SB 11.15.18
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 18
- śvetadvīpa-patau cittaṁ
- śuddhe dharma-maye mayi
- dhārayañ chvetatāṁ yāti
- ṣaḍ-ūrmi-rahito naraḥ
SYNONYMS
śveta-dvīpa—of the white island, the abode of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; patau—in the Lord; cittam—consciousness; śuddhe—in the personification of goodness; dharma-maye—in He who is always situated in piety; mayi—in Me; dhārayan—concentrating; śvetatām—pure existence; yāti—obtains; ṣaṭ-ūrmi—the six waves of material disturbance; rahitaḥ—freed from; naraḥ—a person.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
A human being who concentrates on Me as the upholder of religious principles, the personification of purity and the Lord of Śvetadvīpa obtains the pure existence in which he is freed from the six waves of material disturbance, namely hunger, thirst, decay, death, grief and illusion.
PURPORT
The Lord now begins to explain the processes for obtaining the ten secondary mystic perfections derived from the modes of nature. Within the material world Lord Viṣṇu, addressed here as śvetadvīpa-pati, the Lord of Śvetadvīpa, governs the material mode of goodness and is thus called śuddha and dharma-maya, or the personification of purity and piety. By worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as the personification of material goodness one obtains the material benediction of freedom from bodily disturbance.