SB 1.18.14

Synonyms

kaḥ nāma [pumān¹⁰³] — what [person] indeed; rasa-vit — [who is] fully conversant in the matter of aesthetic relish [rasajñaḥ¹⁰⁴]; tṛpyet — would be satiated [would meet with the feeling that now this is enough (alam-buddhim āpnuyāt);¹⁰⁵ only those of an animalistic nature, who are ignorant in the matter of rasa, would feel thus satiated (kathā-rasānabhijñāḥ paśu-tulyās tṛpyantu)¹⁰⁶]; kathāyām — in [i.e., by] the narrations; [of Bhagavān (bhagavataḥ)¹⁰⁷]; ekānta — the exclusive [ekāntena]; parāyaṇasya — [and] ultimate refuge [(param ayanam āśrayaḥ); meaning that alone which is to be attained, that alone by which one attains, and the existential ground in which attainment is alone made possible (prāpyaḥ prāpaka ādhāraś ca)¹⁰⁸]; mahat-tama — [of] the most highly evolved devotees [(mahattamānām); those devotees of Bhagavān who are endowed with supreme discernment (parama-vivekino bhagavad-bhaktās teṣām)¹⁰⁹]; [implying that no connoisseur of aesthetic relish would be satiated by such narrations (na ko’pīty arthaḥ), both because of the endlessness of Bhagavān’s divine qualities and deeds that have not yet been heard (aśrutānām api guṇa-karmaṇām ānantyāt) and because even those that have been heard appear endlessly new (śrutānām api navāyamānatvāc ca)¹¹⁰]; ye yoga-īśvarāḥ [api] — [even] the supreme masters of yoga; mukhyāḥ — headed by; bhava — Śiva; pādma — [and] Brahmā; na jagmuḥ — cannot find [cannot ascertain by any method of calculation (na parigaṇayāñ cakruḥ)]; antam — an end [or limit (avadhim)¹¹¹]; guṇānām — of [i.e., to] the divine qualities [transphenomenal (alaukika-guṇānām);¹¹² and of the nature of consciousness alone (cinmayānām)¹¹³]; aguṇasya — of Bhagavān, who is beyond all material qualification [or devoid of the material guṇas (prākṛta-guṇa-rahitasya)].

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