Text 313] Explanations of the Atmarama Verse 257

TEXT 312

eae coef ca Bhar COTATI
cotata oferacet Bcd eacelg Garey O52 tI

‘eka-sasti’ artha ebe sphurila toma-sange
tomara bhakti-vase uthe arthera tarange

SYNONYMS

eka-sasti—sixty-one; artha—imports; ebe—now; sphurila—has awakened;
toma-sarige—because of your association; tomara—your; bhakti-vase —by dint
of devotional service; uthe—there arises; arthera—of imports; tararyge—waves.

TRANSLATION

“Now, due to your association, another meaning has awakened. It is due to
your devotional service that these waves of meaning are arising.

PURPORT

The word atm refers to the living entity. From Lord Brahma down to an insig-
nificant ant, everyone is considered a living entity. Living entities are considered
part of the Lord's marginal potency. All of them are ksetrajfia, knowers of the
body. When they become nirgrantha, or free, saintly persons, they engage in Lord
Krsna's service. That is the sixty-first meaning of the verse.

TEXT 313

Bee cafa ocal cafe acai cafe a cafe a |
SeT! SAW. MB a Zar! ab Stag ose

aham vedmi suko vetti
vyaso vetti na vetti va
bhaktya bhagavatari grahyarn
na buddhya na ca tikaya

SYNONYMS

aham—I (Lord Siva); vedmi—know; sukah—Sukadeva Gosvam!; vetti—knows;
vydsah—Vydsadeva; vetti—knows; na vetti vi—or may not know; bhaktya—by
devotional service (executed in nine different processes); bhagavatam—the
Bhagavata Purana (called Paramahamsa-samhita, the text or treatise readable by
the topmost transcendentalists); grahyam—to be accepted; na—not; buddhya—
