jñānaṁ yad etad adadhāt katamaḥ sa devas

jñānaṁ yad etad adadhāt katamaḥ sa devas

trai-kālikaṁ sthira-careṣv anuvartitāṁśaḥ

taṁ jīva-karma-padavīm anuvartamānās

tāpa-trayopaśamanāya vayaṁ bhajema

Who else other than the expansion of the Lord residing in all beings through all phases of time can give knowledge? We, treading the path of karmas for the jīva, should worship the Lord in order to destroy the three miseries.

 

“With what proof do you worship this Supreme Lord?” By inference we can understand his presence. Which devatā offers knowledge to a fool like me? Among the devatās,one should be chief. He must be inferred as there is no other reason for my knowledge. His aṁśa, antaryāmī, dwells in all beings in past, present and future. We tread the path of karmas of the jīva (karma-padavīm).

 

|| 3.31.17 ||

dehy anya-deha-vivare jaṭharāgnināsṛg-

viṇ-mūtra-kūpa-patito bhṛśa-tapta-dehaḥ

icchann ito vivasituṁ gaṇayan sva-māsān

nirvāsyate kṛpaṇa-dhīr bhagavan kadā nu

 

The foolish jīva, situated in the body, within the body of his mother, his body suffering greatly, trapped in the hole filled with stool, urine, blood and the digestive fire, desiring to get out, counts the months. “O Lord! When will I get out of this place?”

 

O Lord! My happiness and distress, and attaining your lotus feet are all dependent on you. What can I ask for, since I am so childish and young? In this way he speaks to the Lord. I, situated in this body (dehi), am situated within another body, that of my mother, desiring to be free (vivasitum) from this (itaḥ), counting my months. “This is the eighth month, this is the ninth month, this is the tenth month.” I have no intelligence (kṛpaṇa-dhīḥ), since my happiness and distress have been given by my fate (caused by myself). When will I get out of this place? Because the difficulties cannot be tolerated within the womb, I will worship you outside.  

 

|| 3.31.18 ||