Shloka 127
Mukti-tattva Upadeśa: Knowledge as the Direct Cause of Liberation
भजत जितहृषीकाः कृष्णमेनं मुनीशं समजनि बत यस्माद्गीः सुधासारधारा / पृषतमपि यदीयं वर्णरूपं निपीय श्रुतिपुटचुलुकेन प्राप्नुयादात्मनैक्यम्
bhajata jitahṛṣīkāḥ kṛṣṇamenaṃ munīśaṃ samajani bata yasmādgīḥ sudhāsāradhārā / pṛṣatamapi yadīyaṃ varṇarūpaṃ nipīya śrutipuṭaculukena prāpnuyādātmanaikyam
يا من قهرتم الحواس، اعبدوا كِرْشْنَة، سيّد الحكماء ذا اللون الداكن؛ فمنه وُلدت الكلمة التي تنسكب كسيلٍ من رحيقٍ عذب. بل إن قطرةً واحدة من قوله، إذا شُرِبت بكأس الأذنين، تُفضي إلى الاتحاد بالآتمن (الذات).
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Worship Kṛṣṇa with conquered senses; his nectar-like speech, even in a drop received through attentive hearing, can grant ātma-aikya (oneness with the Self).
Vedantic Theme: Śabda-pramāṇa and śravaṇa as direct means to realization; bhakti culminating in jñāna (bhakti-jnāna-sāmarasya) and non-dual assimilation.
Application: Practice indriya-jaya (sense restraint), then engage in focused śravaṇa of Kṛṣṇa-kathā/teachings; treat each line as ‘amṛta-bindu’—reflect and meditate until it transforms identity.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: Vaiṣṇava-mahātmyas praising nāma/kathā as amṛta and liberating; Adjacent verses (2.49.128–129) describing sages ‘drinking’ Vaiṣṇava speech-nectar and attaining satisfaction/joy
FAQs
This verse says even a small ‘sip’ of divine teaching received through the ears can lead to ātma-aikya (union with the Self), making śravaṇa a direct means toward liberation.
It points the soul toward freedom by sense-mastery and devotion: when the senses are restrained and one drinks in the Lord’s nectar-like instruction, one attains inner unity rather than remaining bound to post-death wandering.
Practice sense-discipline and regularly listen to/recite puranic or vedantic teachings with attention; even brief daily śravaṇa is presented here as transformative toward self-knowledge.