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"mw-headline" id="TEXT_19">TEXT 19</span></h4>
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- बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।</dd>
- वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥१९॥</dd></dl>
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- bahūnāṁ janmanām ante</dd>
- jñānavān māṁ prapadyate</dd>
- vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti</dd>
- sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ</dd></dl>
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"mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS">SYNONYMS</span></h4>
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"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bahūnām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">bahūnām</a></i> — many; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=janmanām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">janmanām</a></i> — repeated births and deaths; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ante&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ante</a></i> — after; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jñāna&tab=syno_o&ds=1">jñāna</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vān&tab=syno_o&ds=1">vān</a></i> — one who is in full knowledge; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">mām</a></i> — unto Me; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prapadyate&tab=syno_o&ds=1">prapadyate</a></i> — surrenders; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vāsudevaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">vāsudevaḥ</a></i> — the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">sarvam</a></i> — everything; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iti&tab=syno_o&ds=1">iti</a></i> — thus; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">saḥ</a></i> — that; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahā&tab=syno_o&ds=1">mahā</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ātmā</a></i> — great soul; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=su&tab=syno_o&ds=1">su</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=durlabhaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">durlabhaḥ</a></i> — very rare to see.
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"mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION">TRANSLATION</span></h4>
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After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.
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The living entity, while executing devotional service or transcendental rituals after many, many births, may actually become situated in transcendental pure knowledge that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of spiritual realization. In the beginning of spiritual realization, while one is trying to give up one's attachment to materialism, there is some leaning towards impersonalism, but when one is further advanced he can understand that there are activities in the spiritual life and that these activities constitute devotional service. Realizing this, he becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and surrenders to Him. At such a time one can understand that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's mercy is everything, that He is the cause of all causes and that this material manifestation is not independent from Him. He realizes the material world to be a perverted reflection of spiritual variegatedness and realizes that in everything there is a relationship with the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus he thinks of everything in relation to Vāsudeva, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such a universal vision of Vāsudeva precipitates one's full surrender to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the highest goal. Such surrendered great souls are very rare.
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This verse is very nicely explained in the Third Chapter (verses 14 and 15) of the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad:</i>
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- sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ</dd>
- sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt</dd>
- sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvā-</dd>
- tyātiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam</dd></dl>
- puruṣa evedaṁ sarvaṁ</dd>
- yad bhūtaṁ yac ca bhavyam</dd>
- utāmṛtatvasyeśāno</dd>
- yad annenātirohati</dd></dl>
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad</b></i> (5.1.15) it is said, na vai vāco na cakṣūṁṣi na śrotrāṇi na manāṁsīty ācakṣate prāṇa iti evācakṣate prāṇo hy evaitāni sarvāṇi bhavanti:</i> "In the body of a living being neither the power to speak, nor the power to see, nor the power to hear, nor the power to think is the prime factor; it is life which is the center of all activities." Similarly Lord Vāsudeva, or the Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the prime entity in everything. In this body there are powers of speaking, of seeing, of hearing, of mental activities, etc. But these are not important if not related to the Supreme Lord. And because Vāsudeva is all-pervading and everything is Vāsudeva, the devotee surrenders in full knowledge (Cf. Bhagavad-gītā</i> 7.17 and 11.40).
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- बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।</dd>
- वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥१९॥</dd></dl> </div>
"verse">- bahūnāṁ janmanām ante</dd>
- jñānavān māṁ prapadyate</dd>
- vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti</dd>
- sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ</dd></dl> </div>
"mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS">SYNONYMS</span></h4>
"synonyms">"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bahūnām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">bahūnām</a></i> — many; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=janmanām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">janmanām</a></i> — repeated births and deaths; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ante&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ante</a></i> — after; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jñāna&tab=syno_o&ds=1">jñāna</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vān&tab=syno_o&ds=1">vān</a></i> — one who is in full knowledge; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mām&tab=syno_o&ds=1">mām</a></i> — unto Me; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prapadyate&tab=syno_o&ds=1">prapadyate</a></i> — surrenders; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vāsudevaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">vāsudevaḥ</a></i> — the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">sarvam</a></i> — everything; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iti&tab=syno_o&ds=1">iti</a></i> — thus; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">saḥ</a></i> — that; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahā&tab=syno_o&ds=1">mahā</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ātmā</a></i> — great soul; "_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=su&tab=syno_o&ds=1">su</a>-"_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=durlabhaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">durlabhaḥ</a></i> — very rare to see. </p> </div>
"mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION">TRANSLATION</span></h4>
"translation">After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare. </p> </div>
"mw-headline" id="PURPORT">PURPORT</span></h4>
"purport">The living entity, while executing devotional service or transcendental rituals after many, many births, may actually become situated in transcendental pure knowledge that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of spiritual realization. In the beginning of spiritual realization, while one is trying to give up one's attachment to materialism, there is some leaning towards impersonalism, but when one is further advanced he can understand that there are activities in the spiritual life and that these activities constitute devotional service. Realizing this, he becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and surrenders to Him. At such a time one can understand that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa's mercy is everything, that He is the cause of all causes and that this material manifestation is not independent from Him. He realizes the material world to be a perverted reflection of spiritual variegatedness and realizes that in everything there is a relationship with the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus he thinks of everything in relation to Vāsudeva, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Such a universal vision of Vāsudeva precipitates one's full surrender to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the highest goal. Such surrendered great souls are very rare. </p>
This verse is very nicely explained in the Third Chapter (verses 14 and 15) of the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad:</i> </p>
- sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ</dd>
- sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt</dd>
- sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvā-</dd>
- tyātiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam</dd></dl>
- puruṣa evedaṁ sarvaṁ</dd>
- yad bhūtaṁ yac ca bhavyam</dd>
- utāmṛtatvasyeśāno</dd>
- yad annenātirohati</dd></dl>
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad</b></i> (5.1.15) it is said, na vai vāco na cakṣūṁṣi na śrotrāṇi na manāṁsīty ācakṣate prāṇa iti evācakṣate prāṇo hy evaitāni sarvāṇi bhavanti:</i> "In the body of a living being neither the power to speak, nor the power to see, nor the power to hear, nor the power to think is the prime factor; it is life which is the center of all activities." Similarly Lord Vāsudeva, or the Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the prime entity in everything. In this body there are powers of speaking, of seeing, of hearing, of mental activities, etc. But these are not important if not related to the Supreme Lord. And because Vāsudeva is all-pervading and everything is Vāsudeva, the devotee surrenders in full knowledge (Cf. Bhagavad-gītā</i> 7.17 and 11.40). </p> </div>
/> </p> - yad bhūtaṁ yac ca bhavyam</dd>
- sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt</dd>
- jñānavān māṁ prapadyate</dd>
- वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥१९॥</dd></dl> </div>