SB 1.7.4

Synonyms

amale — in [his] pure; manasi — heart; samyak — [which was] perfectly; praṇihite — fixed [(niścale);¹⁶ or established in transcognitive recollection of Bhagavān’s divine acts, as instructed to him by Śrī Nārada in SB 1.5.13 (samāhite, samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam)¹⁷]; bhakti-yogena — through the yoga of unalloyed devotion [which was the cause of such fixity (niścale atra hetuḥ)]; [Vyāsa]; apaśyat — saw; pūrṇam — the Complete [Svayaṁ Bhagavān;¹⁸ Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as explicitly mentioned three verses later in SB 1.7.7 (śrī kṛṣṇam ity … agrimokteḥ). By the word pūrṇam, it is implied that Vyāsa saw Him as self-endowed with His own intrinsic conscious potency (svarūpa-bhūtāṁ cic-chaktim), His integrated portions (aṁśas), the portions of His portions (kalās), His avatāras, and unqualified Brahman, which is Itself a signifier of completion (pūrti-liṅgena), as when seeing the full moon (pūrṇaṁ candram apaśyat), one automatically sees it as inclusive of its effulgence (kānteḥ), its various phases (aṁśa-kalānām), and its final completion (pūrteḥ)]; puruṣam — Original Person [īśvaram;¹⁹ who is of personal form (puruṣākāram)]; ca — along with; māyām — His extrinsic potency [here, however, because māyā, which is Bhagavān’s extrinsic potency (bahiraṅgāyāḥ śakteḥ), is opposite in fundamental nature to Him (tad-viparīta dharmavatyāḥ), it is not seen as included within the immediate vision of Him (tad-darśanena darśanaṁ na bhavatīti), and hence it is mentioned separately (pṛthag ullikhati māyāṁ ceti)]; tat-apāśrayām — [which was] apart from and yet supported by Him [it was seen as apart from, or in others words, as posterior to Him, and as under His shelter (tasya apa aparaḥ paścima-bhāga eva āśrayo yasyāḥ)].

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