Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 Verse 2

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Chapter 10. The Opulence of the Absolute

TEXT 2
na me viduh sura-ganah
prabhavam na maharsayah
aham adir hi devanam
maharsinam ca sarvasah

SYNONYMS
na--never; me--My; viduh--knows; sura-ganah--demigods; prabhavam--
opulences; na--never; maha-rsayah--great sages; aham--I am; adih--the
origin; hi--certainly; devanam--of the demigods; maha-rsinam--of the
great sages; ca--also; sarvasah--in all respects.

TRANSLATION
Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin,
for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the sages.

EXPLANATION
As stated in the Brahma-samhita, Lord Krsna is the Supreme Lord. No
one is greater than Him; He is the cause of all causes. Here it is
also stated by the Lord personally that He is the cause of all the
demigods and sages. Even the demigods and great sages cannot
understand Krsna; they can understand neither His name nor His
personality, so what is the position of the so-called scholars of this
tiny planet? No one can understand why this Supreme God comes to earth
as an ordinary human being and executes such commonplace and yet
wonderful activities. One should know, then, that scholarship is not
the qualification necessary to understand Krsna. Even the demigods and
the great sages have tried to understand Krsna by their mental
speculation, and they have failed to do so. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam
also it is clearly said that even the great demigods are not able to
understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They can speculate to
the limits of their imperfect senses and can reach the opposite
conclusion of impersonalism, of something not manifested by the three
qualities of material nature, or they can imagine something by mental
speculation, but it is not possible to understand Krsna by such
foolish speculation.
Here the Lord indirectly says that if anyone wants to know the
Absolute Truth, "Here I am present as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. I am the Supreme." One should know this. Although one cannot
understand the inconceivable Lord who is personally present, He
nonetheless exists. We can actually understand Krsna, who is eternal,
full of bliss and knowledge, simply by studying His words in Bhagavad-
gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. The impersonal Brahman can be conceived by
persons who are already in the inferior energy of the Lord, but the
Personality of Godhead cannot be conceived unless one is in the
transcendental position.
Because most men cannot understand Krsna in His actual situation, out
of His causeless mercy He descends to show favor to such speculators.
Yet despite the Supreme Lord's uncommon activities, these speculators,
due to contamination in the material energy, still think that the
impersonal Brahman is the Supreme. Only the devotees who are fully
surrendered unto the Supreme Lord can understand, by the grace of the
Supreme Personality, that He is Krsna. The devotees of the Lord do not
bother about the impersonal Brahman conception of God; their faith and
devotion bring them to surrender immediately unto the Supreme Lord,
and out of the causeless mercy of Krsna, they can understand Krsna. No
one else can understand Him. So even great sages agree: What is atma,
what is the Supreme? It is He whom we have to worship.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"We are not human beings here for a spiritual experience, but
spiritual beings forced to undergo a human experience in this material
world."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and
realize the supreme Lord Sri Krishna who is the source of the demigods
and the sages.