Verse 2.1.4

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.4:

श्री-जैमिनिर् उवाच—
नैतत् स्व-शक्तितो राजन् वक्तुं ज्ञतुं च शक्यते ।
सर्वज्ञानां च दुर्ज्ञेयं ब्रह्मानुभाविनाम् अपि ॥ ४ ॥

śrī-jaiminir uvāca—
naitat sva-śaktito rājan vaktuṃ jñatuṃ ca śakyate |
sarvajñānāṃ ca durjñeyaṃ brahmānubhāvinām api || 4 ||

śrī-jaiminiḥ uvāca–Śrī Jaimini said; na–not; etat–this; sva-śaktitaḥ–by one’s own power; rājan–O king; vaktum–to describe; jñātum–to understand; ca–also; śakyate–is able; sarva-jñānām–for the omniscient; ca–also; durjñeyam–difficult to comprehend; brahmaanubhāvinām–for Brahman realized persons; api–even.

Śrī Jaimini said: O King, it is not possible to describe or understand that conversation by one’s own power. Even the crest jewels of omniscient personalities and even those who have realized Brahman find it hard to comprehend.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

No one is capable of grasping this conversation by the power of mind and words. To convey this idea, Śrī Jaiminī speaks this verse beginning with na. He says, “This narration of the glories of Goloka (goloka-māhātmya) is the essence of the nectarean ocean of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. It is incomprehensible even for perfected beings who are trikāla-jña–who know past, present, and future–and even for liberated souls who have realized Brahman.” This statement indicates the rarity of knowledge about the glories of Śrī Bhagavān and His eternal associates.