Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.13.37
देहोऽपि दैववशग: खलु कर्म यावत्
स्वारम्भकं प्रतिसमीक्षत एव सासु: ।
तं सप्रपञ्चमधिरूढसमाधियोग:
स्वाप्नं पुनर्न भजते प्रतिबुद्धवस्तु: ॥ ३७ ॥
deho ’pi daiva-vaśa-gaḥ khalu karma yāvat
[deho ’pi daiva-vasha-gah khalu karma yaavat]
svārambhakaṁ pratisamīkṣata eva sāsuḥ
[svaarambhakam pratisameekshata eva saasuh]
taṁ sa-prapañcam adhirūḍha-samādhi-yogaḥ
[tam sa-prapancham adhiroodha-samaadhi-yogah]
svāpnaṁ punar na bhajate pratibuddha-vastuḥ
[svaapnam punar na bhajate pratibuddha-vastuh]
Word-for-word
dehaḥ
—
the body
api
—
even
daiva
—
of the Supreme
vaśa-gaḥ
—
under the control
khalu
—
indeed
karma
—
the chain of fruitive activities
yāvat
—
as long as
sva-ārambhakam
—
that which initiates or perpetuates itself
pratisamīkṣate
—
goes on living and waiting
eva
—
certainly
sa-asuḥ
—
along with the vital air and senses
tam
—
that (body)
sa-prapañcam
—
with its variety of manifestations
adhirūḍha
—
highly situated
samādhi
—
the stage of perfection
yogaḥ
—
in the yoga system
svāpnam
—
just like a dream
punaḥ
—
again
na bhajate
—
does not worship or cultivate
pratibuddha
—
one who is enlightened
vastuḥ
—
in the supreme reality.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
deho ’pi daiva-vaśa-gaḥ khalu karma yāvat
dehaḥ
the body
svārambhakaṁ pratisamīkṣata eva sāsuḥ
taṁ sa-prapañcam adhirūḍha-samādhi-yogaḥ
api
even
daiva
of the Supreme
svāpnaṁ punar na bhajate pratibuddha-vastuḥ
vaśa-gaḥ
under the control
khalu
indeed
karma
the chain of fruitive activities
yāvat
as long as
sva-ārambhakam
that which initiates or perpetuates itself
pratisamīkṣate
goes on living and waiting
eva
certainly
sa-asuḥ
along with the vital air and senses
tam
that (body)
sa-prapañcam
with its variety of manifestations
adhirūḍha
highly situated
samādhi
the stage of perfection
yogaḥ
in the yoga system
svāpnam
just like a dream
punaḥ
again
na bhajate
does not worship or cultivate
pratibuddha
one who is enlightened
vastuḥ
in the supreme reality.
The material body certainly moves under the control of supreme destiny and therefore must continue to live along with the senses and vital air as long as one’s karma is in effect. A self-realized soul, however, who is awakened to the absolute reality and who is thus highly situated in the perfect stage of yoga, will never again surrender to the material body and its manifold manifestations, knowing it to be just like a body visualized in a dream.
Purport
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa recommended in the previous verse that a self-realized soul not give attention to the body, it is clear from the Lord’s statement here that one should not foolishly starve or injure the body, but should patiently wait until the chain of one’s previous fruitive work has completely exhausted itself. At that time the body will automatically die according to destiny. The following doubt may then arise: If a Kṛṣṇa conscious person pays proper attention to the maintenance of the body, is there danger of again becoming attached to it? Lord Kṛṣṇa here states that one who is highly elevated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, having understood Lord Kṛṣṇa to be the actual vastu, or reality, never again surrenders to the illusory identification with the material body, which is just like the body seen in a dream.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
As long as the body under the control of karma continues its karmas, the person who has perfected yoga continues to live, but does not experience pleasures of the material body endowed with senses and sense objects, just as a person who has awakened from sleep does not experience a dream body any longer.
As long has one has karmas to be experienced even the liberated person will continue living while observing his experience of karma. “Will he sometimes become attached again?” No. He does not enjoy the body with senses, senses objects and material enjoyment. He is like a person who has woken up and does not experience the dream body again.
Personal Guidance
The body moves under destiny and must live while karma is in effect; the awakened self-realized soul, established in absolute reality, does not desire body or its expansions. Karma takes its course while the soul rests beyond it.
Reflection Questions
- What body-related anxiety have I been treating as mine when it is karma's?
- How would resting beyond it look?
My note
Source: vedabase.io