🪷 ŚB 2.9.1
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
श्रीशुक उवाच
आत्ममायामृते राजन् परस्यानुभवात्मन: ।
न घटेतार्थसम्बन्ध: स्वप्नद्रष्टुरिवाञ्जसा ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca
ātma-māyām ṛte rājan
parasyānubhavātmanaḥ
na ghaṭetārtha-sambandhaḥ
svapna-draṣṭur ivāñjasā
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ātma — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; māyām — energy; ṛte — without; rājan — O King; parasya — of the pure soul; anubhava-ātmanaḥ — of the purely conscious; na — never; ghaṭeta — it can so happen; artha — meaning; sambandhaḥ — relation with the material body; svapna — dream; draṣṭuḥ — of the seer; iva — like; añjasā — completely.
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, unless one is influenced by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the relationship of the pure soul in pure consciousness with the material body. That relationship is just like a dreamer’s seeing his own body working.
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