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ŚB 10.14.24

Devanagari

एवंविधं त्वां सकलात्मनामपि
स्वात्मानमात्मात्मतया विचक्षते ।
गुर्वर्कलब्धोपनिषत्सुचक्षुषा
ये ते तरन्तीव भवानृताम्बुधिम् ॥ २४ ॥

Text

evaṁ-vidhaṁ tvāṁ sakalātmanām api
svātmānam ātmātmatayā vicakṣate
gurv-arka-labdhopaniṣat-sucakṣuṣā
ye te tarantīva bhavānṛtāmbudhim

Synonyms

evam-vidham — as thus described; tvām — You; sakala — of all; ātmanām — souls; api — indeed; sva-ātmānam — the very Soul; ātma-ātmatayā — as the Supersoul; vicakṣate — they see; guru — from the spiritual master; arka — who is like the sun; labdha — received; upaniṣat — of confidential knowledge; su-cakṣuṣā — by the perfect eye; ye — who; te — they; taranti — cross over; iva — easily; bhava — of material existence; anṛta — which is not real; ambudhim — the ocean.

Translation

Those who have received the clear vision of knowledge from the sunlike spiritual master can see You in this way, as the very Soul of all souls, the Supersoul of everyone’s own self. Thus understanding Your original personality, they are able to cross over the ocean of illusory material existence.

Purport

As confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.9):

janma karma ca me divyam
evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”