यावत्पृथक्त्वमिदमात्मन इन्द्रियार्थ-
मायाबलं भगवतो जन ईश पश्येत् ।
तावन्न संसृतिरसौ प्रतिसंक्रमेत
व्यर्थापि दु:खनिवहं वहती क्रियार्था ॥
yāvat pṛthaktvam idam ātmana indriyārtha-
māyā-balaṁ bhagavato jana īśa paśyet |
tāvan na saṁsṛtir asau pratisaṅkrameta
vyarthāpi duḥkha-nivahaṁ vahatī kriyārthā ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.9.9; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 236)
[Rendered as per Śrī Jīva Gosvāmīpāda’s ṭikā:] “O Īśa, as long as a person shall see this [supposed] separateness [i.e., independence] of the self (ātmā) from Bhagavān, [which is in effect] the power of the illusion (māyā) manifested by the objects of the senses, saṁsṛti [i.e., recurrent transmigration throughout material existence], [which is] possessed of the results of actions and productive of a myriad of sufferings, shall not cease even though it is vain [i.e., devoid of any real substance, meaning, or value].”
[Rendered as per Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartīpāda’s ṭikā:] “O Īśa, as long as a person shall see this separateness of the jīva (ātmā), that is, the power of Bhagavān’s māyā in the form of the objects of the senses, saṁsṛti [i.e., recurrent transmigration throughout material existence], even though it is vain [i.e., unreal], shall not cease, since it is possessed of the results of actions and productive of a myriad of sufferings.”
Commentary
svātantryābhimāninaḥ saṁsāraḥ śrūyate … |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 236)
“The saṁsāra [i.e., recurrent transmigration throughout material existence] of those possessed of a mentality of independence [i.e., independence from Bhagavān] is heard of ….”
bhagavataḥ sakāśāt ātmanaḥ pṛthaktvaṁ svātantryaṁ … |
(Krama-sandarbha-ṭīkā)
“Separateness of the self (ātmā) from Bhagavān means [suppossed] independence [of the ātmā from Bhagavān].”