तदैवमात्मन्यवरुद्धचित्तो न वेद किञ्चिद् बहिरन्तरं वा । यथेषुकारो नृपतिं व्रजन्त- मिषौ गतात्मा न ददर्श पार्श्वे ॥ १३ ॥
tadaivam ātmany avaruddha-citto na veda kiñcid bahir antaraṁ vā yatheṣu-kāro nṛpatiṁ vrajantam iṣau gatātmā na dadarśa pārśve
- tadā
- at that time
- evam
- thus
- ātmani
- in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- avaruddha
- fixed
- cittaḥ
- the mind
- na
- does not
- veda
- know
- kiñcit
- anything
- bahiḥ
- outside
- antaram
- inside
- vā
- either
- yathā
- just as
- iṣu
- of arrows
- kāraḥ
- a maker
- nṛ-patim
- the king
- vrajantam
- going
- iṣau
- in the arrow
- gata-ātmā
- being absorbed
- na dadarśa
- did not see
- pārśve
- right next to him
Thus, when one’s consciousness is completely fixed on the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one no longer sees duality, or internal and external reality. The example is given of the arrow maker who was so absorbed in making a straight arrow that he did not even see or notice the king himself, who was passing right next to him.