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| Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation | Chapter 2: The Lord in the Heart |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.29
ghrānena gandham rasanena vai rasam
rūpam ca drishtyā śvasanam tvacaiva
śrotrena copetya nabho-gunatvam
SYNONYMS
ghrānena — by smelling; gandham — aroma; rasanena — by taste; vai — exactly; rasam — palate; rūpam — forms; ca — also; drishtyā — by vision; śvasanam — contact; tvacā — touch; eva — as it were; śrotrena — by vibration of the ear; ca — also; upetya — by achieving; nabhah-gunatvam — identification of ether; prānena — by sense organs; ca — also; ākūtim — material activities; upaiti — attains; yogī — the devotee.
TRANSLATION
The devotee thus surpasses the subtle objects of different senses like aroma by smelling, the palate by tasting, vision by seeing forms, touch by contacting, the vibrations of the ear by ethereal identification, and the sense organs by material activities.
PURPORT
Beyond the sky there are subtle coverings, resembling the elementary coverings of the universes. The gross coverings are a development of partial ingredients of the subtle causes. So the yogī or devotee, along with liquidation of the gross elements, relinquishes the subtle causes like aroma by smelling. The pure spiritual spark, the living entity, thus becomes completely cleansed of all material contamination to become eligible for entrance into the kingdom of God.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness