Srimad Bhagavatam 10.16.42-44 - Power of Devotees Association (download mp3) , (download flv) and (download mp4)
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SB 10.16.42-43
bhuta-matrendriya-prana-
mano-buddhy-asayatmane
tri-gunenabhimanena
gudha-svatmanubhutaye
namo ’nantaya suksmaya
kuta-sthaya vipascite
nana-vadanurodhaya
vacya-vacaka-saktaye
Translation:
Obeisances unto You, who are the ultimate soul of the physical elements, of the subtle basis of perception, of the senses, of the vital air of life, and of the mind, intelligence and consciousness. By Your arrangement the infinitesimal spirit souls falsely identify with the three modes of material nature, and their perception of their own true self thus becomes clouded. We offer our obeisances unto You, the unlimited Supreme Lord, the supremely subtle one, the omniscient Personality of Godhead, who are always fixed in unchanging transcendence, who sanction the opposing views of different philosophies, and who are the power upholding expressed ideas and the words that express them.
SB 10.16.44
namah pramana-mulaya
kavaye sastra-yonaye
pravrttaya nivrttaya
nigamaya namo namah
Translation:
We offer our obeisances again and again to You, who are the basis of all authoritative evidence, who are the author and ultimate source of the revealed scriptures, and who have manifested Yourself in those Vedic literatures encouraging sense gratification as well as in those encouraging renunciation of the material world.
Purport:
If we did not have the powers of perception and cognition, evidence could not be transmitted, and if we had no tendency to believe in particular modes of evidence, persuasion could not take place. All of these processes — perception, cognition, persuasion and transmission — take place through the various potencies of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord Krsna is Himself the greatest scholar and intellectual being. He manifests the transcendental scriptures within the hearts of great devotees like Brahma and Narada, and in addition He incarnates as Vedavyasa, the compiler of all Vedic knowledge. In multifarious ways the Lord generates a variety of religious scriptures, which gradually bring the conditioned souls through the various phases of reentry into the kingdom of God.
