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Description of the Kingdom of God
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ignorance, exists; therefore the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His variegated pastimes and paraphernalia are all pure  sattvaguṇa . Such variegatedness in pure goodness is exhibited eternally by the Lord for the satisfaction of the devotee. The devotee does not want to see the Supreme Personality of Absolute Truth in voidness or impersonalism. In one sense, absolute transcendental variegatedness is meant only for the devotees, not for others, because this distinct feature of transcendental variegatedness can be understood only by the mercy of the Supreme Lord and not by mental speculation or the ascending process. It is said that one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he is even slightly favored by Him; otherwise, without His mercy, a man may speculate for thousands of years and not understand what is actually the Absolute Truth. This mercy can be perceived by the devotee when he is completely freed from contamination. It is stated, therefore, that only when all contamination is rooted out and the devotee is completely detached from material attractions can he receive this mercy of the Lord.
TEXT 48
नात्यन्तिकं विगणयन्त्यपि ते प्रसादं किम्बन्यदर्पितभयं भुव उन्नयैस्ते । येऽङ्ग त्वदङ्घ्रिशरणा भवतः कथायाः कीर्तन्यतीर्थयशसः कुशला रसज्ञाः ॥४८॥
nātyantikam vigaṇayanty api te prasādam kimv anyad arpita-bhayam bhruva unnayais te ye 'ṅga tvad-aṅghri-śaraṇā bhavataḥ kathāyāḥ kīrtanya-tīrtha-yaśasaḥ kuśalā rasa-jñāḥ
na—not; ātyantikam—liberation; vigaṇayanti—care for; api—even; te—those; prasādam—benedictions; kimu—what to speak; anyat—other material happinesses; arpita—given; bhayam—fearfulness; bhruvaḥ—of the eyebrows; unnayaiḥ—by the raising; te—Your; ye—those devotees; aṅga—O Supreme Personality of Godhead; tvat—Your; aṅghri—lotus feet; śaraṇāḥ—who have taken shelter; bhavataḥ—Your; kathāyāḥ—narrations; kīrtanya—worth chanting; tīrtha—pure; yaśasaḥ—glories; kuśalāḥ—very expert; rasa-jñāḥ—knowers of the mellows or humors.
TRANSLATION
Persons who are very expert and most intelligent in understanding things as they are engage in hearing narrations of the auspicious activities and