← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 6: Conversation Between Narada and Vyasa

Verse 25 of 38
SB 1.6.25

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

Synonyms

etāvatthus; uktvāspoken; upararāmastopped; tatthat, mahat—great; mahatwonderful; bhūtampersonified by sound; nabhaḥ-liṅgamunseen by the eyes; aliṅgamthe supreme authority; īśvaramI; ahamalso; caunto Him, mahatam—the great, mohiyase—unto the glorified; tasmaiby the head; mahatāmexecuted; mahīyaseobeisances; śīrṣṇābeing favoured by Him.

Translation

Thus spoken, that Supreme Authority personified by sound and unseen by the eyes but wonderful, stopped speaking and myself on my part feeling a sense of gratitude offered my obeisances unto Him by my head.

Purport

The Personality of Godhead although He was not seen but heard only that does not make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four Vedas by His breathing and he is seen and realised through the transcendental sound of the Vedas. Similarly is the Bhagwat Geeta. Geeta 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 persistently by chanting the transcendental sound.

Verse 25 of 38
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