328 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 6
namely the emperic philosophers, the mystics, and the fruitive workers,
all basically have some demand, and as such they cannot be pacified. The
fruitive worker wants reward for his work, the mystic wants some perfec-
tion of life, and the empiric philosopher wants to merge in the existence
of the Lord. Somehow or other, as long as there is a demand for sense
satisfaction, there is no chance for pacification; on the contrary, by
unnecessary dry speculative arguments, the whole matter becomes dis-
torted, and thus the Lord moves still further away from our understanding.
The dry speculators, however, because of their following the principles of
austerity and penance, can have knowledge of the impersonal features of
the Lord to some extent, but there is no chance of their understanding
His ultimate form as Govinda because only the amalaétmanas, or the
completely sinless persons, can accept pure devotional service of the Lord,
as is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 7.28):
yesam tv antagatam papam jananam punya-karmanam
te dvandva-moha-nirmuk ta bhajante mam drdha-vratah
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HS: BAA aAcaeady |
GQ x
gaa fart am efexattr
PRE A ATA AY PA? 182M
adyo’vatarah purusah parasya
kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manaé ca
dravyam vikaro guna indriyani
virat svarat sthdsnu carisnu- bhiimnah
adyah—first; avatdrah—incarnation; purusah—Karanarnavasayi Visnu;
parasya—of the Lord; kdlah—time; svabhavah—space; sat—resultant; asat—
cause; manah—mind; ca—also; dravyam—elements; vikdrah—material ego;
gunah—modes of nature; indriyani~senses; virat—the complete whole
body; svarat—Garbhodakagay? Visnu; sthasnu—immovable; carisnu—mov-
able; bhimnah—of the Supreme Lord.
