Text 48] Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation 259

the unclean mentality (accepting the body as the self); granthim—hard
knot; sah—His Lordship the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
bhindyat—being cut off; hrdayam—in the core of the heart; sah—He
(the Lord); nah—our; guruh—the supreme spiritual master.

TRANSLATION

In hopes of becoming happy in this material world, the foolish
conditioned soul performs fruitive activities that result only in
suffering. But by rendering service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, one becomes free from such false desires for happiness.
May my supreme spiritual master cut the knot of false desires from
the core of my heart.

PURPORT

For material happiness, the conditioned soul involves himself in
fruitive activities, which actually put him into material distress. Because
the conditioned soul does not know this, he is said to be in avidyd, or ig-
norance. Because of a false hope for happiness, the conditioned soul be-
comes involved in various plans for material activity. Here Maharaja
Satyavrata prays that the Lord sever this hard knot of false happiness
and thus become his supreme spiritual master.

TEXT 48
qeaTMARa true
Tar faMFASAIAAR: |
aaa amt FRAT aseqT
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Wa a Sas TA TTS: vel!
yat-sevaydgner iva rudra-rodanam
puman vijahyan malam dtmanas tamah

bhajeta varnam nijam esa so ’vyayo
bhityat sa isah paramo guror guruh

yat-sevaya—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by serving whom;
agneh—in touch with fire; iva—as it is; rudra-rodanam—a block of
