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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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देहं च तं न चरमः स्थितमुत्थितं वा सिद्धो विपश्यति यतोऽध्यगमत्स्वरूपम् । दैवादुपेतमथ दैववशादपेतं वासो यथा परिकृतं मदिरामदान्धः ॥३७॥
dehaṁ ca taṁ na caramaḥ sthitam utthitaṁ vā siddho vipaśyati yato ’dhyagamat svarūpam daivād upetam atha daiva-vaśād apetaṁ vāso yathā parikṛtaṁ madirā-madāndhaḥ
WORD BY WORD
deham material body; ca and; tam that; na not; caramaḥ last; sthitam sitting; utthitam rising; vā or; siddhaḥ the realized soul; vipaśyati can conceive; yataḥ because; adhyagamat he has achieved; sva-rūpam his real identity; daivāt according to destiny; upetam arrived; atha moreover; daiva-vaśāt according to destiny; apetam departed; vāsaḥ clothing; yathā as; parikṛtam put on; madirā-mada-andhaḥ one who is blinded by intoxication;
TRANSLATION
| Because he has achieved his real identity, the perfectly realized soul has no conception of how the material body is moving or acting, just as an intoxicated person cannot understand whether or not he has clothing on his body.
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PURPORT
| This stage of life is explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. A person whose mind is completely dovetailed with the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who engages one hundred percent in the service of the Lord, forgets his material bodily demands.
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