SB 10.14.24
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
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 (BG 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."