Text 7]
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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by the spiritual energy, all his senses become purified, and he engages only in the service of the Lord. At that time his hands, legs, ear, tongue, mind, genitals—everything—engage in the service of the Lord. Such an enlightened devotee no longer has any material activities, nor has he any interest in being materially engaged. This process of purifying the senses and engaging them in the service of the Lord is known as  bhakti , or devotional service. In the beginning, the senses are engaged by the direction of the spiritual master and  śāstra , and after realization, when the same senses are purified, the engagement continues. The difference is that in the beginning the senses are engaged in a mechanical way, but after realization they are engaged in spiritual understanding.
TEXT 7
एकस्त्वमेव भगवन्निदमात्मशक्त्या मायाख्ययोरुगुणया महदाद्यशेषम् । सृष्ट्वाविश्य पुरुषस्तदसद्गुणेषु नानेव दारुषु विभावसुवद्विमासि ॥ ७ ॥
ekas tvam eva bhagavann idam ātma-śaktyā māyākhyayoru-guṇayā mahadādy-aśeṣam sṛṣṭvānuviśya puruṣas tad-asad-guṇeṣu nāneva dāruṣu vibhāvasu-vad vibhāsi
ekaḥ—one; tvam—you; eva—certainly; bhagavan—O my Lord; idam—this material world; ātma-śaktyā—by Your own potency; māyā-ākhyayā—of the name māyā; uru—greatly powerful; guṇayā—consisting of the modes of nature; mahat-ādi—the mahat-tattva, etc.; aśeṣam—unlimited; sṛṣṭvā—after creating; anuviśya—then after entering; puruṣaḥ—the Supersoul; tat—of māyā; asat-guṇeṣu—into the temporarily manifested qualities; nānā—variously; iva—as if; dāruṣu—into pieces of wood; vibhāvasu-vat—just like fire; vibhāsi—you appear.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, You are the Supreme One, but by Your different energies You appear differently in the spiritual and material worlds. You create the total energy of the material world by Your external potency, and after creation You enter within the material world as the Supersoul. You are the Supreme Person, and through the temporary modes of material nature You create varieties of manifestation, just as fire, entering into wood of different shapes, burns brilliantly in different varieties.