jijīviṣe nāham ihāmuyā kim
jijīviṣe nāham ihāmuyā kim
antar bahiś cāvṛtayebha-yonyā
icchāmi kālena na yasya viplavas
tasyātma-lokāvaraṇasya mokṣam
I do not desire to live in this world after being freed from the crocodile, because what is the use of being born as an elephant, covered by ignorance internally and externally. I desire eternal freedom from the covering of my ignorance.
“By these prayers you desire to be freed from the crocodile.” No, I do not desire to live because what is the use of being born as an elephant covered by ignorance internally and externally. “Then what do you desire?” I desire freedom without destruction from the covering on persons like me (ātmā-lokāvaraṇasya), which causes forgetfulness of the Lord by ignorance. Or I desire that the bolt on the door hiding Vaikuṇṭha (ātmā-loka) be released. Destroy my lack of qualification for attaining you.
|| 8.3.26 ||
so 'haṁ viśva-sṛjaṁ viśvam
aviśvaṁ viśva-vedasam
viśvātmānam ajaṁ brahma
praṇato 'smi paraṁ padam
I, that elephant, offer respects to the creator of the universe, the Lord who is the universe, who is not the universe, who is the knower of the universe, the soul of the universe, the unborn Brahman, and the supreme shelter.
If you tell me to perform bhakti, I do not know how to perform bhakti because I am an animal and in great danger at the moment. Therefore I just offer respects with my mind to whatever I know of this universe that I see with my eyes. I am that well known animal (saḥ). You are the universal form, and are also different from the universe because of your svarūpa-śakti. You are the knower of the universe (viśva-vedasam) and the soul of the universe.
|| 8.3.27 ||
yoga-randhita-karmāṇo
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