84 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 3

nama atma-pradipaya
saksine paramatmane

namo giram vidiiraya
manasas§ cetasdm api

namah—I offer my respectful obeisances; dtma-pradipdya—unto He
who is self-effulgent or who gives enlightenment to the living entities;
sdksine—who is situated in everyone’s heart as a witness; parama-
dtmane—unto the Supreme Soul, the Supersoul; namah—I offer my re-
spectful obeisances; giram—by words; vidiiréya—who is impossible to
reach; manasah—by the mind; cetasiém—or by consciousness; api—
even.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, the self-effulgent Supersoul, who is the witness in
everyone’s heart, who enlightens the individual soul and who can-
not be reached by exercises of the mind, words or consciousness.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, cannot be understood by
the individual soul through mental, physical or intellectual exercises. It
is by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that the individual
soul is enlightened. Therefore, the Lord is described here as dtma-
pradipa. The Lord is like the sun, which illuminates everything and
cannot be illuminated by anyone. Therefore, if one is serious about
understanding the Supreme, one must receive enlightenment from Him,
as instructed in Bhagavad-gitad. One cannot understand the Supreme
Personality of Godhead by one’s mental, physical or intellectual powers.

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sattvena pratilabhyaya
naiskarmyena vipascita
