44 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 9

iti vyavasito buddhya
narayana-grhitaya

hitvanya-bhavam ajnanam
tatah svarn bhavam asthitah

iti—thus; vyavasitah—having firmly decided; buddhya—by proper
intelligence; naérdyana-grhitaya —completely controlled by the mercy of
Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hitua—giving up;
anya-bhavam—consciousness other than Krsna _ consciousness;
ajnanam—which is nothing but constant ignorance and darkness;
tatah—thereafter; svam—his original position as an eternal servant of
Krsna; bhavam—devotional service; dsthitah—situated.

TRANSLATION

Thus Maharaja Khatvanga, by his advanced intelligence in ren-
dering service to the Lord, gave up false identification with the
body full of ignorance. In his original position of eternal servitor-
ship, he engaged himself in rendering service to the Lord.

PURPORT

When one actually becomes purely Krsna conscious, no one has any
right to rule over him. When situated in Krsna consciousness, one is no
longer in the darkness of ignorance, and when freed from all such dark-
ness, one is situated in his original position. Jivera ‘svaripa’ haya—
krsnera ‘nitya-dasa.’ The living entity is eternally the servant of the
Lord, and thus when he engages himself in the service of the Lord in all
respects, he enjoys the perfection of life.

TEXT 49
Aq TT AR IW AA TTA ITTY |
WAT TAeals F Boted Arava: VSI

yat tad brahma param siiksmam
asiinyam Stinya-kalpitam
