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vistareṇÄtmano yogaá¹
vibhÅ«tiá¹ ca janÄrdana
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi
śṛṇvato nÄsti me 'má¹›tam
vistareṇa - in detail; Ätmanaḥ - Your; yogam - mystic power; vibhÅ«tim - opulences; ca - also; jana-ardana - O killer of the atheists; bhÅ«yaḥ - again; kathaya - describe; tá¹›ptiḥ - satisfaction; hi - certainly; śṛṇvataḥ - hearing; na asti - there is not; me - my; amá¹›tam - nectar.
O JanÄrdana, again please describe in detail the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated in hearing about You, for the more I hear the more I want to taste the nectar of Your words.
A similar statement was made to SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« by the ṛṣis of Naimiá¹£Äraṇya, headed by Åšaunaka. That statement is:
vayaá¹ tu na vitá¹›pyÄma
uttama-śloka-vikrame
yac chṛṇvatÄá¹ rasa-jñÄnÄá¹
svÄdu svÄdu pade pade
“One can never be satiated even though one continuously hears the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, who is gloriï¬ed by excellent prayers. Those who have entered into a transcendental relationship with Kṛṣṇa relish at every step the descriptions of the pastimes of the Lord.†(ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam 1.1.19) Thus Arjuna is interested in hearing about Kṛṣṇa, and speciï¬cally how He remains as the all-pervading Supreme Lord.
Now as far as amá¹›tam, nectar, is concerned, any narration or statement concerning Kṛṣṇa is just like nectar. And this nectar can be perceived by practical experience. Modern stories, ï¬ction and histories are different from the transcendental pastimes of the Lord in that one will tire of hearing mundane stories but one never tires of hearing about Kṛṣṇa. It is for this reason only that the history of the whole universe is replete with references to the pastimes of the incarnations of Godhead. The PurÄṇas are histories of bygone ages that relate the pastimes of the various incarnations of the Lord. In this way the reading matter remains forever fresh, despite repeated readings.
