TEXT 15
manyamana idam visvam
maya-racitam atmani
avidya-racita-svapna-
gandharva-nagaropamam
SYNONYMS
manyamanahrealizing; idamthis; visvamuniverse; mayaby the external energy; racitammanufactured; atmaniunto the living entity; avidyaby illusion; racitamanufactured; svapnaa dream; gandharva-nagaraphantasmagoria; upamamlike.
TRANSLATION
Srila Dhruva Maharaja realized that this cosmic manifestation bewilders living entities like a dream or phantasmagoria because it is a creation of the illusory, external energy of the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
In the deep forest it sometimes appears that there are big palaces and nice cities. That is technically called gandharva-nagara. Similarly, in dreams also we create many false things out of imagination. A self-realized person, or a devotee, knows well that this material cosmic manifestation is a temporary, illusory representation appearing to be truth. It is like a phantasmagoria. But behind this shadow creation there is realitythe spiritual world. A devotee is interested in the spiritual world, not its shadow. Since he has realization of the supreme truth, a devotee is not interested in this temporary shadow of truth. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (param drstva nivartate).

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