SB 10.14.29 athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya... cited

Expressions researched:
"athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya" |"if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy" |"janati tattvam bhagavan-mahimno" |"na canya eko 'pi ciram vicinvan" |"prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "10.14.29" or "athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya" or "if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy" or "janati tattvam bhagavan-mahimno" or "na canya eko pi ciram vicinvan" or "prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi"

BG Chapters 7 - 12

BG 7.24, Purport:

The fact is that no one can understand Kṛṣṇa without rendering devotional service and without developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Bhāgavatam (10.14.29) confirms this:

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-

prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi

jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno

na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan

"My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the Vedas for many years." One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or His form, quality or name simply by mental speculation or by discussing Vedic literature. One must understand Him by devotional service. When one is fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, beginning by chanting the mahā-mantra—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare—then only can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nondevotee impersonalists think that Kṛṣṇa has a body made of this material nature and that all His activities, His form and everything are māyā. These impersonalists are known as Māyāvādīs. They do not know the ultimate truth.