yaś ca buddheḥ paraṁ gataḥ

yaś ca mūḍhatamo loke

yaś ca buddheḥ paraṁ gataḥ

tāv ubhau sukham edhete

kliśyaty antarito janaḥ

He who is the most foolish in this world and he who has attained the Lord beyond matter increases happiness, whereas others just suffer.

 

Until now I have been drowning in the sorrow of doubt because of ignorance. This is expressed in this verse. One person who is the most foolish, like an animal (mūḍatamaḥ), whose intelligence is engaged in enjoying material objects (and ignoring the suffering), and another person who has achieved the Supreme Lord who is beyond (param) matter (buddheḥ)—these two persons increase happiness by deriving bliss from either material objects or the Lord, without suffering. He who desires to reject the material world by examining the suffering cannot accomplish this without attaining bhakti. He who is between these two (antaritaḥ) suffers in the ocean of doubt by not having either type of bliss.

|| 3.7.18 ||

arthābhāvaṁ viniścitya

pratītasyāpi nātmanaḥ

tāṁ cāpi yuṣmac-caraṇa-

sevayāhaṁ parāṇude

Convinced that the jīva does not actually suffer loss of knowledge, but not yet realizing it directly, I will destroy this lack of this realization by service to your lotus feet.

At this very moment my suffering has come to an end. I have become convinced by the conclusions coming from your mouth that the soul has no actual misfortune (arthābhāvam). Though not perceiving this fact (na partītasya api), I will destroy (parānude) my lack of perception (tām) by service to your lotus feet.

 

|| 3.7.19 ||

yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ

kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ