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TEXT 13 mahatmanas tu mam partha
SYNONYMS  maha-atmanah--the
great souls; tu--but; mam--unto Me; partha--O son
of Prtha; daivim--divine; prakrtim--nature; asritah--taken
shelter of; bhajanti--render service; ananya-manasah--without
deviation of the mind; jnatva--knowing; bhuta--creation;
adim--original;
avyayam--inexhaustible.
TRANSLATION O son of
Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection
of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because
they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
PURPORT In this verse
the description of mahatma is clearly given. The first sign of the
mahatma
is that he is already situated in the divine nature. He is not under the
control of material nature. And how is this effected? That is explained
in the Seventh Chapter: one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Sri Krsna, at once becomes freed from the control of material
nature. That is the qualification. One can become free from the control
of material nature as soon as he surrenders his soul to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. That is the preliminary formula. Being marginal potency, as
soon as the living entity is freed from the control of material nature,
he is put under the guidance of the spiritual nature. The guidance of the
spiritual nature is called daivi prakrti, divine nature. So, when
one is promoted in that way--by surrendering to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead--one attains to the stage of great soul, mahatma.
The mahatma
does not divert his attention to anything outside Krsna because he knows
perfectly well that Krsna is the original Supreme Person, the cause of
all causes. There is no doubt about it. Such a mahatma, or great
soul, develops through association with other mahatmas, pure devotees.
Pure devotees are not even attracted by Krsna's other features, such as
the four-armed Maha-Visnu. They are simply attracted by the two-armed form
of Krsna. Since they are not attracted to other features of Krsna (what
to speak of the demigods), they are not concerned with any form of a demigod
or of a human being. They only meditate upon Krsna in Krsna consciousness.
They are always engaging in the unswerving service of the Lord in Krsna
consciousness.
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