SB 11.28.34 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.34

यथा हि भानोरुदयो नृचक्षुषां तमो निहन्यान्न तु सद् विधत्ते । एवं समीक्षा निपुणा सती मे हन्यात्तमिस्रं पुरुषस्य बुद्धे: ॥ ३४ ॥

yathā hi bhānor udayo nṛ-cakṣuṣāṁ

[yathaa hi bhaanor udayo nri-chakshushaam]

tamo nihanyān na tu sad vidhatte

[tamo nihanyaan na tu sad vidhatte]

evaṁ samīkṣā nipuṇā satī me

[evam sameekshaa nipunaa satee me]

hanyāt tamisraṁ puruṣasya buddheḥ

[hanyaat tamisram purushasya buddheh]

Word-for-word

yathā — as hi — indeed bhānoḥ — of the sun udayaḥ — the rising nṛ — human cakṣuṣām — of eyes tamaḥ — the darkness nihanyāt — destroys na — not tu — but sat — objects that exist vidhatte — creates evam — similarly samīkṣā — full realization nipuṇā — potent satī — true me — of Me hanyāt — destroys tamisram — the darkness puruṣasya — of a person buddheḥ — in the intelligence.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yathā hi bhānor udayo nṛ-cakṣuṣāṁ

yathā

indeed

bhānoḥ

of the sun

udayaḥ

the rising

nṛ

human

cakṣuṣām

of eyes

tamo nihanyān na tu sad vidhatte

tamaḥ

the darkness

nihanyāt

destroys

not

but

sat

objects that exist

vidhatte

creates

evaṁ samīkṣā nipuṇā satī me

evam

similarly

samīkṣā

full realization

nipuṇā

potent

satī

true

of Me

hanyāt tamisraṁ puruṣasya buddheḥ

hanyāt

destroys

tamisram

the darkness

puruṣasya

of a person

buddheḥ

in the intelligence.

When the sun rises it destroys the darkness covering men’s eyes, but it does not create the objects they then see before them, which in fact were existing all along. Similarly, potent and factual realization of Me will destroy the darkness covering a person’s true consciousness.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

When the sun rises, it destroys the darkness covering men’s eyes, but it does not create the eye, which in fact was existent all along. Similarly, my vidyā-śakti will destroy the covering on knowledge for a person realizing ātmā. When one realizes that ātmā always exists, one is simply aware of it and when one does not realize ātmā, one is not aware of it. When the sun rises objects are revealed and when the sun sets objects are hidden. The sun destroys the covering of darkness for the eye but does not create the eye, since the eye always existed as the same dear object. Fixed knowledge, my vidyā-śakti, destroys the covering on knowledge for the person endowed with knowledge of ātmā.

Personal Guidance

The rising sun destroys eye-covering darkness but doesn't create the objects, which existed already; so realization of Me destroys covering darkness without creating new reality. Realization is uncovering, not making.

Reflection Questions

What in my life is already there, waiting for realization to uncover?
What practice helps the dawn?

📝 My note

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