SB 11.12.17.

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> Dear Maharajas, Prabhus!

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> Please accept my respectful obeisances!

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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> I have a request.

> It would be nice , if somebody could send me the complete purport of SB

> 11.12.17. by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.

>

> your insignificant servant, Lila Suka das

 

Sri Krsna said - O my dear friend Uddhava ! do not think that I am only

giving to you the devotional service, cultivation of knowledge,

renunciation, mystic yoga, austerity , religious principles and so on which

are beneficial to all living entities and which are means of attaining My

shelter. Actually these instruction are meant for everyone. Are you not

ashamed of thinking that these things are only for you? O Uddhava ! I am

issuing different instructions like cultivate knowledge, perform activities,

engage in devotional service, practice mystic yoga and undergo austerity for

the benefit of all living entities though I am speaking directly to you.

Will you simply engage in those activities ? Your relationship with Me will

continue the way it is now. But at present you have no qualification to

practice all these items. Sri Krsna

Joking with Uddhava in this way and explained to him that some living entity

becomes eligible for karma, jnana and bhakti according to his different

status. Because it is only Me who knows the purport of the vedas. It was Me

who appeared from the four mouths of Brahma in the form of the vedas. This

is being described in this verse. The word Jiva in this verse means the

Supreme Lord who gives life. The most glorious Lord is speaking here with

firm conviction while touching His chest with His point finger. The word '

vivara' means the basis in the form of Brahma's body. The vedas have

manifested from the womb of Brahma's body. The word 'ghosa' means the

transcendental sound vibration. This sound vibration along with the life air

entered into the heart of Brahma and manifested in the form of vedas

composed of short and long vowels and consonants of different intonations.

 

(from unedited manuscript of the upcoming book, Uddhava-gita. To be released

kartika next year)