Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 13 Verse 25

Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 13: Further Talks Between King Rahūgaṇa and Jaḍa Bharata

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.13.25

sauvīra-patir api sujana-samavagata-paramātma-satattva ātmany avidyādhyāropitāḿ ca dehātma-matiḿ visasarja; evaḿ hi nṛpa bhagavad-āśritāśritānubhāvaḥ

SYNONYMS

sauvīra-patiḥ — the King of the state of Sauvīra; api — certainly; su-jana — from an elevated person; samavagata — having completely understood; paramātma-sa-tattvaḥ — the truth of the constitutional position of the spirit soul and the Supersoul; ātmani — in himself; avidyā — by nescience; adhyāropitām — erroneously attributed; ca — and; deha — in the body; ātma-matim — the concept of the self; visasarja — completely gave up; evam — thus; hi — certainly; nṛpa — O King; bhagavat-āśrita-āśrita-anubhāvaḥ — the consequence of taking shelter of a devotee who has similarly taken shelter of a spiritual master in the paramparā system (one is sure to get out of the great nescience of the bodily concept of life).

TRANSLATION

After receiving lessons from the great devotee Jaḍa Bharata, King Rahūgaṇa of the state of Sauvīra became completely aware of the constitutional position of the soul. He thus gave up the bodily conception completely. My dear King, whoever takes shelter of the servant of the servant of the Lord is certainly glorified because he can without difficulty give up the bodily conception.

PURPORT

As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 22.54):

"sādhu-sańga", "sādhu-sańga" — sarva-śāstre kaya

lava-mātra sādhu-sańge sarva-siddhi haya

It is a fact that if one takes shelter of a pure devotee, one attains all perfection, even if the association is a short one. A sādhu is a pure devotee of the Lord. It has been our practical experience that the first instruction of our spiritual master infused us with Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that now we are at least on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and can understand the philosophy. As a result, there are many devotees engaged in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The whole world is revolving under the bodily conception; therefore there must be devotees all over the world to deliver people from the false bodily conception and fully engage them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness