Devanagari
एतदध्यात्मपारोक्ष्यं गीतं देवर्षिणानघ ।
य: श्रावयेद्य: शृणुयात्स लिङ्गेन विमुच्यते ॥ ८३ ॥
Verse text
etad adhyātma-pārokṣyaṁ
gītaṁ devarṣiṇānagha
yaḥ śrāvayed yaḥ śṛṇuyāt
sa liṅgena vimucyate
Synonyms
etat
—
this
;
adhyātma
—
spiritual
;
pārokṣyam
—
authorized description
;
gītam
—
narrated
;
deva
—
ṛṣiṇā — by the great sage Nārada
;
anagha
—
O spotless Vidura
;
yaḥ
—
anyone who
;
śrāvayet
—
may describe
;
yaḥ
—
anyone who
;
śṛṇuyāt
—
may hear
;
saḥ
—
he
;
liṅgena
—
from the bodily concept of life
;
vimucyate
—
becomes 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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O sinless Vidura! One who hears or makes others hear this allegorical story of spiritual life sung by Nārada becomes freed from the subtle body.
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-jagad-aṇḍa-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.