SB 6.14.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

चित्रकेतुरुवाच
भगवन्किं न विदितं तपोज्ञानसमाधिभिः ।
योगिनां ध्वस्तपापानां बहिरन्तः शरीरिषु ॥ २३ ॥

citraketur uvaca

bhagavan kim na viditam

tapo-jnana-samadhibhih

yoginam dhvasta-papanam

bahir antah saririsu

citraketuh uvaca-King Citraketu replied; bhagavan-O most powerful sage; kim-what; na-not; viditam-is understood; tapah-by austerity; jnana-knowledge; samadhibhih-and by samadhi (trance, transcendental meditation); yoginam-by the great yogis or devotees; dhvasta-papanam-who are fully freed from all sinful reactions; bahih-externally; antah-internally; saririsu-in conditioned souls, who have material bodies.

TRANSLATION

King Citraketu said: O great lord Aṅgira, because of austerity, knowledge and transcendental samadhi, you are freed from all the reactions of sinful life. Therefore, as a perfect yogi, you can understand everything external and internal regarding embodied, conditioned souls like us.

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