Shloka 14
Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy (Śṛṅgi) and the Moral Crisis of Kali-yuga
को नाम तृप्येद् रसवित्कथायां महत्तमैकान्तपरायणस्य । नान्तं गुणानामगुणस्य जग्मु- र्योगेश्वरा ये भवपाद्ममुख्या: ॥ १४ ॥
ko nāma tṛpyed rasavit kathāyāṁ mahattamaikānta-parāyaṇasya nāntaṁ guṇānām aguṇasya jagmur yogeśvarā ye bhava-pādma-mukhyāḥ
Govinda, the sole refuge of the greatest souls—who, tasting the nectar of rasa, could ever be satiated by hearing His divine narrations? Even Śiva and Brahmā, masters of mystic power, have not reached the end of His transcendental qualities.
Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā are two chiefs of the demigods. They are full of mystic powers. For example, Lord Śiva drank an ocean of poison of which one drop was sufficient to kill an ordinary living being. Similarly, Brahmā could create many powerful demigods, including Lord Śiva. So they are īśvaras, or lords of the universe. But they are not the supreme powerful. The supreme powerful is Govinda, Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is the Transcendence, and His transcendental attributes cannot be measured even by such powerful īśvaras as Śiva and Brahmā. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is the exclusive shelter of the greatest of all living beings. Brahmā is counted amongst the living beings, but he is the greatest of all of us. And why is the greatest of all the living beings so much attached to the transcendental topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa? Because He is the reservoir of all enjoyment. Everyone wants to relish some kind of taste in everything, but one who is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord can derive unlimited pleasure from such engagement. The Lord is unlimited, and His name, attributes, pastimes, entourage, variegatedness, etc., are unlimited, and those who relish them can do so unlimitedly and still not feel satiated. This fact is confirmed in the Padma Purāṇa:
FAQs
Because the Lord is unlimited and supremely sweet; His narrations are rasa-filled, so a true relisher (rasa-vit) naturally wants to hear more and more without reaching satiation.
Śaunaka Ṛṣi speaks this to Sūta Gosvāmī in the Naimiṣāraṇya assembly, urging deeper narration of the Lord’s glories.
Make time for daily Bhagavatam or Krishna-katha (reading, listening, kirtan) and treat it as nourishment for the heart—returning again and again rather than seeking lasting satisfaction in temporary content.