SB 1.6.25

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[But if in the interim this mati is lost, what then should be done? To dispel this doubt, Bhagavān speaks the following verse (nanu yady antaraiva sā naśyet tarhi kiṁ kartavyaṁ tatrāha matir mayīti).¹⁰³]; mat-anugrahāt — by My grace; iyam — this; matiḥ — devotional regard; [of yours (tava)¹⁰⁴]; nibaddhā — [that is] completely bound; mayi — to Me; na vipadyeta — will never be lost [or destroyed (na vinaśyeta);¹⁰⁵ precisely because it is bound to Me, meaning that it is established on the basis of divine love for Me (yato mayi nibaddhā sthāpitā premṇaivety arthaḥ), and since I am eternal, this mati is indeed also eternal (mama nityatvāt matir api nityaivety arthaḥ)¹⁰⁶]; karhicit — at any time; smṛtiḥ ca — and neither will [your] remembrance [pertaining to the present life, not to speak of your devotional regard (matir iti kiṁ vaktavyaṁ smṛtiś caitaj janma viṣayā)¹⁰⁷]; nirodhe api — not even during the dissolution [saṁhāre’pi¹⁰⁸]; prajā-sarga — [of] the created world of living beings [prajā-sargasya¹⁰⁹]; [the second line of this verse answers Vyāsa’s question from verse 4 as to how Nārada’s memory of his past life was not destroyed by time (anenaiva prāk-kāla-viṣayāṁ te smṛtiṁ kālaḥ kathaṁ na khaṇḍitavān iti praśnasyottaraṁ dattam iti jñeyam)¹¹⁰].

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