yenedṛśīṁ gatim asau daśa-māsya īśa

yenedṛśīṁ gatim asau daśa-māsya īśa

saṅgrāhitaḥ puru-dayena bhavādṛśena

svenaiva tuṣyatu kṛtena sa dīna-nāthaḥ

ko nāma tat-prati vināñjalim asya kuryāt

 

O Lord! I have received the rare blessing of being a devotee in the womb for ten months by great mercy that can be given by you alone. You, the saviour of those suffering, should be satisfied with your actions. Who can repay your mercy, except by folding his hands in thanks?

“You have asked me, ‘When will I get out?’ Are you suggesting that I am merciless since I do not get you out right now?” With shame, fear, biting his tongue, putting himself in a humble position, the jīva speaks. I, situated in this womb for ten months, have received this situation of being your devotee, rare even for devatās, by mercy which can come from no one except you (bhavādṛśena). Such a nature is impossible for me to attain even in a life time of Brahmā.  May you be satisfied by your actions! Who can compensate for that mercy? I can only fold my hands.  

 

|| 3.31.19 ||

paśyaty ayaṁ dhiṣaṇayā nanu sapta-vadhriḥ

śārīrake dama-śarīry aparaḥ sva-dehe

yat-sṛṣṭayāsaṁ tam ahaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁ

paśye bahir hṛdi ca caityam iva pratītam

 

Some jñānī in control of his senses, surrounded by the seven dhātus, sees with his intelligence the happiness and distress caused by his body. But I see the Supreme Lord who has given that intelligence, perceived externally and internally, who is the controller of citta.

 

Thinking of the Lord’s great mercy to him, he gives more details. Having attained the human form (ayam), the jīva surrounded by the body of seven dhātus, sees with intelligence the bodily situations of happiness and distress. This means that some fortunate soul, situated in his body, becomes a jñānī (dama-śarīrī). But I, though most sinful, see, by intelligence given by the Lord (yat-sṛṣtayā), the Supreme Lord, the presiding deity of citta (caityam), [263]or the Lord to be served by the citta (consciousness), who is obtained (pratītam) externally as the deity and in the heart by realization. It has already been shown (verse 11 commentary) that different jīvas experience differently at this time.

 

|| 3.31.20 ||