SB 1.4.4 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 4
Tasya putra mahayogi samadring nirvikalpakah Ekantamotir unnidro gudho mudho iba iyate.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Tasya—his, Putro—son, Mahayogi—a great devotee, Samadring—equibalanced, Nirvikalpakah—absolute monist, Ekantomotir—fixed up in monism or oneness by the mind, Unnidro—surpassed over the nescience, Gudho—nonexposed, Mudho—stunted, Iba—like, Iyate—appears like.
TRANSLATION
His (Vyasdev's) son was a great devotee equibalanced monist and was always fixed up by his mind in monism. He was transcendental to the mudane activities without being exposed like a stunted ignorant.
PURPORT
Shrila Sukadeva Goswami was a liberated soul and as such he remained always alert not to be trapped by the illusory energy. In the Bhagwat Geeta this alertness of the liberated soul is very lucidly explained. The liberated soul and the conditioned souls have different engagaments. The liberated soul is always engaged in the progressive path of spiritual attainment which is something like dream for the conditioned soul. The conditioned soul cannot imagine what may be actually the engagement of the liberated soul. While the conditioned soul thus dreams about spiritual engagements, the liberated soul is awake. Similarly the engagement of a conditioned soul appears to be a dream for the liberated soul. Apparently a conditioned soul and a liberated soul may seem to be on the same platform but factually they are differently engaged and their attention is always alert either in the matter of sense enjoyment or in the matter of self realisation respectively. The conditioned soul is too much absorbed in matter while the liberated soul is completely indifferent in the details of matter. How they are so indifferent is explained as follows.