SB 1.5.31

येनैवाहं भगवतो वासुदेवस्य वेधसः ।
मायानुभावमविदं येन गच्छन्ति तत्पदम् ॥ ३१ ॥
yenaivāhaṁ bhagavato vāsudevasya vedhasaḥ
māyānubhāvam avidaṁ yena gacchanti tat-padam

Synonyms

yena eva — by which indeed [by that most confidential knowledge of Śrīmad Bhāgavata (śrī-bhāgavatena)131]; aham — I; avidam — understood [jñātavān asmi]; anubhāvam — the manifest influence [the evident effects or the power (kāryaṁ prabhāvam)]; māyā — [of] the potency [here meaning both the intrinsic potency (cic-chakteḥ) as the potency of grace (kṛpā-śakteḥ), which discloses the knowledge of Bhagavān’s majesty and mellifluousness (aiśvarya-mādhurya-jñānasya), and the extrinsic potency, consisting of the three guṇas (tri-guṇa-māyā-śakteś ca)]; bhagavataḥ vāsudevasya — of Bhagavān Vāsudeva [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; vedhasaḥ — the very ground of all creation [viśva-vidhātuḥ132]; yena — by [the realization] of which [yena ca jñānena133]; gacchanti — [living beings] attain; tat-padam — His transcendental abode [or directly perceive His lotus feet through divine love (tasya caraṇāravindaṁ gacchanti parama-prītyā sākṣāt kurvanti)134].

Translation

By that [most confidential knowledge of Śrīmad Bhāgavata], I understood the manifest influence of the [intrinsic and extrinsic] potencies of Bhagavān Vāsudeva [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], the very ground of all creation, by the realization of which, living beings attain His transcendental abode.

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