Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.44
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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māyā-mohita-cetasaḥ
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those whose minds are bewildered by māyā
Compound: māyā (illusion) + mohita (bewildered) + cetas (mind). The standing diagnosis of the conditioned soul. Note: the verse is general — the boys' bewilderment was a sample of the universal condition.
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vismaranti
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they forget
Third person plural of vi-√smṛ. Forgetting. The opposite of smaraṇa (BG and SB 7.5.23's nine-limb bhakti). Bhakti is the antidote to vismṛti — the practice of not forgetting.
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vismṛta-ātmakam
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having forgotten one's own self
Compound: vismṛta (forgotten) + ātmaka (selfhood). Self-forgetting. The Gauḍīya understanding of saṁsāra: not metaphysical illusion only, but a specific forgetting of one's eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Sambandha-jñāna is the cure.
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abhīkṣṇam
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constantly
Adverb — repeatedly, without break. The forgetting is not occasional; it is continuous. The conditioned soul forgets in every moment of every life. Bhakti's smaraṇa must be equally continuous to compensate.
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jagat sarvam
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the entire world
Phrase: jagat (world) + sarvam (all). Universal scope. Not 'some people' but 'all of jagat'. Brahmā has been describing one year's bewilderment for the boys; he now generalizes — this is everyone's condition, every moment.
It is clearly stated here that the entire universe is bewildered. Thus even great demigods like Indra and Brahmā are not exempt from the principle of forgetfulness. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa exercised His internal illusory potency over His cowherd boyfriends and calves, it is not at all astonishing that for one year they could not remember their position. Indeed, by the Lord’s external illusory potency the conditioned souls forget their existence not only for one year but for many billions and billions of years as they transmigrate throughout the kingdom of ignorance called the material world.
Because it also shows a similar quality of deluding, yogamaya is compared with the potency of material maya Maya makes the jiva forget his identity (vismrt atmaka). Just as maha maya keeps the jiva in forgetfulness of his self, yogamaya made the cowherd boys forget separation from Krsna which lasted a year.
An example is given. Who, bewildered by māyā, does not forget in this world (iha)? Everyone perpetually forgets. In deep sleep, or even with knowledge of scriptures, everyone forgets that they are different from the gross and subtle bodies. This is the power of māyā. Because Kṛṣṇa’s icchā-śakti is so powerful, it can bewilder even his own associates.
In this world the ātmā or the lord who spreads everywhere is forgotten. All, even Indra, are bewildered because there is constant (abhikṣṇam) forgetfulness of what was remembered or recalled. This is the power of māyā.
A man dreams he is someone else, with a different name, family, body; on waking he is amazed he forgot who he is — but during the dream, the forgetting was total. Brahmā says everyone in the cosmos is dream-forgetting their identity — vismṛta-ātmaka. Only Kṛṣṇa's mercy can wake the sleeper, and even then only sometimes.
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