अथेशमायारचितेषु सङ्गं गुणेषु गन्धर्वपुरोपमेषु । रूढं प्रकृत्यात्मनि विश्वकर्तु- र्भावेन हित्वा तमहं प्रपद्ये ॥ ४७ ॥
athesa-maya-racitesu sangam gunesu gandharva-puropamesu rudham prakrtyatmani visva-kartur bhavena hitva tam aham prapadye
- atha
- therefore
- isa-maya
- by the external potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- racitesu
- in things manufactured
- sangam
- attachment
- gunesu
- in the modes of material nature
- gandharva-pura-upamesu
- which are compared to the illusion of a gandharva-pura, a town or houses seen in the forest or on a hill
- rudham
- very powerful
- prakrtya
- by material nature
- atmani
- unto the Supersoul
- visva-kartuh
- of the creator of the whole universe
- bhavena
- by devotional service
- hitva
- giving up
- tam
- unto Him (the Lord)
- aham
- I
- prapadye
- surrender
Therefore I should now give up my attachment for things created by the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I should engage in thought of the Lord and should thus surrender unto Him. This material creation, having been created by the external energy of the Lord, is like an imaginary town visualized on a hill or in a forest. Every conditioned soul has a natural attraction and attachment for material things, but one must simply give up this attachment and surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.