SB 3.25.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

तदेतन्मे विजानीहि यथाहं मन्दधीर्हरे ।
सुखं बुद्ध्येय दुर्बोधं योषा भवदनुग्रहात् ॥ ३० ॥

tad etan me vijanihi

yathaham manda-dhir hare

sukham buddhyeya durbodham

yosa bhavad-anugrahat

tat etat-that same; me-to me; vijanihi-please explain; yatha-so that; aham-I; manda-slow; dhiḥ-whose intelligence; hare-O my Lord; sukham-easily; buddhyeya-may understand; durbodham-very difficult to understand; yosa-a woman; bhavat-anugrahat-by Your grace.

TRANSLATION

My dear son, Kapila, after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because my intelligence is not very great. But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness.

Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind enough to the disciple, however unintelligent he may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master everything is revealed. Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura therefore says, yasya prasadad, by the mercy of the spiritual master, bhagavat-prasadaḥ, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is revealed. Devahūti requested her great son to be merciful towards her because she was a less intelligent woman and also His mother. By the grace of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very difficult for ordinary persons, especially women.

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