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Devanagari
Devanagari
प्रजामात्मसमां मह्यं प्रयच्छत्विति चिन्तयन् ॥ २० ॥
Text
Texto
ya eva jagad-īśvaraḥ
prajām ātma-samāṁ mahyaṁ
prayacchatv iti cintayan
ya eva jagad-īśvaraḥ
prajām ātma-samāṁ mahyaṁ
prayacchatv iti cintayan
Synonyms
Palabra por palabra
śaraṇam — taking shelter; tam — unto Him; prapadye — surrender; aham — I; yaḥ — one who; eva — certainly; jagat-īśvaraḥ — master of the universe; prajām — son; ātma-samām — like Himself; mahyam — unto me; prayacchatu — let Him give; iti — thus; cintayan — thinking.
Translation
Traducción
He was thinking: May the Lord of the universe, of whom I have taken shelter, kindly be pleased to offer me a son exactly like Him.
Él pensaba: Que el Señor del universo, en quien me he refugiado, tenga la bondad de darme un hijo idéntico a Él.
Purport
Significado
It appears that the great sage Atri Muni had no specific idea of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of course, he must have been conversant with the Vedic information that there is a Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the creator of the universe, from whom everything emanated, who maintains this created manifestation, and in whom the entire manifestation is conserved after dissolution. Yato vā imāni bhūtāni (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.1.1). The Vedic mantras give us information of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so Atri Muni concentrated his mind upon that Supreme Personality of Godhead, even without knowing His name, just to beg from Him a child exactly on His level. This kind of devotional service, in which knowledge of God’s name is lacking, is also described in Bhagavad-gītā where the Lord says that four kinds of men with backgrounds of pious activities come to Him asking for what they need. Atri Muni wanted a son exactly like the Lord, and therefore he is not supposed to have been a pure devotee, because he had a desire to be fulfilled, and that desire was material. Although he wanted a son exactly like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this desire was material because he did not want the Personality of Godhead Himself, but only a child exactly like Him. If he had desired the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his child, he would have been completely free of material desires because he would have wanted the Supreme Absolute Truth, but because he wanted a similar child, his desire was material. Thus Atri Muni cannot be counted among the pure devotees.
Parece ser que el gran sabio Atri Muni no tenía una idea concreta acerca de la Suprema Personalidad de Dios. No cabe duda de que debía estar familiarizado con la información védica acerca de la existencia de una Suprema Personalidad de Dios que es el creador del universo, de quien emanó todo, quien mantiene la manifestación creada, y en quien se conserva la manifestación completa tras la disolución. Yato vā imāni bhūtāni (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.1.1). Los mantras védicos nos informan acerca de esa Suprema Personalidad de Dios, de modo que Atri Muni concentró la mente en Él sin siquiera conocer Su nombre, queriendo pedirle un hijo que estuviese exactamente en Su mismo nivel. Ese tipo de servicio devocional realizado sin conocimiento del nombre de Dios viene explicado también en el Bhagavad-gītā; allí el Señor dice que hay cuatro clases de hombres con pasados piadosos que acuden a Él pidiéndole lo que necesitan. Atri Muni deseó tener un hijo idéntico al Señor, y por ello no se le considera un devoto puro, pues tenía un deseo que cumplir, y ese deseo era material. Aunque quería tener un hijo idéntico a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, ese deseo era material, porque no deseaba directamente a la Personalidad de Dios, sino que deseaba un hijo idéntico a Él. Si hubiese deseado como hijo suyo a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios, estaría completamente libre de deseos materiales, por haber deseado a la Verdad Absoluta Suprema, pero como lo que quería era un hijo de esas características, su deseo era material. De modo que Atri Muni no debe contarse entre los devotos puros.