Perfect knowledge means surrendering to Krishna, understanding the eternal soul beyond the temporary material body.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.31 — December 9, 1973, Los Angeles 731209SB-LOS ANGELES [32:44 Minutes] SB-01.15.31_731209SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: Hmm. Word meaning. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] viśoko brahma-sampattyā sañchinna-dvaita-saṁśayaḥ līna-prakṛti-nairguṇyād aliṅgatvād asambhavaḥ [SB 1.15.31] [break] viśokaḥ—free from bereavement; brahma-sampattyā—by possession of spiritual assets; sañchinna—being completely cut off; dvaita-saṁśayaḥ—from the doubts of relativity; līna—merged in; prakṛti—material nature; nairguṇyāt—due to being in transcendence; aliṅgatvāt—because of being devoid of a material body; asambhavaḥ—free from birth and death. [break] [03:12] Translation: "Because of his possessing spiritual assets, the doubts of duality were completely cut off. Thus he was freed from the three modes of material nature and placed in transcendence.
There was no longer any chance of his becoming entangled in birth and death, for he was freed from material form." Prabhupāda: Viśokaḥ, without any bereavement; brahma-sampattyā, by achieving spiritual assets. This is the sign how one is advanced in spiritual life. That will be tested by this word viśokaḥ, "without any bereavement." That is explained in Bhagavad-gītā the same thing: brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati [Bg. 18.54]. Prasannātmā means there is no more lamentation and no more hankering.
That is prasannātmā. We are subjected to two things. If our possessed... If our possession is lost, then we lament, and if we don't possess, then we hanker.
So here, viśokaḥ brahma-sampattyā. When one is fully identified with Brahman... Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]. So when you fully surrender and you become freed from other desire—only surrender to Kṛṣṇa—that is our only business.
No more any other business. That is brahma-sampattyā. Sanātha-jīvitam. Just like the child is sitting on the lap of the father. So the child is confident that "I'm secure." So it has no more any second desire.
In the material world, because we have not surrendered to Kṛṣṇa we are always wandering helpless. Everyone here feeling helpless. Even though one is millionaire, even though one is president, but he's feeling helplessness. This is the position of material conditional life. bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntaraḥ kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ praharṣayiṣyāmi sanātha-jīvitam [Stotra-ratna 43] This is a prayer by Yāmunācārya.