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explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can
understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness.”

Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport, “Knowledge of the
Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary,
less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind
enough to the disciple, however intelligent the disciple
may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master
everything is revealed. Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
therefore says, yasya prasadad, by the mercy of the spiritual
master, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
bhagavat-prasadah is revealed. Devahuti requested her
great son to be merciful towards her because she was a
less intelligent woman and also his mother. By the grace
of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand
the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very
difficult for ordinary persons, especially women.”

Queen Kunti states in SB 1.8.20,

“You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental
science of devotional service unto the hearts of the
advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators, who
are purified by being able to discriminate between matter
and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?”

In the purport Srila Prabhupada writes, “…..It is said
in the Upanisads that the Supreme Truth, the Absolute

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