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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.6
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 6
- sa vai bhavān veda samasta-guhyam
- upāsito yat puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
- parāvareśo manasaiva viśvaṁ
- sṛjaty avaty atti guṇair asaṅgaḥ
saḥthus — thus; vaicertainly — certainly; bhavānyourself — yourself; vedaknow — know; samastaall-inclusive — all-inclusive; guhyamconfidential — confidential; upāsitaḥdevotee of — devotee of; yatbecause — because; puruṣaḥthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; purāṇaḥthe oldest — the oldest; parāvareśaḥthe controller of the material and spiritual worlds — the controller of the material and spiritual worlds; manasāmind — mind; evaonly — only; viśvamthe universe — the universe; sṛjaticreates — creates; avatiannihilates attiannihilates — annihilates; guṇaiḥby the qualitative matter — by the qualitative matter; asaṅgaḥunattached — unattached.
My lord! Everything that is mysterious is known to you because you worship the creator and destroyer of the material world and the maintainer of the spiritual world, the original Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to the three modes of material nature.
A person who is cent-percent engaged in the service of the Lord is the emblem of all knowledge. Such a devotee of the Lord in full perfection of devotional service is also perfect by the qualification of the Personality of Godhead. As such, the eightfold perfections of mystic power (aṣṭa-siddhi) constitute very little of his godly opulence. A devotee like Nārada can act wonderfully by his spiritual perfection, which every individual is trying to attain. Śrīla Nārada is a cent-percent perfect living being, although not equal to the Personality of Godhead.