Devanagari
न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तम:
सक्तस्त्रिलोक्यां भगवान् वासुदेव: ।
न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीत
न लक्ष्मणं चापि विहातुमर्हति ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
na vai sa ātmātmavatāṁ suhṛttamaḥ
saktas tri-lokyāṁ bhagavān vāsudevaḥ
na strī-kṛtaṁ kaśmalam aśnuvīta
na lakṣmaṇaṁ cāpi vihātum arhati
Synonyms
na
—
not
;
vai
—
indeed
;
saḥ
—
He
;
ātmā
—
the Supreme Soul
;
ātmavatām
—
of the self-realized souls
;
suhṛt
—
tamaḥ — the best friend
;
saktaḥ
—
attached
;
tri
—
lokyām — to anything within the three worlds
;
bhagavān
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
vāsudevaḥ
—
the all-pervading Lord
;
na
—
not
;
strī
—
kṛtam — obtained because of His wife
;
kaśmalam
—
sufferings of separation
;
aśnuvīta
—
would obtain
;
na
—
not
;
lakṣmaṇam
—
His younger brother Lakṣmaṇa
;
ca
—
also
;
api
—
certainly
;
vihātum
—
to give up
;
arhati
—
be able .
Translation
Since Lord Śrī Rāmacandra is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, He is not attached to anything in this material world. He is the most beloved Supersoul of all self-realized souls, and He is their very intimate friend. He is full of all opulences. Therefore He could not possibly have suffered because of separation from His wife, nor could He have given up His wife and Lakṣmaṇa, His younger brother. To give up either would have been absolutely impossible.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Rāma, Paramātmā, the best friend of the devotees, full of six qualities as Bhagavān, Vāsudeva, is not attached to the three worlds. Otherwise, he should not have become bewildered by a woman, and should not have given up Lakṣmaṇa.
All this was accomplished by the Lord’s spiritual qualities such as being controlled by prema, being true to his word, and being generous to brāhmaṇas and nothing else. He is never attached to the three worlds because he is Paramātmā (ātmā). He is the best friend of those for whom the Lord is the object of service (ātmavatām), because he is full of the six qualities (bhagavān). If one does not accept that the Lord is controlled by prema, then he should not have fallen under illusion created by a woman, like an ordinary person. If one does not accept his spiritual qualities, he should not have given up Lakṣmaṇa. The advisor Devadūta informed Rama that Rāma should kill anyone who came in the room at that time (since they were having a private talk.) Lakṣmaṇa, situated at the door as the guard, then came to inform Rāma that Durvāsa had come. Rāma (in anger) was ready to kill him. Vasiṣṭha said, “Give him up.” (And Rāma did so.) Therefore, by this pastime Rāma taught prema and dharma. The previous verse correctly said that Rāma appeared in this world to teach human beings.
Purport
In defining the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we say that He is full in all six opulences — wealth, fame, strength, influence, beauty and renunciation. He is called renounced because He is not attached to anything in this material world; He is specifically attached to the spiritual world and the living entities there. The affairs of the material world take place under the superintendence of Durgādevī (
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā/ chāyeva yasya bhuvanāni bibharti durgā
). Everything is going on under the strict rules and regulations of the material energy, represented by Durgā. Therefore the Lord is completely detached and need not give attention to the material world. Sītādevī belongs to the spiritual world. Similarly, Lord Lakṣmaṇa, Rāmacandra’s younger brother, is a manifestation of Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Lord Rāmacandra Himself is Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Since the Lord is always spiritually qualified, He is attached to servants who always render transcendental loving service unto Him. He is attached to the truth in life, not to brahminical qualities. Indeed, He is never attached to any material qualities. Although He is the Supersoul of all living entities, He is specifically manifest to those who are self-realized, and He is especially dear to the hearts of His transcendental devotees. Because Lord Rāmacandra descended to teach human society how dutiful a king should be, He apparently gave up the company of mother Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa. Factually, however, He could not have given them up. One should therefore learn about the activities of Lord Rāmacandra from a self-realized soul. Then one can understand the transcendental activities of the Lord.