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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 4]
Lord. But later speculators, in the name of Māyāvādī philosophy, unnecessarily make their commentary on the  Catuḥślokī Bhāgavatam  without any bona fide intent.
The monistic dry speculators have no business in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  because this particular Vedic literature is forbidden for them by the great author himself. Śrīla Vyāsadeva has definitely forbidden persons engaged in religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and finally, salvation, from trying to understand  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is not meant for them ( Bhāg.  1.1.2). Śrīpāda Śrīdhara Svāmī, the great commentator on  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , has definitely forbidden the salvationists or monists to deal in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . It is not for them. Yet such unauthorized persons perversely try to understand  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , and thus they commit offense at the feet of the Lord, which even Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya dared not do. Thus they prepare for their continuation of miserable life. It should be particularly noted herein that Uddhava studied the  Catuḥślokī Bhāgavatam  directly from the Lord, who spoke them first to Brahmājī, and this time the Lord explained more confidentially the self-knowledge mentioned as the  paramāṁ sthitim . Upon learning such self-knowledge of love, Uddhava felt very much aggrieved by feelings of separation from the Lord. Unless one is awakened to the stage of Uddhava—everlastingly feeling the separation of the Lord in transcendental love, as was exhibited by Lord Caitanya also—one cannot understand the real import of the four essential verses of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . One should not indulge in the unauthorized act of twisting the meaning and thereby putting himself on the dangerous path of offense.
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सोऽहं तदर्शनाह्लादवियोगार्तियुतः प्रभो । गमिष्ये दयितं तस्य बदर्याश्रममण्डलम् ॥२१॥
so 'ham tad-darśanāhlāda viyogārtiyutaḥ prabho gamiṣye dayitam tasya badaryāśrama-maṇḍalam
saḥ aham—thus myself; tat—His; darśana—audience; āhlāda—pleasure; viyoga—without that; ārtiyutaḥ—afflicted by distress; prabho—my dear sir; gamiṣye—shall go; dayitam—so instructed; tasya—His; badaryāśrama—Badarikāśrama, in the Himalayas; maṇḍalam—association.