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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.12.44

यं मामपृच्छस्त्वमुपेत्य योगात्समासहस्रान्त उपारतं वै स एष साक्षात् पुरुष: पुराणोन यत्र कालो विशते न वेद: ॥ ४४ ॥
yaṁ mām apṛcchas tvam upetya yogāt
[yam maam aprichchas tvam upetya yogaat]
samā-sahasrānta upārataṁ vai
[samaa-sahasraanta upaaratam vai]
sa eṣa sākṣāt puruṣaḥ purāṇo
[sa esha saakshaat purushah puraano]
na yatra kālo viśate na vedaḥ
[na yatra kaalo vishate na vedah]
Word-for-word
yam — about whom mām — from me apṛcchaḥ — inquired tvam — you upetya — coming near me yogāt — from performing mystic yoga samā — years sahasra-ante — at the end of one thousand upāratam — ceasing vai — indeed saḥ — He eṣaḥ — here is sākṣāt — directly puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Person purāṇaḥ — the original na — not yatra — where kālaḥ — eternal time viśate — can enter na — nor vedaḥ — the Vedas..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yaṁ mām apṛcchas tvam upetya yogāt
yam
about whom
mām
from me
apṛcchaḥ
inquired
tvam
you
upetya
coming near me
yogāt
from performing mystic yoga
samā-sahasrānta upārataṁ vai
samā
years
sahasra-ante
at the end of one thousand
upāratam
ceasing
vai
indeed
sa eṣa sākṣāt puruṣaḥ purāṇo
saḥ
He
eṣaḥ
here is
sākṣāt
directly
puruṣaḥ
the Supreme Person
purāṇaḥ
the original
na yatra kālo viśate na vedaḥ
na
not
yatra
where
kālaḥ
eternal time
viśate
can enter
na
nor
vedaḥ
the Vedas..
When I finished performing mystic yoga for one thousand years, you asked me upon whom I was meditating. Now, here is that Supreme Person to whom time has no entrance and who the Vedas cannot understand.
Purport

Eternal time enters anywhere and everywhere, but it cannot enter the kingdom of god. Nor can the Vedas understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is an indication of the Lord’s being omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When I finished performing mystic yoga for one thousand years, you asked me upon whom I was meditating. Now, here is that Supreme Person whom time and the Vedas cannot approach. Time enters everywhere, to influence everything. But it cannot influence the Lord. Though the Vedas know everything, they do not know the Lord. He is not approachable by time or the Vedas.
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Personal Guidance
When my thousand-year yoga was complete, you asked whom I was meditating on. Here is that Supreme Person — time cannot enter Him; the Vedas cannot fully understand Him. The Lord beyond whom there is no further.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose 'who are you meditating on?' question would I want answered with the Bhāgavatam's answer?
  • Where in my practice am I still meditating on the wrong person?
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