Text 16] Narada’s Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam 243

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vicaksano’syarhati veditum vibhor
ananta-parasya nivrttitah sukham

pravarta-manasya gunair andtmanas
tato bhavan darsaya cestitarh vibhoh

vicaksanah—very expert; asya—of him; arhati—deserves; veditum—to
understand; vibhoh—of the Lord; ananta-pdrasya—of the unlimited;
nivrttitah—retired from; sukham—material happiness; pravarta-manasya—
those who are attached to; gunaih—by the material qualities; anadtmanah—
devoid of knowledge in spiritual value; tatah—therefore; bhavan—your
goodness; darsaya—show the ways; cestitam—activities; vibhoh—of the
Lord.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord is unlimited. Only a very expert personality,
retired from the activities of material happiness, deserves to understand
this knowledge of spiritual values. Therefore those who are not so well
situated, due to material attachment, should be shown the ways of
transcendental realization, by your goodness, through descriptions of the
transcendental activities of the Supreme Lord.

PURPORT

Theological science is a difficult subject, especially when it deals with
the transcendental nature of God. It is not a subject matter to be under-
stood by persons who are too much attached to material activities. Only
the very expert, who have almost retired from materialistic activities by
culture of spiritual knowledge, can be admitted to the study of this great
science. In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated that out of many hundreds
and thousands of men only one person deserves to enter into transcendental
realization. And out of many thousands of such transcendentally realized
persons, only a few can understand the theological science specifically
dealing with God as a person. Sri Vyasadeva is therefore advised by Narada
to destribe the science of God directly by relating His transcendental
activities. Vyasadeva is himself a personality expert in this science, and he
is unattached to material enjoyment. Therefore he is the right person to
describe it, and Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasadeva, is the right per-
