Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 62
Sāṅkhya: Categories of the Absolute Truth and the Unfolding of Creation
Tattva-vicāra
एते ह्यभ्युत्थिता देवा नैवास्योत्थापनेऽशकन् । पुनराविविशु: खानि तमुत्थापयितुं क्रमात् ॥ ६२ ॥
ete hy abhyutthitā devā naivāsyotthāpane ’śakan punar āviviśuḥ khāni tam utthāpayituṁ kramāt
Apabila para dewa dan penguasa indera telah termanifestasi demikian, mereka ingin membangunkan asal kemunculan mereka, Virāṭ-Puruṣa. Namun gagal, mereka masuk semula satu demi satu ke dalam liang-liang tubuh-Nya untuk membangunkan-Nya.
In order to wake the sleeping Deity-controller within, one has to rechannel the sense activities from concentration on the outside to concentration inside. In the following verses, the sense activities which are required to wake the virāṭ-puruṣa will be explained very nicely.
FAQs
This verse explains that even when the presiding deities of the senses awaken, the body does not function until they enter their respective sense-openings (apertures), activating the system step by step.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating this section of Kapila’s Sāṅkhya teachings while describing the awakening and activation of the embodied condition through cosmic principles.
It highlights that functioning depends on proper alignment of powers and channels—similarly, spiritual progress becomes steady when one practices bhakti in an ordered way (hearing, chanting, remembering), rather than expecting instant transformation.