Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.8.13

yasyerita sankhyamayi drdheha naur

yaya mumuksus tarate duratyayam

bhavarnavam mrtyu-patham vipascitah

paratma-bhutasya katham prthan-matih

SYNONYMS

yasya -- by whom; irita -- had been explained; sankhya-mayi -- having the form of the philosophy analyzing the material world (Sankhya philosophy); drdha -- very strong (to deliver people from this material world); iha -- in this material world; nauh -- a boat; yaya -- by which; mumuksuh -- a person desiring to be liberated; tarate -- can cross over; duratyayam -- very difficult to cross; bhava-arnavam -- the ocean of nescience; mrtyu-patham -- a material life of repeated birth and death; vipascitah -- of a learned person; paratma-bhutasya -- who has been elevated to the transcendental platform; katham -- how; prthak-matih -- a sense of distinction (between enemy and friend).

TRANSLATION

Kapila Muni enunciated in this material world the Sankhya philosophy, which is a strong boat with which to cross over the ocean of nescience. Indeed, a person eager to cross the ocean of the material world may take shelter of this philosophy. In such a greatly learned person, situated on the elevated platform of transcendence, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?

PURPORT

One who is promoted to the transcendental position (brahma-bhuta) is always jubilant (prasannatma). He is unaffected by the false distinctions between good and bad in the material world. Therefore, such an exalted person is samah sarvesu bhutesu; that is to say, he is equal toward everyone, not distinguishing between friend and enemy. Because he is on the absolute platform, free from material contamination, he is called paratma-bhuta or brahma-bhuta. Kapila Muni, therefore, was not at all angry at the sons of Sagara Maharaja; rather, they were burnt to ashes by the heat of their own bodies.

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