SB 6.16.61-62 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.61-62

एवं विपर्ययं बुद्ध्वा नृणां विज्ञाभिमानिनाम् । आत्मनश्च गतिं सूक्ष्मां स्थानत्रयविलक्षणाम् ॥ ६१ ॥ द‍ृष्टश्रुताभिर्मात्राभिर्निर्मुक्त: स्वेन तेजसा । ज्ञानविज्ञानसन्तृप्तो मद्भ‍क्त: पुरुषो भवेत् ॥ ६२ ॥

evaṁ viparyayaṁ buddhvā

[evam viparyayam buddhvaa]

nṛṇāṁ vijñābhimāninām

[nrinaam vijnaabhimaaninaam]

ātmanaś ca gatiṁ sūkṣmāṁ

[aatmanash cha gatim sookshmaam]

sthāna-traya-vilakṣaṇām

[sthaana-traya-vilakshanaam]

dṛṣṭa-śrutābhir mātrābhir

[drishta-shrutaabhir maatraabhir]

nirmuktaḥ svena tejasā

[nirmuktah svena tejasaa]

jñāna-vijñāna-santṛpto

[jnaana-vijnaana-santripto]

mad-bhaktaḥ puruṣo bhavet

[mad-bhaktah purusho bhavet]

Word-for-word

evam — in this way viparyayam — reversal buddhvā — realizing nṛṇām — of men vijña-abhimāninām — who think of themselves as full of scientific knowledge ātmanaḥ — of the self ca — also gatim — the progress sūkṣmām — extremely difficult to understand sthāna-traya — the three conditions of life (deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness) vilakṣaṇām — apart from dṛṣṭa — directly perceived śrutābhiḥ — or understood by information from authorities mātrābhiḥ — from objects nirmuktaḥ — being freed svena — by one’s own tejasā — strength of consideration jñāna-vijñāna — with knowledge and practical application of the knowledge santṛptaḥ — being fully satisfied mat-bhaktaḥ — My devotee puruṣaḥ — a person bhavet — should become.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

evaṁ viparyayaṁ buddhvā

evam

in this way

viparyayam

reversal

buddhvā

realizing

nṛṇāṁ vijñābhimāninām

nṛṇām

of men

vijña-abhimāninām

who think of themselves as full of scientific knowledge

ātmanaś ca gatiṁ sūkṣmāṁ

ātmanaḥ

of the self

also

gatim

the progress

sūkṣmām

extremely difficult to understand

sthāna-traya-vilakṣaṇām

sthāna-traya

the three conditions of life (deep sleep, dreaming and wakefulness)

vilakṣaṇām

apart from

dṛṣṭa-śrutābhir mātrābhir

dṛṣṭa

directly perceived

śrutābhiḥ

or understood by information from authorities

mātrābhiḥ

from objects

nirmuktaḥ svena tejasā

nirmuktaḥ

being freed

svena

by one’s own

tejasā

strength of consideration

jñāna-vijñāna-santṛpto

jñāna-vijñāna

with knowledge and practical application of the knowledge

santṛptaḥ

being fully satisfied

mad-bhaktaḥ puruṣo bhavet

mat-bhaktaḥ

My devotee

puruṣaḥ

a person

bhavet

should become.

One should understand that the activities of persons who are proud of their material experience bring only results contradictory to those such persons conceive while awake, sleeping and deeply sleeping. One should further understand that the spirit soul, although very difficult for the materialist to perceive, is above all these conditions, and by the strength of one’s discrimination, one should give up the desire for fruitive results in the present life and in the next. Thus becoming experienced in transcendental knowledge, one should become My devotee.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Understanding the attainment of opposite results for persons doing karma, and understanding the subtle state of spiritual realization beyond the states of waking, sleeping and deep sleep, freeing oneself from all sense objects seen and heard, and being satisfied with scriptural knowledge and realization by one’s sādhana, one should become my devotee. Sthāna-traya-vilakṣaṇām means the fourth state of spiritual realization. Mātrābhiḥ means “from sense objects.” Sva-tejasā means “by ones sādhana.”

Personal Guidance

Activities by those proud of material experience produce contradictory results in waking, dream, and deep sleep; recognize the underlying mistake. The full three-state analysis reveals the structural error.

Reflection Questions

Where do my waking, dream, and sleep states show the same contradictory result?
What underlying mistake would touching all three reveal?

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io