उत्सृज्य सर्वतः सङ्गं विज्ञाताजितसंस्थितिः ।
वैयासकेर्जहौ शिष्यो गङ्गायां स्वं कलेवरम् ॥३॥

utsá¹›jya sarvataḥ saá¹…gaá¹
vijñÄtÄjita-saá¹sthitiḥ
vaiyÄsaker jahau Å›iá¹£yo
gaá¹…gÄyÄá¹ svaá¹ kalevaram

 utsá¹›jya - after leaving aside; sarvataḥ - all around; saá¹…gam - association; vijñÄta - being understood; ajita - one who is never conquered (the Personality of Godhead); saá¹sthitiḥ - actual position; vaiyÄsakeḥ - unto the son of VyÄsa; jahau - gave up; Å›iá¹£yaḥ - as a disciple; gaá¹…gÄyÄm - on the bank of the Ganges; svam - his own; kalevaram - material body.


Text

Furthermore, after leaving all his associates, the King surrendered himself as a disciple to the son of VyÄsa [Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«], and thus he was able to understand the actual position of the Personality of Godhead, and at last gave up his material body on the bank of the Ganges.

Purport

The word ajita is significant here. The Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, is known as Ajita, or unconquerable, and He is so in every respect. No one can know His actual position. He is unconquerable by knowledge also. We have heard about His dhÄma, or place, eternal Goloka Vá¹›ndÄvana, but there are many scholars who interpret this abode in different ways. But by the grace of a spiritual master like Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, unto whom the King gave himself up as a most humble disciple, one is able to understand the actual position of the Lord, His eternal abode, and His transcendental paraphernalia in that dhÄma, or abode. Knowing the transcendental position of the Lord and the transcendental method by which one can approach that transcendental dhÄma, the King was confident about his ultimate destination, and by knowing this he could leave aside everything material, even his own body, without any difficulty of attachment. In the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, it is stated, paraá¹ dṛṣṭvÄ nivartate: one can give up all connection with material attachment when one is able to see the param, or the superior quality of things. From Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ we understand the quality of the Lord’s energy that is superior to the material quality of energy, and by the grace of a bona fide spiritual master like Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, it is quite possible to know everything of the superior energy of the Lord by which the Lord manifests His eternal name, quality, pastimes, paraphernalia and variegatedness. Unless one thoroughly understands this superior or eternal energy of the Lord, it is not possible to leave the material energy, however one may theoretically speculate on the true nature of the Absolute Truth. By the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it was able to receive the mercy of such a personality as Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, and thus he was able to know the actual position of the unconquerable Lord. It is very difficult to find the Lord from the Vedic literatures, but it is very easy to know Him by the mercy of a liberated devotee like Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«.