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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- varaṁ varaya bhadraṁ te
- vareśaṁ mābhivāñchitam
- brahmañ chreyaḥ-pariśrāmaḥ
- puṁsāṁ mad-darśanāvadhiḥ
varambenediction — benediction; varayajust ask from — just ask from; bhadramauspicious — auspicious; teunto you — unto you; varathe giver of all benediction-īśamthe giver of all benediction — the giver of all benediction; māfrom Me (mām) — from Me; abhivāñchitamwishing — wishing; brahmanO Brahmā — O Brahmā; śreyaḥthe ultimate success — the ultimate success; pariśrāmaḥfor all penances — for all penances; puṁsāmfor everyone — for everyone; matMy — My; darśanarealization — realization; avadhiḥup to the limit of — up to the limit of.
I wish you good luck. O Brahmā, you may ask from Me, the giver of all benediction, all that you may desire. You may know that the ultimate benediction, as the result of all penances, is to see Me by realization.
The ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth is knowing and seeing face to face the Personality of Godhead. Realization of the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā features of the Personality of Godhead is not ultimate realization, When one realizes the Supreme Lord, one does not struggle hard to perform such penances. The next stage of life is to discharge devotional service to the Lord just to satisfy Him. In other words, one who has realized and seen the Supreme Lord has attained all perfection because everything is included in that highest perfectional stage. The impersonalists and the pseudo mystics, however, cannot reach this state.