SB 9.8.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

यस्येरिता साङ्ख्यमयी दृढेह नौर् यया मुमुक्षुस्तरते दुरत्ययम् ।
भवार्णवं मृत्युपथं विपश्चितः परात्मभूतस्य कथं पृथङ्मतिः ॥ १३ ॥

yasyerita saṅkhyamayi drdheha naur

yaya mumuksus tarate duratyayam

bhavarnavam mrtyu-patham vipascitah

paratma-bhutasya katham prthaṅ-matih

yasya-by whom; irita-had been explained; saṅkhya-mayi-having the form of the philosophy analyzing the material world (Saṅkhya philosophy); drdha-very strong (to deliver people from this material world); iha-in this material world; nauh-a boat; yaya-by which; mumuksuh-a person desiring to be liberated; tarate-can cross over; duratyayam-very difficult to cross; bhava-arnavam-the ocean of nescience; mrtyu-patham-a material life of repeated birth and death; vipascitah-of a learned person; paratma-bhutasya-who has been elevated to the transcendental platform; katham-how; prthak-matih-a sense of distinction (between enemy and friend).

TRANSLATION

Kapila Muni enunciated in this material world the Saṅkhya philosophy, which is a strong boat with which to cross over the ocean of nescience. Indeed, a person eager to cross the ocean of the material world may take shelter of this philosophy. In such a greatly learned person, situated on the elevated platform of transcendence, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?

PURPORT

One who is promoted to the transcendental position (brahma-bhuta) is always jubilant (prasannatma). He is unaffected by the false distinctions between good and bad in the material world. Therefore, such an exalted person is samah sarvesu bhutesu; that is to say, he is equal toward everyone, not distinguishing between friend and enemy. Because he is on the absolute platform, free from material contamination, he is called paratma-bhuta or brahma-bhuta. Kapila Muni, therefore, was not at all angry at the sons of Sagara Maharaja; rather, they were burnt to ashes by the heat of their own bodies.

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