Verse Text
atra mahopaniṣac-chrutiḥ, yathā –
akleśāḥ kamala-bhuvaḥ praviśya goṣṭhīṁ
kurvantaḥ śruti-śirasāṁ śrutiṁ śruta-jṣāḥ |
uttuṅgaṁ yadu-pura-saṅgamāya raṅgaṁ
yogīndrāḥ pulaka-bhṛto navāpy avāpuḥ ||20||
Translation
An example of hearing the Upaniṣads: Having entered the assembly of Brahmā and hearing the Upaniṣads, the nine yogendras, learned in the Vedas, free of suffering, and with hair standing on end, then developed a great desire to meet the members of the Yadu dynasty.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu it is stated that all those who attended the pious meeting held by Lord Brahmā for the study of Vedic literature like the Upaniṣads became overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, the chief of the Yadu dynasty. Actually, the result of studying the Upaniṣads is to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Negation of material existence is only one of the subjects of the Upaniṣads. The next subject concerns becoming situated in the impersonal realization. And then, after penetrating through the impersonal Brahman, when one comes to the platform of associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one reaches the ultimate goal in studying the Upaniṣads.