60 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
TEXT 54
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satya-jhananantananda-
matraika-rasa-mirtayah
asprsta-bhiiri-mahatmya
api hy upanisad-drsam
satya—eternal; jidna—having full knowledge; ananta—unlimited;
Gnanda—fully blissful; matra—only; eka-rasa—always existing; miir-
tayah—forms; asprsta-bhiri-mahatmyah—whose great glory is not
touched; api—even; hi—because; upanisat-drsam—by those jridnis who
are engaged in studying the Upanisads.
TRANSLATION
The visnu-mirtis all had eternal, unlimited forms, full of
knowledge and bliss and existing beyond the influence of time.
Their great glory was not even to be touched by the janis engaged
in studying the Upanisads.
PURPORT
Mere Sdstra-jndna, or knowledge in the Vedas, does not help anyone
understand the Personality of Godhead. Only one who is favored or
shown mercy by the Lord can understand Him. This is also explained in
the Upanisads (Mundaka Up. 3.2.3):
nayam atmaé pravacanena labhyo
na medhasd na bahuné srutena
yam evaisa urnute tena labhyas
tasyaisa Gtma vivrnute tanum svam
“The Supreme Lord is not obtained by expert explanations, by vast intel-
ligence, or even by much hearing. He is obtained only by one whom He
Himself chooses. To such a person, He manifests His own form.”
