SB 1.13.55 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 55
Vijnana atmani somyojya kshetrajne pravilapya tam Brahmani atmanam adhare ghatambararm iva ambare.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Vijnana—purified identity, Atmani—of intelligence, Samyojya—perfectly fixing up, Kshetrajne—in the matter of the living being, Pravilapya—merging in, Tam—him, Bramani—in the Supreme, Atmanam—pure living being, Adhare—in the reservoir, Ghatambaram—sky within the block, Iva—like, Ambare—in the Supreme sky.
TRANSLATION
Dhritarastra had to amalgamate his pure identity with intelligence then merge into the Supreme Being with knowledge of qualitatively one with the Supreme Brahman as living entity. And doing this he had to transcend in the spiritual sky being freed from the blocked sky.
PURPORT
The living being by his material desire to lord it over the material world and declining to co-operate with the Supreme Lord contact the sum-total of material world namely Mahat Tatwa and from Mahat Tatwa his false identity with the material world, intelligence, mind, and the senses are developed all covering his pure spiritual identity. By the Yogic process as above mentioned when his pure identity is realised which is known as self realisation then one has to revert to the original position first by amalgamating the five gross elements and the subtle elements mind, intelligence into the Mahat Tatwa again. Thus eleminating the pure soul from the combined clutches of the Mahat Tatwa he has to merge in the existence of the Supersoul. In other words he has to realise it that qualitatively he is non-different from the Supersoul and as such he transcends the material sky by his pure identitical intelligence and thus becomes engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. This is highest perfectional development of spiritual identity which was attained by Dhritarastra by the grace of Vidura and the Lord. The Lord's mercy was bestowed upon him in the matter of his personal contact with Vidura and when he was actually in practice in the matter of the instructions of Vidura, the Lord helped him in attaining the highest perfectional stage.
A pure devotee of the Lord does not live in any planet of the material sky nor does he feel any contact with material elements. His socalled material body does not exist being surcharged with spiritual current of the Lord's identical interest and thus he is permanently freed from all contaminations of the sum-total Mahat Tatwa. He is always in the spiritual sky which he attains by intercepting the seven-fold material coverings by the effect of his devotional service. The conditioned souls are within the coverings whereas the liberated soul are far beyond the cover.