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TEXT 2 idam jnanam upasritya
SYNONYMS  idam--this;
jnanam--knowledge; upasritya--taking shelter of; mama--My;
sadharmyam--nature; agatah--attained; sarge api--even
in the creation; na--never; upajayante--comes in; pralaye--in
the annihilation; na--nor; vyathanti--disturbed; ca--also.
TRANSLATION By becoming
fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature, which
is like My own nature. Thus established, one is not born at the time of
creation nor disturbed at the time of dissolution.
PURPORT After acquiring
perfect transcendental knowledge, one acquires qualitative equality with
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, becoming free from the repetition of
birth and death. One does not, however, lose his identity as an individual
soul. It is understood from Vedic literature that the liberated souls who
have reached the transcendental planets of the spiritual sky always look
to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, being engaged in His transcendental
loving service. So, even after liberation, the devotees do not lose their
individual identities.
Generally,
in the material world, whatever knowledge we get is contaminated by the
three modes of material nature. But knowledge which is not contaminated
by the three modes of nature is called transcendental knowledge. As soon
as one is situated in that transcendental knowledge, he is on the same
platform as that of the Supreme Person. Those who have no knowledge of
the spiritual sky hold that after being freed from the material activities
of the material form, this spiritual identity becomes formless, without
any variegatedness. However, just as there is material variegatedness in
this world, so, in the spiritual world, there is also variegatedness. Those
in ignorance of this think that spiritual existence is opposed to material
variety. But actually, in the spiritual sky, one attains spiritual form.
There are spiritual activities, and the spiritual situation is called devotional
life. That atmosphere is said to be uncontaminated and there one is equal
in quality with the Supreme Lord. To obtain such knowledge, one must develop
all the spiritual qualities. One who thus develops the spiritual qualities
is not affected either by the creation or the destruction of the material
world.
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