Text 6]
Nārada's Instructions on Śrīnad-Bhāgavatam
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to your being the offspring of one [Brahmā] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother].
PURPORT
In the material world everyone is engrossed with the idea of identifying the body or the mind with the self. As such, all knowledge disseminated in the material world is related either with the body or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in materialistic knowledge. It is good, therefore, to approach a personality like Nārada to solve the root cause of all despondencies. Why Nārada should be approached is explained below.
TEXT 6
स वै भवान् वेद समस्तगुह्य- 
    पुरासितो यत्पुरुषः पुराणः । 
    परावरेशो मनसैव विश्वं 
    सृजत्यवत्यत्ति गुणैरसङ्गः ॥ ६ ॥
sa vai bhavān veda samasta-guhyam 
    upāsito yat puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ 
    parāvareśo manasaiva viśvam 
    srjaty avaty atti guṇair asaṅgaḥ
saḥ—thus; vai—certainly; bhavān—yourself; veda—know; samasta—all-inclusive; guhyam—confidential; upāsitaḥ—devotee of; yat—because; puruṣaḥ—the Personality of Godhead; purāṇaḥ—the oldest; parāvareśaḥ—the controller of the material and spiritual worlds; manasā—mind; eva—only; viśvam—the universe; srjati—creates; avati atti—annihilates; guṇaiḥ—by the qualitative matter; asaṅgaḥ—unattached.
TRANSLATION
My lord! Everything that is mysterious is known to you because you worship the creator and destroyer of the material world and the maintainer of the spiritual world, the original Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to the three modes of material nature.