Text 22] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
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pen; there was no scarcity of evidence. How did it happen? Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was very much surprised.
TEXT 21
एतद् भ्राम्यति मे बुद्धिर्दीपार्चिरिव वायुना ।
ब्रूह्येतदद्भुततमं भगवान्ह्यत्र कारणम् ॥२१॥
etad bhrāmyati me buddhir dīpārcir iva vāyunā brūhy etad adbhutatamam bhagavān hy atra kāraṇam
etat —concerning this;  bhrāmyati —is flickering;  me —my;  buddhiḥ —intelligence;  dīpa-arciḥ —the flame of a candle;  iva —like;  vāyunā —by the wind;  brūhi —please tell;  etat —this;  adbhutatamam —most wonderful;  bhagavān —possessing all knowledge;  hi —indeed;  atra —here;  kāraṇam —the cause.
TRANSLATION
This matter is undoubtedly very wonderful. Indeed, my intelligence has become disturbed, just as the flame of a candle is disturbed by a blowing wind. O Nārada Muni, you know everything. Kindly let me know the cause of this wonderful event.
PURPORT
The  śāstras  enjoin,  tad-vijñānārtham sa gurum evābhigacchet : when one is perplexed by the difficult problems of life, to solve them one must approach a  guru  like Nārada or his representative in the disciplic succession. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira therefore requested Nārada to explain the cause for such a wonderful event.
TEXT 22
श्रीवादरायणिरुवाच
राब्रस्तद्वच अकर्ष्य नारदो भगवानृषिः ।
तुष्टः प्राह तमाभाष्य शृण्वत्यास्तत्सदः कथाः ॥२२॥