Text 18] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 509
of achieving the ultimate goal of life, that is to say, becoming always
absorbed in thought of the Lord. This incessant thought of the Lord, as
prescribed in the Bhagavad-gita, makes one the topmost yogi.
TEXT 18
afer at amet TaTTTA-
WAM THST FATA: |
ATATATAATTATA A BHT LCI
bhaktim harau bhagavati pravahann ajasram
adnanda-baspa-kalaya muhur ardyamanah
viklidyamana-hrdayah pulakacitango
natmanam asmarad asav iti mukta-lingah
bhaktim—devotional service; harau—unto Hari; bhagavati—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; pravahan—constantly engaging in; ajasram—always;
ananda—blissful; baspa-kalaya—by a stream of tears; muhuh—again and
again; ardyamanah—being overcome; viklidyamana—melting; hrdayah—his
heart; pulaka—standing of hairs; a@cita—covered; angah—his body; na—not;
atmanam—body; asmarat—he remembered; asau—he; iti—thus; mukta-
lingah—free from the subtle body.
TRANSLATION
Due to his transcendental bliss, incessant tears flowed from his eyes, his
heart melted, and there was shivering and standing of the hairs all over his
body. Thus transformed, in a trance of devotional service, Dhruva
Maharaja completely forgot his bodily existence, and thus he immediately
became liberated from material bondage.
PURPORT
Due to constant engagement in devotional service—hearing, chanting,
remembering, worshiping the Deity, etc., as prescribed in nine varieties—
there are different symptoms which appear in the body of a devotee.
These eight bodily transformations, which indicate that a devotee is already
liberated within himself, are called asta-sattvika-vikara. When a devotee
