Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 26
Soma Pacifies the Pracetās; Dakṣa’s Haṁsa-guhya Prayers; Hari Grants Creative Power
यदोपरामो मनसो नामरूप- रूपस्य दृष्टस्मृतिसम्प्रमोषात् । य ईयते केवलया स्वसंस्थया हंसाय तस्मै शुचिसद्मने नम: ॥ २६ ॥
yadoparāmo manaso nāma-rūpa- rūpasya dṛṣṭa-smṛti-sampramoṣāt ya īyate kevalayā sva-saṁsthayā haṁsāya tasmai śuci-sadmane namaḥ
When one’s consciousness is completely purified of the contamination of material existence, gross and subtle, without being agitated as in the working and dreaming states, and when the mind is not dissolved as in suṣupti, deep sleep, one comes to the platform of trance. Then one’s material vision and the memories of the mind, which manifests names and forms, are vanquished. Only in such a trance is the Supreme Personality of Godhead revealed. Thus let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seen in that uncontaminated, transcendental state.
There are two stages of God realization. One is called sujñeyam, or very easily understood (generally by mental speculation), and the other is called durjñeyam, understood only with difficulty. Paramātmā realization and Brahman realization are considered sujñeyam, but realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is durjñeyam. As described here, one attains the ultimate realization of the Personality of Godhead when one gives up the activities of the mind — thinking, feeling and willing — or, in other words, when mental speculation stops. This transcendental realization is above suṣupti, deep sleep. In our gross conditional stage we perceive things through material experience and remembrance, and in the subtle stage we perceive the world in dreams. The process of vision also involves remembrance and also exists in a subtle form. Above gross experience and dreams is suṣupti, deep sleep, and when one comes to the completely spiritual platform, transcending deep sleep, he attains trance, viśuddha-sattva, or vasudeva-sattva, in which the Personality of Godhead is revealed.
FAQs
This verse says that when the mind becomes fully quiet and the impressions of the world of names and forms are withdrawn, the Supreme Lord is realized in His self-established, pure existence.
They glorify the Lord as Haṁsa to emphasize His transcendental purity and His ability to be realized when the mind is freed from worldly identification with names, forms, and memories.
Practice steady devotion and inner discipline—reducing mental agitation from constant sensory input—so remembrance of the Lord becomes primary and worldly impressions lose their grip.