Shloka 24
Parīkṣit’s Full Surrender and Śukadeva’s Maṅgalācaraṇa to Kṛṣṇa
Inquiry into Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution
नमस्तस्मै भगवते वासुदेवाय वेधसे । पपुर्ज्ञानमयं सौम्या यन्मुखाम्बुरुहासवम् ॥ २४ ॥
namas tasmai bhagavate vāsudevāya vedhase papur jñānam ayaṁ saumyā yan-mukhāmburuhāsavam
ဝါစုဒေဝ၏အဝတာရဖြစ်သော ဝေဓသ် ရှရီ ဝျာသဒေဝအား ကျွန်ုပ် ဂါရဝပြု၍ နမസ്കာရတင်ပါသည်။ အေးမြသနားရှင်၊ သန့်ရှင်းသောဘက္တများသည် သခင်၏ ကြာပန်းကဲ့သို့သော ပါးစပ်မှ စီးကျလာသော ဉာဏ်အမృతကို သောက်သုံးကြသည်။
In pursuance of the specific utterance vedhase, or “the compiler of the system of transcendental knowledge,” Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has commented that the respectful obeisances are offered to Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who is the incarnation of Vāsudeva. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has agreed to this, but Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has made a further advance, namely that the nectar from the mouth of Lord Kṛṣṇa is transferred to His different consorts, and thus they learn the finer arts of music, dance, dressing, decorations and all such things which are relished by the Lord. Such music, dance and decorations enjoyed by the Lord are certainly not anything mundane, because the Lord is addressed in the very beginning as para, or transcendental. This transcendental knowledge is unknown to the forgotten conditioned souls. Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who is the incarnation of the Lord, thus compiled the Vedic literatures to revive the lost memory of the conditioned souls about their eternal relation with the Lord. One should therefore try to understand the Vedic scriptures, or the nectar transferred by the Lord to His consorts in the conjugal humor, from the lotuslike mouth of Vyāsadeva or Śukadeva. By gradual development of transcendental knowledge, one can rise to the stage of the transcendental arts of music and dance displayed by the Lord in His rāsa-līlā. But without having the Vedic knowledge one can hardly understand the transcendental nature of the Lord’s rāsa dance and music. The pure devotees of the Lord, however, can equally relish the nectar in the form of the profound philosophical discourses and in the form of kissing by the Lord in the rāsa dance, as there is no mundane distinction between the two.
FAQs
This verse teaches that spiritual knowledge is ‘imbibed’ by hearing—likened to drinking nectar from the Lord’s lotus mouth—showing that śravaṇam of Bhagavān’s words awakens true jñāna.
In this context, Suta emphasizes that the ultimate source and ordainer behind creation is Vāsudeva; even cosmic creation is rooted in the Supreme Lord, not independent of Him.
Make time for daily hearing/reading of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or authentic Krishna-kathā; consistent śravaṇam purifies the mind and gradually replaces confusion with clarity and devotion.