SB 1.9.44 (1964)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 44
Sampadyamanam ajnaya bhismam brahmani niskale Sarve babhuvuste tusnim bayansiva dinatyaye.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Sampadyamanam—having merged into, Ajanaya—after knowing this, Bhismam—about Sri Bhimadeva, Brahmani—into the Supreme Absolute, Niskale—unlimited, Sarve—all present, Babhuvuste—all of them become, Tushnim—silent, Bayansiva—like the birds, Dinatyaye—at the end of the day.
TRANSLATION
Thus knowing that Bhismadeva has had merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absolute, all present there became silent like the birds at the end of the day.
PURPORT
To enter into or to become merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absolute means to enter in the original home of the living being. The living beings are all component parts and parcels of the Absolute Personality of Godhead and therefore they are eternally related with Him as the servitor and the served. The Lord is served by all His parts and parcels as the complete machine is served by its parts and parcels. Any part of the machine removed form the whole is no more important portion of the whole machine. Similarly any part and parcel of the Absolute detached from the service of the Lord is no more important than the above mentioned machinery parts. The living beings who are in the material world are all disintegrated parts and parcels of the supreme whole and they are no more as important as the original parts and parcels. There are however more integrated parts and parcels living being who are eternally liberated. The material energy of the Lord, called by the name Durga Shakti or the superintendent of the prison house takes charge of the disintegrated parts and parcels and thus they undergo a conditioned life under the laws of the material nature. When the living being becomes conscious of this fact he tries to go back to Home back to Godhead and thus the spiritual urge of the living being begins. This spiritual urge is called Brahma Jijnasa or to enquire about the Brahman. Principally this Brahma Jijnasa is successful by knowledge, renunciation and devotional service of the Lord. Jnana or knowledge means to know everything of Brahman the Supreme, renunciation means detachment of material affection and devotional service is to revive by practice the original position of the living being. The successful living being who is eligible to enter into the spiritual realm of the Absolute are called the Jnani, the Yogi and the Bhaktas. The Jnani and yogi enter into the impersonal rays of the Supreme but the Bhaktas enter into the spiritual planets known as the Vaikunthas. In these spiritual planets the Supreme Lord as Narayana predominates and the healthy unconditioned living beings live there by rendering loving service to the Lord in the capacity of servant, friend, parents and fiance. There the unconditioned living beings enjoy life in full freedom with the Lord whereas the impersonalist Jnani and Yogi enter into the impersonal glowing effulgence of the Vaikuntha planets. The Vaikuntha planets are all self-illuminating like the sun and the rays of the Vaikuntha planets are called the Brahma Jyoti. The Brahmajyoti is spread unlimitedly and the material world is but a covered portion of an insignificant part of the same Brahma Jyoti. Such covering is temporary: therefore it is a sort of illusion.
Bhismadeva as a pure devotee of the Lord entered the spiritual realm in one of the Vaikuntha Planets where the Lord in his eternal Form of Partha-Sarathi predominates over the unconditioned living beings who are constantly engaged in the service of the Lord. The love and affection which bind the Lord and devotee is exhibited in the case of Bhismadeva. Bhismadeva never forgot the Lord in His transcendental feature as the Partha-Sarathi and the Lord was present personally before Bhismadeva while he was passing to the transcendental world. That is the highest perfection of life.