The Bhagavata - Understandable by Madmen - Cc Madhya 24

The meaning of the Bhagavata is grasped only by bhakti, not by mind and not by commentary.

When he heard these meanings [of the AtmArAmAzca munayo sloka], Sanatana was astonished, and he held the feet of Mahaprabhu and praised him, "You are the incarnate Isvara, Vrajendranandana. With your breath you inspired all the Vedas. You are the speaker of the Bhagavata and you know its meanings; there is no need to know anything other than you."

Prabhu said, "Why do you praise me? Why do you not examine the true form of the Bhagavata? The Bhagavata is like Krsna--ever the refuge of all; in each sloka there are many clear meanings. In the Bhagavata there is determination [of things] in questions and answers; and when they hear these people are astonished.

With Krsna, the yogesvara, the brahmanya, the protector of dharma, gone to his own goal, you now tell me, who will be the refuge of dharma?


With Krsna, gone to his own place with the dharma-knowers, etc., now the sun of this purana has risen, for those whose sight was blinded in the Kali age.


ei mata kahiluń eka ślokera vyākhyāna
vātulera pralāpa kari' ke kare pramāṇa?

"So one sloka has been explained; perhaps the ravings of a madman--who can prove it?

āmā-hena yebā keha 'vātula' haya
ei-dṛṣṭe bhāgavatera artha jānaya"

"He who is as mad as I am knows the meanings of the Bhagavata in this way."

(Dimock, Cc Madhya 24)

bhktyA bhAgavataM grAhyaM
na buddhyA na ca TIkayA
Sri Veda Vyasa himself declared this in the biginning zloka 1.1.3:

pibata bhAgavatamM rasam AlayaM
muhur aho rasikA bhuvi bhAvukAH

This is even better quoted:

zrI bhAgavata pIyUSa pAnAya rasa-lampaTAH

Mundane vs Divine Madness

Padyavali. 73

Ah me! just came upto a beautiful sloka in the 6th Skandha starting with mRNAlagauraM zitivAsasaM.....etc.
After Devarsi Narada had imparted mantra and meditation to Citraketu, the later practised with stirct observance, and after seven nights attained lordship over the VidyAdharas. After a few more days Citraketu betook himself to the holy feet of lord Sankarsana, adored of the gods.

mRNAlagauraM zitivAsasaM sphurat-kirIta-keyura-kaTitra-kaNkaNam/
prasanna-vaktrAruNa-locanaM vRtaM dadarza siddhezvara-maNDalaih prabhum//

He saw the almighty lord in a form fair as the lotus fibre, clad in blue silk and adorned with a brilliant diadem, armlets, an ornamental zone and bracelets. He bore a most pleasing and cheerful countenance with dawn-red eyes and was encircled by hosts of Siddhesvaras*. ( Bhag 6,16,30)

* Chiefs among those accomplished beings.

mRNAlagauram, what a lovely name. Does anyone have info or pictures of MrnAla, which are lotus fibres/stalks that are under water? I heard swans eat them and even monkeys pull them out to eat.