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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- nārada uvāca
- pārāśarya mahā-bhāga
- bhavataḥ kaccid ātmanā
- parituṣyati śārīra
- ātmā mānasa eva vā
nāradaḥNārada — Nārada; uvācasaid — said; pārāśaryaO son of Parāśara — O son of Parāśara; mahāthe greatly fortunate-bhāgathe greatly fortunate — the greatly fortunate; bhavataḥyour — your; kaccitif it is — if it is; ātmanāby the self-realization of — by the self-realization of; parituṣyatidoes it satisfy — does it satisfy; śārīraḥidentifying the body — identifying the body; ātmāself — self; mānasaḥidentifying the mind — identifying the mind; evacertainly — certainly; vāand — and.
Addressing Vyāsadeva, the son of Parāśara, Nārada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization?
This was a hint by Nārada to Vyāsadeva regarding the cause of his despondency. Vyāsadeva, as the descendant of Parāśara, a greatly powerful sage, had the privilege of having a great parentage which should not have given Vyāsadeva cause for despondency. Being a great son of a great father, he should not have identified the self with the body or the mind. Ordinary men with a poor fund of knowledge can identify the body as self or the mind as self, but Vyāsadeva should not have done so. One cannot be cheerful by nature unless one is factually seated in self-realization, which is transcendental to the material body and mind.