Text 20] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 511
TEXT 19
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sa dadarsa vimanagryam
nabhaso ’vatarad dhruvah
vibhrajayad dasa diso
rakapatim ivoditam
sah—he; dadarsa—saw; vimdna—an airplane; agryam—very beautiful;
nabhasah—from the sky; avatarat—descending; dhruvah— Dhruva Maharaja;
vibhrajayat—illuminating; dasa—ten; disah—directions; raka-patim—the full
moon; iva—like; uditam—visible.
TRANSLATION
As soon as the symptoms of his liberation were manifest, he saw a very
beautiful airplane coming down from the sky, as if the brilliant full moon
were coming down, illuminating all the ten directions.
PURPORT
There are different levels of acquired knowledge-direct knowledge,
knowledge received from authorities, transcendental knowledge, knowl-
edge beyond the senses, and finally spiritual knowledge. When one sur-
passes the stage of acquiring knowledge by the descending process, he is
immediately situated on the transcendental platform. Dhruva Maharaja,
being liberated from the material concept of life, was situated in tran-
scendental knowledge and could perceive the presence of a transcendental
airplane which was as brilliant as the full moonlight. This is not possible in
the stages of direct or indirect perception of knowledge. Such knowledge
is a special favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One can, how-
ever, rise to this platform of knowledge by the gradual process of advanc-
ing in devotional service, or Krsna consciousness.
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