SB 1.10.24 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स वा अयं सख्यनुगीतसत्कथो वेदेषु गुह्येषु च गुह्यवादिभि: । य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलया सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते ॥ २४ ॥

Verse text

sa vā ayaṁ sakhy anugīta-sat-katho vedeṣu guhyeṣu ca guhya-vādibhiḥ ya eka īśo jagad-ātma-līlayā sṛjaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate

Synonyms

saḥ — He ; vai — also ; ayam — this ; sakhi — O my friend ; anugīta — described ; sat — kathaḥ — the excellent pastimes ; vedeṣu — in the Vedic literatures ; guhyeṣu — confidentially ; ca — as also ; guhya — vādibhiḥ — by the confidential devotees ; yaḥ — one who ; ekaḥ — one only ; īśaḥ — the supreme controller ; jagat — of the complete creation ; ātma — Supersoul ; līlayā — by manifestation of pastimes ; sṛjati — creates ; avati atti — also maintains and annihilates ; na — never ; tatra — there ; sajjate — becomes attached to it .

Translation

O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O friend! He is Kṛṣṇa with human form, friend of Arjuna, who is the subject of pure topics sung by some who discern the secrets in the confidential scriptures, who, though the one Lord, creates, maintains and destroys without being attached, as the soul of the universe.

Purport

As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, all the Vedic literatures are glorifying the greatness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Here it is confirmed in the Bhāgavatam also. The Vedas are expanded by many branches and subbranches by great devotees and empowered incarnations of the Lord like Vyāsa, Nārada, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the Kumāras, Kapila, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bali and Yamarāja, but in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam especially, the confidential parts of His activities are described by the confidential devotee Śukadeva Gosvāmī. In the Vedānta-sūtras or Upaniṣads there is only a hint of the confidential parts of His pastimes. In such Vedic literatures as the Upaniṣads, the Lord has expressively been distinguished from the mundane conception of His existence. His identity being fully spiritual, His form, name, quality, and paraphernalia, etc., have been elaborately distinguished from matter, and therefore He is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent persons as impersonal. But factually He is the Supreme Person, Bhagavān, and He is partially represented as Paramātmā or impersonal Brahman.

Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

His secret pastimes are known by confidential persons. He, the friend of Arjuna, with human form, is the subject of pure discussion sung by some people who can discern the secrets (guhya-vādibhiḥ) in the secret scriptures. He is indeed the one Lord, who creates, maintains and destroys without being attached, but he does not do this directly with that form.