Text 7] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 369

by the spiritual energy, all his senses become purified, and he engages only
in the service of the Lord. At that time his hands, legs, ear, tongue, mind,
genitals—everything—engage in the service of the Lord. Such an enlightened
devotee no longer has any material activities, nor has he any interest in
being materially engaged. This process of purifying the senses and engaging
them in the service of the Lord is known as bhakti, or devotional service.
In the beginning, the senses are engaged by the direction of the spiritual
master and sastra, and after realization, when the same senses are purified,
the engagement continues. The difference is that in the beginning the
senses are engaged in a mechanical way, but after realization they are
engaged in spiritual understanding.

TEXT 7

THERA ATAPATATRTT AAT
TASTY AT HTT |
TORIC AE TY

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ekas tuam eva bhagavann idam atma-saktya
mayakhyayoru-gunaya mahadady-asesam

srstvanuvisya purusas tad-asad-gunesu
naneva darusu vibhavasu-vad vibhasi

ekah—one; tuam—you; eva—certainly; bhagavan—O my Lord; idam—this
material world; dtma-saktya—by Your own potency; maya-akhyaya—of the
name maya; uru—greatly powerful; gunayd—consisting of the modes of
nature; mahat-ddi—the mahat-tattva, etc.; asesam—unlimited; srstva—after
creating; anuvisya—then after entering; purusah—the Supersoul; tat—of
maya; asat-gunesu—into the temporarily manifested qualities; nana—
variously; iva—as if; darusu—into pieces of wood; vibhavasu-vat—just like
fire; vibhadsi—you appear.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are the Supreme One, but by Your different energies
You appear differently in the spiritual and material worlds. You
create the total energy of the material world by Your external potency,
and after creation You enter within the material world as the Supersoul.
You are the Supreme Person, and through the temporary modes of
material nature You create varieties of manifestation, just as fire, entering
into wood of different shapes, burns brilliantly in different varieties.
