Text 39] Narada’s Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam 277
imam svanigamam brahmann
avetya mad-anusthitam
adan me jiianam aigvaryam.
svasmin bhavam ca kesavah

imam—thus; svanigamam—confidential knowledge of the Vedas in re-
spect to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; brahman—O brahmana
(Vyasadeva); avetya—knowing it well; mat—by me; anusthitam—executed;
adat—bestowed upon me; me—me; jidnam—transcendental knowledge;
aigsvaryam—opulence; svasmin—personal; bhavam—intimate affection and
love; ca~and; kesavah—Lord Krsna.

TRANSLATION
O brahmana, thus by the Supreme Lord Krsna I was endowed first
with the transcendental knowledge of the Lord as inculcated in the confi-
dential parts of the Vedas, then with the spiritual opulences, and then
with His intimate loving service.
PURPORT

Communion with the Lord by transmission of the transcendental sound
is nondifferent from the whole spirit Lord Sri Krsna. It is a completely
perfect method for approaching the Lord. By such pure contact with the
Lord, without offense of material conceptions (numbering ten), the
devotee can rise above the material plane to understand the inner meaning
of the Vedic literatures, including the Lord’s existence in the transcendental
realm. The Lord reveals His identity gradually to one who has unflinching
faith, both in the spiritual master and in the Lord. After this, the devotee
is endowed with mystic opulences, which are eight in number. And above
all, the devotee is accepted in the confidential entourage of the Lord and
is entrusted with specific service of the Lord through the agency of the
spiritual master. A pure devotee is more interested in serving the Lord
than in showing an exhibition of the mystic powers dormant in him. Sri
Narada has explained all these from his personal experience, and one can
obtain all the facilities which Sri Narada obtained by perfecting the
chanting process of the sound representation of the Lord. There is no bar
for chanting this transcendental sound by anyone, provided it is received
through Narada’s representative, coming down by the chain of disciplic
succession, or the parampara system.
