SB 10.85.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

SB 10.85.9 - SB 10.85.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 10

indriyaṁ tv indriyāṇāṁ tvaṁ

devāś ca tad-anugrahaḥ

avabodho bhavān buddher

jīvasyānusmṛtiḥ satī

SYNONYMS

indriyam — the power to illuminate their objects; tu — and; indriyāṇām — of the senses; tvam — You; devāḥ — the demigods (who regulate the various senses); ca — and; tat — of them (the demigods); anugrahaḥ — the mercy (by which one's senses can act); avabodhaḥ — the power of decision; bhavān — You; buddheḥ — of intelligence; jīvasya — of the living entity; anusmṛtiḥ — the power of recollection; satī — correct.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

You are the power of the senses to reveal their objects, the senses' presiding demigods, and the sanction these demigods give for sensory activity. You are the capacity of the intelligence for decision-making, and the living being's ability to remember things accurately.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that whenever one of the material senses is involved with its object, the presiding demigod of that particular sense organ must give his sanction. Ācārya Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains the word anusmṛti in this verse in its higher sense, as one's recognition of himself as an eternal spirit soul.

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