यन्नारदाङ्गिरोभ्यां ते व्याहृतं मेऽनुशासनम् ।
संसिद्धोऽसि तया राजन् विद्यया दर्शनाच्च मे ॥५०॥
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
yan nÄradÄá¹…girobhyÄá¹ te
vyÄhá¹›taá¹ me 'nuÅ›Äsanam
saá¹siddho 'si tayÄ rÄjan
vidyayÄ darÅ›anÄc ca me
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, replied; yat - which; nÄrada-aá¹…girobhyÄm - by the great sages NÄrada and Aá¹…girÄ; te - unto you; vyÄhá¹›tam - spoken; me - of Me; anuÅ›Äsanam - the worship; saá¹siddhaḥ - completely perfected; asi - you are; tayÄ - by that; rÄjan - O King; vidyayÄ - mantra; darÅ›anÄt - from the direct sight; ca - as well as; me - of Me.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, replied as follows: O King, as a result of your having accepted the instructions spoken about Me by the great sages NÄrada and Aá¹…girÄ, you have become completely aware of transcendental knowledge. Because you are now educated in the spiritual science, you have seen Me face to face. Therefore you are now completely perfect.
The perfection of life is to be spiritually educated and to understand the existence of the Lord and how He creates, maintains and annihilates the cosmic manifestation. When one is perfect in knowledge, he can develop his love of Godhead through the association of such perfect persons as NÄrada and Aá¹…girÄ and the members of their disciplic succession. Then one is able to see the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Although the Lord is unlimited, by His causeless mercy He becomes visible to the devotee, who is then able to see Him. In our present position of conditioned life we cannot see or understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
ataḥ Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-nÄmÄdi
na bhaved grÄhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvÄdau
svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
“No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him.†(Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu 1.2.234) If one takes to spiritual life under the direction of NÄrada Muni or his representative and thus engages himself in the service of the Lord, he qualifies himself to see the Lord face to face. The Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.38) states:
premÄñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
yaá¹ Å›yÄmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarÅ«paá¹
govindam Ädi-puruá¹£aá¹ tam ahaá¹ bhajÄmi
“I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He is seen in His eternal form of ÅšyÄmasundara situated within the heart of the devotee.†One must follow the instructions of the spiritual master. Thus one becomes qualified and later sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as evinced by MahÄrÄja Citraketu.
