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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.30

त्वं प्रत्यगात्मनि तदा भगवत्यनन्त आनन्दमात्र उपपन्नसमस्तशक्तौ । भक्तिं विधाय परमां शनकैरविद्या- ग्रन्थिं विभेत्स्यसि ममाहमिति प्ररूढम् ॥ ३० ॥
tvaṁ pratyag-ātmani tadā bhagavaty ananta
[tvam pratyag-aatmani tadaa bhagavaty ananta]
ānanda-mātra upapanna-samasta-śaktau
[aananda-maatra upapanna-samasta-shaktau]
bhaktiṁ vidhāya paramāṁ śanakair avidyā-
[bhaktim vidhaaya paramaam shanakair avidyaa-]
granthiṁ vibhetsyasi mamāham iti prarūḍham
[granthim vibhetsyasi mamaaham iti praroodham]
Word-for-word
tvam — you pratyak-ātmani — unto the Supersoul tadā — at that time bhagavati — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead anante — who is unlimited ānanda-mātre — the reservoir of all pleasure upapanna — possessed of samasta — all śaktau — potencies bhaktim — devotional service vidhāya — by rendering paramām — supreme śanakaiḥ — very soon avidyā — of illusion granthim — the knot vibhetsyasi — you will undo mama — my aham — I iti — thus prarūḍham — firmly fixed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tvaṁ pratyag-ātmani tadā bhagavaty ananta
tvam
you
pratyak-ātmani
unto the Supersoul
tadā
at that time
bhagavati
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
anante
who is unlimited
ānanda-mātra upapanna-samasta-śaktau
ānanda-mātre
the reservoir of all pleasure
upapanna
possessed of
samasta
all
śaktau
potencies
bhaktiṁ vidhāya paramāṁ śanakair avidyā-
bhaktim
devotional service
vidhāya
by rendering
paramām
supreme
śanakaiḥ
very soon
avidyā
of illusion
granthiṁ vibhetsyasi mamāham iti prarūḍham
granthim
the knot
vibhetsyasi
you will undo
mama
my
aham
I
iti
thus
prarūḍham
firmly fixed.
Thus regaining your natural position and rendering service unto the Supreme Lord, who is the all-powerful reservoir of all pleasure and who lives in all living entities as the Supersoul, you will very soon forget the illusory understanding of “I” and “my.”
Purport

Dhruva Mahārāja was already a liberated person because at the age of five years he had seen the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But even though liberated, he was, for the time being, afflicted by the illusion of māyā, thinking himself the brother of Uttama in the bodily concept of life. The whole material world is working on the basis of “I” and “mine.” This is the root of attraction to the material world. If one is attracted by this root of illusory conceptions — “I” and “mine” — he will have to remain within this material world in different exalted or nasty positions. By the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the sages and Lord Manu reminded Dhruva Mahārāja that he should not continue this material conception of “I” and “mine.” Simply by devotional service unto the Lord his illusion could be eradicated without difficulty.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When you were five years old, by performing pure devotion to the Lord, who is the soul within, unlimited, full of bliss, and endowed with all energies, you gradually cut the strong knot of ignorance concerning I and mine. Do you not remember how you attained the Lord when you were five years old (tadā)? The future tense is used to express memory of the past according to the rule abhijñā-vacane. (Pāṇini 3.2.112)
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Personal Guidance
Rendering service to the Lord, you'll quickly forget the illusion of 'I' and 'my.' Service is the actual eraser of false identity; intellectual study alone won't do it.
Reflection Questions
  • What small act of service today could begin to loosen 'I' and 'my' in me?
  • Where am I trying to think my way past ego when only service will work?
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