Shloka 27
Devahūti’s Prayers, Kapila’s Departure, and Devahūti’s Liberation
Siddhapada
नित्यारूढसमाधित्वात्परावृत्तगुणभ्रमा । न सस्मार तदात्मानं स्वप्ने दृष्टमिवोत्थित: ॥ २७ ॥
nityārūḍha-samādhitvāt parāvṛtta-guṇa-bhramā na sasmāra tadātmānaṁ svapne dṛṣṭam ivotthitaḥ
ନିତ୍ୟ ସମାଧିରେ ଆରୂଢ ହୋଇ ଗୁଣପ୍ରେରିତ ଭ୍ରମରୁ ପରାବୃତ୍ତ ହେବାରୁ ସେ ନିଜ ଦେହକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସ୍ମରଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ; ଯେପରି ଜାଗିଉଠିଲେ ମଣିଷ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନରେ ଦେଖା ଦେହଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଭୁଲିଯାଏ।
A great Vaiṣṇava said that he who has no remembrance of his body is not bound to material existence. As long as we are conscious of our bodily existence, it is to be understood that we are living conditionally, under the three modes of material nature. When one forgets his bodily existence, his conditional, material life is over. This forgetfulness is actually possible when we engage our senses in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. In the conditional state, one engages his senses as a member of a family or as a member of a society or country. But when one forgets all such membership in material circumstances and realizes that he is an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord, that is actual forgetfulness of material existence.
FAQs
This verse says that constant samādhi turns back delusion born of the material modes, so one no longer identifies with or remembers the former bodily self.
Because bodily identification is temporary and illusory; when one “awakens” in spiritual realization, that prior identity fades like a dream after waking.
Cultivate steady spiritual absorption—regular hearing/chanting, remembrance of the Lord, and detachment from sense-driven habits—so the mind gradually disengages from guṇa-based delusion.