224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 5

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narada uvaca
parasarya maha-bhaga
bhavatah kaccid Gtmana
paritusyati sarira
atma manasa eva va

naradah—Narada; uvaca—said; parasarya—O son of Parasara; maha-bhaga
—the greatly fortunate; bhavatah—your; kaccit—if it is; atmanad—by the
self-realization of; paritusyati—does it satisfy; sarirah—identify the body;
atma—self; manasah—identifying the mind; eva—certainly ; va—and.

TRANSLATION

Addressing Vyasadeva, the son of ParaSara, Narada inquired: Are you
satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-
realization?

PURPORT

This was a hint by Narada to Vyasadeva regarding the cause of his
despondency. Vyasadeva, as the descendant of ParaSara, a greatly powerful
sage, had the privilege of having a great parentage which should not have
given Vyasadeva cause for despondency. Being a great son ofa great father,
he should not have identified the self with the body or the mind. Ordinary
men with a poor fund of knowledge can identify the body as self or the
mind as self, but Vyadsadeva should not have done so. One cannot be
cheerful by nature unless one is factually seated in self-realization, which
is transcendental to the material body and mind.

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