Shloka 59
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
पिड्नला बोली--मेरे सच्चे प्रियतम चिरकालसे मेरे निकट ही रहते हैं। मैं सदासे उनके साथ ही रहती आयी हूँ। वे कभी उन्मत्त नहीं होते; परंतु मैं ऐसी मतवाली हो गयी थी कि आजसे पहले उन्हें पहचान ही न सकी ।।
ekasthūṇaṁ navadvāram apidhāsyāmy agārakam | kā hi kāntam ihāyāntam ayaṁ kānta iti maṁsyate ||
Брахман сказал: «Это тело — словно небольшой дом с одним столбом и девятью вратами. Я затворю его и обуздаю. Ибо кто, увидев, как сюда приходит “возлюбленный”, станет ещё думать: “Вот мой возлюбленный”, — когда истинный Возлюбленный не внешняя форма, но внутреннее Я (Атман), пребывающее внутри?»
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges discernment between the outer, sense-bound body and the true inner reality. By ‘closing the nine gates’ it points to restraint of the senses and turning inward, so that one does not mistake external appearances for the true ‘beloved’—the abiding Self.
In the Brahmin’s discourse, the body is described as a small house with nine openings. The speaker resolves to ‘shut’ or restrain this house—symbolizing withdrawal from sense-objects—and questions the common delusion of identifying the beloved with what merely appears outwardly, instead of recognizing the deeper indwelling presence.