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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.39

ఇమం స్వనిగమం బ్రహ్మన్నవేత్య మదనుష్ఠితమ్ । అదాన్మే జ్ఞానమైశ్వర్యం స్వస్మిన్ భావం చ కేశవ: ॥ ౩౯ ॥
imaṁ sva-nigamaṁ brahmann
[imam sva-nigamam brahmann]
avetya mad-anuṣṭhitam
[avetya mad-anushthitam]
adān me jṣānam aiśvaryaṁ
[adaan me jshaanam aishvaryam]
svasmin bhāvaṁ ca keśavaḥ
[svasmin bhaavam cha keshavah]
imam — thus sva-nigamam — confidential knowledge of the Vedas in respect to the Supreme Personality of Godhead brahman — O brāhmaṇa (Vyāsadeva) avetya — knowing it well mat — by me anuṣṭhitam — executed adāt — bestowed upon me me — me jṣānam — transcendental knowledge aiśvaryam — opulence svasmin — personal bhāvam — intimate affection and love ca — and keśavaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
imaṁ sva-nigamaṁ brahmann
imam
thus
sva-nigamam
confidential knowledge of the Vedas in respect to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
brahman
O brāhmaṇa (Vyāsadeva)
avetya mad-anuṣṭhitam
avetya
knowing it well
mat
by me
anuṣṭhitam
executed
adān me jṣānam aiśvaryaṁ
adāt
bestowed upon me
me
me
jṣānam
transcendental knowledge
aiśvaryam
opulence
svasmin bhāvaṁ ca keśavaḥ
svasmin
personal
bhāvam
intimate affection and love
ca
and
keśavaḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa.
O brāhmaṇa, thus by the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa I was endowed first with the transcendental knowledge of the Lord as inculcated in the confidential parts of the Vedas, then with the spiritual opulences, and then with His intimate loving service.

Communion with the Lord by transmission of the transcendental sound is nondifferent from the whole spirit Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It is a completely perfect method for approaching the Lord. By such pure contact with the Lord, without offense of material conceptions (numbering ten), the devotee can rise above the material plane to understand the inner meaning of the Vedic literatures, including the Lord’s existence in the transcendental realm. The Lord reveals His identity gradually to one who has unflinching faith, both in the spiritual master and in the Lord. After this, the devotee is endowed with mystic opulences, which are eight in number. And above all, the devotee is accepted in the confidential entourage of the Lord and is entrusted with specific service of the Lord through the agency of the spiritual master. A pure devotee is more interested in serving the Lord than in showing an exhibition of the mystic powers dormant in him. Śrī Nārada has explained all these from his personal experience, and one can obtain all the facilities which Śrī Nārada obtained by perfecting the chanting process of the sound representation of the Lord. There is no bar for chanting this transcendental sound by anyone, provided it is received through Nārada’s representative, coming down by the chain of disciplic succession, or the paramparā system.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O brāhmana! The Lord, knowing that I had undertaken the highest instructions given by him, gave me realization of himself, then powerful siddhis, and finally prema for him.
Commentary

Sva-nigamam (nigama—going within) means instructions given by the Lord, given in his own confidential version of the Vedas (Paṣcarātra). First the Lord gave realization of Himself (jṣānam). Then he gave powers, such as aṇima and other siddhis. Then knowing that I was unattached to those powers, the Lord gave me great prema for him (svasmin bhāvam adāt). The intelligent persons can understand that then Vyāsa prayed to Nārada, “Please teach me this mantra” and then learned this same mantra.

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