SB 1.15.28 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 28
- Suta uvacha:
- Evam chintayato jishnoh krishnapada saroruham
- Souhardena atigadhena santay asit vimala matih.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Suta uvacha—Suta Goswami said, Evam—thus, Chintayato—while thinking of the instructions, Jishnoh—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishnapada—feet of Krishna, Saroruham—resembling the lotus, Souhardena—by deep friendship, Atigadhena—in great intimacy, Santa—pacified, Asit—it so became, Vimala—without any tinge of material contamination, Matih—mind.
TRANSLATION
Suta Goswami said, "Thus being deeply absorbed in thinking of the instructions of the Lord in great intimacy of friendship and of His Lotus feet Arjuna's mind became pacified and free from all contamination of material tinges."
PURPORT
The Lord being Absolute, thinking about Him in deep meditation is as good as trance of the Yogins. The Lord is non-different from His Name, Form, Quality, Pastimes, Entourage, and specific actions. Arjuna began to think of the Lord's instructions to Him in the battlefield of Kurukshetra and those instructions only began to eliminate the tinges of material contaminations in the mind of Arjuna. The Lord is like the sun and the sun's appearance means dissipation of darkness at once. Material contamination is like darkness or ignorance and the Lord's appearance within the mind of the devotee in any category as above mentioned can at once drive away the miserable material effects. Lord Chaitanya has, therefore, recommended constant chanting of the Name of the Lord and thus be protected from all contamination of the material world. The feelings of separation from the Lord is undoubtedly a sorry plight of the devotee but because it is in connection with the Lord it has got a specific transcendental effect which pacifies the heart. Such feelings of separation is also a source of trancendental bliss and it is never equal to contaminated material feelings of separation.