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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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एतावदुक्त्वोपरराम तन्महद्भूतं नभोलिङ्गमलिङ्गमीश्वरम् अहं च तस्मै महतां महीयसे शीर्ष्णावनामं विदधेऽनुकम्पितः
etāvad uktvopararāma tan mahad bhūtaṁ nabho-liṅgam aliṅgam īśvaram ahaṁ ca tasmai mahatāṁ mahīyase śīrṣṇāvanāmaṁ vidadhe ’nukampitaḥ
WORD BY WORD
etāvat thus; uktvā spoken; upararāma stopped; tat that; mahat great; bhūtam wonderful; nabhaḥ-liṅgam personified by sound; aliṅgam unseen by the eyes; īśvaram the supreme authority; aham I; ca also; tasmai unto Him; mahatām the great; mahīyase unto the glorified; śīrṣṇā by the head; avanāmam obeisances; vidadhe executed; anukampitaḥ being favored by Him;
TRANSLATION
| Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.
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PURPORT
| That the Personality of Godhead was not seen but only heard does not make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four Vedas by His breathing, and He is seen and realized through the transcendental sound of the Vedas. Similarly, the Bhagavad-gītā is the sound representation of the Lord, and there is no difference in identity. The conclusion is that the Lord can be seen and heard by persistent chanting of the transcendental sound.
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