Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.64.26
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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para - ātmā
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the Supreme Soul
Para (highest) + ātman (self). The technical name for Kṛṣṇa's expansion within every heart. Nṛga is acknowledging that the Person before him is the same one yogīs seek inside — and that He has stepped outside in a visible body.
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śruti - dṛśā amala - hṛt - vibhāvyaḥ
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to be meditated upon in the pure heart with the eye of scripture
Śruti (Veda) + dṛś (eye) + amala (spotless) + hṛt (heart) + vibhāvya (to be meditated). The yoga-darśana of Paramātmā in compressed form — and Nṛga is contrasting it with what he is seeing right now, plain-eyed.
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adhokṣaja
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O Lord beyond the senses
Adhaḥ (below) + akṣa (sense) + ja (born). Literally 'one for whom the senses go down (i.e. fail).' One of Kṛṣṇa's most paradoxical epithets — He is called 'beyond the senses' precisely at the moment He stands sense-visible. Gauḍīyas relish the contradiction.
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bhava - apavargaḥ
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the cessation of material life
Bhava (becoming, saṁsāra) + apavarga (release). The yogic name for liberation. Nṛga reasons: only one who has reached apavarga should see You — and yet here I am, still entangled. The verse names its own astonishment.
Even in the body of a lizard, King Nṛga could remember his previous life. And now that he had the opportunity to see the Lord, he could understand that he had received special mercy from the Personality of Godhead.
He rejoices at his good fortune, being astonished at seeing Krsna. How can I see you, who are the object of meditation for great yogis like Sanaka and others in their pure hearts through the eye of the Upanisads. And you are directly adhoksaja, svayam bhagavan, the breaker of the cart (adhoksam means under the axle). And you have come to the sight of me, among the lowest, with intelligence blinded by great suffering. You are usually only visible to those who have destroyed the bondage of samsara (bhava aparvargah). So how are you visible to me? It should not be so. It happens only by the blessing of some great devotee."
You are most rare, or have indescribable glories (saḥ). O Lord you are spread everywhere (vibho)! Thus you cannot be seen (aksi-pathaḥ). You are difficult to see directly since you are with the ātmā (parātmā). You are realized by great capable devotees of bhakti (yogeśvaraiḥ). Yoga means joining with the Lord. Or, by what method are you visible (katham akṣi-pathaḥ)? You cannot be attained just by thinking since you are not the object of jṣāna (adhokṣaja). It is not possible that you can be directly present. I am moreover blinded by worldly problems. Therefore you cannot be directly present since you only give a likeness to your presence (anudṛśya) to a person free of material pursuits. It is remarkable that you show yourself to me though I have attained a heavenly body, since you are beyond everything and unlimited. How has this happened? It is some type of mercy, some type of your śakti. You only know.
You are most rare, or have indescribable glories (saḥ). O Lord you are spread everywhere (vibho)! Thus you cannot be seen (aksi-pathaḥ). You are difficult to see directly since you are with the ātmā (parātmā). How can I slightly see you in my (me) life or in this well (iha)? Or O my lord (mama vibho)! “How can the Lord be seen by the servants?” You are the supreme ātmā. You can be really perceived in the pure heart by knowledge of the meaning of the Vedas by the best devotees of bhakti-yoga. O avatari (sākṣāt adhokṣaja)! Or Kṛṣṇa, born again under the axel, son of Yaśodā! Those who have ended material existence can see you in Dvārakā (iha). Or, by what method are you visible (katham akṣi-pathaḥ)? You cannot be attained just by thinking, since you are not the object of jṣāna (adhokṣaja). It is not possible that you can be directly present. I am moreover blinded by worldly problems. Therefore you cannot be directly present since you only give a likeness to your presence (anudṛśya) to a person free of material pursuits. It is remarkable that you show yourself to me, though I have attained a heavenly body, since you are beyond everything and unlimited. How has this happened? It is some type of mercy, some type of your śakti. You only know.
Yogīs labour for lifetimes to glimpse Paramātmā within the heart, and here the same Paramātmā stands plainly before a half-recovered king on the outskirts of Dvārakā. Gauḍīyas explain: aiśvarya is what the yogī earns; mādhurya is what Kṛṣṇa gives.
My note
Source: vedabase.io