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Chapter 29: Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi

Verse 83 of 74
SB 4.29.83

एतदध्यात्मपारोक्ष्यं गीतं देवर्षिणानघ यः श्रावयेद्यः शृणुयात्स लिंगेन विमुच्यते

etad adhyātma-pārokṣyaṁ gītaṁ devarṣiṇānagha yaḥ śrāvayed yaḥ śṛṇuyāt sa liṅgena vimucyate

Synonyms

etatthis; adhyātmaspiritual; pārokṣyamauthorized description; gītamnarrated; deva-ṛṣiṇāby the great sage Nārada; anaghaO spotless Vidura; yaḥanyone who; śrāvayetmay describe; yaḥanyone who; śṛṇuyātmay hear; saḥhe; liṅgenafrom the bodily concept of life; vimucyatebecomes delivered..

Translation

My dear Vidura, one who hears this narration concerning the understanding of the living entity's spiritual existence, as described by the great sage Nārada, or who relates it to others, will be liberated from the bodily conception of life.

Purport

This material creation is the spirit soul's dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Mahā-Viṣṇu, as the Brahma-saṁhitā describes: yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām ananta-jagadaṇḍa-saroma-kūpaḥ. This material world is created by the dreaming of Mahā-Viṣṇu. The real factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation. After being in contact with the material modes of nature, the living entity develops the subtle and gross bodies. When the living entity is fortunate enough to associate with Śrī Nārada Mahāmuni or his servants, he is liberated from this dreamland of material creation and the bodily conception of life.

Verse 83 of 74
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