Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.37
देहं च तं न चरम: स्थितमुत्थितं वा
सिद्धो विपश्यति यतोऽध्यगमत्स्वरूपम् ।
दैवादुपेतमथ दैववशादपेतं
वासो यथा परिकृतं मदिरामदान्ध: ॥ ३७ ॥
dehaṁ ca taṁ na caramaḥ sthitam utthitaṁ vā
[deham cha tam na charamah sthitam utthitam vaa]
siddho vipaśyati yato ’dhyagamat svarūpam
[siddho vipashyati yato ’dhyagamat svaroopam]
daivād upetam atha daiva-vaśād apetaṁ
[daivaad upetam atha daiva-vashaad apetam]
vāso yathā parikṛtaṁ madirā-madāndhaḥ
[vaaso yathaa parikritam madiraa-madaandhah]
Word-for-word
deham
—
material body
ca
—
and
tam
—
that
na
—
not
caramaḥ
—
last
sthitam
—
sitting
utthitam
—
rising
vā
—
or
siddhaḥ
—
the realized soul
vipaśyati
—
can conceive
yataḥ
—
because
adhyagamat
—
he has achieved
sva-rūpam
—
his real identity
daivāt
—
according to destiny
upetam
—
arrived
atha
—
moreover
daiva-vaśāt
—
according to destiny
apetam
—
departed
vāsaḥ
—
clothing
yathā
—
as
parikṛtam
—
put on
madirā-mada-andhaḥ
—
one who is blinded by intoxication.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dehaṁ ca taṁ na caramaḥ sthitam utthitaṁ vā
deham
material body
ca
and
tam
that
na
not
caramaḥ
last
sthitam
sitting
utthitam
rising
vā
or
siddho vipaśyati yato ’dhyagamat svarūpam
siddhaḥ
the realized soul
vipaśyati
can conceive
yataḥ
because
daivād upetam atha daiva-vaśād apetaṁ
adhyagamat
he has achieved
sva-rūpam
his real identity
daivāt
according to destiny
upetam
arrived
vāso yathā parikṛtaṁ madirā-madāndhaḥ
atha
moreover
daiva-vaśāt
according to destiny
apetam
departed
vāsaḥ
clothing
yathā
as
parikṛtam
put on
madirā-mada-andhaḥ
one who is blinded by intoxication.
Because he has achieved his real identity, the perfectly realized soul has no conception of how the material body is moving or acting, just as an intoxicated person cannot understand whether or not he has clothing on his body.
Purport
This stage of life is explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. A person whose mind is completely dovetailed with the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who engages one hundred percent in the service of the Lord, forgets his material bodily demands.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Because he has attained his svarūpa, because he has achieved perfection, the last state, he does not see his body---whether it has risen from a chair, or remains there, or whether it is coming or going by fate, just as a drunk man does not know if he is wearing cloth or not.
Two verses describe the state of the jīvan-mukta. Having achieved the final state, he does not see the body. This means that he does not experience happiness and distress, because he has attained (adhyagamat) his svarūpa. Parikṛtam means clothed. Like a drunk man he does not understand whether he has risen from a chair or not or is still there or gone.
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Personal Guidance
The verse points beyond impersonal abstraction to a Lord who hears, acts, and relates. Spiritual life gets real once we stop talking about Him and start talking to Him. The verse keeps returning to Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
- What in your life are you treating as 'mine' that the verse would call 'His'?
- How does relating to a person, rather than a principle, change how you speak in prayer?
My note
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