Texts 42-44] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1417
entity’s relationship with Lord Visnu. This means that these personalities
are still limited as far as their knowledge of the unlimited is concerned.
The conclusion is that simply by advancing one’s knowledge, one cannot
be accepted as an expert in understanding the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood not by
advanced knowledge but by pure devotional service, as confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita:
bhaktyd mam abhijanati
ydvan yas cdsmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jnatva
visate tad-anantaram
“One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional
service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by
such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.” (Bg. 18.55)

Unless one takes to pure transcendental devotional service, he cannot
understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in truth. Everyone has
some imperfect ideas about the Lord. So-called scientists and philosophical
speculators are unable to understand the Supreme Lord by virtue of their
knowledge. Knowledge is not perfect unless one comes to the platform of
devotional service. This is confirmed by the Vedic version:

athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-
prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi
janati tattvam bhagavan mahimno
na canya eko ’piciram vicinvan
(Bhag. 10.14.29)
The speculators, the jfidnis, go on speculating about the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead for many many hundreds of thousands of years, but
unless one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot
understand His supreme glories. All the great sages mentioned in this
verse have their planets near Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahma
resides along with four great sages—Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and
Sanat-kumara. These sages reside in different stars known as the southern
stars, which circle the pole star. The pole star, called Dhruvaloka, is the
pivot of this universe, and all planets move around this pole star. All the
stars are planets, as far as we can see, within this one universe. According
to Western theory, all the stars are different suns, but according to Vedic
information, there is only one sun within this universe. All the so-called
stars are but different planets. Besides this universe, there are many mil-
