Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.37

deham ca tam na caramah sthitam utthitam va

siddho vipasyati yato 'dhyagamat svarupam

daivad upetam atha daiva-vasad apetam

vaso yatha parikritam madira-madandhah

SYNONYMS

deham -- material body; ca -- and; tam -- that; na -- not; caramah -- last; sthitam -- sitting; utthitam -- rising; va -- or; siddhah -- the realized soul; vipasyati -- can conceive; yatah -- because; adhyagamat -- he has achieved; sva-rupam -- his real identity; daivat -- according to destiny; upetam -- arrived; atha -- moreover; daiva-vasat -- according to destiny; apetam -- departed; vasah -- clothing; yatha -- as; parikritam -- put on; madira-mada-andhah -- 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.

PURPORT

This stage of life is explained by Rupa Gosvami in his Bhakti-rasamrita-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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