Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 21
Mahārāja Sagara, Kapila Muni, and the Deliverance of the Sixty Thousand Sons
अंशुमानुवाच न पश्यति त्वां परमात्मनोऽजनो न बुध्यतेऽद्यापि समाधियुक्तिभि: । कुतोऽपरे तस्य मन:शरीरधी- विसर्गसृष्टा वयमप्रकाशा: ॥ २१ ॥
aṁśumān uvāca na paśyati tvāṁ param ātmano ’jano na budhyate ’dyāpi samādhi-yuktibhiḥ kuto ’pare tasya manaḥ-śarīra-dhī- visarga-sṛṣṭā vayam aprakāśāḥ
Aṁśumān dijo: Señor mío, Paramātmā, hasta hoy ni siquiera Brahmā puede comprender Tu posición, ni por meditación ni por especulación mental. ¿Qué decir entonces de nosotros, creados por Brahmā en múltiples formas y sumidos en la ignorancia? ¿Cómo podríamos conocerte, a Ti que eres la Trascendencia?
icchā-dveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa
FAQs
This verse says that the ignorant cannot see the Supreme Soul, and even samādhi techniques may fail to reveal Him without true spiritual understanding and divine grace.
He emphasizes the Lord’s transcendence: if those relying on yogic samādhi still do not comprehend Him, then ordinary beings—products of secondary creation—should be even more humble about their capacity to know Him.
Cultivate humility and prioritize sincere devotion and inner purification rather than relying only on technique, intellect, or external methods to “force” spiritual realization.