jÄnanta eva jÄnantu
kiá¹ bahÅ«ktyÄ na me prabho
manaso vapuá¹£o vÄco
vaibhavaṠtava gocaraḥ

 jÄnantaḥ - persons who think they are aware of Your unlimited potency; eva - certainly; jÄnantu - let them think like that; kim - what is the use; bahu-uktyÄ - with many words; na - not; me - my; prabho - O Lord; manasaḥ - of the mind; vapuá¹£aḥ - of the body; vÄcaḥ - of the words; vaibhavam - opulences; tava - Your; gocaraḥ - within the range.


Text

“ ‘There are people who say, “I know everything about Kṛṣṇa.†Let them think that way. As far as I am concerned, I do not wish to speak very much about this matter. O my Lord, let me say this much. As far as Your opulences are concerned, they are all beyond the reach of my mind, body and words.’

Purport

This is a quotation from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.14.38), spoken by Lord BrahmÄ after he had stolen Lord Kṛṣṇa’s calves and cowherd boys and Kṛṣṇa had exhibited His transcendental opulence by re-creating all the stolen calves and cowherd boys by His viṣṇu-mÅ«rti expansions. After he had seen this, BrahmÄ offered the above prayer.