Bhakti · Sanskrit §33 · English §37
Source[३३] अनन्तरं श्री-शौनकेनापि व्यतिरेकोक्त्या तस्यैवाभिधेयत्वं दृढीकृतम् । यथाह -- आयुर् हरति वै पुंसाम् उद्यन्न् अस्तं च यन्न् असौ । तस्यर्ते यत्-क्षणो नीत उत्तम-श्लोक-वार्तया ॥ [भ्प् २.३.१७] असौ सूर्यः यन् उद्गच्छन् अस्तं च यन् गच्छन् हरति वृथागामित्वाद् आच्छिनत्तीव । यत्-क्षणोऽपि येन नीतः उत्तमः श्लोक-वार्तया तस्यायुः ऋते वर्जयित्वा । तावतैव सर्व-साफल्याद् इति भावः ।
[33] anantaraṃ śrī-śaunakenāpi vyatirekoktyā tasyaivābhidheyatvaṃ dṛḍhīkṛtam | yathāha -- āyur harati vai puṃsām udyann astaṃ ca yann asau | tasyarte yat-kṣaṇo nīta uttama-śloka-vārtayā || [BhP 2.3.17] asau sūryaḥ yan udgacchan astaṃ ca yan gacchan harati vṛthāgāmitvād ācchinattīva | yat-kṣaṇo'pi yena nītaḥ uttamaḥ śloka-vārtayā tasyāyuḥ ṛte varjayitvā | tāvataiva sarva-sāphalyād iti bhāvaḥ |
English translation
English witness · section(s) 37
Anuccheda 37
1 Then he says (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.21): "The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Personality of Godhead who can award mukti (freedom). And the hands, though decorated with glittering bangles, are like those of a dead man if not engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead, Hari."* 2 Here "patta-kirita-justam" may mean either "wearing a silk turban" or "wearing a crown."
Bhakti · Sanskrit §34 · English §38
Source[३४] ननु जीवनादिकम् एव तेषाम् आयुषः फलम् अस्तु । तत्राह - तरवः किं न जीवन्ति भस्त्राः किं न श्वसन्त्य् उत । न खादन्ति न मेहन्ति किं ग्रामे पशवोऽपरे ॥ [भ्प् २.३.१८] न मेहन्ति न मैथुनं कुर्वन्ति । तम् अपि नराकारं पशुं मत्वाह अपरे इति ।
[34] nanu jīvanādikam eva teṣām āyuṣaḥ phalam astu | tatrāha - taravaḥ kiṃ na jīvanti bhastrāḥ kiṃ na śvasanty uta | na khādanti na mehanti kiṃ grāme paśavo'pare || [BhP 2.3.18] na mehanti na maithunaṃ kurvanti | tam api narākāraṃ paśuṃ matvāha apare iti |
English translation
English witness · section(s) 38
Anuccheda 38
1 The he says (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.22): "The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of the Personality of Godhead Visnu (His forms, name, quality, etc.) are like those printed on the plumes of the peacock and the legs which do not move to the holy places (where the Lord is remembered) are considered to be like tree trunks."* 2 Their birth is like that of the trees. They are equal to trees. That is the meaning.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §35–40 · English §39
Source[३५] तद् एवाह - श्व-विड्-वराहोष्ट्र-खरैः संस्तुतः पुरुषः पशुः । न यत्-कर्ण-पथोपेतो जातु नाम गदाग्रजः ॥ [भ्प् २.३.१९] श्वादि-तुल्यैस् तत्-परिकरैः सम्यक्-स्तुतोऽप्य् असौ पुरुषः पशुः । तेषाम् एव मध्ये श्रेष्ठश् चेत् तर्हि महा-पशुर् एवेत्य् अर्थः । [३६-४०] तस्याङ्गानि निष्फलानीत्य् आह पञ्चभिः - बिले बतोरुक्रम-विक्रमान् ये न शृण्वतः कर्ण-पुटे नरस्य । जिह्वासती दार्दुरिकेव सूत न चोपगायत्य् उरुगाय-गाथाः ॥ [भ्प् २.३.२०] न शृण्वतः अशृण्वतो नरस्य ये कर्ण-पुटे ते बिले ते वृथारन्ध्रे इत्य् अर्थः । असती दुष्टा । भारः परं पट्ट-किरीट-जुष्टम् अप्य् उत्तमाङ्गं न नमेन् मुकुन्दम् । शावौ करौ नो कुरुते सपर्यां हरेर् लसत्-काञ्चन-कङ्कणौ वा ॥ [भ्प् २.३.२१] पट्ट-वस्त्रौष्णीषेण किरीटेन वा जुष्टम् अपि । अप्य् अर्थे वा शब्दः । बर्हायिते ते नयने नराणां लिङ्गानि विष्णोर् न निरीक्षतो ये । पादौ नृणां तौ द्रुम-जन्म-भाजौ क्षेत्राणि नानुव्रजतो हरेर् यौ ॥ [भ्प् २.३.२२] द्रुमवज्-जन्म-भाजाव् इति तथा वृक्ष-मूल-तुल्याव् इत्य् अर्थः । जीवञ् छवो भागवताङ्घ्रि-रेणुं न जातु मर्त्योऽभिलभेत यस् तु । श्री-विष्णु-पद्या मनुजस् तुलस्याः श्वसञ् छवो यस् तु न वेद गन्धम् ॥ [भ्प् २.३.२३] जात्व् अपि श्री-विष्णुपद्यास् तत्-पाद-लग्नायाः । तद् अश्म-सारं हृदयं बतेदं यद् गृह्यमाणैर् हरि-नाम-धेयैः न विक्रियेताथ यदा विकारो नेत्रे जलं गात्र-रुहेषु हर्षः ॥ [भ्प् २.३.२४] अश्मवत् सारो बलं काठिन्यं यस्य । विक्रियालक्षणम् अथेति । यदा तद्- विकारो भवेत् तदा नेत्रादौ जलादिकं भवतीत्य् अर्थः । इदम् एवान्वयेन श्रीमता राज्ञा दृढीकरिष्यते । सा वाग् यया तस्य गुणान् गृणीते इत्य्- आदिभ्याम् [भ्प् १०.८०.३-४] । तद् एवं श्री-शुक-वाक्यारम्भाध्याय एवाभिधेयत्वेन श्री-भक्तिर् एव लब्धा । टीका च - तत्र् अतु प्रथमेऽध्याये कीर्तण-श्रवणादिभिः । स्थविष्ठे भगवद्-रूपे मनसो धारणोच्यते ॥ द्वितीये तु ततः स्थूल-धारणातो जितं मनः । सर्व-साक्षिणि सवशे विष्णौ धार्यम् इतीर्यते ॥ तृतीये विष्णु-भक्तेस् तु वैशिष्ट्यं शृण्वतो मुनेः । भत्य्-उद्रेकेण तत्-कर्म-श्रवणादर ईर्यते ॥ इत्य् एषा ॥ ॥ २.३ ॥ श्री-शौनकः ॥ ३३-४० ॥
[35] tad evāha - śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṃstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ | na yat-karṇa-pathopeto jātu nāma gadāgrajaḥ || [BhP 2.3.19] śvādi-tulyais tat-parikaraiḥ samyak-stuto'py asau puruṣaḥ paśuḥ | teṣām eva madhye śreṣṭhaś cet tarhi mahā-paśur evety arthaḥ | [36-40] tasyāṅgāni niṣphalānīty āha pañcabhiḥ - bile batorukrama-vikramān ye na śṛṇvataḥ karṇa-puṭe narasya | jihvāsatī dārdurikeva sūta na copagāyaty urugāya-gāthāḥ || [BhP 2.3.20] na śṛṇvataḥ aśṛṇvato narasya ye karṇa-puṭe te bile te vṛthārandhre ity arthaḥ | asatī duṣṭā | bhāraḥ paraṃ paṭṭa-kirīṭa-juṣṭam apy uttamāṅgaṃ na namen mukundam | śāvau karau no kurute saparyāṃ harer lasat-kāñcana-kaṅkaṇau vā || [BhP 2.3.21] paṭṭa-vastrauṣṇīṣeṇa kirīṭena vā juṣṭam api | apy arthe vā śabdaḥ | barhāyite te nayane narāṇāṃ liṅgāni viṣṇor na nirīkṣato ye | pādau nṛṇāṃ tau druma-janma-bhājau kṣetrāṇi nānuvrajato harer yau || [BhP 2.3.22] drumavaj-janma-bhājāv iti tathā vṛkṣa-mūla-tulyāv ity arthaḥ | jīvañ chavo bhāgavatāṅghri-reṇuṃ na jātu martyo'bhilabheta yas tu | śrī-viṣṇu-padyā manujas tulasyāḥ śvasañ chavo yas tu na veda gandham || [BhP 2.3.23] jātv api śrī-viṣṇupadyās tat-pāda-lagnāyāḥ | tad aśma-sāraṃ hṛdayaṃ batedaṃ yad gṛhyamāṇair hari-nāma-dheyaiḥ na vikriyetātha yadā vikāro netre jalaṃ gātra-ruheṣu harṣaḥ || [BhP 2.3.24] aśmavat sāro balaṃ kāṭhinyaṃ yasya | vikriyālakṣaṇam atheti | yadā tad- vikāro bhavet tadā netrādau jalādikaṃ bhavatīty arthaḥ | idam evānvayena śrīmatā rājñā dṛḍhīkariṣyate | sā vāg yayā tasya guṇān gṛṇīte ity- ādibhyām [BhP 10.80.3-4] | tad evaṃ śrī-śuka-vākyārambhādhyāya evābhidheyatvena śrī-bhaktir eva labdhā | ṭīkā ca - tatr atu prathame'dhyāye kīrtaṇa-śravaṇādibhiḥ | sthaviṣṭhe bhagavad-rūpe manaso dhāraṇocyate || dvitīye tu tataḥ sthūla-dhāraṇāto jitaṃ manaḥ | sarva-sākṣiṇi savaśe viṣṇau dhāryam itīryate || tṛtīye viṣṇu-bhaktes tu vaiśiṣṭyaṃ śṛṇvato muneḥ | bhaty-udrekeṇa tat-karma-śravaṇādara īryate || ity eṣā || || 2.3 || śrī-śaunakaḥ || 33-40 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 39
Anuccheda 39
1 Then he says (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.23): "The person who has not at any time received the dust of the feet of the Lord's pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body. And the person who has never experienced the aroma of the tulasi leaves from the lotus feet of the Lord is also a dead body, although breathing."* 2 Here "sri-visnu-padyah" means "clinging to His feet."
Bhakti · Sanskrit §41–42 · English §40
Source[४१] श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-संवादेऽपि - सम्यक् कारुणिकस्येदं वत्स ते विचिकित्सितम् । यद् अहं चोदितः सौम्य भगवद्-वीर्य-दर्शने ॥ [भ्प् २.५.९] अग्रे च सर्व-शास्त्र-समन्वयेन - नारायण-परा वेदा इत्य्-आदि [भ्प् २.५.१५] श्री-नारायण एवोपास्यत्वेन परः तात्पर्य-विषयो येषां ते वेदाः । नन्व् अन्येऽपि देवास् तत्रोपास्यत्वेनाभिधीयन्ते । सत्यं तेऽपि नारायणाङ्ग- प्रभवत्वेनैव तथा वर्ण्यन्त इत्य् अर्थः । येऽपि तद्-आश्रयाः [पगे १५] लोकास् तत्-पद-प्राप्ति-हेतवोऽन्ये मखाश् च ते तत्-परा एव । तद्-आनन्दांशाभास- रूपत्वात् तत्-साधनत्वाच् चेति भावः । तथा योगोऽष्टाङ्गः साङ्ख्यं च । तत् साध्यं तपश् चित्तैकाग्र्यम् । तत्- साध्यं ब्रह्म-ज्ञानं च तत्-परं । तदीय-सामान्याकार-प्रकाशत्वात् तज्- ज्ञानस्य । योग-तपसोस् तत्-साधनत्वाच् चेति भावः । किं बहुना । गतिस् तत्-प्राप्यं ब्रह्मापि तत्-परा तदीय-सामान्याकार-प्रकाशत्वेन तद्- अधीनाविर्भावत्वात् । तद् उक्तं श्री-मत्स्य-देवेन सत्यव्रतं प्रति -- मदीयं महिमानं च परं ब्रह्मेति शब्दितम् । वेत्स्यस्य् अनुगृहीतं मे सम्प्रश्नैर् विवृतं हृदि ॥ इति [भ्प् ८.२४.३८] ॥ २.५ ॥ श्री-ब्रह्मा नारदम् ॥ ४१-४२ ॥
[41] śrī-brahma-nārada-saṃvāde'pi - samyak kāruṇikasyedaṃ vatsa te vicikitsitam | yad ahaṃ coditaḥ saumya bhagavad-vīrya-darśane || [BhP 2.5.9] agre ca sarva-śāstra-samanvayena - nārāyaṇa-parā vedā ity-ādi [BhP 2.5.15] śrī-nārāyaṇa evopāsyatvena paraḥ tātparya-viṣayo yeṣāṃ te vedāḥ | nanv anye'pi devās tatropāsyatvenābhidhīyante | satyaṃ te'pi nārāyaṇāṅga- prabhavatvenaiva tathā varṇyanta ity arthaḥ | ye'pi tad-āśrayāḥ [page 15] lokās tat-pada-prāpti-hetavo'nye makhāś ca te tat-parā eva | tad-ānandāṃśābhāsa- rūpatvāt tat-sādhanatvāc ceti bhāvaḥ | tathā yogo'ṣṭāṅgaḥ sāṅkhyaṃ ca | tat sādhyaṃ tapaś cittaikāgryam | tat- sādhyaṃ brahma-jñānaṃ ca tat-paraṃ | tadīya-sāmānyākāra-prakāśatvāt taj- jñānasya | yoga-tapasos tat-sādhanatvāc ceti bhāvaḥ | kiṃ bahunā | gatis tat-prāpyaṃ brahmāpi tat-parā tadīya-sāmānyākāra-prakāśatvena tad- adhīnāvirbhāvatvāt | tad uktaṃ śrī-matsya-devena satyavrataṃ prati -- madīyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca paraṃ brahmeti śabditam | vetsyasy anugṛhītaṃ me sampraśnair vivṛtaṃ hṛdi || iti [BhP 8.24.38] || 2.5 || śrī-brahmā nāradam || 41-42 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 40
Anuccheda 40
1 Then he says (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.24): "Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of one's chanting the holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy takes place, tears fill the eyes and the hairs stand on end."* 2 Here the word "asma-saram" (steel-framed) means "very hard". The symptoms of ecstasy are described in the phrase beginning with the word "atha" (thus). The verse says that when (yada) ecstasy (vikarah) is not present then tears (jalam) do not fill the eyes (netre) and other ecstatic symptoms are not present in other parts of the body. That is the meaning. The king will confirm this when he says (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.80.3-4): "The capacity for talking can be perfected only by describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The capacity for working with one's hands can be successful only when one engages himself in the service of the Lord with those hands. Similarly one's mind can be pacified only when he simply things of Krsna in full Krsna consciousness. He sees everywhere the presence of His worshipable Lord in His paramatma feature. The function of the ear can be perfected by simply by engagement in hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord.* "The function of the head can be fully utilised when the head is engaged in bowing down before the Lord and His representative. If one is able to do nothing more, he can simply bow down before the Lord and His representative and drink the caranamrta, the water that has washed the lotus feet of the Lord or His devotee."* In this way, in the first three chapters of Srimad-Bhagavatam (Canto One, Chapters One, Two and Three), it is explained that one should engage in devotional service to the Lord. 3 Srila Sridhara Svami comments in his prefaces to the First, Second and Third Chapters of the Second Canto: "In the first chapter meditation on the Lord's universal form by engaging in devotional activities beginning with hearing and chanting about the Lord is described." 4 "In the second chapter the mind's abandoning meditation on the Lord's universal form and accepting instead meditation on Lord Visnu, who is the witness of everything and the master of all, is described." 5 "In the third chapter the superiority of service to Lord Visnu, which is performed with great devotion, and which consists of many activities beginning with hearing about the Lord, is described as the sage listens." This verse is spoken by Sri Saunaka Rsi to Sri Suta Gosvami.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §43 · English §41
Source[४३] श्री-विदुर-मैत्रेय-संवादेऽपि । तत्र प्रश्नो यथा - तत् साधु-वर्यादिश वर्त्म शं नः संराधितो भगवान् येन पुंसाम् । हृदि स्थितो यच्छति भक्ति-पूते ज्ञानं स-तत्त्वाधिगमं पुराणम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.५.४] अत्र शं सुख-रूपं वर्त्मेति । टीका च - भक्ति-पूते प्रेम-विमले । स- तत्त्वं तत्त्वं तच् च ब्रह्म-भगवत्-परमात्मेत्य्-आद्य्-आविर्भावः ॥ ॥ ३.५ ॥ श्री-विदुरः श्री-मैत्रेयम् ॥ ४३ ॥
[43] śrī-vidura-maitreya-saṃvāde'pi | tatra praśno yathā - tat sādhu-varyādiśa vartma śaṃ naḥ saṃrādhito bhagavān yena puṃsām | hṛdi sthito yacchati bhakti-pūte jñānaṃ sa-tattvādhigamaṃ purāṇam || [BhP 3.5.4] atra śaṃ sukha-rūpaṃ vartmeti | ṭīkā ca - bhakti-pūte prema-vimale | sa- tattvaṃ tattvaṃ tac ca brahma-bhagavat-paramātmety-ādy-āvirbhāvaḥ || || 3.5 || śrī-viduraḥ śrī-maitreyam || 43 ||
English translation
English witness · section(s) 41
Anuccheda 41
Also in the conversation of Brahma and Narada (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.9): "Lord Brahma said: My dear boy Narada, being merciful to all (including me) you have asked all these questions because I have been inspired to see into the prowess of the Almighty Personality of Godhead."*
Bhakti · Sanskrit §44 · English §42–43
Source[४४] तत्राजानज-देव-स्तुति-द्वारैवोत्तरम् - पानेन ते देव कथा-सुधायाः प्रवृद्ध-भक्त्या विशदाशया ये । वैराग्य-सारं प्रतिलभ्य बोधं यथाञ्जसान्वीयुर् अकुण्ठ-धिष्ण्यम् ॥ तथापरे चात्म-समाधि-योग- बलेन जित्वा प्रकृतिं बलिष्ठाम् । त्वाम् एव धीराः पुरुषं विशन्ति तेषां श्रमः स्यान् न तु सेवया ते ॥ [भ्प् ३.५.४५-४६] अकुण्ठ-धिष्ण्यं वैकुण्ठ-लोकम् इति । टीका - विशदाशयाः प्रोज्झित- कैतवाः सेवैक-पुरुषार्थाः । अपरे मोक्ष-मात्र-कामाः । तन्-मात्र- पुरुषार्थेऽपि तेषां श्रमः स्यात् । ये तु सेवैक-पुरुषार्थास् तेषां सेवया श्रमो न स्यात् । सदैव सेवया परमानन्दम् अनुभवताम् आनुषङ्गिकत्या मोक्षश् च स्याद् इत्य् अर्थः । ॥ ३.५ ॥ अजानज-देवाः श्री-परमात्मानम् ॥ ४४ ॥
[44] tatrājānaja-deva-stuti-dvāraivottaram - pānena te deva kathā-sudhāyāḥ pravṛddha-bhaktyā viśadāśayā ye | vairāgya-sāraṃ pratilabhya bodhaṃ yathāñjasānvīyur akuṇṭha-dhiṣṇyam || tathāpare cātma-samādhi-yoga- balena jitvā prakṛtiṃ baliṣṭhām | tvām eva dhīrāḥ puruṣaṃ viśanti teṣāṃ śramaḥ syān na tu sevayā te || [BhP 3.5.45-46] akuṇṭha-dhiṣṇyaṃ vaikuṇṭha-lokam iti | ṭīkā - viśadāśayāḥ projjhita- kaitavāḥ sevaika-puruṣārthāḥ | apare mokṣa-mātra-kāmāḥ | tan-mātra- puruṣārthe'pi teṣāṃ śramaḥ syāt | ye tu sevaika-puruṣārthās teṣāṃ sevayā śramo na syāt | sadaiva sevayā paramānandam anubhavatām ānuṣaṅgikatyā mokṣaś ca syād ity arthaḥ | || 3.5 || ajānaja-devāḥ śrī-paramātmānam || 44 ||
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English witness · section(s) 42–43
Anuccheda 42
1 That devotional service is the conclusion of all Vedic scriptures is also confirmed by these words (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.15-16): "The Vedic literatures are made by and are meant for the Supreme Lord, the demigods are also meant for serving the Lord as parts of His body, the different planets are also meant for the sake of the Lord, and different sacrifices are performed just to please Him.* "All different types of meditation or mysticism are means for realising Narayana. All austerities are aimed at achieving Narayana. Culture of transcendental knowledge is for getting a glimpse of Narayana and ultimately salvation is entering the kingdom of Narayana."* 2 This verse means that because Lord Narayana is the supreme object of worship therefore He is the subject matter described in the Vedas. Here someone may object: "Is it not so that the Vedas also describe other deities who are also worthy of worship?" That is true. Therefore this verse explains that the other deities, the demigods, are meant for serving the parts of Lord Narayana's body (narayanangajah). The different planets are also meant to attain His feet, and the different sacrifices are performed just to please Him. These things are done to give a little pleasure to Lord Narayana. That is the meaning. Yoga, that is astanga-yoga and sankhya-yoga, are means to attain Him. Austerity, which means concentration of the mind, is a means to attain Him, and the culture of transcendental knowledge is a means to attain Him. The culture of transcendental knowledge, yoga, and austerity are means to attain Him. What more need be said? He is the supreme goal (gatih) to be attained, the Supreme Brahman. This is so because all these things are manifested from Him and dependent on Him. 3 Therefore Lord Matsyadeva said to Satyavrata (Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.38): "You will be thoroughly advised and favoured by Me, and because of your inquiries, everything about My glories, which are known as param brahma, will be manifest within your heart. Thus you will know everything about Me."* The first verse quoted here was spoken by Lord Brahma to Sri Narada Muni.
Anuccheda 43
1 In the conversation Vidura and Maitreya the following question was asked (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.4): "Therefore, O great sage, please give me instruction on the transcendental devotional service of the Lord, so that He who is situated in the heart of everyone can be pleased to impart from within, knowledge of the Absolute Truth in terms of the ancient Vedic principles delivered only to those who are purified by the process of devotional service."* 2 Srila Sridhara Svami comments: "Here the words 'sam vartma' mean 'auspicious path'." "Bhakti-pute" means "purified by love", and "sa-tattvam jnanam" means "knowledge of the Lord's manifestations, which begins with Brahman, Bhagavan and Paramatma." This verse was spoken by Sri Vidura to Sri Maitreya.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §45–47 · English §44
Source[४५] अतएव स्वयं तत् श्लाघ्यते -- सत्-सेवनीयो बत पूरु-वंशो यल् लोक-पालो भगवत्-प्रधानः । बभूविथेहाजित-कीर्ति-मालां पदे पदे नूतनयस्य् अभीक्ष्णम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.८.१] तस्मात् कथोपलक्षिता भक्तिर् एव परं श्रेय इति भावः । ॥ ३.८ ॥ श्री-मैत्रेयः ॥ ४५ ॥ [४६-४७] श्री-कापिलेयेऽपि यथाह -- न युज्यमानया भक्त्या भगवत्य् अखिलात्मनि । सदृशोऽस्ति शिवः पन्था योगिनां ब्रह्म-सिद्धये ॥ [भ्प् ३.२५.१९] ब्रह्म-सिद्धिः पर-तत्त्वाविर्भावः । यथा - एतावान् एव लोकेऽस्मिन् पुंसां निःश्रेयसोदयः । तीव्रेण भक्ति-योगेन मनो मय्य् अर्पितं स्थिरम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.२५.४१] भक्ति-योगेन श्रवणादिना मय्य् अर्पितं सत् मनः स्थिरं भवतीति यद् एतावान् एव । अत्रास्मिन् इत्य् अनेनान्यस्मिंस् तु एतावतोऽप्य् अधिको नास्तीति व्यज्यते ॥ ॥३.२५॥ श्री-कपिल-देवः ॥४६-४७॥
[45] ataeva svayaṃ tat ślāghyate -- sat-sevanīyo bata pūru-vaṃśo yal loka-pālo bhagavat-pradhānaḥ | babhūvithehājita-kīrti-mālāṃ pade pade nūtanayasy abhīkṣṇam || [BhP 3.8.1] tasmāt kathopalakṣitā bhaktir eva paraṃ śreya iti bhāvaḥ | || 3.8 || śrī-maitreyaḥ || 45 || [46-47] śrī-kāpileye'pi yathāha -- na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani | sadṛśo'sti śivaḥ panthā yogināṃ brahma-siddhaye || [BhP 3.25.19] brahma-siddhiḥ para-tattvāvirbhāvaḥ | yathā - etāvān eva loke'smin puṃsāṃ niḥśreyasodayaḥ | tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena mano mayy arpitaṃ sthiram || [BhP 3.25.41] bhakti-yogena śravaṇādinā mayy arpitaṃ sat manaḥ sthiraṃ bhavatīti yad etāvān eva | atrāsmin ity anenānyasmiṃs tu etāvato'py adhiko nāstīti vyajyate || ||3.25|| śrī-kapila-devaḥ ||46-47||
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English witness · section(s) 44
Anuccheda 44
1 The born and unborn demigods prayed (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.46-47): "O Lord, persons who, because of their serious attitude, attain the stage of enlightened devotional service achieve the complete meaning of renunciation and knowledge and attain the Vaikunthaloka in the spiritual sky by drinking the nectar of Your topics.* 2 "Others, who are pacified by means of transcendental self-realisation and have conquered over the modes of nature by dint of strong power and knowledge, also enter into You, but for them there is much pain, whereas the devotee simply discharges devotional service and thus feels no pain."* 3 Srila Sridhara Svami comments: "The word 'akuntha-dhisnyam' means 'Vaikunthaloka'." "Visadasayah" means "abandoning all duplicity and accepting devotional service as the only goal of life." In the second of these verses the inferiority of both means and end of they who are attached to the path of philosophical speculation (jnana) is described. The word "apare" (others) here means "they who desire liberation". For them there is much labour and trouble (sramah). However, for they who accept the service of the Lord as the only goal of their lives there is no great labour and trouble. They always experience great bliss as a result of their devotional service and they also attain liberation as a by-product of that service. This verse was spoken by the born and unborn demigods to the Supreme Creator.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §48 · English §45
Source[४८] श्री-कुमारोपदेशेऽपि ज्ञानोपदेशानन्तरम् - यत्-पाद-पङ्कज-पलाश-विलास-भक्त्या कर्माशयं ग्रथितम् उद्ग्रथयन्ति सन्तः । तद्वन् न रिक्त-मतयो यतयोऽपि रुद्ध- स्रोतो-गणास् तम् अरणं भज वासुदेवम् ॥ कृच्छ्रो महान् इह भवार्णवम् अप्लवेशां षड्-वर्ग-नक्रम् असुखेन तितीर्षन्ति । तत् त्वं हरेर् भगवतो भजनीयम् अङ्घ्रिं कृत्वोडुपं व्यसनम् उत्तर दुस्तरार्णम् ॥ [भ्प् ४.२२.३७-३८} टीका च - तम् अवेहीति ज्ञानम् उपदिष्टम् । तस्य तु दुष्करत्वेन भक्तिम् उपदिशति द्वाभ्यां यत्-पाद-पङ्कजेत्य्-आदिकम् आरभ्य । ननु ब्रह्मविद् आप्नोति परम् इति श्रुतेः [तैत्तु २.१.१] । कथं यतयो नोद्ग्रथयन्तीत्य् उच्यते तत्राह कृच्छ्र इति । अप्लवेशां न प्लवस् तरण-हेतुर् ईड, ईशो येषां, तेषाम् इह तरणे महान् कृच्छ्रः क्लेशः । ते हि असुखेन इन्द्रिय-षड्-वर्ग-ग्राहं भवार्णवं तितीर्षन्ति ।तस्माद् उडुपं प्लवं दुस्तरार्णं दुस्तरार्णवम् इत्य् एषा । समान-प्राप्ययोर् अपि पथोरेकस्य दुर्गमत्व- कथनेनान्यस्याभिधेयत्वं स्वत एव सिध्यति । अत्र तितीर्षन्ति मात्रं न तु तरन्तीत्य् अर्थो ज्ञेयः । ॥४.२२॥ श्री-सनत्-कुमारः श्री-पृथुम् ॥४८॥
[48] śrī-kumāropadeśe'pi jñānopadeśānantaram - yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā karmāśayaṃ grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ | tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo'pi ruddha- sroto-gaṇās tam araṇaṃ bhaja vāsudevam || kṛcchro mahān iha bhavārṇavam aplaveśāṃ ṣaḍ-varga-nakram asukhena titīrṣanti | tat tvaṃ harer bhagavato bhajanīyam aṅghriṃ kṛtvoḍupaṃ vyasanam uttara dustarārṇam || [BhP 4.22.37-38} ṭīkā ca - tam avehīti jñānam upadiṣṭam | tasya tu duṣkaratvena bhaktim upadiśati dvābhyāṃ yat-pāda-paṅkajety-ādikam ārabhya | nanu brahmavid āpnoti param iti śruteḥ [TaittU 2.1.1] | kathaṃ yatayo nodgrathayantīty ucyate tatrāha kṛcchra iti | aplaveśāṃ na plavas taraṇa-hetur īḍa, īśo yeṣāṃ, teṣām iha taraṇe mahān kṛcchraḥ kleśaḥ | te hi asukhena indriya-ṣaḍ-varga-grāhaṃ bhavārṇavaṃ titīrṣanti |tasmād uḍupaṃ plavaṃ dustarārṇaṃ dustarārṇavam ity eṣā | samāna-prāpyayor api pathorekasya durgamatva- kathanenānyasyābhidheyatvaṃ svata eva sidhyati | atra titīrṣanti mātraṃ na tu tarantīty artho jñeyaḥ | ||4.22|| śrī-sanat-kumāraḥ śrī-pṛthum ||48||
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English witness · section(s) 45
Anuccheda 45
1 Then Maitreya Muni spoke the following words of praise (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.1): "The royal dynasty of King Puru is worthy to serve the pure devotees because all the descendants of that family are devoted to the Personality of Godhead. You are also born in that family, and it is wonderful that because of your attempt the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are becoming newer and newer at every moment."* 2 From this it is understood that the devotional service described here is the ultimate good. That is the meaning. This verse was spoken by Sri Maitreya.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §49 · English §46
Source[४९] अतो यच् च ज्ञानम् उपदिष्टं तद् अपि तद्-उपदेशाव्यर्थता-सम्पादनेच्छा- मात्रेणानुष्ठीयमानं तेन भक्ति-रसाद् एव कृतम् इत्य् आह -- सनत्-कुमारो भगवान् यद् आहाध्यात्मिकं परम् योगं तेनैव पुरुषम् अभजत् पुरुषर्षभः । भगवद्-धर्मिणः साधोः श्रद्धया यततः सदा भक्तिर् भगवति ब्रह्मण्य् अनन्य-विषयाभवत् ॥ [भ्प् ४.२३.७-८] तेनैव द्वारीकृतेन ॥ ॥४.२३॥ श्री-मैत्रेयः ॥४९॥
[49] ato yac ca jñānam upadiṣṭaṃ tad api tad-upadeśāvyarthatā-sampādanecchā- mātreṇānuṣṭhīyamānaṃ tena bhakti-rasād eva kṛtam ity āha -- sanat-kumāro bhagavān yad āhādhyātmikaṃ param yogaṃ tenaiva puruṣam abhajat puruṣarṣabhaḥ | bhagavad-dharmiṇaḥ sādhoḥ śraddhayā yatataḥ sadā bhaktir bhagavati brahmaṇy ananya-viṣayābhavat || [BhP 4.23.7-8] tenaiva dvārīkṛtena || ||4.23|| śrī-maitreyaḥ ||49||
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English witness · section(s) 46
Anuccheda 46
1 Sri Kapila explains (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.19): "Perfection in self-realisation cannot be attained by any kind of yogi unless he engages in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for that is the only auspicious path, called akuto-bhaya. They are doubtless and fearless, and their entrance into the spiritual kingdom is guaranteed."* 2 The "perfection in self realisation" (brahma-siddhi) here is the direct appearance of the Absolute Truth.
Bhakti · Sanskrit §50 · English §47
Source[५०] श्री-रुद्र-गीतेऽपि - इदं जपत भद्रं वो विशुद्धा नृप-नन्दनाः । स्व-धर्मम् अनुतिष्ठन्तो भगवत्य् अर्पिताशयाः ॥ तम् एवात्मानम् आत्म-स्थं सर्व-भूतेष्व् अवस्थितम् । पूजयध्वं गृणन्तश् च ध्यायन्तश् चासकृद् धरिम् ॥ [भ्प् ४.२४.६४-६५] अथ तम् एव पूजयध्वं न तु स्वधर्मानुष्ञ्हानाग्रहादिकम् अपि कुरुध्वम् इत्य् एव-कारार्थः । आत्मस्थं स्वान्तर्यामित्वेन स्थितम् । तद्वद् अपरेष्व् अपि भूतेष्व् अवस्थितम् आत्मानं परमात्मानं गृणन्तः कीर्तयन्तो ध्यायन्तश् चेत्य् अन्यत्र मनोवचो व्यापारोऽपि निषिद्धः । असकृद् इति एकस्यां पूजायां समाप्यमानायाम् एवान्यारभ्द्यव्या न तु कर्माद्याग्रहेण विच्छेदः कर्तव्य इत्य् अर्थः ॥ ॥ ४.२४ ॥ श्री-रुद्रः प्रचेतसः ॥ ५० ॥ (पगे १७)
[50] śrī-rudra-gīte'pi - idaṃ japata bhadraṃ vo viśuddhā nṛpa-nandanāḥ | sva-dharmam anutiṣṭhanto bhagavaty arpitāśayāḥ || tam evātmānam ātma-sthaṃ sarva-bhūteṣv avasthitam | pūjayadhvaṃ gṛṇantaś ca dhyāyantaś cāsakṛd dharim || [BhP 4.24.64-65] atha tam eva pūjayadhvaṃ na tu svadharmānuṣñhānāgrahādikam api kurudhvam ity eva-kārārthaḥ | ātmasthaṃ svāntaryāmitvena sthitam | tadvad apareṣv api bhūteṣv avasthitam ātmānaṃ paramātmānaṃ gṛṇantaḥ kīrtayanto dhyāyantaś cety anyatra manovaco vyāpāro'pi niṣiddhaḥ | asakṛd iti ekasyāṃ pūjāyāṃ samāpyamānāyām evānyārabhdyavyā na tu karmādyāgraheṇa vicchedaḥ kartavya ity arthaḥ || || 4.24 || śrī-rudraḥ pracetasaḥ || 50 || (page 17)
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English witness · section(s) 47
Anuccheda 47
1 He also explains (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.44): "Therefore persons whose minds are fixed on the Lord engage in the intensive practice of devotional service. That is the only means for attainment of the final perfection of life."* 2 Here the word "tivrena" means "intensive" and "pure because it is not mixed with yoga, fruitive work or other things". (The Lord says), "With this devotional service (bhakti-yogena), which consists of many activities, beginning with hearing, they fix (arpitam sthiram) their minds (manah) on Me (mayi). In this way (etavan) they attain the final perfection of life (nihsreyasa). In this world (asmin) devotional service is the best path." This verse was spoken by Lord Kapiladeva.