Re: Vyasa may or may not know?

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji, Srinath and devotees. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.

There are many layers of understanding to this question as well as to its answer. Following is just the tiny layer of my understanding. For Vyasadeva, the literary incarnation of Lord Gaura Krishna Himself, the compiler of the four Vedas, Puranas, Mahabharata and the composer of the ultimate commentary on the Vedas; the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the writer of the Chaitanya Bhagavata in His incarnation as Vrindavan Das Thakura, nothing is really hidden from Him. However we know the character of the Lord: He loves to glorify His devotees above Himself since they are His life and soul. So sometimes the Lord plays the role of the innocent messenger who may or may not know the purport of His own message in order to give all the qualities and honor of the full understanding to His devotee. This is one of the beautiful ways in which the Lord reciprocates His love for His devotees.

The Srimad Bhagavatam can only be known through Bhakti. So the pure devotees of the Lord are the most expert in narrating the full purport of the Bhagavat Purana. Lord Sri Krishna Himself takes up the mood of Srimati Radharani to understand to the fullest extend how it is to love Himself. And even in that mood He bestows His full purport onto Sanatana Gosvami: "Sanatana, Krsna is going to give His kindness to you through me. I am talking to you like a madman. I feel many things are passing through me to you. But I do not know that I myself have the thing."

When King Parikshit was bitten by the snake and had seven days to live he fasted and wished to hear the pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna. Although his great-guru (Narada) and guru (Vyasadeva) were present there with the sages at the Ganga it was decided that Sukadeva was the most qualified to speak the Bhagavatam. And both Narada and Vyasadeva were astonished about the fullness and richness of Sukadeva�s understanding. Sukadeva�s narration seemed even better then what they had transmitted themselves. Srila Prabhupada calls this the Suka-principle. When transmitted knowledge is relished and narrated through the pure bhakta it becomes even better.

Bhoga is first offered to the Lord before relished as prasadam by the devotees. However there is the fascinating story of Sabari a devotee who took a little bite of every fruit, to test whether it was sweet enough, before offering it to her Lord Rama. Lord Rama and Laksmana relished her offering to Their full content in transcendental ecstasy.

The Lord relishes our love and is always ready to multiply the glories of His devotees. One of His ways to widen the ocean of His ever-increasing transcendental joy is to transmit the knowledge to His Bhaktas so they can enrich it with their Love for Him. The Lord knows but He may not know for the sake of love of His devotees. The Lord�s ways of expressing love to His devotees is so way beyond our tiny ability to express even a drop of His love and still He allows us to say: �He may not know, but I know.� Oh dear Lord Gauranga Krishna You are the topmost wonderful expert in deceiving us and drowning us in Your insurmountable ocean of Your supreme love.

Your servant,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Bala Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna Nama!

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