dṛṣṭāsu sampatsu vipatsu sūrayo
dṛṣṭāsu sampatsu vipatsu sūrayo
na vikriyante mayi baddha-sauhṛdāḥ
Saṁsāra takes place only because of identification with the subtle body, composed of intelligence, sense objects, sense organs and sense devatās. The devotees, bound to me by friendship, are not disturbed on seeing the happiness and distress of this world.
“How can the jīva be free of birth and death, by just being indifferent to the body and senses, while supervising them?”
Saṁsāra arises from the subtle body, which is different from the jīva. The cause of difference is stated. The subtle body has a svarūpa of sense objects, sense organs, sense devatās and intelligence. The meaning is this. By identity with the subtle body, the jīva undergoes saṁsāra. If he is detached from the subtle body, he does not undergo saṁsāra. Though he supervises the subtle body, this is not harmful for the jīva. Though he possesses the subtle body and interacts with it, he does not identify with it. It has been said that one can become free of saṁsāra by striving for it by bhakti-miśra-jñāna (sva-dharmeṇa verse 9). But by pure bhakti, even without striving for freedom from saṁsāra, one attains that result.
jarayaty āśu yā kośaṁ nigīrṇam analo yathā
That bhakti quickly destroys the subtle body, just as the digestive fire consumes food. SB 3.25.33
That is stated in this verse. The devotee is not disturbed by material happiness and distress because he has no attachment for the world. The reason for non-attachment is given. He is bound to me by friendship. This condition arises from pure bhakti. This is stated in the Third Canto.
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samaḥ samānottama-madhyamādhamaḥ
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