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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.25

आत्मानं चास्य निर्भिन्नमभिमानोऽविशत्पदम् । कर्मणांशेन येनासौ कर्तव्यं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ २५ ॥
ātmānaṁ cāsya nirbhinnam
[aatmaanam chaasya nirbhinnam]
abhimāno ’viśat padam
[abhimaano ’vishat padam]
karmaṇāṁśena yenāsau
[karmanaamshena yenaasau]
kartavyaṁ pratipadyate
[kartavyam pratipadyate]
Word-for-word
ātmānam — false ego ca — also asya — of the gigantic form nirbhinnam — being separately manifested abhimānaḥ — false identification aviśat — entered padam — in position karmaṇā — activities aṁśena — by the part yena — by which asau — the living entity kartavyam — objective activities pratipadyate — takes in.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ātmānaṁ cāsya nirbhinnam
ātmānam
false ego
ca
also
asya
of the gigantic form
nirbhinnam
being separately manifested
abhimāno ’viśat padam
abhimānaḥ
false identification
karmaṇāṁśena yenāsau
kartavyaṁ pratipadyate
aviśat
entered
padam
in position
karmaṇā
activities
aṁśena
by the part
yena
by which
asau
the living entity
kartavyam
objective activities
pratipadyate
takes in.
Thereafter the materialistic ego of the gigantic form separately manifested itself, and into it entered Rudra, the controller of false ego, with his own partial activities, by which the living entity transacts his objective actions.
Purport

The false ego of materialistic identity is controlled by the demigod Rudra, an incarnation of Lord Śiva. Rudra is the incarnation of the Supreme Lord who controls the mode of ignorance within material nature. The activities of the false ego are based on the objective of the body and mind. Most persons conducted by the false ego are controlled by Lord Śiva. When one reaches a finer version of ignorance, he falsely thinks of himself as the Supreme Lord. That egoistic conviction of the conditioned soul is the last snare of the illusory energy which controls the entire material world.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the abode of ahaṅkāra in the heart of the universal form became differentiated, the presiding deity Rudra along with his portion the ahaṅkāra entered. By this ahaṅkāra, identifying oneself became manifest. Abhimānah means he by whom one develops a sense of “I”. This is the deity Rudra. Karmanā means “by the ahaṅkāra.” Kartavyam means “what one identifies with.”
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Personal Guidance
The verse exposes the fiction of self-made independence. Behind every result we credit to ourselves stands a long chain of help we never planned. Its centre of gravity is false ego.
Reflection Questions
  • Where today did you take credit for something that was actually arranged for you?
  • How would your relationships change if you stopped quietly auditing who owes whom?
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