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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 11]
in the bodily concept of life, one appears to be different from another. Lord Manu wanted to change the vision of Dhruva Mahārāja, who was looking upon the Yakṣas as different from him or as his enemies. Factually no one is an enemy or a friend. Everyone is passing through different types of bodies under the law of  karma , but as soon as one is situated in his spiritual identity, he does not see differentiation in terms of this law. In other words, as stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā ,  brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati/samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktim labhate parām  (Bg. 18.54). A devotee, who is already liberated, does not see differentiation in terms of the outward body; he sees all living entities as spirit souls, eternal servants of the Lord. Dhruva Mahārāja was advised by Lord Manu to see with that vision. He was specifically advised to do so because he was a great devotee and should not have looked upon other living entities with ordinary vision. Indirectly Manu pointed out to Dhruva Mahārāja that out of material affection Dhruva thought of his brother as his kin and the Yakṣas as his enemies. Such observation of differentiation subsides as soon as one is situated in his original position as an eternal servant of the Lord.
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त्वं प्रत्यगात्मनि तदा भगवत्यनन्त
आनन्दमात्र उपपञ्चसमस्तशक्तौ ।
भक्ति विधाय परमां शनकैरविद्या-
ग्रन्थिं विभेत्यसि ममाहमिति प्ररूढम् ॥ ३० ॥
tvam pratyag-ātmani tadā bhagavaty ananta ānanda-mātra upapanna-samasta-śaktau bhaktim vidhāya paramām śanakair avidyā- granthim vibhetsyasi mamāham iti prarūḍham
tvam—you; pratyak-ātmani—unto the Supersoul; tadā—at that time; bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; anante—who is unlimited; ānanda-mātre—reservoir of all pleasure; upapanna—possessed of; samasta—all; śaktau—potencies; bhaktim—devotional service; vidhāya—by rendering; paramām—supreme; śanakaiḥ—very soon; avidyā—of illusion; granthim—the knot; vibhetsyasi—you will undo; mama—my; aham—I; iti—thus; prarūḍham—firmly fixed.
TRANSLATION
Thus regaining your natural position and rendering service unto the Supreme Lord, who is the all-powerful reservoir of all pleasure and who