CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
The Glories of Devotional Service
TEXT 1
शौनक उवाच
कपिलस्तत्त्वसंख्याता भगवानात्ममायया ।
जातः स्वयमजः साक्षादात्मप्रज्ञसये नृणाम् ॥ १ ॥
śaunaka uvāca kapilas tattva-saṅkhyātā bhagavān ātma-māyayā jātaḥ svayam ajaḥ sākṣād ātma-prajñaptaye nṛṇām
śaunakaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śaunaka said; kapilaḥ—Lord Kapila; tattva—of the truth; saṅkhyātā—the expounder; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ātma-māyayā—by His internal potency; jātaḥ—took birth; svayam—Himself; ajaḥ—unborn; sākṣāt—in person; ātma-prajñaptaye—to disseminate transcendental knowledge; nṛṇām—for the human race.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śaunaka said: Although He is unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took birth as Kapila Muni by His internal potency. He descended to disseminate transcendental knowledge for the benefit of the whole human race.
PURPORT
The word  ātma-prajñaptaye  indicates that the Lord descends for the benefit of the human race to give transcendental knowledge. Material necessities are quite sufficiently provided for in the Vedic knowledge, which offers a program for good living conditions and gradual elevation to
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