SB 11.28.34

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 28: Jñāna-yoga

SB 11.28.33 - SB 11.28.35

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 34

yathā hi bhānor udayo nṛ-cakṣuṣāṁ

tamo nihanyān na tu sad vidhatte

evaṁ samīkṣā nipuṇā satī me

hanyāt tamisraṁ puruṣasya buddheḥ

SYNONYMS

yathā—as; hi—indeed; bhānoḥ—of the sun; udayaḥ—the rising; nṛ—human; cakṣuṣām—of eyes; tamaḥ—the darkness; nihanyāt—destroys; na—not; tu—but; sat—objects that exist; vidhatte—creates; evam—similarly; samīkṣā—full realization; nipuṇā—potent; satī—true; me—of Me; hanyāt—destroys; tamisram—the darkness; puruṣasya—of a person; buddheḥ—in the intelligence.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

When the sun rises it destroys the darkness covering men's eyes, but it does not create the objects they then see before them, which in fact were existing all along. Similarly, potent and factual realization of Me will destroy the darkness covering a person's true consciousness.

SB 11.28.33 - SB 11.28.35