गृहीत्वापीन्द्रियैरर्थान्यो न द्वेष्टि न हृष्यति । विष्णोर्मायामिदं पश्यन्स वै भागवतोत्तम: ॥ ४८ ॥
gṛhītvāpīndriyair arthān yo na dveṣṭi na hṛṣyati viṣṇor māyām idaṁ paśyan sa vai bhāgavatottamaḥ
- gṛhītvā
- accepting
- api
- even though
- indriyaiḥ
- with his senses
- arthān
- objects of the senses
- yaḥ
- who
- na dveṣṭi
- does not hate
- na hṛṣyati
- does not rejoice
- viṣṇoḥ
- of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu
- māyām
- the illusory potency
- idam
- this material universe
- paśyan
- seeing as
- saḥ
- he
- vai
- indeed
- bhāgavata-uttamaḥ
- a first-class devotee
Even while engaging his senses in contact with their objects, one who sees this whole world as the energy of Lord Viṣṇu is neither repelled nor elated. He is indeed the greatest among devotees.