SB 4.20.8
TEXT 8
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TEXT
य एवं सन्तमात्मानम् आत्मस्थं वेद पूरुषः ।
नाज्यते प्रकृतिस्थो ऽपि तद्गुणैः स मयि स्थितः ॥ ८ ॥ ya evam santam atmanam
atma-stham veda pūrusaḥ
najyate prakrti-stho 'pi
tad-gunaiḥ sa mayi sthitaḥ
yaḥ-anyone who; evam-thus; santam-existing; atmanam-the individual atma and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma; atma-stham-situated within his body; veda-knows; pūrusaḥ-person; na-never; ajyate-is affected; prakrti-in material nature; sthaḥ-situated; api-although; tat-gunaiḥ-by the material modes of nature; saḥ-such a person; mayi-in Me; sthitaḥ-situated.
TRANSLATION
Although within the material nature, one who is thus situated in full knowledge of the Paramatma and atma is never affected by the modes of material nature, for he is always situated in My transcendental loving service.
PURPORT
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in this material world, He is not affected by the modes of material nature. Similarly, those who are always connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though they be within the material body or the material world, are not affected by the material qualities. That is explained very nicely in Bhagavad-gita:
mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena
bhakti-yogena sevate sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhūyaya kalpate "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman." (Bg. 14.26)
Thus one who is unflinchingly engaged in the devotional service of the Lord surpasses the material qualities and attains Brahman realization. In this connection Srila Rūpa Gosvami says that if a person is always engaged in the service of the Lord with his body, words and mind, he is to be considered liberated, although living in the material world.
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