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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.8

శ్రీనారద ఉవాచ భవతానుదితప్రాయం యశో భగవతోఽమలమ్ । యేనైవాసౌ న తుష్యేత మన్యే తద్దర్శనం ఖిలమ్ ॥ ౮ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
bhavatānudita-prāyaṁ
[bhavataanudita-praayam]
yaśo bhagavato ’malam
[yasho bhagavato ’malam]
yenaivāsau na tuṣyeta
[yenaivaasau na tushyeta]
manye tad darśanaṁ khilam
[manye tad darshanam khilam]
śrī-nāradaḥ — Śrī Nārada uvāca — said bhavatā — by you anudita-prāyam — almost not praised yaśaḥ — glories bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead amalam — spotless yena — by which eva — certainly asau — He (the Personality of Godhead) na — does not tuṣyeta — be pleased manye — I think tat — that darśanam — philosophy khilam — inferior.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ
Śrī Nārada
uvāca
said
bhavatānudita-prāyaṁ
bhavatā
by you
anudita-prāyam
almost not praised
yaśaḥ
glories
yaśo bhagavato ’malam
bhagavataḥ
of the Personality of Godhead
amalam
spotless
yenaivāsau na tuṣyeta
yena
by which
eva
certainly
asau
He (the Personality of Godhead)
na
does not
tuṣyeta
be pleased
manye tad darśanaṁ khilam
manye
I think
tat
that
darśanam
philosophy
khilam
inferior.
Śrī Nārada said: You have not actually broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. That philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless.

The eternal relation of an individual soul with the Supreme Soul Personality of Godhead is constitutionally one of being the eternal servitor of the eternal master. The Lord has expanded Himself as living beings in order to accept loving service from them, and this alone can satisfy both the Lord and the living beings. Such a scholar as Vyāsadeva has completed many expansions of the Vedic literatures, ending with the Vedānta philosophy, but none of them have been written directly glorifying the Personality of Godhead. Dry philosophical speculations even on the transcendental subject of the Absolute have very little attraction without directly dealing with the glorification of the Lord. The Personality of Godhead is the last word in transcendental realization. The Absolute realized as impersonal Brahman or localized Supersoul, Paramātmā, is less productive of transcendental bliss than the supreme personal realization of His glories.

The compiler of the Vedānta-darśana is Vyāsadeva himself. Yet he is troubled, although he is the author. So what sort of transcendental bliss can be derived by the readers and listeners of Vedānta which is not explained directly by Vyāsadeva, the author? Herein arises the necessity of explaining Vedānta-sūtra in the form of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by the self-same author.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: You have not sufficiently described the glories of the spotless Lord Kṛṣṇa. Because your mind could never be satisfied with Vedānta, I think that writing the Vedānta-sūtras is insufficient.
Commentary

You have not described much at all (anudita-prāyam) about the spotless glories of the Lord—the superior position of bhagavān’s forms above all other forms, and the supreme attractiveness of his pastimes and bhakti.

“But I have produced the brahma-mīmāṁsa scripture, the vedānta-darṣana.”

“I consider that darśana scripture to be deficient (khilam). You are the writer of Vedānta and if your mind is dissatisfied with this, then how will those who continually study this darśana be satisfied? You are the proof that this darśana is insufficient.”

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