🪷 ŚB 7.13.44

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Sanskrit

आत्मानुभूतौ तां मायां जुहुयात्सत्यद‍ृङ्‍मुनि: । ततो निरीहो विरमेत् स्वानुभूत्यात्मनि स्थित: ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

ātmānubhūtau tāṁ māyāṁ juhuyāt satya-dṛṅ muniḥ tato nirīho viramet svānubhūty-ātmani sthitaḥ
Synonyms
ātma-anubhūtau — unto self-realization; tām — that; māyām — the false ego of material existence; juhuyāt — should offer as an oblation; satya-dṛk — one who has actually realized the ultimate truth; muniḥ — such a thoughtful person; tataḥ — because of this self-realization; nirīhaḥ — without material desires; viramet — one must completely retire from material activities; sva-anubhūti-ātmani — in self-realization; sthitaḥ — thus being situated.

Translation

A learned, thoughtful person must realize that material existence is illusion. This is possible only by self-realization. A self-realized person, who has actually seen the truth, should retire from all material activities, being situated in self-realization.

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