SB 1.18.14 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 14
Ko nama tripyed rasauit kathayam Mahattamaikanta parayanasya Na antam gunanam agunasya jagmur Yogeswara ye bhava padma mukhya.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Ka—who is he, Nama—specifically, Tripyed—get full satisfaction, Rasavit—expert in relishing mellow, Kathayam—in the topics of, Mahattama—the greatest amongst the living being, Ekanta—exclusively, Parayanasya—of one who is the shelter of, Na—never, antam—end, Gunanam—of attributes, Agunasya—of the transcendence, Jagmur—could ascertain, Yogeswara—the lords of mystic power, Ye—all they, Bhava—Lord Shiva, Padma—Lord Brahma, Mukhyah—heads.
TRANSLATION
The personality of Godhead Lord Krishna (Govinda) is the exclusive shelter for all the greatest of the living being and His transcendental attributes could not be measured even by the heads of mystic powers like Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma. Can anyone, who is expert in relishing mellow, be fully satisfied by hearing the topics of Him ?
PURPORT
Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma are two heads of the demi-gods. They are full of mystic powers. For example Lord Shiva drunk an ocean of poison of which one drop is sufficient to kill an ordinary living being. Similarly Brahama could create many such powerful demigods including Lord Shiva. So they are Iswaras or the lords of the universe. But they are not the Supreme powerful. The Supreme powerful is Govinda Lord Krishna. He is transcendence and His transcedental attributes could not be measured even by such powerful Iswaras like Shiva and Brahma. Therefore Lord Krishna is the exclusive shelter of the greatest of all living beings. Brahma is counted amongst the living beings but he is the greatest of all us. And why such greatest of all the living being is so much attached to the transcendental topic of Lord Krishna? Because He is the reservoir of all mellows. Everyone wants to relish some kind of mellow from everything in use but one one who is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord can derive unlimited mellow from such engagement. The Lord is unlimited and His Name, Attributes, Pastimes, Entourage variegatedness everything are unlimited and those who relish in them can do so unlimitedly and still nobody feels satiated in such transcendental engagements. This fact in confirmed in the Padam Puranam and it is said thus.
(In Devanagari:) "ramante yogino 'nante satyanande cid-atmani iti rama-padenasau param brahmabhidhiyate"
There is no end of such transcendental discourses. In mundane affairs there is law of satiation but in the transcendence there is no such satiation. Suta Goswami desired to continue the topics of Lord Krishna before the sages of Naimisaranya and sages also expressed their readiness to hear from him continually; because the Lord being transcendence and this attributes being transcendental, such discourses increase receptive mood of the purified audience.