Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 34
The Lord’s Advent: Yoga-māyā’s Mission, Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Transfer, and the Demigods’ Prayers
सत्त्वं विशुद्धं श्रयते भवान् स्थितौ शरीरिणां श्रेयउपायनं वपु: । वेदक्रियायोगतप:समाधिभि- स्तवार्हणं येन जन: समीहते ॥ ३४ ॥
sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ śrayate bhavān sthitau śarīriṇāṁ śreya-upāyanaṁ vapuḥ veda-kriyā-yoga-tapaḥ-samādhibhis tavārhaṇaṁ yena janaḥ samīhate
O Lord, during the time of maintenance You manifest several incarnations, all with transcendental bodies, beyond the material modes of nature. When You appear in this way, You bestow all good fortune upon the living entities by teaching them to perform Vedic activities such as ritualistic ceremonies, mystic yoga, austerities, penances, and ultimately samādhi, ecstatic absorption in thoughts of You. Thus You are worshiped by the Vedic principles.
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (18.3) , yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam: the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, charity, austerity and all such prescribed duties are never to be given up. Yajño dānaṁ tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām (18.5): even one who is very much advanced in spiritual realization must still execute the Vedic principles. Even in the lowest stage, the karmīs are advised to work for the sake of the Lord.
FAQs
This verse states that in His sustaining role the Lord manifests perfectly pure goodness, a transcendental purity that supports devotion and becomes the true means of welfare for embodied souls.
In the context of Kṛṣṇa’s descent, the demigods pray to the Lord (present in Devakī’s womb) and glorify His transcendental form as the proper object of worship approached through Vedic rites, yoga, austerity, and samādhi.
Use whatever discipline you can sustain—simple worship, sincere meditation, ethical living, or regulated practice—but keep the aim clear: to honor and remember the Lord as the ultimate shelter and the source of real well-being.