इति व्यवसितो बुद्ध्या नारायणगृहीतया । हित्वान्यभावमज्ञानं तत: स्वं भावमास्थित: ॥ ४८ ॥
iti vyavasito buddhya narayana-grhitaya hitvanya-bhavam ajnanam tatah svam bhavam asthitah
- iti
- thus
- vyavasitah
- having firmly decided
- buddhya
- by proper intelligence
- narayana-grhitaya
- completely controlled by the mercy of Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- hitva
- giving up
- anya-bhavam
- consciousness other than Krsna consciousness
- ajnanam
- which is nothing but constant ignorance and darkness
- tatah
- thereafter
- svam
- his original position as an eternal servant of Krsna
- bhavam
- devotional service
- asthitah
- situated
Thus Maharaja Khatvanga, by his advanced intelligence in rendering service to the Lord, gave up false identification with the body full of ignorance. In his original position of eternal servitorship, he engaged himself in rendering service to the Lord.