me; abhivāñchitamwishing; brahmanO Brahmā; śreyaḥthe ultimate success; pari-śrāmaḥfor all penances; puṁsāmfor everyone; matMy; darśanarealization; avadhiḥup to the limit of..

Translation

I wish you good luck. O Brahmā, you can ask from Me, the giver of all benediction, all that you may desire. You may know that the ultimate benediction, as the result of all penances, is to see Me by realization.

Purport

The ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth is to know and see eye to eye the Personality of Godhead. Realization of the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā features of the Personality of Godhead is not ultimate realization. When one realizes the Supreme Lord, one does not struggle hard to perform such penances. The next stage of life is to discharge devotional service to the Lord just to satisfy Him. In other words, one who has realized and seen the Supreme Lord has attained all perfection because everything is included there in that highest perfectional stage. The impersonalists and the pseudo mystics, however, cannot reach this state.

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