मैत्रेय उवाच स एवं ब्रह्मपुत्रेण कुमारेणात्ममेधसा दर्शितात्मगतिः सम्यक्प्रशस्योवाच तं नृपः
maitreya uvāca sa evaṁ brahma-putreṇa kumāreṇātma-medhasā darśitātma-gatiḥ samyak praśasyovāca taṁ nṛpaḥ
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca—the great sage Maitreya continued to say; saḥ—the King; evam—thus; brahma-putreṇa—by the son of Lord Brahmā; kumāreṇa—by one of the Kumāras; ātma-medhasā—well versed in spiritual knowledge; darśita—being shown; ātma-gatiḥ—spiritual advancement; samyak—completely; praśasya—worshiping; uvāca—said; tam—unto him; nṛpaḥ—the King..
Translation
Being thus enlightened in complete spiritual knowledge by the son of Brahmā—one of the Kumāras, who was complete in spiritual knowledge—the King worshiped them in the following words.
Purport
In this verse the word ātma-medhasā is commented upon by Śrīpāda Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, who says that ātmani means unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, paramātmani. Lord Kṛṣṇa is Paramātmā (īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ, Brahma-saṁhitā 5.1); therefore one whose mind is acting fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is called ātma-medhāḥ. This may be contrasted to the word gṛha-medhī, which refers to one whose brain is always engrossed with thoughts of material activities. The ātma-medhāḥ is always thinking of Kṛṣṇa's activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since Sanat-kumāra, who was a son of Lord Brahmā, was fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, he could point out the path of spiritual advancement. The word ātma-gatiḥ refers to that path of activities by which one can make progress in understanding Kṛṣṇa.