श्रीशुक उवाच आत्ममायामृते राजन् परस्यानुभवात्मन: । न घटेतार्थसम्बन्ध: स्वप्नद्रष्टुरिवाञ्जसा ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca atma-mayam rte rajan parasyanubhavatmanah na ghatetartha-sambandhah svapna-drastur ivanjasa
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- atma
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- mayam
- energy
- rte
- without
- rajan
- O King
- parasya
- of the pure soul
- anubhava-atmanah
- of the purely conscious
- na
- never
- ghateta
- it can so happen
- artha
- meaning
- sambandhah
- relation with the material body
- svapna
- dream
- drastuh
- of the seer
- iva
- like
- anjasa
- completely.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, unless one is influenced by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the relationship of the pure soul in pure consciousness with the material body. That relationship is just like a dreamer’s seeing his own body working.