को नाम तृप्येद्रसवित्कथायां महत्तमैकान्तपरायणस्य ।
नान्तं गुणानामगुणस्य जग्मुर्योगेश्वरा ये भवपाद्ममुख्याः ॥१४॥

 

ko nÄma tá¹›pyed rasavit kathÄyÄá¹
mahattamaikÄnta-parÄyaṇasya
nÄntaá¹ guṇÄnÄm aguṇasya jagmur
yogeÅ›varÄ ye bhava-pÄdma-mukhyÄḥ

 kaḥ - who is he; nÄma - specifically; tá¹›pyet - get full satisfaction; rasa-vit - expert in relishing mellow nectar; kathÄyÄm - in the topics of; mahat-tama - the greatest amongst the living beings; ekÄnta - exclusively; parÄyaṇasya - of one who is the shelter of; na - never; antam - end; guṇÄnÄm - of attributes; aguṇasya - of the Transcendence; jagmuḥ - could ascertain; yoga-Ä«Å›varÄḥ - the lords of mystic power; ye - all they; bhava - Lord Åšiva; pÄdma - Lord BrahmÄ; mukhyÄḥ - heads.


Text

The Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa [Govinda], is the exclusive shelter for all great living beings, and His transcendental attributes cannot even be measured by such masters of mystic powers as Lord Åšiva and Lord BrahmÄ. Can anyone who is expert in relishing nectar [rasa] ever be fully satiated by hearing topics about Him?

Purport

Lord Åšiva and Lord BrahmÄ are two chiefs of the demigods. They are full of mystic powers. For example, Lord Åšiva drank an ocean of poison of which one drop was sufficient to kill an ordinary living being. Similarly, BrahmÄ could create many powerful demigods, including Lord Åšiva. So they are Ä«Å›varas, or lords of the universe. But they are not the supreme powerful. The supreme powerful is Govinda, Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is the Transcendence, and His transcendental attributes cannot be measured even by such powerful Ä«Å›varas as Åšiva and BrahmÄ. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is the exclusive shelter of the greatest of all living beings. BrahmÄ is counted amongst the living beings, but he is the greatest of all of us. And why is the greatest of all the living beings so much attached to the transcendental topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa? Because He is the reservoir of all enjoyment. Everyone wants to relish some kind of taste in everything, but one who is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord can derive unlimited pleasure from such engagement. The Lord is unlimited, and His name, attributes, pastimes, entourage, variegatedness, etc., are unlimited, and those who relish them can do so unlimitedly and still not feel satiated. This fact is confirmed in the Padma PurÄṇa:

ramante yogino ’nante
 satyÄnanda-cid-Ätmani
iti rÄma-padenÄsau
 paraá¹ brahmÄbhidhÄ«yate

“The mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known as RÄma.â€

There is no end to such transcendental discourses. In mundane affairs there is the law of satiation, but in transcendence there is no such satiation. SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« desired to continue the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa before the sages of Naimiá¹£Äraṇya, and the sages also expressed their readiness to hear from him continuously. Since the Lord is transcendence and His attributes are transcendental, such discourses increase the receptive mood of the purified audience.