SB 1.2.5 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 5
Munayah sadhu pristo' ham bhavatbhir loka managalam Yat kritah Krishna samprashno yena atma suprasidati.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Munayah—oh the sages, Sadhu—this is just relevant, Pristo—questioned, Aham—myself, Bhavatbhi—by you all, Loka—the world, Mangalam—welfare, Yat—because, Kritah—made, Krishna—The Personality of Godhead, Samprasana—relevant question, Yena—by which, Atma—self, Suprasidati—completely pleased.
TRANSLATION
Oh the sages, I have been justly questioned by you. It is relevant because there is public welfare in the question as they are in relation with Krishna. And this sort of questions only can please the self completely.
PURPORT
As it is stated hereinbefore that in the Bhagwatam the absolute Truth is to be known so the questions, of the sages in the Naimisharanya are proper and just because they are made in relation with Krishna Who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Absolute Truth. In the Bhagwat Geeta the Personality of Godhead says that in all the Vedas there is nothing but an urge for searching Him (Lord Krishna). (BG 15.15) As such the questions in relation with Krishna is the sum and substance of all the Vedic enquiries.
The whole world is full of questions and answers. The birds, beasts or the man all are busy in the matter of perpetual questions and answers. In the morning the birds in the nest become busy with questions and answers in the evening also the same birds come back and again become busy with questions and answers. The human being unless he is fast asleep at night he is busy with questions and answers. The businessmen on the market place is busy with questions and answers and so also the lawyers in the court and the students in the schools and colleges. The legislators in the parliament are also busy with questions and answers and the politicians or the press representatives all are busy with questions and answers. But they go on making such questions and answers for the whole life and still they are not at all satisfied. Satisfaction of the soul can only be obtained by questions and answers on the subject of Krishna.
Krishna is our most intimate master, friend, father or son and object of conjugal love. Forgetting Krishna we have created so many objects of questions and answers but none of them are able to give us complete satisfaction. Any thing except Krishna can give us temporary satisfaction only and if we have to have complete satisfaction we must take to the questions and answers about Krishna. We cannot live for a moment without being questioned or without giving answers. Because the Srimad Bhagwatam deals in questions and answers in relation with Krishna, we can derive the highest satisfaction only by reading and hearing this transcendental literature. Learn the Srimad Bhagwatam and make an all round solution of all problems regarding social, political or religious matters. Srimad Bhagwatam and Krishna is the sumtotal of all things.