ध्रुव उवाच सोऽयं शमो भगवता सुखदु:खहतात्मनाम् । दर्शित: कृपया पुंसां दुर्दर्शोऽस्मद्विधैस्तु य: ॥ ३५ ॥
dhruva uvaca so ’yam samo bhagavata sukha-duhkha-hatatmanam darsitah krpaya pumsam durdarso ’smad-vidhais tu yah
- dhruvah uvaca
- Dhruva Maharaja said
- sah
- that
- ayam
- this
- samah
- equilibrium of mind
- bhagavata
- by Your Lordship
- sukha-duhkha
- happiness and miseries
- hata-atmanam
- those who are affected
- darsitah
- shown
- krpaya
- by mercy
- pumsam
- of the people
- durdarsah
- very difficult to perceive
- asmat-vidhaih
- by persons like us
- tu
- but
- yah
- whatever you have said.
Dhruva Maharaja said: My dear Lord Naradaji, for a person whose heart is disturbed by the material conditions of happiness and distress, whatever you have so kindly explained for attainment of peace of mind is certainly a very good instruction. But as far as I am concerned, I am covered by ignorance, and this kind of philosophy does not touch my heart.