SB 11.15.16 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

नारायणे तुरीयाख्ये भगवच्छब्दशब्दिते । मनो मय्यादधद् योगी मद्धर्मा वशितामियात् ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

nārāyaṇe turīyākhye bhagavac-chabda-śabdite mano mayy ādadhad yogī mad-dharmā vaśitām iyāt

Synonyms

nārāyaṇe — in the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa ; turīya — ākhye — known as the fourth, beyond the three modes of material nature ; bhagavat — full of all opulences ; śabda — śabdite — known by the word ; manaḥ — the mind ; mayi — in Me ; ādadhat — placing ; yogī — the yogī ; mat — dharmā — being endowed with My nature ; vaśitām — the mystic opulence called vaśitā ; iyāt — may obtain .

Translation

The yogī who places his mind in My form of Nārāyaṇa, known as the fourth factor, full of all opulences, becomes endowed with My nature and thus obtains the mystic perfection called vaśitā.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The yogī who concentrates his mind on my form of Nārāyaṇa, known as the fourth factor, Bhagavān, obtains the mystic perfection called vaśitā—not being influenced by the guṇas, since he possesses my qualities. The word tūrīya is explained: virāḍ hiraṇyagarbhaś ca kāraṇaṁ cety upādhayaḥ | īśasya yantribhir hīnaṁ tat turīyaṁ pracakṣate || The Lord’s universal form, his Hiraṇyagarbha form and māyā are all coverings, but because the Lord is not covered by these three, intelligent authorities call him turīya, the fourth. He is the Lord, Nārāyaṇa, Bhagavān, full of six great qualities. The meaning is this. The Lord does not have coverings or upādhis of the gross universal form or the subtle Hiraṇyagarbha form, effects of māyā. He does not have a covering of their cause, māyā (kāraṇam). He has a form which is eterntiy, knowledge and bliss. What is he called? He is called Bhagavān. Vaśitā means “to be unaffected by the guṇas.”

Purport

In Bhagavad-gītā (7.13) Lord Kṛṣṇa states: tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam “Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.” Thus the Lord is called turīya, or the fourth factor beyond the three modes of nature. According to Śrīla Vīrarāghava Ācārya, turīya also indicates that the Lord is beyond the three ordinary phases of consciousness, namely wakefulness, dreaming and dreamless sleep. Bhaga-vac-chabda-śabdite indicates that the Lord is known as Bhagavān, or the possessor of unlimited opulences, principally beauty, fame, wealth, knowledge, renunciation and intelligence. In conclusion, one can obtain the mystic opulence vaśitā, or freedom from the modes of nature, by meditating upon the Lord as turīya, the fourth factor beyond those modes. Everything depends upon the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.