Shloka 30

The Lord in the Heart and the Discipline of Yoga-Bhakti

Devanagari script

स भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियसंनिकर्षं मनोमयं देवमयं विकार्यम् । संसाद्य गत्या सह तेन याति विज्ञानतत्त्वं गुणसंनिरोधम् ॥ ३० ॥

Transliteration

sa bhūta-sūkṣmendriya-sannikarṣaṁ manomayaṁ devamayaṁ vikāryam saṁsādya gatyā saha tena yāti vijñāna-tattvaṁ guṇa-sannirodham

Translation

ذلك السالك، بعد أن يتجاوز اقتران العناصر الغليظة بالحواس اللطيفة—وهو تحوّلٌ ذهنيٌّ و«إلهيّ»—يمضي مع ذلك في مسيره، فيبلغ تَتْوَةَ الوعي المميِّز (vijñāna-tattva) حيث تُكفّ الغونات وتُحَيَّد.

Synonyms

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, nominative singular

• भूत-सूक्ष्म-इन्द्रिय-संनिकर्षम्: contact with the subtle elements and senses
• भूत-सूक्ष्म-इन्द्रिय-संनिकर्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिकर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘भूतानां सूक्ष्मेन्द्रियाणां संनिकर्षः’ (contact of subtle elements/senses)

• मनोमयम्: made of mind
• मनोमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘मनसा मयम्’ = consisting of mind

• देवमयम्: made of the divine
• देवमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘देवैः/देवेन मयम्’ = divine-made

• विकार्यम्: modifiable/subject to change
• विकार्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; ‘to be modified/transformable’

• संसाद्य: having attained
• संसाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — having reached/obtained

• गत्या: by a course/way (movement)
• गत्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहयोगार्थक अव्यय (preposition/adverb) — ‘with’ (governs instrumental)

• तेन: with that/with him
• तेन: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन — Pronoun, instrumental singular

• याति: goes/proceeds
• याति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 3rd singular

• विज्ञान-तत्त्वम्: the principle of realized knowledge
• विज्ञान-तत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘विज्ञानस्य तत्त्वम्’

• गुण-संनिरोधम्: restraint/cessation of the guṇas
• गुण-संनिरोधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘गुणानां संनिरोधः’ (complete restraint/cessation of guṇas)

Purport

Pure self-realization, as we have several times discussed, is the pure consciousness of admitting oneself to be the eternal servitor of the Lord. Thus one is reinstated in his original position of transcendental loving service to the Lord, as will be clearly explained in the following verse. This stage of rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord without any hopes of emolument from the Lord, or any other way, can be attained when the material senses are purified and the original pure state of the senses is revived. It is suggested herein that the process of purifying the senses is by the yogic way — namely, the gross senses are merged in the mode of ignorance, and the subtle senses are merged in the mode of passion. The mind belongs to the mode of goodness and therefore is called devamaya, or godly. Perfect purification of the mind is made possible when one is fixed in the conviction of being the eternal servitor of the Lord. Therefore simple attainment of goodness is also a material mode; one has to surpass this stage of material goodness and reach the point of purified goodness, or vasudeva-sattva. This vasudeva-sattva helps one to enter into the kingdom of God.

Characters & Entities

• jīva (conditioned soul)
• devatās (presiding deities of the senses)

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about the subtle body (liṅga-śarīra) and the mind?

This verse explains that the jīva attains a mutable subtle body made of mind and shaped by the senses’ contact with subtle objects, under the governance of the senses’ presiding deities.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe the mind-made, devatā-made body to King Parīkṣit?

He is clarifying how the living being experiences movement through material states via the subtle mechanism of mind and senses, and how one can progress beyond it toward realized knowledge and cessation of the guṇas.

How can the idea of guṇa-sannirodha (restraint of the modes) be applied in modern life?

By observing how sense contact agitates the mind and choosing practices that cultivate discriminative awareness (vijñāna)—such as regulated living, meditation, and bhakti—one reduces rajas and tamas and steadies consciousness toward transcendence.