यर्ह्यब्जनाभचरणैषणयोरुभक्त्या चेतोमलानि विधमेद् गुणकर्मजानि । तस्मिन् विशुद्ध उपलभ्यत आत्मतत्त्वं साक्षाद् यथामलदृशो: सवितृप्रकाश: ॥ ४० ॥
yarhy abja-nābha-caraṇaiṣaṇayoru-bhaktyā ceto-malāni vidhamed guṇa-karma-jāni tasmin viśuddha upalabhyata ātma-tattvaṁ śākṣād yathāmala-dṛśoḥ savitṛ-prakāśaḥ
- yarhi
- when
- abja-nābha
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose navel is shaped like a lotus
- caraṇa
- the feet
- eṣaṇayā
- desiring (only)
- uru-bhaktyā
- by powerful devotional service
- cetaḥ
- of the heart
- malāni
- the dirt
- vidhamet
- cleanses away
- guṇa-karma-jāni
- generated from the modes of nature and material activities in those modes
- tasmin
- in that
- viśuddhe
- completely purified (heart)
- upalabhyate
- is perceived
- ātma-tattvam
- the true nature of the self
- sākṣāt
- directly
- yathā
- just as
- amala-dṛśoḥ
- of pure eyes
- savitṛ
- of the sun
- prakāśaḥ
- the manifestation
When one seriously engages in the devotional service of the Personality of Godhead, fixing the Lord’s lotus feet within one’s heart as the only goal of life, one can destroy the innumerable impure desires lodged within the heart as a result of one’s previous fruitive work within the three modes of material nature. When the heart is thus purified one can directly perceive both the Supreme Lord and one’s self as transcendental entities. Thus one becomes perfect in spiritual understanding through direct experience, just as one can directly experience the sunshine through normal, healthy vision.