Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.18.50
तमेव हृदि विन्यस्य वासुदेवं गुहाशयम् ।
नारायणमणीयांसं निराशीरयजत् प्रभुम् ॥ ५० ॥
tam eva hṛdi vinyasya
[tam eva hridi vinyasya]
vāsudevaṁ guhāśayam
[vaasudevam guhaashayam]
nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṁsaṁ
[naaraayanam aneeyaamsam]
nirāśīr ayajat prabhum
[niraasheer ayajat prabhum]
Word-for-word
tam eva
—
Him only
hṛdi
—
within the heart
vinyasya
—
placing
vāsudevam
—
Lord Vāsudeva
guha-āśayam
—
who exists in everyone’s heart
nārāyaṇam
—
who is Nārāyaṇa, or an expansion of Nārāyaṇa
aṇīyāṁsam
—
invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere
nirāśīḥ
—
Yayāti, without any material desires
ayajat
—
worshiped
prabhum
—
the Supreme Lord.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam eva hṛdi vinyasya
tam eva
Him only
hṛdi
within the heart
vinyasya
placing
vāsudevaṁ guhāśayam
vāsudevam
Lord Vāsudeva
guha-āśayam
who exists in everyone’s heart
nārāyaṇam aṇīyāṁsaṁ
nārāyaṇam
who is Nārāyaṇa, or an expansion of Nārāyaṇa
aṇīyāṁsam
invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere
nirāśīr ayajat prabhum
nirāśīḥ
Yayāti, without any material desires
ayajat
worshiped
prabhum
the Supreme Lord.
Without material desires, Mahārāja Yayāti worshiped the Supreme Lord, who is situated in everyone’s heart as Nārāyaṇa and is invisible to material eyes, although existing everywhere.
Purport
King Yayāti, although externally seeming very fond of material enjoyment, was internally thinking of becoming an eternal servant of the Lord.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Placing in his heart Vāsudeva, the knower of all jīvas, who dwells in the hearts of all, but who is difficult to know, King Yayāti, without desire, worshipped the Lord, his master.
Vāsudeva means “he who dwells everywhere.” Therefore without effort Yayāti could meditate on him. He rests in the hearts of all beings (guhāśayam) but he does not sleep like others, since he knows (ayaṇam) all jīvas (nāra). All the jīvas do not know him. He is difficult to understand (anīyāṁsam). Though externally Yayāti was attached to enjoyment, he was not an enjoyer with his mind. He was without desire (nirāśīḥ). Prabhum indicates that he desired dāsya-bhāva.
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Personal Guidance
Internally, Yayāti worships the Lord without material desire, even while externally enjoying. A double life is not necessarily duplicitous — sometimes outer royal duty hides an inner devotional reality.
Reflection Questions
- Where could my inner devotion ripen even as my outer life remains apparently 'ordinary'?
- What inner shift today, invisible to others, would reorient my external choices over time?
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