भयं द्वितीयाभिनिवेशत: स्या- दीशादपेतस्य विपर्ययोऽस्मृति: । तन्माययातो बुध आभजेत्तं भक्त्यैकयेशं गुरुदेवतात्मा ॥ ३७ ॥
bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād īśād apetasya viparyayo ’smṛtiḥ tan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā
- bhayam
- fear
- dvitīya
- in something seeming to be other than the Lord
- abhiniveśataḥ
- because of absorption
- syāt
- it will arise
- īśāt
- from the Supreme Lord
- apetasya
- for one who has turned away
- viparyayaḥ
- misidentification
- asmṛtiḥ
- forgetfulness
- tat
- of the Lord
- māyayā
- by the illusory energy
- ataḥ
- therefore
- budhaḥ
- an intelligent person
- ābhajet
- should worship fully
- tam
- Him
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- ekayā
- unalloyed
- īśam
- the Lord
- guru-devatā-ātmā
- one who sees his own spiritual master as his lord and very soul
Fear arises when a living entity misidentifies himself as the material body because of absorption in the external, illusory energy of the Lord. When the living entity thus turns away from the Supreme Lord, he also forgets his own constitutional position as a servant of the Lord. This bewildering, fearful condition is effected by the potency for illusion, called māyā. Therefore, an intelligent person should engage unflinchingly in the unalloyed devotional service of the Lord, under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, whom he should accept as his worshipable deity and as his very life and soul.