Shloka 16
Pṛthu Mahārāja Meets the Four Kumāras: Bhakti as the Boat Across Saṁsāra
व्यक्तमात्मवतामात्मा भगवानात्मभावन: । स्वानामनुग्रहायेमां सिद्धरूपी चरत्यज: ॥ १६ ॥
vyaktam ātmavatām ātmā bhagavān ātma-bhāvanaḥ svānām anugrahāyemāṁ siddha-rūpī caraty ajaḥ
La Suprema Personalidad de Dios, el Alma de los autorrealizados y quien despierta la conciencia del alma, siempre anhela elevar a los seres vivientes, que son Sus partes. Para otorgarles gracia especial, el Señor recorre el mundo en la forma de sabios autorrealizados como tú.
There are different kinds of transcendentalists, namely the jñānīs, or impersonalists, the mystic yogīs and, of course, all the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Kumāras, however, were both yogīs and jñānīs and finally bhaktas later on. In the beginning they were impersonalists, but later they developed devotional activities; therefore they are the best of the transcendentalists. The devotees are representatives of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and to elevate the conditioned souls to their original consciousness, they travel all over the universes to enlighten the conditioned souls about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The best devotees are ātmavat, or those who have fully realized the Supreme Soul. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, as Paramātmā, is sitting within everyone’s heart, trying to elevate everyone to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore He is called ātma-bhāvana. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always trying to give the individual soul the intelligence to understand about Himself. He is always with the individual as a friend sitting by the side of a friend, and He gives facilities to all living entities according to their desires.
FAQs
This verse says the Lord is directly realized by the self-realized as the very Self within, and He awakens spiritual consciousness in the heart.
He does so to show mercy to His own devotees—appearing in suitable forms (such as a siddha) without being forced by material birth.
By practicing bhakti—hearing, chanting, and remembering the Lord—one becomes receptive to His inner guidance and purification of heart.