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kapila uvaca
atha yo grha-medhiyan
dharman evavasan grhe
kamam artham ca dharman svan
dogdhi bhuyah piparti tan
SYNONYMS
kapilah uvaca–Lord Kapila said; atha–now; yah–the person who; grhamedhiyan–
of the householders; dharman–duties; eva–certainly; avasan–
living; grhe–at home; kamam–sense gratification; artham–economic
development; ca–and; dharman–religious rituals; svan–his; dogdhi–
enjoys; bhuyah–again and again; piparti–performs; tan–them.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead said: The person who lives in the center of
household life derives material benefits by performing religious rituals,
and thereby he fulfills his desire for economic development and sense
gratification. Again and again he acts the same way.TEXT 2
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sa capi bhagavad-dharmat
kama-mudhah paran-mukhah
yajate kratubhir devan
pitrms ca sraddhayanvitah
SYNONYMS
sah–he; ca api–moreover; bhagavat-dharmat–from devotional service;
kama-mudhah–infatuated by lust; parak-mukhah–having the face turned
away; yajate–worships; kratubhih–with sacrificial ceremonies; devan–
the demigods; pitrn–the forefathers; ca–and; sraddhaya–with faith;
anvitah–endowed.
TRANSLATION
Such persons are ever bereft of devotional service due to being too
attached to sense gratification, and therefore, although they perform
various kinds of sacrifices and take great vows to satisfy the demigods
and forefathers, they are not interested in Krsna consciousness,
devotional service.TEXT 3
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tac-chraddhayakranta-matih
pitr-deva-vratah puman
gatva candramasam lokam
soma-pah punar esyati
SYNONYMS
tat–to the demigods and forefathers; sraddhaya–with reverence;
akranta–overcome; matih–his mind; pitr–to the forefathers; deva–to
the demigods; vratah–his vow; puman–the person; gatva–having gone;
candramasam–to the moon; lokam–planet; soma-pah–drinking soma juice;
punah–again; esyati–will return.
TRANSLATION
Such materialistic persons, attracted by sense gratification and
devoted to the forefathers and demigods, can be elevated to the moon,
where they drink an extract of the soma plant. They again return to this
planet.TEXT 4
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yada cahindra-sayyayam
sete ‘nantasano harih
tada loka layam yanti
ta ete grha-medhinam
SYNONYMS
yada–when; ca–and; ahi-indra–of the king of snakes; sayyayam–on
the bed; sete–lies; ananta-asanah–He whose seat is Ananta Sesa; harih–
Lord Hari; tada–then; lokah–the planets; layam–unto dissolution;
yanti–go; te ete–those very; grha-medhinam–of the materialistic
householders.
TRANSLATION
All the planets of the materialistic persons, including all the
heavenly planets, such as the moon, are vanquished when the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Hari, goes to His bed of serpents, which is known
as Ananta Sesa.TEXT 5
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ye sva-dharman na duhyanti
dhirah kamartha-hetave
nihsanga nyasta-karmanah
prasantah suddha-cetasah
SYNONYMS
ye–those who; sva-dharman–their own occupational duties; na–do not;
duhyanti–take advantage of; dhirah–intelligent; kama–sense
gratification; artha–economic development; hetave–for the sake of;
nihsangah–free from material attachment; nyasta–given up; karmanah–
fruitive activities; prasantah–satisfied; suddha-cetasah–of purified
consciousness.
TRANSLATION
Those who are intelligent and are of purified consciousness are
completely satisfied in Krsna consciousness. Freed from the modes of
material nature, they do not act for sense gratification; rather, since
they are situated in their own occupational duties, they act as one is
expected to act.TEXT 6
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nivrtti-dharma-nirata
nirmama nirahankrtah
sva-dharmaptena sattvena
parisuddhena cetasa
SYNONYMS
nivrtti-dharma–in religious activities for detachment; niratah–
constantly engaged; nirmamah–without a sense of proprietorship;
nirahankrtah–without false egoism; sva-dharma–by one’s own occupational
duties; aptena–executed; sattvena–by goodness; parisuddhena–completely
purified; cetasa–by consciousness.
TRANSLATION
By executing one’s occupational duties, acting with detachment and
without a sense of proprietorship or false egoism, one is posted in one’s
constitutional position by dint of complete purification of
consciousness, and by thus executing so-called material duties he can
easily enter into the kingdom of God.TEXT 7
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surya-dvarena te yanti
purusam visvato-mukham
paravaresam prakrtim
asyotpatty-anta-bhavanam
SYNONYMS
surya-dvarena–through the path of illumination; te–they; yanti–
approach; purusam–the Personality of Godhead; visvatah-mukham–whose
face is turned everywhere; para-avara-isam–the proprietor of the
spiritual and material worlds; prakrtim–the material cause; asya–of the
world; utpatti–of manifestation; anta–of dissolution; bhavanam–the
cause.
TRANSLATION
Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the
complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material
and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and
dissolution.TEXT 8
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dvi-parardhavasane yah
pralayo brahmanas tu te
tavad adhyasate lokam
parasya para-cintakah
SYNONYMS
dvi-parardha–two parardhas; avasane–at the end of; yah–which;
pralayah–death; brahmanah–of Lord Brahma; tu–indeed; te–they; tavat–
so long; adhyasate–dwell; lokam–on the planet; parasya–of the Supreme;
para-cintakah–thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Worshipers of the Hiranyagarbha expansion of the Personality of
Godhead remain within this material world until the end of two parardhas,
when Lord Brahma also dies.TEXT 9
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ksmambho-‘nalanila-viyan-mana-indriyarthabhutadibhih
parivrtam pratisanjihirsuh
avyakrtam visati yarhi guna-trayatma
kalam parakhyam anubhuya parah svayambhuh
SYNONYMS
ksma–earth; ambhah–water; anala–fire; anila–air; viyat–ether;
manah–mind; indriya–the senses; artha–the objects of the senses;
bhuta–ego; adibhih–and so on; parivrtam–covered by; pratisanjihirsuh–
desiring to dissolve; avyakrtam–the changeless spiritual sky; visati–he
enters; yarhi–at which time; guna-traya-atma–consisting of the three
modes; kalam–the time; para-akhyam–two parardhas; anubhuya–after
experiencing; parah–the chief; svayambhuh–Lord Brahma.
TRANSLATION
After experiencing the inhabitable time of the three modes of material
nature, known as two parardhas, Lord Brahma closes the material universe,
which is covered by layers of earth, water, air, fire, ether, mind, ego,
etc., and goes back to Godhead.TEXT 10
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evam paretya bhagavantam anupravista
ye yogino jita-marun-manaso viragah
tenaiva sakam amrtam purusam puranam
brahma pradhanam upayanty agatabhimanah
SYNONYMS
evam–thus; paretya–having gone a long distance; bhagavantam–Lord
Brahma; anupravistah–entered; ye–those who; yoginah–yogis; jita–
controlled; marut–the breathing; manasah–the mind; viragah–detached;
tena–with Lord Brahma; eva–indeed; sakam–together; amrtam–the
embodiment of bliss; purusam–unto the personality of Godhead; puranam–
the oldest; brahma pradhanam–the Supreme Brahman; upayanti–they go;
agata–not gone; abhimanah–whose false ego.
TRANSLATION
The yogis who become detached from the material world by practice of
breathing exercises and control of the mind reach the planet of Brahma,
which is far, far away. After giving up their bodies, they enter into the
body of Lord Brahma, and therefore when Brahma is liberated and goes to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Brahman, such
yogis can also enter into the kingdom of God.TEXT 11
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atha tam sarva-bhutanam
hrt-padmesu krtalayam
srutanubhavam saranam
vraja bhavena bhamini
SYNONYMS
atha–therefore; tam–the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarvabhutanam–
of all living entities; hrt-padmesu–in the lotus hearts; krtaalayam–
residing; sruta-anubhavam–whose glories you have heard; saranam-
-unto the shelter; vraja–go; bhavena–by devotional service; bhamini–My
dear mother.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, My dear mother, by devotional service take direct shelter
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated in everyone’s heart.TEXTS 12-15
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adyah sthira-caranam yo
veda-garbhah saharsibhih
yogesvaraih kumaradyaih
siddhair yoga-pravartakaih
bheda-drstyabhimanena
nihsangenapi karmana
kartrtvat sagunam brahma
purusam purusarsabham
sa samsrtya punah kale
kalenesvara-murtina
jate guna-vyatikare
yatha-purvam prajayate
aisvaryam paramesthyam ca
te ‘pi dharma-vinirmitam
nisevya punar ayanti
guna-vyatikare sati
SYNONYMS
adyah–the creator, Lord Brahma; sthira-caranam–of the immobile and
mobile manifestations; yah–he who; veda-garbhah–the repository of the
Vedas; saha–along with; rsibhih–the sages; yoga-isvaraih–with great
mystic yogis; kumara-adyaih–the Kumaras and others; siddhaih–with the
perfected living beings; yoga-pravartakaih–the authors of the yoga
system; bheda-drstya–because of independent vision; abhimanena–by
misconception; nihsangena–nonfruitive; api–although; karmana–by their
activities; kartrtvat–from the sense of being a doer; sa-gunam–
possessing spiritual qualities; brahma–Brahman; purusam–the Personality
of Godhead; purusa-rsabham–the first purusa incarnation; sah–he;
samsrtya–having attained; punah–again; kale–at the time; kalena–by
time; isvara-murtina–the manifestation of the Lord; jate guna-vyatikare-
-when the interaction of the modes arises; yatha–as; purvam–previously;
prajayate–is born; aisvaryam–opulence; paramesthyam–royal; ca–and;
te–the sages; api–also; dharma–by their pious activities; vinirmitam–
produced; nisevya–having enjoyed; punah–again; ayanti–they return;
guna-vyatikare sati–when the interaction of the modes takes place.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, someone may worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead
with a special self-interest, but even demigods such as Lord Brahma,
great sages such as Sanat-kumara and great munis such as Marici have to
come back to the material world again at the time of creation. When the
interaction of the three modes of material nature begins, Brahma, who is
the creator of this cosmic manifestation and who is full of Vedic
knowledge, and the great sages, who are the authors of the spiritual path
and the yoga system, come back under the influence of the time factor.
They are liberated by their nonfruitive activities and they attain the
first incarnation of the purusa, but at the time of creation they come
back in exactly the same forms and positions as they had previously.TEXT 16
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ye tv ihasakta-manasah
karmasu sraddhayanvitah
kurvanty apratisiddhani
nityany api ca krtsnasah
SYNONYMS
ye–those who; tu–but; iha–in this world; asakta–addicted; manasah-
-whose minds; karmasu–to fruitive activities; sraddhaya–with faith;
anvitah–endowed; kurvanti–perform; apratisiddhani–with attachment to
the result; nityani–prescribed duties; api–certainly; ca–and;
krtsnasah–repeatedly.
TRANSLATION
Persons who are too addicted to this material world execute their
prescribed duties very nicely and with great faith. They daily perform
all such prescribed duties with attachment to the fruitive result.TEXT 17
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rajasa kuntha-manasah
kamatmano ‘jitendriyah
pitrn yajanty anudinam
grhesv abhiratasayah
SYNONYMS
rajasa–by the mode of passion; kuntha–full of anxieties; manasah–
their minds; kama-atmanah–aspiring for sense gratification; ajita–
uncontrolled; indriyah–their senses; pitrn–the forefathers; yajanti–
they worship; anudinam–every day; grhesu–in home life; abhirata–
engaged; asayah–their minds.
TRANSLATION
Such persons, impelled by the mode of passion, are full of anxieties
and always aspire for sense gratification due to uncontrolled senses.
They worship the forefathers and are busy day and night improving the
economic condition of their family, social or national life.
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trai-vargikas te purusa
vimukha hari-medhasah
kathayam kathaniyoruvikramasya
madhudvisah
SYNONYMS
trai-vargikah–interested in the three elevating processes; te–those;
purusah–persons; vimukhah–not interested; hari-medhasah–of Lord Hari;
kathayam–in the pastimes; kathaniya–worth chanting of; uru-vikramasya–
whose excellent prowess; madhu-dvisah–the killer of the Madhu demon.
TRANSLATION
Such persons are called trai-vargika because they are interested in
the three elevating processes. They are averse to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, who can give relief to the conditioned soul. They are not
interested in the Supreme Personality’s pastimes, which are worth hearing
because of His transcendental prowess.TEXT 19
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nunam daivena vihata
ye cacyuta-katha-sudham
hitva srnvanty asad-gathah
purisam iva vid-bhujah
SYNONYMS
nunam–certainly; daivena–by the order of the Lord; vihatah–
condemned; ye–those who; ca–also; acyuta–of the infallible Lord;
katha–stories; sudham–nectar; hitva–having given up; srnvanti–they
hear; asat-gathah–stories about materialistic persons; purisam–stool;
iva–like; vit-bhujah–stool-eaters (hogs).
TRANSLATION
Such persons are condemned by the supreme order of the Lord. Because
they are averse to the nectar of the activities of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, they are compared to stool-eating hogs. They give
up hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord and indulge in
hearing of the abominable activities of materialistic persons.TEXT 20
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daksinena patharyamnah
pitr-lokam vrajanti te
prajam anu prajayante
smasananta-kriya-krtah
SYNONYMS
daksinena–southern; patha–by the path; aryamnah–of the sun; pitrlokam–
to Pitrloka; vrajanti–go; te–they; prajam–their families; anu–
along with; prajayante–they take birth; smasana–the crematorium; anta–
to the end; kriya–fruitive activities; krtah–performing.
TRANSLATION
Such materialistic persons are allowed to go to the planet called
Pitrloka by the southern course of the sun, but they again come back to
this planet and take birth in their own families, beginning again the
same fruitive activities from birth to the end of life.TEXT 21
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tatas te ksina-sukrtah
punar lokam imam sati
patanti vivasa devaih
sadyo vibhramsitodayah
SYNONYMS
tatah–then; te–they; ksina–exhausted; su-krtah–results of their
pious activities; punah–again; lokam imam–to this planet; sati–O
virtuous mother; patanti–fall; vivasah–helpless; devaih–by higher
arrangement; sadyah–suddenly; vibhramsita–caused to fall; udayah–their
prosperity.
TRANSLATION
When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they fall
down by higher arrangement and again come back to this planet, just as
any person raised to a high position sometimes all of a sudden falls.TEXT 22
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tasmat tvam sarva-bhavena
bhajasva paramesthinam
tad-gunasrayaya bhaktya
bhajaniya-padambujam
SYNONYMS
tasmat–therefore; tvam–you (Devahuti); sarva-bhavena–with loving
ecstasy; bhajasva–worship; paramesthinam–the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; tat-guna–the qualities of the Lord; asrayaya–connected with;
bhaktya–by devotional service; bhajaniya–worshipable; pada-ambujam–
whose lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, I therefore advise that you take shelter of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, for His lotus feet are worth worshiping.
Accept this with all devotion and love, for thus you can be situated in
transcendental devotional service.TEXT 23
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vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah prayojitah
janayaty asu vairagyam
jnanam yad brahma-darsanam
SYNONYMS
vasudeve–unto Krsna; bhagavati–the Personality of Godhead; bhaktiyogah–
devotional service; prayojitah–discharged; janayati–produces;
asu–very soon; vairagyam–detachment; jnanam–knowledge; yat–which;
brahma-darsanam–self-realization.
TRANSLATION
Engagement in Krsna consciousness and application of devotional
service unto Krsna make it possible to advance in knowledge and
detachment, as well as in self-realization.TEXT 24
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yadasya cittam arthesu
samesv indriya-vrttibhih
na vigrhnati vaisamyam
priyam apriyam ity uta
SYNONYMS
yada–when; asya–of the devotee; cittam–the mind; arthesu–in the
sense objects; samesu–same; indriya-vrttibhih–by the activities of the
senses; na–not; vigrhnati–does perceive; vaisamyam–difference; priyam-
-agreeable; apriyam–not agreeable; iti–thus; uta–certainly.
TRANSLATION
The exalted devotee’s mind becomes equipoised in sensory activities,
and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable.TEXT 25
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sa tadaivatmanatmanam
nihsangam sama-darsanam
heyopadeya-rahitam
arudham padam iksate
SYNONYMS
sah–the pure devotee; tada–then; eva–certainly; atmana–by his
transcendental intelligence; atmanam–himself; nihsangam–without
material attachment; sama-darsanam–equipoised in vision; heya–to be
rejected; upadeya–acceptable; rahitam–devoid of; arudham–elevated;
padam–to the transcendental position; iksate–he sees.
TRANSLATION
Because of his transcendental intelligence, the pure devotee is
equipoised in his vision and sees himself to be uncontaminated by matter.
He does not see anything as superior or inferior, and he feels himself
elevated to the transcendental platform of being equal in qualities with
the Supreme Person.TEXT 26
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jnana-matram param brahma
paramatmesvarah puman
drsy-adibhih prthag bhavair
bhagavan eka iyate
SYNONYMS
jnana–knowledge; matram–only; param–transcendental; brahma–
Brahman; parama-atma–Paramatma; isvarah–the controller; puman–
Supersoul; drsi-adibhih–by philosophical research and other processes;
prthak bhavaih–according to different processes of understanding;
bhagavan–the Supreme personality of Godhead; ekah–alone; iyate–is
perceived.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead alone is complete transcendental
knowledge, but according to the different processes of understanding He
appears differently, either as impersonal Brahman, as Paramatma, as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead or as the purusa-avatara.TEXT 27
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etavan eva yogena
samagreneha yoginah
yujyate ‘bhimato hy artho
yad asangas tu krtsnasah
SYNONYMS
etavan–of such a measure; eva–just; yogena–by yoga practice;
samagrena–all; iha–in this world; yoginah–of the yogi; yujyate–is
achieved; abhimatah–desired; hi–certainly; arthah–purpose; yat–which;
asangah–detachment; tu–indeed; krtsnasah–completely.
TRANSLATION
The greatest common understanding for all yogis is complete detachment
from matter, which can be achieved by different kinds of yoga.TEXT 28
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jnanam ekam paracinair
indriyair brahma nirgunam
avabhaty artha-rupena
bhrantya sabdadi-dharmina
SYNONYMS
jnanam–knowledge; ekam–one; paracinaih–averse; indriyaih–by the
senses; brahma–the Supreme Absolute Truth; nirgunam–beyond the material
modes; avabhati–appears; artha-rupena–in the form of various objects;
bhrantya–mistakenly; sabda-adi–sound and so on; dharmina–endowed with.
TRANSLATION
Those who are averse to the Transcendence realize the Supreme Absolute
Truth differently through speculative sense perception, and therefore,
because of mistaken speculation, everything appears to them to be
relative.TEXT 29
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yatha mahan aham-rupas
tri-vrt panca-vidhah svarat
ekadasa-vidhas tasya
vapur andam jagad yatah
SYNONYMS
yatha–as; mahan–the mahat-tattva; aham-rupah–the false ego; trivrt–
the three modes of material nature; panca-vidhah–the five material
elements; sva-rat–the individual consciousness; ekadasa-vidhah–the
eleven senses; tasya–of the living entity; vapuh–the material body;
andam–the brahmanda; jagat–the universe; yatah–from which or from
whom.
TRANSLATION
From the total energy, the mahat-tattva, I have manifested the false
ego, the three modes of material nature, the five material elements, the
individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body.
Similarly, the entire universe has come from the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.TEXT 30
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etad vai sraddhaya bhaktya
yogabhyasena nityasah
samahitatma nihsango
viraktya paripasyati
SYNONYMS
etat–this; vai–certainly; sraddhaya–with faith; bhaktya–by
devotional service; yoga-abhyasena–by practice of yoga; nityasah–
always; samahita-atma–he whose mind is fixed; nihsangah–aloof from
material association; viraktya–by detachment; paripasyati–understands.
TRANSLATION
This perfect knowledge can be achieved by a person who is already
engaged in devotional service with faith, steadiness and full detachment,
and who is always absorbed in thought of the Supreme. He is aloof from
material association.TEXT 31
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ity etat kathitam gurvi
jnanam tad brahma-darsanam
yenanubuddhyate tattvam
prakrteh purusasya ca
SYNONYMS
iti–thus; etat–this; kathitam–described; gurvi–O respectful
mother; jnanam–knowledge; tat–that; brahma–the Absolute Truth;
darsanam–revealing; yena–by which; anubuddhyate–is understood;
tattvam–the truth; prakrteh–of matter; purusasya–of spirit; ca–and.
TRANSLATION
My dear respectful mother, I have already described the path of
understanding the Absolute Truth, by which one can come to understand the
real truth of matter and spirit and their relationship.
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jnana-yogas ca man-nistho
nairgunyo bhakti-laksanah
dvayor apy eka evartho
bhagavac-chabda-laksanah
SYNONYMS
jnana-yogah–philosophical research; ca–and; mat-nisthah–directed
towards Me; nairgunyah–free from the material modes of nature; bhakti–
devotional service; laksanah–named; dvayoh–of both; api–moreover;
ekah–one; eva–certainly; arthah–purpose; bhagavat–the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; sabda–by the word; laksanah–signified.
TRANSLATION
Philosophical research culminates in understanding the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. After achieving this understanding, when one
becomes free from the material modes of nature, he attains the stage of
devotional service. Either by devotional service directly or by
philosophical research, one has to find the same destination, which is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.TEXT 33
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yathendriyaih prthag-dvarair
artho bahu-gunasrayah
eko naneyate tadvad
bhagavan sastra-vartmabhih
SYNONYMS
yatha–as; indriyaih–by the senses; prthak-dvaraih–in different
ways; arthah–an object; bahu-guna–many qualities; asrayah–endowed
with; ekah–one; nana–differently; iyate–is perceived; tadvat–
similarly; bhagavan–the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sastravartmabhih–
according to different scriptural injunctions.
TRANSLATION
A single object is appreciated differently by different senses due to
its having different qualities. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is one, but according to different scriptural injunctions He
appears to be different.TEXTS 34-36
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kriyaya kratubhir danais
tapah-svadhyaya-marsanaih
atmendriya-jayenapi
sannyasena ca karmanam
yogena vividhangena
bhakti-yogena caiva hi
dharmenobhaya-cihnena
yah pravrtti-nivrttiman
atma-tattvavabodhena
vairagyena drdhena ca
iyate bhagavan ebhih
saguno nirgunah sva-drk
SYNONYMS
kriyaya–by fruitive activities; kratubhih–by sacrificial
performances; danaih–by charity; tapah–austerities; svadhyaya–study of
Vedic literature; marsanaih–and by philosophical research; atma-indriyajayena–
by controlling the mind and senses; api–also; sannyasena–by
renunciation; ca–and; karmanam–of fruitive activities; yogena–by yoga
practice; vividha-angena–of different divisions; bhakti-yogena–by
devotional service; ca–and; eva–certainly; hi–indeed; dharmena–by
prescribed duties; ubhaya-cihnena–having both symptoms; yah–which;
pravrtti–attachment; nivrtti-man–containing detachment; atma-tattva–
the science of self-realization; avabodhena–by understanding;
vairagyena–by detachment; drdhena–strong; ca–and; iyate–is perceived;
bhagavan–the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ebhih–by these; sa-gunah–
in the material world; nirgunah–beyond the material modes; sva-drk–one
who sees his constitutional position.
TRANSLATION
By performing fruitive activities and sacrifices, by distributing
charity, by performing austerities, by studying various literatures, by
conducting philosophical research, by controlling the mind, by subduing
the senses, by accepting the renounced order of life and by performing
the prescribed duties of one’s social order; by performing the different
divisions of yoga practice, by performing devotional service and by
exhibiting the process of devotional service containing the symptoms of
both attachment and detachment; by understanding the science of selfrealization
and by developing a strong sense of detachment, one who is
expert in understanding the different processes of self-realization
realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is represented in the
material world as well as in transcendence.TEXT 37
TEXT
pravocam bhakti-yogasya
svarupam te catur-vidham
kalasya cavyakta-gater
yo ‘ntardhavati jantusu
SYNONYMS
pravocam–explained; bhakti-yogasya–of devotional service; svarupam–
the identity; te–to you; catuh-vidham–in four divisions; kalasya–of
time; ca–also; avyakta-gateh–the movement of which is imperceptible;
yah–which; antardhavati–chases; jantusu–the living entities.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, I have explained to you the process of devotional
service and its identity in four different social divisions. I have
explained to you as well how eternal time is chasing the living entities,
although it is imperceptible to them.TEXT 38
TEXT
jivasya samsrtir bahvir
avidya-karma-nirmitah
yasv anga pravisann atma
na veda gatim atmanah
SYNONYMS
jivasya–of the living entity; samsrtih–courses of material
existence; bahvih–many; avidya–in ignorance; karma–by work; nirmitah–
produced; yasu–into which; anga–My dear mother; pravisan–entering;
atma–the living entity; na–not; veda–understands; gatim–the movement;
atmanah–of himself.
TRANSLATION
There are varieties of material existence for the living entity
according to the work he performs in ignorance or forgetfulness of his
real identity. My dear mother, if anyone enters into that forgetfulness,
he is unable to understand where his movements will end.TEXT 39
TEXT
naitat khalayopadisen
navinitaya karhicit
na stabdhaya na bhinnaya
naiva dharma-dhvajaya ca
SYNONYMS
na–not; etat–this instruction; khalaya–to the envious; upadiset–
one should teach; na–not; avinitaya–to the agnostic; karhicit–ever;
na–not; stabdhaya–to the proud; na–not; bhinnaya–to the misbehaved;
na–not; eva–certainly; dharma-dhvajaya–to the hypocrites; ca–also.
TRANSLATION
Lord Kapila continued: This instruction is not meant for the envious,
for the agnostics or for persons who are unclean in their behavior. Nor
is it for hypocrites or for persons who are proud of material
possessions.
TEXT 40
TEXT
na lolupayopadisen
na grharudha-cetase
nabhaktaya ca me jatu
na mad-bhakta-dvisam api
SYNONYMS
na–not; lolupaya–to the greedy; upadiset–one should instruct; na–
not; grha-arudha-cetase–to one who is too attached to family life; na–
not; abhaktaya–to the nondevotee; ca–and; me–of Me; jatu–ever; na–
not; mat–My; bhakta–devotees; dvisam–to those who are envious of; api-
-also.
TRANSLATION
It is not to be instructed to persons who are too greedy and too
attached to family life, nor to persons who are nondevotees and who are
envious of the devotees and of the Personality of Godhead.TEXT 41
TEXT
sraddadhanaya bhaktaya
vinitayanasuyave
bhutesu krta-maitraya
susrusabhirataya ca
SYNONYMS
sraddadhanaya–faithful; bhaktaya–to the devotee; vinitaya–
respectful; anasuyave–nonenvious; bhutesu–to all living entities; krtamaitraya–
friendly; susrusa–faithful service; abhirataya–eager to
render; ca–and.
TRANSLATION
Instruction should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful
to the spiritual master, nonenvious, friendly to all kinds of living
entities and eager to render service with faith and sincerity.
TEXT 42
TEXT
bahir-jata-viragaya
santa-cittaya diyatam
nirmatsaraya sucaye
yasyaham preyasam priyah
SYNONYMS
bahih–for what is outside; jata-viragaya–to him who has developed
detachment; santa-cittaya–whose mind is peaceful; diyatam–let this be
instructed; nirmatsaraya–nonenvious; sucaye–perfectly cleansed; yasya–
of whom; aham–I; preyasam–of all that is very dear; priyah–the most
dear.
TRANSLATION
This instruction should be imparted by the spiritual master to persons
who have taken the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be more dear than
anything, who are not envious of anyone, who are perfectly cleansed and
who have developed detachment for that which is outside the purview of
Krsna consciousness.
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