Bhagavatapurana 3.28.34
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.28.34
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3.28.34
autkaṇṭhya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas % tac cāpi citta-baḍiśaṃ śanakair viyuṅkte //
and repeatedly overcome by the flow of tears of longing, he gradually withdraws even that mind which served as a fishhook.
3.28.34.p2
muktāśrayaṃ yarhi nirviṣayaṃ viraktaṃ $ nirvāṇam ṛcchati manaḥ sahasā yathārciḥ &
When the mind, free of any support, devoid of sensory objects, and dispassionate, suddenly reaches extinction like a flame,
35. When the mind like a flame is withdrawn from the objects of sense (worldly objects), thereby loses its stay free from all attachments and attains Nirvana or dissolution i.e. becomes one with Brahman, the Purusha or the jiva in this state released from the force of the gunas realises the Atman (self) without anything as a medium (i.e. as identical without the distinction of being the seer and the seen.)
3.28.34.p3
muktāśrayaṃ yarhi nirviṣayaṃ viraktaṃ $ nirvāṇam ṛcchati manaḥ sahasā yathārciḥ &
When the mind, free of any support, devoid of sensory objects, and dispassionate, suddenly reaches extinction like a flame,
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation