266 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 5
PURPORT
By devotional service or by the most confidential knowledge, one can
understand very easily how the different energies of the Lord are working.
One part of energy is manifesting the material world; the other (superior)
part of His energy is manifesting the spiritual world. And the via medium
energy is manifesting the living entities who are serving either of the above-
mentioned energies. The living entities serving material energy are struggling
hard for existence and happiness, which is presented to them as illusion.
But those in the spiritual energy are placed under the direct service of the
Lord in eternal life, complete knowledge and perpetual bliss. The Lord
desires, as He has directly said in the Bhagavad-gita, that all conditioned
souls, rotting in the kingdom of material energy, come back to Him by
giving up all engagements in the material world. This is the most confiden-
tial part of knowledge. But this can be understood only by the pure devo-
tees, and only such devotees enter the kingdom of God to see Him person-
ally and serve Him personally. The concrete example is Narada Himself,
who attained this stage of eternal knowledge and eternal bliss. And the
ways and means are open to all, provided one agrees to follow in the foot-
steps of Sri Narada Muni. According to Sruti, the Supreme Lord has un-
limited energies (without effort by Him) and these are described under
three principal headings, as above mentioned.
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uqdalad = adearerataretcrag |
adiat anata ae wattt arhsaz 113211
etat sarisiicitarn brahmarns
tapatraya-cikitsitam
yadisvare bhagavati
karma brahmani bhavitam
etat—this much; samsicitam—decided by the learned; brahman—O
brahmana Vyasa; tapatraya—three kinds of miseries; cikitsitam—remedial
measures; yat—what; isvare—the supreme controller; bhagavati—unto the
Personality of Godhead; karma—one’s prescribed activities; brahmani—un-
to the great; bhavitam—dedicated.
