Srimad Bhagavatam , Speaker - HH Bhanu Swami

ŚB śābdasya hi brahmaṇa eṣa panthā yan nāmabhir dhyāyati dhīr apārthaiḥ paribhramaṁs tatra na vindate ’rthān māyāmaye vāsanayā śayānaḥ Synonyms śābdasya — of the Vedic sound; hi — certainly; brahmaṇaḥ — of the Vedas; eṣaḥ — these; panthāḥ — the way; yat — what is; nāmabhiḥ — by different names; dhyāyati — ponders; dhīḥ — intelligence; apārthaiḥ — by meaningless ideas; paribhraman — wandering; tatra — there; na — never; vindate — enjoys; arthān — realities; māyā-maye — in illusory things; vāsanayā — by different desires; śayānaḥ — as if dreaming in sleep. Translation The way of presentation of the Vedic sounds is so bewildering that it directs the intelligence of the people to meaningless things like the heavenly kingdoms. The conditioned souls