SRI BRHAD BHAGAVATAMRTA *verse 4*

verse 4

 sri-jaiminir uvaca

naitat sva-saktito rajan vaktum jnatum ca sakyate

sarva-jnanam ca durjneyam brahmanubhavinam api

Sri Jaimini said"  O King, it is not possible to describe or understand that conversation by one's own power.  Even the crest jewels of omniscient personalities and even those who have realized Brahman find it hard to comprehend.

DIG-DARSINI-TIKA:  No one is capable of grasping this conversation by the power of mind and words.  to convey this idea, Sri Jaimini speaks this verse beginning with na.  He says,  "This narration of the glories of Goloka  (goloka-mahatmya) is the essence of the nectarean ocean of Srimad Bhagavatam.  It is incomprehensible even for perfected beings who are trikala-jna - who know past, present, and future - and even for liberated souls who have realized Brahman."  This statement indicates the rarity of knowledge about the glories of Sri Bhagavan and His eternal associates.

...i just read a verse in Bhagavatam 3.6.40:  Words, mind and ego, with their respective controlling demigods, have failed to achieve success in knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Therefore, we simply have to offer our respectful obeisances unto Him as a matter of sanity.

this is spoken by the great sage Maitreya to Vidura.  Maitreya is trying to convey to Vidura what he heard from Lord Krsna just before His departure.  Here he's showing a wonderful aspect of our philosophy, that the glories and attributes of the Lord can not be comprehended by our pea-brains, so we offer pranams to Him in any way that we can and follow our Gurudevas to develop pure love for This Amazing Personality.

Srila Prabhupada says in the purport to this Bhagavatam verse ...The only method for understanding the Supreme truth is devotional service...BG 18:55, bhaktya mama abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah tato mam tattvato jnatva visate tad-anantaram - It is only through bhaki that one can know the tattva of My glories and svarupa.  One then enters My eternal pastimes through that tattva on the strength of prema-bhakti.

...this is the goal of bhakti yoga

                               ...this is the bhakti way

                                              ...today, how can i serve my Lord?