यदा रतिर्ब्रह्मणि नैष्ठिकी पुमा- नाचार्यवान् ज्ञानविरागरंहसा । दहत्यवीर्यं हृदयं जीवकोशं पञ्चात्मकं योनिमिवोत्थितोऽग्नि: ॥ २६ ॥
yada ratir brahmani naisthiki puman acaryavan jnana-viraga-ramhasa dahaty aviryam hrdayam jiva-kosam pancatmakam yonim ivotthito ’gnih
- yada
- when
- ratih
- attachment
- brahmani
- in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- naisthiki
- fixed
- puman
- the person
- acaryavan
- completely surrendered to the spiritual master
- jnana
- knowledge
- viraga
- detachment
- ramhasa
- by the force of
- dahati
- burns
- aviryam
- impotent
- hrdayam
- within the heart
- jiva-kosam
- the covering of the spirit soul
- panca-atmakam
- five elements
- yonim
- source of birth
- iva
- like
- utthitah
- emanating
- agnih
- fire
Upon becoming fixed in his attachment to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the grace of the spiritual master and by awakening knowledge and detachment, the living entity, situated within the heart of the body and covered by the five elements, burns up his material surroundings exactly as fire, arising from wood, burns the wood itself.