विद्यामयं हृदयग्रन्थिं सत्त्वरजस्तमोमयमन्तर्हृदयं गत आशु निर्भिनत्ति
तस्यानुभावान् भगवान् स्वायम्भुवो नारदः सह तुम्बुरुणा सभायां
ब्रह्मणः संश्लोकयामास ॥८॥
ya eá¹£a evam anuÅ›ruto dhyÄyamÄno mumukṣūṇÄm anÄdi-kÄla-karma-vÄsanÄ-grathitam avidyÄmayaá¹ há¹›daya-granthiá¹ sattva-rajas-tamomayam antar-há¹›dayaá¹ gata ÄÅ›u nirbhinatti tasyÄnubhÄvÄn bhagavÄn svÄyambhuvo nÄradaḥ saha tumburuá¹‡Ä sabhÄyÄá¹ brahmaṇaḥ samÅ›lokayÄm Äsa
yaḥ - who; eá¹£aḥ - this one; evam - thus; anuÅ›rutaḥ - being heard from a bona fide spiritual master; dhyÄyamÄnaḥ - being meditated upon; mumukṣūṇÄm - of persons desiring liberation from conditioned life; anÄdi - from immemorial; kÄla - time; karma-vÄsanÄ - by the desire for fruitive activities; grathitam - tied tightly; avidyÄ-mayam - consisting of the illusory energy; há¹›daya-granthim - the knot within the heart; sattva-rajaḥ-tamaḥ-mayam - made of the three modes of material nature; antaḥ-há¹›dayam - in the core of the heart; gataḥ - situated; ÄÅ›u - very soon; nirbhinatti - cuts; tasya - of Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa; anubhÄvÄn - the glories; bhagavÄn - the greatly powerful; svÄyambhuvaḥ - the son of Lord BrahmÄ; nÄradaḥ - the sage NÄrada; saha - along with; tumburuá¹‡Ä - the stringed instrument called a Tumburu; sabhÄyÄm - in the assembly; brahmaṇaḥ - of Lord BrahmÄ; samÅ›lokayÄm Äsa - described in verses.
If persons who are very serious about being liberated from material life hear the glories of Anantadeva from the mouth of a spiritual master in the chain of disciplic succession, and if they always meditate upon Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, the Lord enters the cores of their hearts, vanquishes all the dirty contamination of the material modes of nature, and cuts to pieces the hard knot within the heart, which has been tied tightly since time immemorial by the desire to dominate material nature through fruitive activities. NÄrada Muni, the son of Lord BrahmÄ, always glorifies Anantadeva in his father’s assembly. There he sings blissful verses of his own composition, accompanied by his stringed instrument [or a celestial singer] known as Tumburu.
None of these descriptions of Lord Anantadeva are imaginary. They are all transcendentally blissful and full of actual knowledge. However, unless one hears them directly from a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession, one cannot understand them. This knowledge is delivered to NÄrada by Lord BrahmÄ, and the great saint NÄrada, along with his companion, Tumburu, distributes it all over the universe. Sometimes the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as UttamaÅ›loka, one who is praised by beautiful poetry. NÄrada composes various poems to glorify Lord Ananta, and therefore the word saá¹Å›lokayÄm Äsa (praised by selected poetry) is used in this verse.
The Vaiṣṇavas in the Gauá¸Ä«ya-sampradÄya belong to the disciplic succession stemming from Lord BrahmÄ. Lord BrahmÄ is the spiritual master of NÄrada, NÄrada is the spiritual master of VyÄsadeva, and VyÄsadeva wrote the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam as a commentary on the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra. Therefore all devotees in the Gauá¸Ä«yasampradÄya accept the activities of Lord Ananta related in the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam as authentic, and they are thus benefited by going back home, back to Godhead. The contamination in the heart of a conditioned soul is like a huge accumulation of garbage created by the three modes of material nature, especially the modes of rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance). This contamination becomes manifest in the form of lusty desires and greed for material possessions. As confirmed herein, unless one receives transcendental knowledge in disciplic succession, there is no question of his becoming purified of this contamination.
