Text 48] Description of the Kingdom of God 629

ignorance, exists; therefore the form of the Supreme Personality of God-
head and His variegated pastimes and paraphernalia are all pure sattva-
guna. Such variegatedness in pure goodness is exhibited eternally by the
Lord for the satisfaction of the devotee. The devotee does not want to
see the Supreme Personality of Absolute Truth in voidness or impersonal-
ism. In one sense, absolute transcendental variegatedness is meant only for
the devotees, not for others, because this distinct feature of transcendental
variegatedness can be understood only by the mercy of the Supreme Lord
and not by mental speculation or the ascending process. It is said that one
can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he is even
slightly favored by Him; otherwise, without His mercy, a man may specu-
late for thousands of years and not understand what is actually the Abso-
lute Truth. This mercy can be perceived by the devotee when he is com-
pletely freed from contamination. It is stated, therefore, that only when all
contamination is rooted out and the devotee is completely detached from
material attractions can he receive this mercy of the Lord.

TEXT 48
arcafeas faaerqecaty a card
frrqeqa find wa TATA |
sg ace eer aaa: FATT:
arate: SISTA: VC

natyantikam viganayanty api te prasadam
kimv anyad arpita-bhayam bhruva unnayais te
ye ‘nga tvad-anghri-sarana bhavatah kathayah
kirtanya-tirtha-yasasah kusala rasa-jnah

na—not; atyantikam—liberation; viganayanti—care for; api—even;
te—those; prasadam—benedictions; kimu—what to speak; anyat—other
material happinesses; arpita—given; bhayam—fearfulness; bhruvah— of the
eyebrows; unnayaih—by the raising; te— Your; ye—those devotees; anga—
© Supreme Personality of Godhead; tvat—Your; anghri—lotus feet;
saranah—who have taken shelter; bhavatah— Your; kathayah—narrations;
kirtanya—worth chanting; tirtha—pure; yasasah—glories; kusalah—very ex-
pert; rasa-jiah—knowers of the mellows or humors.

TRANSLATION

Persons who are very expert and most intelligent in understanding things
as they are engage in hearing narrations of the auspicious activities and
