स वै निवृत्तिधर्मेण वासुदेवानुकम्पया । भगवद्भक्तियोगेन तिरोधत्ते शनैरिह ॥ १२ ॥
sa vai nivrtti-dharmena vasudevanukampaya bhagavad-bhakti-yogena tirodhatte sanair iha
- sah
- that
- vai
- also
- nivrtti
- detachment
- dharmena
- by engagement
- vasudeva
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- anukampaya
- by the mercy of
- bhagavat
- in relation with the Personality of Godhead
- bhakti-yogena
- by linking up
- tirodhatte
- diminishes
- sanaih
- gradually
- iha
- in this existence.
But that misconception of self-identity can be diminished gradually by the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, through the process of devotional service to the Lord in the mode of detachment.