406 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7

of real knowledge. In the Upanisads it is clearly said that the Supreme
Personality of Godhead can never be known simply by working very hard
and taxing the good brain, nor can He be known simply by mental specula-
tion and jugglery of words. The Lord is knowable only by one who is a
surrendered soul. Herein Brahmaji, the greatest of all material living beings,
acknowledges this truth. Therefore, the fruitless spoiling of energy by
pursuing the path of experimental knowledge must be given up. One should
gain knowledge by surrendering unto the Lord and by acknowledging the
authority of the persons mentioned herein. The Lord is unlimited and,
by the grace of the yogamaya, helps the surrendered soul to know Him
proportionately with the advance of one’s surrendering process.

TEXT 46

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TIAASAT PUTT araral-
frasaar aft fea yeaa y eel

te vai vidanty atitaranti ca deva-mayam
stn-siidra-hiina-sabara api papa-jivah

yady adbhuta-krama-parayana-sila-sik sds
tiryag-jand api kim u Sruta-dharana ye

te—such persons; vai—undoubtedly; vidanti—do know; atitaranti—sur-
pass; ca—also; deva-maéyam—the covering energy of the Lord; stri—such as
women; siidra—the laborer class of men; hina—the mountaineers; sabarah—
the Siberians, or those lower than the sidras; api—although; pdpa-jivah—
sinful living beings; yadi— provided; adbhuta-krama—one whose acts are so
wonderful; pardyana—those who are devotees; sila—behavior; siksah—
trained up by, tiryak-janah—even those who are not human beings; api—
also; kim—what; u—to speak of; sruta-dharanah—those who have taken
to the idea of the Lord by hearing about Him; ye—those.

TRANSLATION

Surrendered souls, even from the groups leading sinful lives, such as
the woman, the laborer class, the mountaineers, the Siberians, etc., or
