SB 5.12.3

Devanāgarī

तस्माद्भ‍वन्तं मम संशयार्थं प्रक्ष्यामि पश्चादधुना सुबोधम् । अध्यात्मयोगग्रथितं तवोक्त- माख्याहि कौतूहलचेतसो मे ॥ ३ ॥

Text

tasmād bhavantaṁ mama saṁśayārthaṁ prakṣyāmi paścād adhunā subodham adhyātma-yoga-grathitaṁ tavoktam ākhyāhi kautūhala-cetaso me

Synonyms

tasmāt—therefore;bhavantam—to you;mama—of me;saṁśaya-artham—the subject matter that is not clear to me;prakṣyāmi—I shall submit;paścāt—afterwards;adhunā—now;su-bodham—so that it can be clearly understood;adhyātma-yoga—of mystic instruction for self-realization;grathitam—as composed;tava—your;uktam—speech;ākhyāhi—please explain again;kautūhala-cetasaḥ—whose mind is very inquisitive to understand the mystery of such statements;me—to me.

Translation

Whatever doubts I have about a particular subject matter I shall ask you about later. For the time being, these mysterious yoga instructions you have given me for self-realization appear very difficult to understand. Please repeat them in a simple way so that I can understand them. My mind is very inquisitive, and I want to understand this clearly.

Purport

The Vedic literature instructs: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. An intelligent man must be very inquisitive to know the transcendental science deeply. Therefore one must approach a guru, a spiritual master. Although Jaḍa Bharata explained everything to Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa, it appears that his intelligence was not perfect enough to understand clearly. He therefore requested a further explanation. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.34) : tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā. The student must approach a spiritual master and surrender unto him fully ( praṇipātena ). He must also question him in order to understand his instructions ( paripraśnena ). One should not only surrender to the spiritual master but also render loving service unto him ( sevayā ) so that the spiritual master will be pleased with the student and explain the transcendental subject matter more clearly. A challenging spirit before the spiritual master should be avoided if one is at all interested in learning the Vedic instructions in depth.

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