SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 6] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 7always counteract the miseries of the materialistic way !lf life.Therefore great sages like Nirada always speak upon Srimad­Bhagavatam because it gives one the facility to hear and chantabout the wonderful activities of the Lord. Let me offer my respectfulobeisances unto Srila Vyasadeva and then begin describingtopics concerning the activities of Lord Hari.PURPORTIn this verse Sukadeva Gosviirni offers his respectful obeisanceskmmya munaye, which means to l(rQa Dvaipayana Vyasa. One mustfirst offer one's respectful obeisances to one's spiritual master. SukadevaGosviirni's spiritual master is his father, Vyasadeva, and therefore hefirst offers his respectful obeisances to l(rQa Dvaipayana Vyasa and thenbegins describing topics of Lord Hari.Whenever there is an opportunity to hear about the transcendental activitiesof the Lord, we must take it. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommends,kirtaniyab, sada harib,: one should always engage in krr:uz-kathaby chanting and talking about l(rQa and hearing about Him. That is theonly occupation of a l(rQa conscious person.TEXT6sfq sott:it ¥t•l641( : : I(CC¥il*41gul¥i1NW t JRr: II IInirgur:w 'pi hy ajo 'vyaktobhagavan prakrteb- parab,sva-maya-gur:uzm aviSyabadhya-badhakatarh gatab,nirgur:uzb,-without material qualities; api-although; hi-certainly;ajab,-unborn; avyaktab,-unmanifest; bhagavan-the Supreme Lord;prakrteb,-to material nature; parab,-transcendental; sva-maya-ofHis own energy; gur:uzm-material qualities; tiviSya-entering;badhya-obligation; badhakattim-the condition of being obliged;gatab,-accepts.