SB 1.5.39 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 39
Imam swanigamam brahman avetya mad anusthitam
Adat me jnanam aishairyam swasmin bhavam cha Keshavah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Imam—Thus, Swanigamam—confidential knowledge of the Vedas in respect of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Brahman—oh the Brahmin (Vyasdeva), Avetya—knowing it well, mad—by me, Anusthitam—executed, Adat—bestowed upon me, me—me, Jnaanam—knowledge transcendental, Aisharyam—opulence, Sasmin—personal, Bhavam—intimate affection and love, Keshavah—Lord Krishna.
TRANSLATION
(Sri Narada Muni said) Oh Brahmin, thus I was endowed with first the transcendental knowledge of the Lord as they are inculcated in the confidential part ef the Vedas, then spiritual opulences and then His intimate loving service, by the Supreme Lord Krishna.
PURPORT
Communion with the Lord by transmission of the sound transcendental is non-different from the Whole Spirit Lord Sri Krishna. It is a completely perfect method for approaching the Lord. By such pure contact with the Lord without any offence of material conceptions numbering ten, the devotee can rise above the material plain to understand the inner meaning of the Vedic literatures inculcating the Lord's existence in the transcendental realm. Lord reveals His identity gradually to one who has unflicnching devotional mode both upon the spiritual master as well as the Lord. After this the devotee is endowed with mystic opulences which are eight in number. And above all the devotee is accepted as the confidential entourage of the Lord and is entrusted with specific service of the Lord through the agency of the Spiritual master. A pure devotee is more interested in the matter of service of the Lord than showing an exhibition of the mystic powers dorment in him. Sri Narada has explained all these from His personal experience and one can obtain all the facilities which Sri Narada obtained perfecting the chanting process of the symbolic sound representation of the Lord. There is no bar for chanting this transcendental sound by anyone provided the same is received through the agency of Narada's representative coming down by the chain of disciplic succession or the Parampara system.