श्रुत्वा स्थूलं तथा सूक्ष्मं रूपं भगवतो यति: । स्थूले निर्जितमात्मानं शनै: सूक्ष्मं धिया नयेदिति ॥ ३९ ॥
srutva sthulam tatha suksmam rupam bhagavato yatih sthule nirjitam atmanam sanaih suksmam dhiya nayed iti
- srutva
- after hearing of (from the disciplic succession)
- sthulam
- gross
- tatha
- as well as
- suksmam
- subtle
- rupam
- form
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- yatih
- a sannyasi or devotee
- sthule
- the gross form
- nirjitam
- conquered
- atmanam
- the mind
- sanaih
- gradually
- suksmam
- the subtle spiritual form of the Lord
- dhiya
- by intelligence
- nayet
- one should lead it to
- iti
- thus.
One who is interested in liberation, who accepts the path of liberation and is not attracted to the path of conditional life, is called yati, or a devotee. Such a person should first control his mind by thinking of the virat-rupa, the gigantic universal form of the Lord, and then gradually think of the spiritual form of Krsna (sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (Bs.5.1)) after hearing of both forms. Thus one’s mind is fixed in samadhi. By devotional service one can then realize the spiritual form of the Lord, which is the destination of devotees. Thus his life becomes successful.