Text 15] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 381
Garbhodakagayi Visnu?”? They consider all the statements of the sastras
to be stories. As a result of their inexperience in the Absolute Truth and
their reluctance to accept authority, they become more and more
atheistic; they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
But a devotee like Dhruva Maharaja, by the grace of the Lord, knows all
the manifestations of the Lord and their different positions. It is said that
anyone who has even a little of the Lord’s grace can understand His
glories; others may go on speculating on the Absolute Truth, but they
will always be unable to understand the Lord. In other words, unless one
comes in contact with a devotee it is not possible to understand the
transcendental form or the spiritual world and its transcendental activities.
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TIA TNA VAT ACL
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tvam nitya-mukta-parisuddha-vibuddha atma
kuta-stha adi-puruso bhagavams try-adhisah
yad buddhy-avasthitim akhanditaya sva-drstya
drasta sthitav adhimakho vyatirikta asse
tvam—Y ou; nitya—eternally; mukta—liberated ; parisuddha—uncontami-
nated; vibuddha—full of knowledge; atma—the Supreme Soul; kiita-sthah —
changeless; adi—original; purusah—person; bhagavan—the Lord full with six
opulences; tri-adhigah—master of the three modes; yat—whence; buddhi—
of intellectual activities; avasthitim—all stages; akhanditaya—unbroken;
sva-drstya—by transcendental vision; drasta—You witness; sthitau—for
maintaining (the universe); adhimakhah—enjoyer of the results of all
sacrifices; vyatiriktah—differently ; dsse—Y ou are situated.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, by Your unbroken transcendental glance You are the supreme
witness of all stages of intellectual activities. You are eternally liberated,
Your existence is situated in pure goodness, You are existent in the
Supersoul without change, You are the original Personality of Godhead,
full with six opulences, and You are eternally the master of the three
modes of material nature. Thus, You are always different from the
