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Vichakshana asya arhati veditum bibhor
Anantaparasya nivirttitah sukham
Pravartamanasya gunair anatmanas
Tato bhavan darshaya chestiam bibho.
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Vichakshana—very expert, Asya—of him, Arhati—deserves, Veditum—to understand, Bibhor—of the Lord, Anantaparasya—of the unlimited, Nivirttitah—retired from, Sukham—material happiness, Pravartamansya—those who are attached with, Gunair—by the material qualities, Anatmanas—devoid of knowledge in spiritual value, Tato—therefore, Bhavan—your goodness, Darshaya—show the ways, Chestitam—activities, Bibho—of the Lord.
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The Supreme Lord is unlimited. Only a very expert personality deserves to understand this knowledge in spiritual values and that also being retired from the activities of material happiness. Therefore those, who are not so well placed on account of being attached with material qualities, may be shown the ways of transcendental realisation by your goodness by describing the transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord.
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Theological science is a difficult subject and specially when it is dealt with the transcendental nature of God. It is not a subject matter to be understood by persons who are too much attached with material activities. Only the very expert personalities, who have almost retired from materialistic activities, and by culture of knowledge in spiritual values, can be admitted in the study of this great science. In the Bhagwat Geeta it is clearly stated that out of many hundreds and thousands of men only a person deserves to be entered in the matter of transcendental realisation. And out of many thousands of such transcendentally realised persons, only a few can understand the theological science specifically dealing in God as a Person. Sri Vyasdeva is therefore advised by Narada to describe the science of God by His transcendental activities directly. Vyasadeva is himself a personality expert in this science and He is unattached with material enjoyment of life. Therefore He is the right person to describe it and Sukhdeva Goswami the son of Vyasadeva is the right person to receive it. Shrimad Bhagwatam is the topmost Theological science and therefore it can react on the laymen also as medicinal doses for the right recipient. As it contains the transcendental activities of the Lord there is no difference between the Lord and the literature. The whole literature is factual incarnation of the Lord by literary values. So the laymen can hear the narration of the activities of the Lord whereby they are able to associate with the Lord and thus gradually become purified of the material diseases. The expert devotees also can discover novel ways and means to convert the foolish non-devotees in terms of particular time and circumstances. Devotional service is dynamic activity and for its acceptance the expert devotees can find out competent means to inject into the dull brain of the materialistic population. Such transcendental activities of the devotees for the service of the Lord can bring in a new order of life to the foolish society of materialistic men. Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His subsequent followers exhibited expert dexterity in this connection and following the same method the materialistic men of this age of quarrel can be brought into order for peaceful life and transcendental realisation simultaneously.
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#dl##dd#vicakṣaṇo 'syārhati vedituṁ vibhor#/dd#
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#dd#pravartamānasya guṇair anātmanas#/dd#
#dd#tato bhavān darśaya ceṣṭitaṁ vibhoḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vicakṣaṇaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vicakṣaṇaḥ#/i# — very expert; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asya#/i# — of him; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arhati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#arhati#/i# — deserves; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=veditum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#veditum#/i# — to understand; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vibhoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vibhoḥ#/i# — of the Lord; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ananta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ananta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pārasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pārasya#/i# — of the unlimited; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nivṛttitaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nivṛttitaḥ#/i# — retired from; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sukham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sukham#/i# — material happiness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pravartamānasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pravartamānasya#/i# — those who are attached to; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guṇaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guṇaiḥ#/i# — by the material qualities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anātmanaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anātmanaḥ#/i# — devoid of knowledge in spiritual value; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tataḥ#/i# — therefore; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhavān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhavān#/i# — Your Goodness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=darśaya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#darśaya#/i# — show the ways; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ceṣṭitam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ceṣṭitam#/i# — activities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vibhoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vibhoḥ#/i# — of the Lord.
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The Supreme Lord is unlimited. Only a very expert personality, retired from the activities of material happiness, deserves to understand this knowledge of spiritual values. Therefore those who are not so well situated, due to material attachment, should be shown the ways of transcendental realization, by Your Goodness, through descriptions of the transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord.
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Theological science is a difficult subject, especially when it deals with the transcendental nature of God. It is not a subject matter to be understood by persons who are too much attached to material activities. Only the very expert, who have almost retired from materialistic activities by culture of spiritual knowledge, can be admitted to the study of this great science. In the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# it is clearly stated that out of many hundreds and thousands of men only one person deserves to enter into transcendental realization. And out of many thousands of such transcendentally realized persons, only a few can understand the theological science specifically dealing with God as a person. Śrī Vyāsadeva is therefore advised by Nārada to describe the science of God directly by relating His transcendental activities. Vyāsadeva is himself a personality expert in this science, and he is unattached to material enjoyment. Therefore he is the right person to describe it, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, is the right person to receive it.
#$p##i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# is the topmost theological science, and therefore it can react on the laymen as medicinal doses. Because it contains the transcendental activities of the Lord, there is no difference between the Lord and the literature. The literature is the factual literary incarnation of the Lord. So the laymen can hear the narration of the activities of the Lord. Thereby they are able to associate with the Lord and thus gradually become purified from material diseases. The expert devotees also can discover novel ways and means to convert the nondevotees in terms of particular time and circumstance. Devotional service is dynamic activity, and the expert devotees can find out competent means to inject it into the dull brains of the materialistic population. Such transcendental activities of the devotees for the service of the Lord can bring a new order of life to the foolish society of materialistic men. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His subsequent followers exhibited expert dexterity in this connection. By following the same method, one can bring the materialistic men of this age of quarrel into order for peaceful life and transcendental realization.
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