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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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स वा अयं सख्यनुगीतसत्कथो वेदेषु गुह्येषु च गुह्यवादिभिः य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलया सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते
sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-katho vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥ ya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayā sṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate
WORD BY WORD
saḥ He; vai also; ayam this; sakhi O my friend; anugīta described; sat-kathaḥ the excellent pastimes; vedeṣu in the Vedic literatures; guhyeṣu confidentially; ca as also; guhya-vādibhiḥ by the confidential devotees; yaḥ one who; ekaḥ one only; īśaḥ the supreme controller; jagat of the complete creation; ātma Supersoul; līlayā by manifestation of pastimes; sṛjati creates; avati atti also maintains and annihilates; na never; tatra there; sajjate becomes attached to it;
TRANSLATION
| O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.
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PURPORT
| As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, all the Vedic literatures are glorifying the greatness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Here it is confirmed in the Bhāgavatam also. The Vedas are expanded by many branches and subbranches by great devotees and empowered incarnations of the Lord like Vyāsa, Nārada, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bali and Yamarāja, but in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam especially, the confidential parts of His activities are described by the confidential devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī. In the Vedānta-sūtras or Upaniṣads there is only a hint of the confidential parts of His pastimes. In such Vedic literatures as the Upaniṣads, the Lord has expressively been distinguished from the mundane conception of His existence. His identity being fully spiritual, His form, name, quality, and paraphernalia, etc., have been elaborately distinguished from matter, and therefore He is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent persons as impersonal. But factually He is the Supreme Person, Bhagavān, and He is partially represented as Paramātmā or impersonal Brahman.
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