আত্মানং চেদ্বিজানীযাত্পরং জ্ঞানধূতাশযঃ কিমিচ্ছন্কস্য বা হেতোর্দেহং পুষ্ণাতি লম্পটঃ
आत्मानं चेद्विजानीयात्परं ज्ञानधूताशयः किमिच्छन्कस्य वा हेतोर्देहं पुष्णाति लम्पटः
ātmānaṁ ced vijānīyāt paraṁ jñāna-dhūtāśayaḥ kim icchan kasya vā hetor dehaṁ puṣṇāti lampaṭaḥ
Synonyms
ātmānam—the soul; cet—if; vijānīyāt—one understands; param—supreme; jñāna—by knowledge; dhūta—thrown off; āśayaḥ—material desires; kim—what; icchan—desiring; kasya—what; vā—or; hetoḥ—for reason; deham—the material body; puṣṇāti—maintains; lampaṭaḥ—debauchee..
Translation
"If one's heart has been cleansed by perfect knowledge and one has understood Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Brahman, he then gains everything. Why should such a person act like a debauchee by trying very carefully to maintain his material body?"
Purport
This verse (Bhāg. 7.15.40) was spoken by Nārada to Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja regarding a householder's liberation from material bondage. On the spiritual platform, one does not unnecessarily care for the body. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has said, deha-smṛti nāhi yāra, saṁsāra bandhana kāhāṅ tāra. One who is spiritually situated does not think that he is the body. Therefore he can transcendentally execute severe penances in the renounced order of life. The best example of such renunciation is Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.