SB 4.29.82
TEXT 82
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TEXT
तत्रैकाग्रमना धीरो गोविन्दचरणाम्बुजम् ।
विमुक्तसङ्गो ऽनुभजन् भक्त्या तत्साम्यतामगात् ॥ ८२ ॥ tatraikagra-mana dhiro
govinda-caranambujam
vimukta-saṅgo 'nubhajan
bhaktya tat-samyatam agat
tatra-there; eka-agra-manah-with full attention; dhirah-sober; govinda-of Krsna; carana-ambujam-unto the lotus feet; vimukta-freed from; saṅgah-material association; anubhajan-continuously engaging in devotional service; bhaktya-by pure devotion; tat-with the Lord; samyatam-qualitative equality; agat-achieved.
TRANSLATION
Having undergone austerities and penances at Kapilasrama, King Pracinabarhi attained full liberation from all material designations. He constantly engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord and attained a spiritual position qualitatively equal to that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
There is special significance in the words tat-samyatam agat. The King attained the position of possessing the same status or the same form as that of the Lord. This definitely proves that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always a person. In His impersonal feature, He is the rays of His transcendental body. When a living entity attains spiritual perfection, he also attains the same type of body, known as sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. This spiritual body never mixes with the material elements. Although in conditional life the living entity is surrounded by material elements (earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence and ego), he remains always aloof from them. In other words, the living entity can be liberated from the material condition at any moment, provided that he wishes to do so. The material environment is called maya. According to Krsna:
daivi hy esa gunamayi
mama maya duratyaya mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." (Bg. 7.14)
As soon as the living entity engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, he immediately attains freedom from all material conditions.
mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena
bhakti-yogena sevate sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya 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)
In the material state the living entity is on the jiva-bhuta platform, but when he renders devotional service to the Lord, he is elevated to the brahma-bhuta platform. On the brahma-bhuta platform the living entity is liberated from material bondage, and he engages in the service of the Lord. In this verse the word dhira is sometimes read as vira. Actually there is not very much difference. The word dhira means "sober," and vira means "hero." One who is struggling against maya is a hero, and one who is sober enough to understand his position is a dhira. Without becoming sober or heroic, one cannot attain spiritual salvation.
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