नारद उवाच देवदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु भूतभावन पूर्वज । तद् विजानीहि यज्ज्ञानमात्मतत्त्वनिदर्शनम् ॥ १ ॥
narada uvaca deva-deva namas te ’stu bhuta-bhavana purvaja tad vijanihi yaj jnanam atma-tattva-nidarsanam
- naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada said
- deva
- of all demigods
- deva
- the demigod
- namah
- obeisances
- te
- unto you as
- astu
- are
- bhuta-bhavana
- the generator of all living beings
- purva-ja
- the firstborn
- tat vijanihi
- please explain that knowledge
- yat jnanam
- which knowledge
- atma-tattva
- transcendental
- nidarsanam
- specifically directs.
Sri Narada Muni asked Brahmaji: O chief amongst the demigods, O firstborn living entity, I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto you. Please tell me that transcendental knowledge which specifically directs one to the truth of the individual soul and the Supersoul.