Text 163] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 91

who loved Him even more than their own offspring or life itself. At that time
Sukadeva Gosvami replied that everyone's atm4d, or soul, is very, very dear, es-
pecially to all living entities who have accepted material bodies. However, that
4tmé, the spirit soul, is part and parcel of Krsna. For this reason, Krsna is very dear
to every living entity. Everyone's body is very dear to oneself, and one wants to
protect the body by all means because within the body the soul is living. Due to
the intimate relationship between the soul and the body, the body is important
and dear to everyone. Similarly, the soul, being part and parcel of Krsna, the
Supreme Lord, is very, very dear to all living entities. Unfortunately, the soul
forgets his constitutional position and thinks he is only the body (deha-atma-bud-
dhi). Thus the soul is subjected to the rules and regulations of material nature.
When a living entity, by his intelligence, reawakens his attraction for Krsna, he can
understand that he is not the body but part and parcel of Krsne. Thus filled with
knowledge, he no longer labors under attachment to the body and everything re-
lated to the body. Janasya moho ‘yam aham mameti. Material existence, wherein
one thinks, “I am the body, and this belongs to me,” is also illusory. One must
redirect his attraction to Krsna. Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.7) states:

vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah prayojitah

janayaty asu vairagyam
jfianam ca yad ahaitukam

“By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, one
immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.”

TEXT 163

BAI AeAcwq fee Brea CAUga |
FaBsstefams SLACTs Ray PATS GIs Il yvo s

athava bahunaitena
kirh jfidtena tavarjuna
vistabhyaham idan krtsnam
ekarhsena sthito jagat

SYNONYMS

athava—or; bahunaé—much; etena—with this; kim—what use; jAadtena—being
known; tava—by you; arjuna—O Arjuna; vistabhya—pervading; aham—t;
idam—this; krtsnam—entire; eka-arnsena—with one portion; sthitah —situated;
Jagat—universe.
