Devanagari
सा सन्निवासं सुहृदां प्रपायामिव गच्छताम् ।
विज्ञायेश्वरतन्त्राणां मायाविरचितं प्रभो: ॥ २७ ॥
सर्वत्र सङ्गमुत्सृज्य स्वप्नौपम्येन भार्गवी ।
कृष्णे मन: समावेश्य व्यधुनोल्लिङ्गमात्मन: ॥ २८ ॥
Verse text
sā sannivāsaṁ suhṛdāṁ
prapāyām iva gacchatām
vijṣāyeśvara-tantrāṇāṁ
māyā-viracitaṁ prabhoḥ
sarvatra saṅgam utsṛjya
svapnaupamyena bhārgavī
kṛṣṇe manaḥ samāveśya
vyadhunol liṅgam ātmanaḥ
Synonyms
sā
—
Devayānī
;
sannivāsam
—
living in the association
;
suhṛdām
—
of friends and relatives
;
prapāyām
—
in a place where water is supplied
;
iva
—
like
;
gacchatām
—
of tourists on a program for going from one place to another
;
vijṣāya
—
understanding
;
īśvara
—
tantrāṇām — under the influence of the rigid laws of nature
;
māyā
—
viracitam — the laws enforced by māyā, the illusory energy
;
prabhoḥ
—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
sarvatra
—
everywhere in this material world
;
saṅgam
—
association
;
utsṛjya
—
giving up
;
svapna
—
aupamyena — by the analogy of a dream
;
bhārgavī
—
Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya
;
kṛṣṇe
—
unto Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
manaḥ
—
complete attention
;
samāveśya
—
fixing
;
vyadhunot
—
gave up
;
liṅgam
—
the gross and subtle bodies
;
ātmanaḥ
—
of the soul .
Translation
Thereafter, Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya, understood that the materialistic association of husband, friends and relatives is like the association in a hotel full of tourists. The relationships of society, friendship and love are created by the māyā of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly as in a dream. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, Devayānī gave up her imaginary position in the material world. Completely fixing her mind upon Kṛṣṇa, she achieved liberation from the gross and subtle bodies.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Understanding that association of friends, created by the Lord’s māyā, was like going to a water hole, she gave up that association completely, and concentrating her mind on Kṛṣṇa, gave up the subtle body covering the soul.
Prabhoḥ means “of the Lord.”
Purport
One should be convinced that he is a spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, but has somehow or other been entrapped by the material coverings of the gross and subtle bodies, consisting of earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego. One should know that the association of society, friendship, love, nationalism, religion and so on are nothing but creations of
māyā.
One’s only business is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious and render service unto Kṛṣṇa as extensively as possible for a living being. In this way one is liberated from material bondage. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, Devayānī attained this state through the instructions of her husband.