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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.20.37

भगवानपि राजर्षे: सोपाध्यायस्य चाच्युत: । हरन्निव मनोऽमुष्य स्वधाम प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ३७ ॥
bhagavān api rājarṣeḥ
[bhagavaan api raajarsheh]
sopādhyāyasya cācyutaḥ
[sopaadhyaayasya chaachyutah]
harann iva mano ’muṣya
[harann iva mano ’mushya]
sva-dhāma pratyapadyata
[sva-dhaama pratyapadyata]
bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead api — also rāja-ṛṣeḥ — of the saintly King sa-upādhyāyasya — along with all the priests ca — also acyutaḥ — the infallible Lord haran — captivating iva — indeed manaḥ — the mind amuṣya — of him sva-dhāma — to His abode pratyapadyata — returned.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhagavān api rājarṣeḥ
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
api
also
rāja-ṛṣeḥ
of the saintly King
sa-upādhyāyasya
along with all the priests
sopādhyāyasya cācyutaḥ
ca
also
acyutaḥ
the infallible Lord
harann iva mano ’muṣya
haran
captivating
iva
indeed
manaḥ
the mind
sva-dhāma pratyapadyata
amuṣya
of him
sva-dhāma
to His abode
pratyapadyata
returned.
The infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, having captivated the minds of the King and the priests who were present, returned to His abode in the spiritual sky.

Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-spiritual, He can descend from the spiritual sky without changing His body, and thus He is known as acyuta, or infallible. When a living entity falls down to the material world, however, he has to accept a material body, and therefore, in his material embodiment, he cannot be called acyuta. Because he falls down from his real engagement in the service of the Lord, the living entity gets a material body to suffer or try to enjoy in the miserable material conditions of life. Therefore the fallen living entity is cyuta, whereas the Lord is called acyuta. The Lord was attractive for everyone — not only the King but also the priestly order, who were very much addicted to the performance of Vedic rituals. Because the Lord is all-attractive, He is called Kṛṣṇa, or “one who attracts everyone.” The Lord appeared in the sacrificial arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is a plenary expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is the second incarnation from Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is the origin of material creation and who expands as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who then enters into each and every universe. Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is one of the puruṣas who control the material modes of nature.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord, who had captured the minds of Pṛthu and the teachers, also left for his abode.
The infallible Lord, having captivated everyone's mind, returned to His spiritual abode. The Lord's coming and going both leave the room transformed; the captivation outlasts His presence.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I still living from a captivation that happened months or years ago?
  • What in me has been permanently rearranged by an encounter I no longer notice but still benefit from?
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