SB 8.12.10
TEXT 10
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TEXT
नाहं परायुरृषयो न मरीचिमुख्या जानन्ति यद्विरचितं खलु सत्त्वसर्गाः ।
यन्मायया मुषितचेतस ईश दैत्य मर्त्यादयः किमुत शश्वदभद्रवृत्ताः ॥ १० ॥ naham parayur rsayo na marici-mukhya
jananti yad-viracitam khalu sattva-sargah
yan-mayaya musita-cetasa isa daitya-
martyadayah kim uta sasvad-abhadra-vrttah
na-neither; aham-I; para-ayuh-that personality who lives for millions and millions of years (Lord Brahma); rsayah-the seven rsis of the seven planets; na-nor; marici-mukhyah-headed by Marici Rsi; jananti-know; yat-by whom (the Supreme Lord); viracitam-this universe, which has been created; khalu-indeed; sattva-sargah-although born in the mode of material goodness; yat-mayaya-by the influence of whose energy; musita-cetasah-their hearts are bewildered; isa-O my Lord; daitya-the demons; martya-adayah-the human beings and others; kim uta-what to speak of; sasvat-always; abhadra-vrttah-influenced by the base qualities of material nature.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, I, who am considered to be the best of the demigods, and Lord Brahma and the great rsis, headed by Marici, are born of the mode of goodness. Nonetheless, we are bewildered by Your illusory energy and cannot understand what this creation is. Aside from us, what is to be said of others, like the demons and human beings, who are in the base modes of material nature [rajo-guna and tamo-guna]? How will they know You?
PURPORT
Factually speaking, even those who are situated in the material mode of goodness cannot understand the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What then is to be said of those who are situated in rajo-guna and tamo-guna, the base qualities of material nature? How can we even imagine the Supreme Personality of Godhead? There are so many philosophers trying to understand the Absolute Truth, but since they are situated in the base qualities of material nature and are addicted to so many bad habits, like drinking, meat-eating, illicit sex and gambling, how can they conceive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? For them it is impossible. For the present day, the pancaratriki-vidhi as enunciated by Narada Muni is the only hope. Srila Rupa Gosvami, therefore, has quoted the following verse from the Brahma-yamala:
"Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the Upanisads, Puranas and Narada-pancaratra is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society." (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.101) Those who are very advanced in knowledge and are situated in the mode of goodness follow the Vedic instructions of the sruti and smrti and other religious scriptures, including the pancaratriki-vidhi. Without understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this way, one only creates a disturbance. In this age of Kali, so many gurus have sprung up, and because they do not refer to the sruti-smrti-puranadi-pancaratrika-vidhi, they are creating a great disturbance in the world in regard to understanding the Absolute Truth. However, those who follow the pancaratriki-vidhi under the guidance of a proper spiritual master can understand the Absolute Truth. It is said, pancaratrasya krtsnasya vakta tu bhagavan svayam: the pancaratra system is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just like Bhagavad-gita. Vasudeva-sarana vidur anjasaiva: the truth can be understood only by one who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Vasudeva.
"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." (Bg. 18.66)
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