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Chapter 28: Kapila's Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service

Verse 37 of 44
SB 3.28.37

देहं च तं न चरमः स्थितमुत्थितं वा सिद्धो विपश्यति यतो ऽध्यगमत्स्वरूपम् दैवादुपेतमथ दैववशादपेतं वासो यथा परिकृतं मदिरामदान्धः

dehaṁ ca taṁ na caramaḥ sthitam utthitaṁ vā siddho vipaśyati yato 'dhyagamat svarūpam daivād upetam atha daiva-vaśād apetaṁ vāso yathā parikṛtaṁ madirā-madāndhaḥ

Synonyms

dehammaterial body; caand; tamthat; nanot; caramaḥlast; sthitamsitting; utthitamrising; or; siddhaḥthe realized soul; vipaśyatican conceive; yataḥbecause; adhyagamathe has achieved; sva-rūpamhis real identity; daivātaccording to destiny; upetamarrived; athamoreover; daiva-vaśātaccording to destiny; apetamdeparted; vāsaḥclothing; yathāas; parikṛtamput on; madirā-mada-andhaḥone who is blinded by intoxication..

Translation

Because he has achieved his real identity, the perfectly realized soul has no conception of how the material body is moving or acting, just as an intoxicated person cannot understand whether or not he has clothing on his body.

Purport

This stage of life is explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. A person whose mind is completely dovetailed with the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who engages one hundred percent in the service of the Lord, forgets his material bodily demands.

Verse 37 of 44
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