Texts 8-9] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
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TEXTS 8-9
अत्मानं ब्रह्म निर्वाणं प्रत्यस्तमितविग्रहम् ।
अवरोधरसैकत्यमानन्दमनुसन्तम् ॥ ८ ॥
अववन्छित्रयोगाधिदग्धर्भपताशयः ।
सरूपमवरुन्धानो नात्मनोऽन्यं तदैक्षत ॥ ९ ॥
ātmānam brahma nirvāṇam
pratyastamita-vigraham
avabodha-rasaikātmyam
ānandam anusantatam
avyavacchinna-yogāgni-
dagdha-karma-malāśayaḥ
svarūpam avarundhāno
nātmano 'nyam tadaikṣata
ātmānam—self; brahma—spirit; nirvāṇam—extinction of material existence; pratyastam-ita—ceased; vigraham—separation; avabodha-rasa—by the mellow of knowledge; eka-ātmyam—oneness; ānandam—bliss; anusantatam—expanded; avyavacchinna—continuous; yoga—by practice of yoga; agni—by the fire; dagdha—burned; karma—fruitive desires; mala—dirty; āśayaḥ—in his mind; svarūpam—constitutional position; avarundhānaḥ—realizing; na—not; ātmanaḥ—than the Supreme Soul; anyam—anything else; tadā—then; aikṣata—saw.
TRANSLATION
By expansion of his knowledge of the Supreme Brahman, he had already attained liberation from the bondage of the body. This is known as nirvāṇa. He was situated in transcendental bliss, and he continued always in that blissful existence, which expanded more and more. This was possible for him by continual practice of bhakti-yoga, which is compared with fire because it burns away all dirty material things. He was always situated in his constitutional position of self-realization, and he could not see anything else but the Supreme Lord and himself engaged in discharging devotional service.
PURPORT
These two verses explain the verse in the  Bhagavad-gītā ,  brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati/ samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ