Text 20] Questions by the Sages a1

and therefore remain fresh even after repeated readings. For example, any-
one may read Bhagavad-gita or the Srimad-Bhagavatam repeatedly through-
out his whole life and yet find in them new light of information. Mundane
news is static whereas transcendental news is dynamic, inasmuch as the
spirit is dynamic and matter is static. Those who have developed a taste
for understanding the transcendental subject matter are never tired of
hearing such narrations. One is quickly satiated by mundane activities,
but no one is satiated by transcendental or devotional activities. Uttama-
Sloka indicates that literature which is not meant for nescience. Mundane
literature is in the mode of darkness or ignorance, whereas transcendental
literature is quite different. Transcendental literature is above the mode of
darkness, and its light becomes more luminous with progressive reading
and realization of the transcendental subject matter. The so-called liberated
persons are never satisfied by the repetition of the words aham brahmasmi.
Such artificial realization of Brahman becomes hackneyed, and so to relish
real pleasure they turn to the narrations of the Srimad-Bhdgavatam. Those
who are not so fortunate turn to altruism and worldly philanthropy. This
means the Mayavada philosophy is mundane, whereas the philosophy of
Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam is transcendental.

TEXT 20

Haar fee wait ae Ta Fa: |
AAA ATA We! HIATT |Rell

krtavan kila karmani
saha ramena kesavah
atimartyani bhagavan
gidhah kapata-manusah

krtavan—done by; kila—what and what; karmani—acts; saha—along with;
ramena—Balarama; kesavah—Sri Krsna; atimart yani—superhuman; bhagavan
—the Personality of Godhead; giidhah—masked as; kapata—apparently:
mdnusah—human being.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, and Balarama played like
human beings, and so masked They performed many superhuman acts.
