1570 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 31

they cannot impress upon the audience the real essence of knowledge,
Krsna. There are also many thoughtful writers and creative philosophers,
but despite all their learning, if they cannot approach the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, they are simply useless mental speculators. There are
many sharply intelligent people in this material world, and they discover
so many things for sense gratification. They also analytically study all the
material elements, but despite their expert knowledge and expert scien-
tific analysis of the whole cosmic manifestation, their endeavors are
useless because they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of God-
head.

As far as our senses are concerned, there are many animals, both beasts
and birds, who are very expert in exercising their senses more keenly than
human beings. For example, vultures or hawks can go very high in the sky
but can see a small body on the ground very clearly. This means that their
eyesight is so keen that they can find an eatable corpse from a great
distance. Certainly their eyesight is much keener than human beings’, but
this does not mean that their existence is more important than that of a
human being. Similarly, dogs can smell many things from a far distance.
Many fish can understand by the power of sound that an enemy is coming.
All these examples are described in Srimad-Bhagavatam. If one’s senses
cannot help him attain the highest perfection of life, realization of the
Supreme, they are all useless.

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kum va yogena sankhyena
nydsa-svadhyayayor api

kim va sreyobhir anyais ca
na yatratma-prado harih

kim—what is the use; v@—or; yogena—by mystic yoga practice; sankhyena
—by study of Sankhya philosophy; nydsa—by accepting sannydsa;
svddhydyayoh—and by study of Vedic literature; api—even; kim—what is
the use; vd—or; sreyobhih—by auspicious activities; anyaih—other; ca—and;
na—never; yatra—where; dtma-pradah—full satisfaction of self; harih—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
