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
พระผู้เป็นเจ้าองค์เดียวไร้ที่สองนั้น มิได้ถูกกระทบด้วยทุกข์ ด้วยผลกรรมที่สุกงอม หรือด้วยกระแสแห่งคุณ (คุณะ) แต่คนสามัญกลับคิดว่าพระองค์ถูกปกคลุมด้วยปราณะและธาตุทั้งหลายซึ่งเป็นฤทธิ์ของพระองค์เอง ดุจดวงอาทิตย์ที่ถูกเข้าใจว่าถูกเมฆ หิมะ หรือคราสบัง
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.