← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 6: Conversation Between Narada and Vyasa

Verse 25 of 38
SB 1.6.25

etabad uktao upaprama tat mahat adbhutam nabholingam alingam iswaram ahanancha tasmai mahatam mohiyase shirshna abanamam bidhadhe anukampitah

Synonyms

etabadthus; uktaspoken; upararamastopped; tatthat; mahatgreat; adbhutamwonderful; nabholingampersonified by sound; alingamunseen by the eyes; iswaramthe supreme authority; ahamI; chaalso; tasmaiunto Him; mahatamthe great; mohiyaseunto the glorified; shirsnaby the head; bidhadheexecuted; abanamamobeisances; anukampitahbeing 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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