vyÄsa uvÄca
asty eva me sarvam idaá¹ tvayoktaá¹
tathÄpi nÄtmÄ parituá¹£yate me
tan-mÅ«lam avyaktam agÄdha-bodhaá¹
pá¹›cchÄmahe tvÄtma-bhavÄtma-bhÅ«tam
vyÄsaḥ - VyÄsa; uvÄca - said; asti - there is; eva - certainly; me - mine; sarvam - all; idam - this; tvayÄ - by you; uktam - uttered; tathÄpi - and yet; na - not; ÄtmÄ - self; parituá¹£yate - does pacify; me - unto me; tat - of which; mÅ«lam - root; avyaktam - undetected; agÄdha-bodham - the man of unlimited knowledge; pá¹›cchÄmahe - do inquire; tvÄ - unto you; Ätma-bhava - self-born; Ätma-bhÅ«tam - offspring.
ÅšrÄ« VyÄsadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one [BrahmÄ] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother].
In the material world everyone is engrossed with the idea of identifying the body or the mind with the self. As such, all knowledge disseminated in the material world is related either with the body or with the mind, and that is the root cause of all despondencies. This is not always detected, even though one may be the greatest erudite scholar in materialistic knowledge. It is good, therefore, to approach a personality like NÄrada to solve the root cause of all despondencies. Why NÄrada should be approached is explained below.
