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ජ්‍රේ වී පියාසියානු-පෙරාසියානු විය
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 6
More evidence can be cited to show that without the mercy of a devotee or the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, one cannot understand what is Kṛṣṇa and what is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the next verse.
TEXT 822
অনুমান প্রমাণ নহে দ্রুখতত্ত্বজ্ঞানে।
কৃষ্ণা বিনা  ট্রেগরের  কেই নাছি জানে  ॥ ৮২ ॥
anumāna pramāņa nahe īśvara-tattva-jñāne kṛpā vinā īśvarere keha nāhi jāne
SYNONYMS
anumāna pramāṇa —evidence by hypothesis;  nahe —there is not;  īśvara-tattva-jñāne —in understanding the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of God-head;  kṛpā vinā —without His mercy;  īśvarere —the Supreme Personality of God-head;  keha —anyone;  nāhi —not;  jāne —knows.
TRANSLATION
Gopīnātha Ācārya continued:  “One can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead only by His mercy, not by guesswork or hypothesis.”
PURPORT
One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply by exhibiting some mundane magic. Foolish people are enchanted by magical demonstrations, and when they see a few wonderful things done by mystical power, they accept a magician as the Personality of Godhead or an incarnation. This is not the way of realization. Nor should one guess or speculate about an incarnation of God or the Personality of Godhead. One has to learn from the bona fide person or from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, as Arjuna did, by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa Himself also gives many hints about His potencies as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead only through the evidence presented by the  śāstras  and the  mahājanas . In any case, one must have the mercy of the Lord in order to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service.
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উখিনের   কৃষ্ণা-লেশ হয় ড° মাহানের ।।
সেই ত’ ঈশ্বর-তত্ত্ব জানিবারে পারে ॥ ৮৩ ॥