त्वमात्मनाssत्मानमवेह्यमोघदृक् परस्य पुंस: परमात्मनः कलाम् । अजं प्रजातं जगत: शिवाय त- न्महानुभावाभ्युदयोsधिगण्यताम् ॥ २१॥

tvam ÄtmanÄtmÄnam avehy amogha-dá¹›k
parasya puá¹saḥ paramÄtmanaḥ kalÄm
ajaá¹ prajÄtaá¹ jagataḥ Å›ivÄya tan
mahÄnubhÄvÄbhyudayo 'dhigaṇyatÄm

 tvam - yourself; ÄtmanÄ - by your own self; ÄtmÄnam - the Supersoul; avehi - search out; amogha-dá¹›k - one who has perfect vision; parasya - of the Transcendence; puá¹saḥ - the Personality of Godhead; paramÄtmanaḥ - of the Supreme Lord; kalÄm - plenary part; ajam - birthless; prajÄtam - have taken birth; jagataḥ - of the world; Å›ivÄya - for the well-being; tat - that; mahÄ-anubhÄva - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa; abhyudayaḥ - pastimes; adhigaṇya-tÄm - describe most vividly.


Text

Your Goodness has perfect vision. You yourself can know the Supersoul Personality of Godhead because you are present as the plenary portion of the Lord. Although you are birthless, you have appeared on this earth for the well-being of all people. Please, therefore, describe the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa more vividly.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la VyÄsadeva is the empowered plenary portion incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. He descended by his causeless mercy to deliver the fallen souls in the material world. The fallen and forgotten souls are detached from the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord, and they are eternally servitors of the Lord. All the Vedic literatures, therefore, are put into systematic order for the benefit of the fallen souls, and it is the duty of the fallen souls to take advantage of such literatures and be freed from the bondage of material existence. Although formally ÅšrÄ«la NÄrada Ṛṣi is his spiritual master, ÅšrÄ«la VyÄsadeva is not at all dependent on a spiritual master because in essence he is the spiritual master of everyone else. But because he is doing the work of an ÄcÄrya, he has taught us by his own conduct that one must have a spiritual master, even though he be God Himself. Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, Lord ÅšrÄ« RÄma and Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, all incarnations of Godhead, accepted formal spiritual masters, although by Their transcendental nature They were cognizant of all knowledge. In order to direct people in general to the lotus feet of Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, He Himself in the incarnation of VyÄsadeva is delineating the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.