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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- vyāsa uvāca
- asty eva me sarvam idaṁ tvayoktaṁ
- tathāpi nātmā parituṣyate me
- tan-mūlam avyaktam agādha-bodhaṁ
- pṛcchāmahe tvātma-bhavātma-bhūtam
vyāsaḥVyāsa — Vyāsa; uvācasaid — said; astithere is — there is; evacertainly — certainly; memine — mine; sarvamall — all; idamthis — this; tvayāby you — by you; uktamuttered — uttered; tathāpiand yet — and yet; nanot — not; ātmāself — self; parituṣyatedoes pacify — does pacify; meunto me — unto me; tatof which — of which; mūlamroot — root; avyaktamundetected — undetected; agādhathe man of unlimited knowledge-bodhamthe man of unlimited knowledge — the man of unlimited knowledge; pṛcchāmahedo inquire — do inquire; tvāunto you — unto you; ātmaself-born-bhavaself-born — self-born; ātmaoffspring-bhūtamoffspring — offspring.
Śrī Vyāsadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one [Brahmā] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother].
In the material world everyone is engrossed with the idea of identifying the body or the mind with the self. As such, all knowledge disseminated in the material world is related either with the body or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in materialistic knowledge. It is good, therefore, to approach a personality like Nārada to solve the root cause of all despondencies. Why Nārada should be approached is explained below.