jñānaṁ tad etad amalaṁ duravāpam āha
nārāyaṇo nara-sakhaḥ kila nāradāya
ekāntināṁ bhagavatas tad akiñcanānāṁ
pādāravinda-rajasāpluta-dehināṁ syāt
Synonyms
jñānam — knowledge; tat — that; etat — this; amalam — without material contamination; duravāpam — very difficult to understand (without the mercy of a devotee); āha — explained; nārāyaṇaḥ — Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nara-sakhaḥ — the friend of all living entities (especially human beings); kila — certainly; nāradāya — unto the great sage Nārada; ekāntinām — of those who have surrendered exclusively to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat — that (knowledge); akiñcanānām — who do not claim any material possessions; pāda-aravinda — of the lotus feet of the Lord; rajasā — by the dust; āpluta — bathed; dehinām — whose bodies; syāt — is possible.
Translation
Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the well-wisher and friend of all living entities, formerly explained this transcendental knowledge to the great saint Nārada. Such knowledge is extremely difficult to understand without the mercy of a saintly person like Nārada, but everyone who has taken shelter of Nārada’s disciplic succession can understand this confidential knowledge.
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