Gopalacampu 1.5.53

1.5.53

[43] etad eva ca dṛṣṭāntena spaṣṭīkṛtaṃ śrī-bādarāyaṇinā--dehaḥ prāṇam ivāgatam [BhP 10.5.21] iti | atra ca deha-sthānīyasya go-sthāna-pater asmad-īśitur evāsaktir atiriktā darśitā | prāṇaḥ khalv anyaṃ dehaṃ sañcarati, dehas tu taṃ vinā na bhavaty eveti | sa tu catura-śiromaṇiḥ svayam eva rāgatas tac-chivirāgatas tenātithivad eva pūjitas tad-vyavahāreṇa jitaḥ | samprati jātayoḥ sva-tanujātayoḥ prasakta-dhīr idam uktavān-

[43] And this very point was clarified with an analogy by the glorious Bādarāyaṇi: 'Like a body unto the life-breath that has arrived' [BhP 10.5.21]. Here, the excessive attachment shown was indeed that of our master, the lord of the cowherd station, who occupied the position of the body; for the life-breath may indeed move to another body, but the body cannot exist at all without it. And that crest-jewel of the clever [Vasudeva], having arrived at his encampment out of his own deep affection, was honored by him like a guest and won over by his conduct. With his mind now fixed on his own two newborn sons, he said this: