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TEXT 6
na yasya deva rsayah padam vidur
jantuh punah ko rhati gantum iritum
yatha natasyakrtibhir vicestato
duratyayanukramanah sa mavatu
SYNONYMS
naneither; yasyaHe of whom; devahthe demigods; rsayahgreat sages; padamposition; viduhcan understand; jantuhunintelligent living beings like animals; punahagain; kahwho; arhatiis able; gantumto enter into the knowledge; iritumor to express by words; yathaas; natasyaof the artist; akrtibhihby bodily features; vicestatahdancing in different ways; duratyayavery difficult; anukramanahHis movements; sahthat Supreme Personality of Godhead; maunto me; avatumay give His protection.
TRANSLATION
An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and certainly not by those who are unintelligent like animals. Neither the demigods and sages nor the unintelligent can understand the features of the Lord, nor can they express in words His actual position. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.
PURPORT
A similar understanding was expressed by Kuntidevi. The Supreme Lord exists everywhere, within and without. He even exists within the heart. Sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto [Bg. 15.15]. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese rjuna tisthati [Bg. 18.61]. Thus it is indicated that one can find the Supreme Lord within ones heart. There are many, many yogis trying to find Him. Dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah [SB 12.13.1]. Nonetheless, even great yogis, demigods, saints and sages have been unable to understand the bodily features of that great artist, nor could they understand the meaning of His movements. What then is to be said of ordinary speculators like the so-called philosophers of this material world? For them He is impossible to understand. Therefore we must accept the statements given by the Supreme when He kindly incarnates to instruct us. We must simply accept the word of Lord Ramacandra, Lord Krsna and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and follow in Their footsteps. Then it may be possible for us to know the purpose of Their incarnations.
(Bg. 4.9)
If by the Lords grace one can understand Him, one will immediately be delivered, even within his material body. The material body will no longer have any function, and whatever activities take place with the body will be activities of Krsna consciousness. In this way one may give up his body and return home, back to Godhead.
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