Shloka 33
Kurukṣetra Pilgrimage: Sages Praise Kṛṣṇa; Vasudeva Inquires on Karma; Viṣṇu-yajña Performed
यस्यानुभूति: कालेन लयोत्पत्त्यादिनास्य वै । स्वतोऽन्यस्माच्च गुणतो न कुतश्चन रिष्यति ॥ ३२ ॥ तं क्लेशकर्मपरिपाकगुणप्रवाहै- रव्याहतानुभवमीश्वरमद्वितीयम् । प्राणादिभि: स्वविभवैरुपगूढमन्यो मन्येत सूर्यमिव मेघहिमोपरागै: ॥ ३३ ॥
yasyānubhūtiḥ kālena layotpatty-ādināsya vai svato ’nyasmāc ca guṇato na kutaścana riṣyati
Ce Seigneur, unique sans second, n’est jamais atteint par la souffrance, par la maturation du karma ni par le courant des guṇas; pourtant les hommes ordinaires pensent qu’Il est voilé par le prāṇa et d’autres éléments issus de Sa propre puissance, comme si le soleil était couvert par les nuages, la neige ou une éclipse.
Things of this world are inevitably destroyed by one means or another. Time itself causes the eventual decay of every created being — a fruit, for instance, which may grow ripe but then must either rot or be eaten. Some things, like lightning, destroy themselves as soon as they are manifested, while others are destroyed suddenly by external agents, as a clay pot is by a hammer. Even in living bodies and other things whose existence continues for some time, there is a constant flux of various qualities that are destroyed and replaced by others.
FAQs
This verse states that the Lord’s direct awareness is never diminished by time or by cosmic creation and dissolution.
To establish that the Supreme is transcendental—never altered by material qualities—so devotees do not mistake Him as a product of matter.
It encourages steadiness in devotion: when everything changes, one can take shelter of the unchanging Supreme as the stable center.