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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- tathāpi bata me daihyo
- hy ātmā caivātmanā vibhuḥ
- asampanna ivābhāti
- brahma-varcasya sattamaḥ
tathāpialthough — although; batadefect — defect; memine — mine; daihyaḥsituated in the body — situated in the body; hicertainly — certainly; ātmāliving being — living being; caand — and; evaeven — even; ātmanāmyself — myself; vibhuḥsufficient — sufficient; asampannaḥwanting in — wanting in; ivait appears to be ābhātiit appears to be — it appears to be; brahmaof the Vedāntists-varcasyaof the Vedāntists — of the Vedāntists; sattamaḥthe supreme — the supreme.
I am feeling incomplete, though I myself am fully equipped with everything required by the Vedas.
Undoubtedly Śrīla Vyāsadeva was complete in all the details of Vedic achievements. Purification of the living being submerged in matter is made possible by the prescribed activities in the Vedas, but the ultimate achievement is different. Unless it is attained, the living being, even though fully equipped, cannot be situated in the transcendentally normal stage. Śrīla Vyāsadeva appeared to have lost the clue and therefore felt dissatisfaction.