SB 11.3.34
Devanāgarī
श्रीराजोवाच नारायणाभिधानस्य ब्रह्मण: परमात्मन: । निष्ठामर्हथ नो वक्तुं यूयं हि ब्रह्मवित्तमा: ॥ ३४ ॥
Text
śrī-rājovāca nārāyaṇābhidhānasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ niṣṭhām arhatha no vaktuṁ yūyaṁ hi brahma-vittamāḥ
Synonyms
śrī-rājāuvāca—the King said;nārāyaṇa-abhidhānasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, named Nārāyaṇa;brahmaṇaḥ—of the Absolute Truth;parama-ātmanaḥ—of the Supersoul;niṣṭhām—the transcendental situation;arhatha—you may kindly;naḥ—to us;vaktum—speak;yūyam—all of you;hi—indeed;brahma-vit-tamāḥ—the most expert knowers of the Supreme.
Translation
King Nimi inquired: Please explain to me the transcendental situation of the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa, who is Himself the Absolute Truth and the Supersoul of everyone. You can explain this to me, because you are all most expert in transcendental knowledge.
Purport
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate
“Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.” Therefore it is to be understood that the word nārāyaṇa in this verse refers to the Bhagavān feature of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual world.
Generally the speculative philosophers become attracted to the impersonal Brahman feature of the Absolute Truth, whereas the mystic yogīs meditate upon the Paramātmā, the Supersoul within everyone’s heart. On the other hand, those who have achieved mature transcendental knowledge surrender directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān, who is eternally situated in His own abode, called Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma. In Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa clearly says, brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham: “I am the source of the impersonal Brahman.” Similarly, it is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that the Supersoul, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, is a secondary plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. King Nimi wants the sages to make clear that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original feature of the Absolute Truth, and therefore he places his question before the next of the nine Yogendras, Pippalāyana.
According to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura the word niṣṭhā can also be translated as “firm faith.” In this sense, Nimi Mahārāja is inquiring about the process of developing perfect faith in the Supreme Lord ( bhagavan-niṣṭhā ).