538 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10
sa vd ayam sakhy-anugita-sat-katho
vedesu guhyesu ca guhyavadibhih
ya eka igo jagad-atma-lilaya
srjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate
sah—He; vai—also; ayam—this: sakhi—O my friend; anugita—described;
sat-kathah—the excellent pastimes; vedesu—in the Vedic literatures;
guhyesu—confidentially; ca—as also: guhyava-adibhih—by the confidential
devotees; yah—one who: ekah--one only; isah—the supreme controller;
jagat—of the complete creation; atma—Supersoul: lilaya—by manifestation
of pastimes: syjati—creates; avati atti—also maintains and annihilates; na—
never; tatra—there: sajjate—becomes attached to it.
TRANSLATION
O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose
attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential
parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates,
maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.
PURPORT
As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, all the Vedic literatures are glorifying
the greatness of Lord Sri Krsna. Here it is confirmed in the Bhagavatam
also. The Vedas are expanded by many branches and subbranches by great
devotees and empowered incarnations of the Lord like Vyasa, Narada,
Sukadeva Gosvami, the Kumaras, Kapila, Prahlada, Janaka, Bali, Yamaraja,
etc., but in the Srimad-Bhagavatam especially, the confidential parts of
His activities are described by the confidential devotee Sukadeva Gosvami.
In the Vedanta-siitras or Upanisads there is only hint of the confidential
parts of His pastimes. In such Vedic literatures as the Upanisads, etc.,
the Lord has expressively been distinguished from the mundane concep-
tion of His existence. His identity being fully spiritual, His form, name,
quality, and paraphernalia, etc., have been elaborately distinguished from
matter, and therefore He is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent
persons as impersonal. But factually He is the Supreme Person, Bhagavan,
and He is partially represented as Paramatma or impersonal Brahman.
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