Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30

Sanskrit:

तथापि बत मे दैह्यो ह्यात्मा चैवात्मना विभु: ।असम्पन्न इवाभाति ब्रह्मवर्चस्य सत्तम: ॥ ३० ॥

ITRANS:

tathāpi bata me daihyohy ātmā caivātmanā vibhuḥasampanna ivābhātibrahma-varcasya sattamaḥ

Translation:

I am feeling incomplete, though I myself am fully equipped with everything required by the Vedas.

Purport:

Undoubtedly Śrīla Vyāsadeva was complete in all the details of Vedic achievements. Purification of the living being submerged in matter is made possible by the prescribed activities in the Vedas, but the ultimate achievement is different. Unless it is attained, the living being, even though fully equipped, cannot be situated in the transcendentally normal stage. Śrīla Vyāsadeva appeared to have lost the clue and therefore felt dissatisfaction.