Text 8] The Glories of Lord Ananta 419

buru; sabhadyam—in the assembly; brahmanah—of Lord Brahma;
samslokayam adsa—described in verses.

TRANSLATION

If persons who are very serious about being liberated from
material life hear the glories of Anantadeva from the mouth of a
spiritual master in the chain of disciplic succession, and if they al-
ways meditate upon Sankarsana, the Lord enters the cores of their
hearts, vanquishes all the dirty contamination of the material
modes of nature, and cuts to pieces the hard knot within the heart,
which has been tied tightly since time immemorial by the desire to
dominate material nature through fruitive activities. Narada Muni,
the son of Lord Brahma, always glorifies Anantadeva in his father’s
assembly. There he sings blissful verses of his own composition,
accompanied by his stringed instrument [or a celestial singer]
known as Tumburu.

PURPORT

None of these descriptions of Lord Anantadeva are imaginary. They
are all transcendentally blissful and full of actual knowledge. However.
unless one hears them directly from a bona fide spiritual master in the
line of disciplic succession, one cannot understand them. This knowledge
is delivered to Narada by Lord Brahma, and the great saint Narada, along
with his companion, Tumburu, distributes it all over the universe. Some-
times the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as Uttamasloka,
one who is praised by beautiful poetry. Narada composes various poems
to glorify Lord Ananta, and therefore the word samslokayam dsa
(praised by selected poetry) is used in this verse.

The Vaisnavas in the Gaudiya-sampradaya belong to the disciplic suc-
cession stemming from Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma is the spiritual
master of Narada, Narada is the spiritual master of Vyasadeva, and
Vyasadeva wrote the Srimad-Bhagavatam as a commentary on the
Vedanta-sutra. Therefore all devotees in the Gaudiya-sampradaya accept
the activities of Lord Ananta related in the Srimad-Bhagavatam as
authentic, and they are thus benefited by going back home. back to
