Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.2
सन्धीयमान एतस्मिन्माया गुह्यकनिर्मिता: ।
क्षिप्रं विनेशुर्विदुर क्लेशा ज्ञानोदये यथा ॥ २ ॥
sandhīyamāna etasmin
[sandheeyamaana etasmin]
māyā guhyaka-nirmitāḥ
[maayaa guhyaka-nirmitaah]
kṣipraṁ vineśur vidura
[kshipram vineshur vidura]
kleśā jñānodaye yathā
[kleshaa jnaanodaye yathaa]
Word-for-word
sandhīyamāne
—
while joining to his bow
etasmin
—
this nārāyaṇāstra
māyāḥ
—
the illusions
guhyaka-nirmitāḥ
—
created by the Yakṣas
kṣipram
—
very soon
vineśuḥ
—
were destroyed
vidura
—
O Vidura
kleśāḥ
—
illusory pains and pleasures
jñāna-udaye
—
upon the arising of knowledge
yathā
—
just as.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sandhīyamāna etasmin
sandhīyamāne
while joining to his bow
etasmin
this nārāyaṇāstra
māyā guhyaka-nirmitāḥ
māyāḥ
the illusions
guhyaka-nirmitāḥ
created by the Yakṣas
kṣipraṁ vineśur vidura
kṣipram
very soon
vineśuḥ
were destroyed
vidura
O Vidura
kleśā jñānodaye yathā
kleśāḥ
illusory pains and pleasures
jñāna-udaye
upon the arising of knowledge
yathā
just as.
As soon as Dhruva Mahārāja joined the nārāyaṇāstra arrow to his bow, the illusion created by the Yakṣas was immediately vanquished, just as all material pains and pleasures are vanquished when one becomes fully cognizant of the self.
Purport
Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and māyā, or the illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa, is like darkness. Darkness means absence of light; similarly, māyā means absence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness and māyā are always there, side by side. As soon as there is awakening of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all the illusory pains and pleasures of material existence are vanquished. Māyām etāṁ taranti te: constant chanting of the mahā-mantra will keep us always aloof from the illusory energy of māyā.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! When he employed that Nārāyaṇa weapon, the illusion created by the Yakṣas suddenly disappeared just as suffering disappears with the dawn of knowledge.
Etasmin refers to the Nārāyaṇa weapon.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
As soon as Nārāyaṇa's arrow is joined to the bow, the Yakṣas' illusion vanishes — just as the self's pains and pleasures vanish on full self-knowledge. The right divine instrument doesn't fight illusion piece by piece; it dispels it whole.
Reflection Questions
- Which illusion in my life am I fighting fragment by fragment when one clear move would dissolve it all?
- What is my 'nārāyaṇāstra' — the single decisive act of devotion that would change the whole field?
My note
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