SB 1.6.22

Synonyms

hanta — alas [exclaimed out of compassion (sānukampa-sambodhane)⁷⁹]; [dear boy (tāta)⁸⁰]; bhavān — you; mā arhati — will not be able [na arhati]; draṣṭum — to see; mām — Me; iha — here [in this world (bhū-loke)⁸¹]; asmin — in this; janmani — life [in the body of a practitioner (sādhaka-dehe)⁸²]; [because (yataḥ)]; aham — I; durdarśaḥ — [am] difficult to be seen [imperceptible (adṛśyaḥ)⁸³]; kuyoginām — for immature yogīs [those who have not attained the completion stage (aniṣpanna-yoginām)]; kaṣāyāṇām — whose impurities [such as desire and so on (malāḥ kāmādayaḥ); meaning the obstacles to seeing Bhagavān, in the form of attachment to sense objects, greed, and so on (darśana-pratibandako viṣaya-rāga-lobhādi-rūpo yeṣāṁ teṣām); in Nārada’s case, the word kaṣāya refers to his sāttvika predilection for living in the forest (atra sāttviko vana-vāsādy āgrahaḥ)⁸⁴]; avipakva — [are] unburnt [(adagdhāḥ); or not yet exterminated (avinaṣṭaḥ)⁸⁵]; [yet the vision of Me was indeed disclosed to you, and hence you are not an immature yogī (tubhyaṁ tu darśanaṁ dattam eveti tvaṁ tu kuyogī na bhavasīti bhāvaḥ)⁸⁶]; [this was spoken by Bhagavān simply to increase Nārada’s longing (utkaṇṭhā-vardhanārthañ cedam)⁸⁷].

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