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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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मैत्रेय उवाच
स एवं ब्रह्मपुत्रेण कुमारेणात्ममेधसा ।
दर्शितात्मगतिः सम्यक्प्रशस्योवाच तं नृपः ॥४१॥
maitreya uvāca
sa evaṁ brahma-putreṇa
kumāreṇātma-medhasā
darśitātma-gatiḥ samyak
praśasyovāca taṁ nṛpaḥ
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
 | The great sage Maitreya continued: Being thus enlightened in complete spiritual knowledge by the son of Brahmā — one of the Kumāras, who was complete in spiritual knowledge — the King worshiped them in the following words.
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PURPORT
| | In this verse the word ātma-medhasā is commented upon by Śrīpāda Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, who says that ātmani means “unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, paramātmani.” Lord Kṛṣṇa is Paramātmā: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Brahma-saṁhitā 15.1). Therefore one whose mind is acting fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is called ātma-medhāḥ. This may be contrasted to the word gṛha-medhī, which refers to one whose brain is always engrossed with thoughts of material activities. The ātma-medhāḥ is always thinking of Kṛṣṇa’s activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since Sanat-kumāra, who was a son of Lord Brahmā, was fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, he could point out the path of spiritual advancement. The word ātma-gatiḥ refers to that path of activities by which one can make progress in understanding Kṛṣṇa.
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