Shloka 20
Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas
यथानेवंविदो भेदो यत आत्मविपर्यय: । देहयोगवियोगौ च संसृतिर्न निवर्तते ॥ २० ॥
yathānevaṁ-vido bhedo yata ātma-viparyayaḥ deha-yoga-viyogau ca saṁsṛtir na nivartate
यावत् देहात्मभेदो न ज्ञायते, आत्मविपर्ययात् देहेऽभिमानः जायते; ततो देहयोगवियोगाभ्यां संसृतिः न निवर्तते।
As confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.6) :
FAQs
This verse says samsara continues as long as one misidentifies the self and clings to bodily union and separation; liberation comes through correcting this self-knowledge.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this philosophical point while narrating to King Parīkṣit, explaining how ignorance of the self sustains bondage.
Treat relationships and losses as changes related to the body and circumstances, while cultivating steady spiritual identity through bhakti and self-knowledge.