ब्रूह्येतदद्भुततमं भगवान्ह्यत्र कारणम् ॥२१॥
etad bhrÄmyati me buddhir
dÄ«pÄrcir iva vÄyunÄ
brÅ«hy etad adbhutatamaá¹
bhagavÄn hy atra kÄraṇam
etat - concerning this; bhrÄmyati - is flickering; me - my; buddhiḥ - intelligence; dÄ«pa-arciḥ - the flame of a candle; iva - like; vÄyunÄ - by the wind; brÅ«hi - please tell; etat - this; adbhutatamam - most wonderful; bhagavÄn - possessing all knowledge; hi - indeed; atra - here; kÄraṇam - the cause.
This matter is undoubtedly very wonderful. Indeed, my intelligence has become disturbed, just as the flame of a candle is disturbed by a blowing wind. O NÄrada Muni, you know everything. Kindly let me know the cause of this wonderful event.
The Å›Ästras enjoin, tad-vijñÄnÄrthaá¹ sa gurum evÄbhigacchet: when one is perplexed by the difficult problems of life, to solve them one must approach a guru like NÄrada or his representative in the disciplic succession. MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira therefore requested NÄrada to explain the cause for such a wonderful event.
