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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.48

विज्ञाय निर्विद्य गतं पतिं प्रजा: पुरोहितामात्यसुहृद्गणादय: । विचिक्युरुर्व्यामतिशोककातरा यथा निगूढं पुरुषं कुयोगिन: ॥ ४८ ॥
vijñāya nirvidya gataṁ patiṁ prajāḥ
[vijnaaya nirvidya gatam patim prajaah]
purohitāmātya-suhṛd-gaṇādayaḥ
[purohitaamaatya-suhrid-ganaadayah]
vicikyur urvyām atiśoka-kātarā
[vichikyur urvyaam atishoka-kaataraa]
yathā nigūḍhaṁ puruṣaṁ kuyoginaḥ
[yathaa nigoodham purusham kuyoginah]
Word-for-word
vijñāya — after understanding nirvidya — being indifferent gatam — had left patim — the King prajāḥ — all the citizens purohita — priests amātya — ministers suhṛt — friends gaṇa-ādayaḥ — and people in general vicikyuḥ — searched urvyām — on the earth ati-śoka-kātarāḥ — being greatly aggrieved yathā — just as nigūḍham — concealed puruṣam — the Supersoul ku-yoginaḥ — inexperienced mystics.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vijñāya nirvidya gataṁ patiṁ prajāḥ
vijñāya
after understanding
nirvidya
being indifferent
gatam
had left
patim
the King
prajāḥ
all the citizens
purohitāmātya-suhṛd-gaṇādayaḥ
purohita
priests
amātya
ministers
suhṛt
friends
gaṇa-ādayaḥ
and people in general
vicikyur urvyām atiśoka-kātarā
vicikyuḥ
searched
urvyām
on the earth
ati-śoka-kātarāḥ
being greatly aggrieved
yathā nigūḍhaṁ puruṣaṁ kuyoginaḥ
yathā
just as
nigūḍham
concealed
puruṣam
the Supersoul
ku-yoginaḥ
inexperienced mystics.
When it was understood that the King had indifferently left home, all the citizens, priests, ministers, friends, and people in general were greatly aggrieved. They began to search for him all over the world, just as a less experienced mystic searches out the Supersoul within himself.
Purport

The example of searching for the Supersoul within the heart by the less intelligent mystics is very instructive. The Absolute Truth is understood in three different features, namely impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such kuyoginaḥ, or less intelligent mystics, can by mental speculation reach the point of the impersonal Brahman, but they cannot find the Supersoul, who is sitting within each living entity. When the King left, it was certain that he was staying somewhere else, but because the citizens did not know how to find him they were frustrated like the less intelligent mystics.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the citizens, priests, friends and ministers understood that he had left in disgust, in great grief, they searched the earth for him, just as inexpert yogīs search for the hidden Paramātmā. The example of the yogīs searching for the hidden Paramātmā indicates that on that day, the King remained secretly somewhere in his own city.
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Personal Guidance
Citizens and priests searched for him everywhere, like an unskilled mystic searches for Supersoul within. Sometimes the one we seek has gone into a depth we don't have the practice to find them in.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom am I searching for outwardly when they may have gone into a depth I've not learned to enter?
  • Where would skilled spiritual practice find what untrained searching can't?
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