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| Nevertheless, although we are in the mode of goodness, we cannot understand the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What, then, is to be said of others, who, under illusion, merely speculate to know God?. | | Nevertheless, although we are in the mode of goodness, we cannot understand the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What, then, is to be said of others, who, under illusion, merely speculate to know God? |
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| The men and other living entities within this cosmic manifestation are controlled by the three modes of nature. For the living entities controlled by the base qualities of nature, passion and ignorance, there is no possibility of understanding God. Even those in the mode of goodness, like the many demigods and great ṛṣis described in these verses, cannot understand the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, one who is situated in the devotional service of the Lord is transcendental to all the material qualities. Therefore the Lord personally says that no one can understand Him but the bhaktas, who are transcendental to all material qualities (bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55|BG 18.55]])). As stated by Bhīṣmadeva to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.9.16|SB 1.9.16]]): | | The men and other living entities within this cosmic manifestation are controlled by the three modes of nature. For the living entities controlled by the base qualities of nature, passion and ignorance, there is no possibility of understanding God. Even those in the mode of goodness, like the many demigods and great ṛṣis described in these verses, cannot understand the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, one who is situated in the devotional service of the Lord is transcendental to all the material qualities. Therefore the Lord personally says that no one can understand Him but the bhaktas, who are transcendental to all material qualities (bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]])). As stated by Bhīṣmadeva to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.9.16|SB 1.9.16]]): |
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| :na hy asya karhicid rājan</dd><dd>pumān veda vidhitsitam</dd><dd>yad-vijijñāsayā yuktā</dd><dd>muhyanti kavayo 'pi hi | | :na hy asya karhicid rājan |
| | :pumān veda vidhitsitam |
| | :yad-vijijñāsayā yuktā |
| | :muhyanti kavayo 'pi hi |
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| "O King, no one can know the plan of the Lord [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]. Even though great philosophers inquire exhaustively, they are bewildered." No one, therefore, can understand God by speculative knowledge. Indeed, by speculation one will be bewildered (muhyanti). This is also confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.3|BG 7.3]]): | | "O King, no one can know the plan of the Lord [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]. Even though great philosophers inquire exhaustively, they are bewildered." No one, therefore, can understand God by speculative knowledge. Indeed, by speculation one will be bewildered (muhyanti). This is also confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.3 (1972)|BG 7.3]]): |
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| :manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu</dd><dd>kaścid yatati siddhaye</dd><dd>yatatām api siddhānāṁ</dd><dd>kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ | | :manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu |
| | :kaścid yatati siddhaye |
| | :yatatām api siddhānāṁ |
| | :kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ |
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