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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.7

स जन्मनोपशान्तात्मा नि:सङ्ग: समदर्शन: । ददर्श लोके विततमात्मानं लोकमात्मनि ॥ ७ ॥
sa janmanopaśāntātmā
[sa janmanopashaantaatmaa]
niḥsaṅgaḥ sama-darśanaḥ
[nihsangah sama-darshanah]
dadarśa loke vitatam
[dadarsha loke vitatam]
ātmānaṁ lokam ātmani
[aatmaanam lokam aatmani]
saḥ — his son Utkala janmanā — from the very beginning of his birth upaśānta — very well satisfied ātmā — soul niḥsaṅgaḥ — without attachment sama-darśanaḥ — equipoised dadarśa — saw loke — in the world vitatam — spread ātmānam — the Supersoul lokam — all the world ātmani — in the Supersoul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa janmanopaśāntātmā
saḥ
his son Utkala
janmanā
from the very beginning of his birth
upaśānta
very well satisfied
ātmā
soul
niḥsaṅgaḥ sama-darśanaḥ
niḥsaṅgaḥ
without attachment
sama-darśanaḥ
equipoised
dadarśa
saw
dadarśa loke vitatam
loke
in the world
vitatam
spread
ātmānaṁ lokam ātmani
ātmānam
the Supersoul
lokam
all the world
ātmani
in the Supersoul.
From his very birth, Utkala was fully satisfied and unattached to the world. He was equipoised, for he could see everything resting in the Supersoul and the Supersoul present in everyone’s heart.

The symptoms and characteristics of Utkala, the son of Mahārāja Dhruva, are those of a mahā-bhāgavata. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (6.30) , yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati: a highly advanced devotee sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead everywhere, and he also sees everything resting in the Supreme. It is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.4) , mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā: Lord Kṛṣṇa is spread all over the universe in His impersonal feature. Everything is resting on Him, but that does not mean that everything is He Himself. A highly advanced mahā-bhāgavata devotee sees in this spirit: he sees the same Supersoul, Paramātmā, existing within everyone’s heart, regardless of discrimination based on the different material forms of the living entities. He sees everyone as part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mahā-bhāgavata, who experiences the Supreme Godhead’s presence everywhere, is never missing from the sight of the Supreme Lord, nor is the Supreme Lord ever lost from his sight. This is possible only when one is advanced in love of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From his birth Utkala was peaceful, without attachments, and saw all beings as his self. He saw the Lord pervading everything in the world and the whole world within the Lord. From his birth, he was a jñānī (upaśāntātmā).
From birth, Utkala was satisfied, unattached, equipoised — seeing Supersoul everywhere. A mahā-bhāgavata can be born into a royal court and still spontaneously remain detached.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose innate equipoise have I dismissed as 'lack of ambition'?
  • Where could I make peace with someone in my life who doesn't want what I think they should want?
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