Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 13

Devotion in Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and the Glory of Bhārata-varṣa

Rāmacandra & Nara-Nārāyaṇa; Rivers, Varṇāśrama, and Liberation

Devanagari script

इदं हि योगेश्वर योगनैपुणं हिरण्यगर्भो भगवाञ्जगाद यत् । यदन्तकाले त्वयि निर्गुणे मनो भक्त्या दधीतोज्झितदुष्कलेवर: ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

idaṁ hi yogeśvara yoga-naipuṇaṁ hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāñ jagāda yat yad anta-kāle tvayi nirguṇe mano bhaktyā dadhītojjhita-duṣkalevaraḥ

Translation

O my Lord, master of all mystic yoga, this is the explanation of the yogic process spoken of by Lord Brahmā [Hiraṇyagarbha], who is self-realized. At the time of death, all yogīs give up the material body with full detachment simply by placing their minds at Your lotus feet. That is the perfection of yoga.

Synonyms

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic/causal

• yogeśvara: O Lord of Yoga
• yogeśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogeśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• yoga-naipuṇam: skill in yoga
• yoga-naipuṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + naipuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘yogasya naipuṇam’

• hiraṇyagarbhaḥ: Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā)
• hiraṇyagarbhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇyagarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• bhagavān: the blessed one
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition to hiraṇyagarbhaḥ

• jagāda: said
• jagāda: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gad (गद्) (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• yat: that (namely)
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative/quotative particle introducing clause (यत्)

• yat: when/that
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative particle (यत्) introducing condition/time clause

• anta-kāle: at the final time
• anta-kāle: Kāla-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘antakāla’ = final time

• tvayi: in you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• nirguṇe: (you) beyond qualities
• nirguṇe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; विशेषण (tvayi)

• manaḥ: the mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• dadhīta: should fix/place
• dadhīta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा) (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ/विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular; ‘should place/hold’

• ujjhita-duṣkalevaraḥ: having cast off the impure body
• ujjhita-duṣkalevaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ujjhita (कृदन्त; ud + √hā (हा) + क्त, ‘abandoned’) + duṣkalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुव्रीहि-सदृशार्थे प्रयोगः (but form as tatpuruṣa): ‘duṣkalevaraṃ ujjhitaṃ yena’ = having abandoned the bad body

Purport

Śrīla Madhvācārya says:

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about remembering God at the time of death?

This verse states that the highest yoga is to fix the mind in devotion on the nirguṇa Lord at death, having given up identification with the material body.

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī mention Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā) here?

Śukadeva cites Brahmā (Hiraṇyagarbha) as an authoritative teacher of yoga, emphasizing that the ultimate conclusion of yoga is devotional remembrance of the Supreme at life’s end.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Practice daily bhakti—hearing, chanting, prayer, and remembrance—so the mind naturally turns to the Lord during crises and at the final moment.