Text 33] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 195
ing about him in all submission and love from a bona fide authority
who is a representative of the twelve great authorities mentioned in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam. By such an attempt only can one conquer the illusory
energy of the Lord, although for others she is unsurpassable, as confirmed
in Bhagavad-gita (7.14).
TEXT 32
ama yraeatiata: Raa: 12K
tamaso bhita-suksmadir
yatah kham lingam atmanah
tamasah—from the mode of passion; bhita-siiksmadih—subtle sense
objects; yatah—from which; kham—the sky; lingam—symbolic representa-
tion; @tmanah—of the Supreme Soul.
TRANSLATION
The sky is a product of sound, and sound is the transformation of
egoistic passion. In other words, the sky is the symbolic representation of
the Supreme Soul.
PURPORT
In the Vedic hymns it is said, etasmad atmanah akasah sambhutah. The
sky is the symbolic representation of the Supreme Soul. Those who are
egoistic in passion and ignorance cannot conceive of the Personality of
Godhead. For them the sky is the symbolic representation of the
Supreme Soul.
TEXT 33
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aasaad erat felfatastreny 1133
kala-mayamsa-yogena
bhagavad-viksitam nabhah
nabhaso’ nusrtam sparsam
vikurvan nirmame *nilam
kdla—time; mdya—external energy: ariisa-yogena—partly mixed; bhaga-
vat—the Personality of Godhead; viksitam—glanced over; nabhah—the sky;
nabhasah—from the sky; anusrtam—being so contacted; spargam—touch;
vikurvat—being transformed; nirmame—was created; anilam—the air.
