Devanagari
शुद्धाय शान्ताय नम: स्वनिष्ठया
मनस्यपार्थं विलसद्द्वयाय ।
नमो जगत्स्थानलयोदयेषु
गृहीतमायागुणविग्रहाय ॥ २३ ॥
Verse text
śuddhāya śāntāya namaḥ sva-niṣṭhayā
manasy apārthaṁ vilasad-dvayāya
namo jagat-sthāna-layodayeṣu
gṛhīta-māyā-guṇa-vigrahāya
Synonyms
śuddhāya
—
unto the unadulterated
;
śāntāya
—
unto the most peaceful
;
namaḥ
—
we offer our obeisances
;
sva
—
niṣṭhayā — by being situated in one’s position
;
manasi
—
in the mind
;
apārtham
—
without any meaning
;
vilasat
—
appearing
;
dvayāya
—
in whom the dual world
;
namaḥ
—
obeisances
;
jagat
—
of the cosmic manifestation
;
sthāna
—
maintenance
;
laya
—
annihilation
;
udayeṣu
—
and for creation
;
gṛhīta
—
accepted
;
māyā
—
material
;
guṇa
—
of the modes of nature
;
vigrahāya
—
the forms .
Translation
Dear Lord, we beg to offer our obeisances unto You. When the mind is fixed upon You, the world of duality, although a place for material enjoyment, appears meaningless. Your transcendental form is full of transcendental bliss. We therefore offer our respects unto You. Your appearances as Lord Brahmā, Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva are meant for the purpose of creating, maintaining and annihilating this cosmic manifestation.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
We offer respects to you, who are pure, peaceful, fixed in your svarūpa, who make the dualities of the world useless to the mind, and who accept material forms such as Brahmā and Indra for creating, maintaining and destroying the world.
The dualities of the world, though attractive (vilasat), become useless to the devotee’s mind, by your mercy. When the devotee attains you, the various enjoyments in the world become useless in his mind. You have forms made of the material guṇas such as Brahmā and Indra.
Purport
A pure devotee, whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, can certainly appreciate the impermanence of this material world. Although such a devotee may be engaged in executing material activities, this stage is called
anāsakti.
As explained by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī,
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuṣjataḥ.
A devotee is always unattached to material activities because in the liberated stage his mind is always fixed on the lotus feet of the Lord.
This material world is called
dvaita,
the world of duality. A devotee knows very well that everything within this material world is but a manifestation of the Supreme Lord’s energy. To maintain the three modes of material nature, the Supreme Lord takes on different forms as Lord Brahmā, Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Śiva. Unaffected by the modes of material nature, the Lord takes on different forms to create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation. The conclusion is that although the pure devotee appears to engage in material activities in the service of the Lord, he knows very well that material enjoyment for sense gratification has no use whatsoever.