Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.71
यथा प्रसुप्तं पुरुषं प्राणेन्द्रियमनोधिय: ।
प्रभवन्ति विना येन नोत्थापयितुमोजसा ॥ ७१ ॥
yathā prasuptaṁ puruṣaṁ
[yathaa prasuptam purusham]
prāṇendriya-mano-dhiyaḥ
[praanendriya-mano-dhiyah]
prabhavanti vinā yena
[prabhavanti vinaa yena]
notthāpayitum ojasā
[notthaapayitum ojasaa]
Word-for-word
yathā
—
just as
prasuptam
—
sleeping
puruṣam
—
a man
prāṇa
—
the vital air
indriya
—
the senses for working and recording knowledge
manaḥ
—
the mind
dhiyaḥ
—
the intelligence
prabhavanti
—
are able
vinā
—
without
yena
—
whom (the Supersoul)
na
—
not
utthāpayitum
—
to arouse
ojasā
—
by their own power.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā prasuptaṁ puruṣaṁ
yathā
just as
prasuptam
sleeping
puruṣam
a man
prāṇendriya-mano-dhiyaḥ
prāṇa
the vital air
prabhavanti vinā yena
indriya
the senses for working and recording knowledge
manaḥ
the mind
dhiyaḥ
the intelligence
prabhavanti
are able
vinā
without
yena
whom (the Supersoul)
na
not
utthāpayitum
to arouse
notthāpayitum ojasā
ojasā
by their own power.
When a man is sleeping, all his material assets — namely the vital energy, the senses for recording knowledge, the senses for working, the mind and the intelligence — cannot arouse him. He can be aroused only when the Supersoul helps him.
Purport
The explanation of Sāṅkhya philosophy is described here in detail in the sense that the virāṭ-puruṣa, or the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the original source of all the various sense organs and their presiding deities. The relationship between the virāṭ-puruṣa and the presiding deities or the living entities is so intricate that simply by exercising the sense organs, which are related to their presiding deities, the virāṭ-puruṣa cannot be aroused. It is not possible to arouse the virāṭ-puruṣa or to link with the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead by material activities. Only by devotional service and detachment can one perform the process of linking with the Absolute.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Similarly the prāṇas, senses, mind and intelligence by their own strength cannot awaken a sleeping individual without intervention of the Supreme Lord.
An example of the individual body is given illustrate the condition of the universal form. Just as the mind and intelligence cannot awaken a person sleeping without the Supreme Lord, the presiding deity of the citta, they cannot awaken the universal form without the Lord. The verse is connected with the previous verse.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord is named here as the actual proprietor of everything we manage. The verse asks us to relax our grip on what was never ours and let Him hold it again. The pivot here is Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
- Whom do you actually address when you pray — a concept, or a person?
- What would change if you treated one possession this week as belonging to the Lord and on loan to you?
My note
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