Shloka 28
Nārada’s Protection of Kayādhu and Prahlāda’s Womb-Instructions: Ātma-tattva and the Path of Bhakti
तस्माद्भवद्भि: कर्तव्यं कर्मणां त्रिगुणात्मनाम् । बीजनिर्हरणं योग: प्रवाहोपरमो धिय: ॥ २८ ॥
tasmād bhavadbhiḥ kartavyaṁ karmaṇāṁ tri-guṇātmanām bīja-nirharaṇaṁ yogaḥ pravāhoparamo dhiyaḥ
সেয়ে, হে বন্ধুসমূহ, হে দৈত্যপুত্ৰসকল, তোমালোকৰ কৰ্তব্য কৃ্ষ্ণ‑চেতনা‑ৰূপ যোগ গ্ৰহণ কৰা; ই ত্ৰিগুণময় কৰ্মবীজ দগ্ধ কৰে আৰু জাগৰণ‑স্বপ্ন‑সুষুপ্তিত প্ৰবাহিত বুদ্ধিৰ ধাৰা থমকায়; ফলত অজ্ঞান তৎক্ষণাৎ নাশ হয়।
This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26) :
FAQs
This verse defines real yoga as bīja-nirharaṇa—uprooting the seed of materially conditioned action, not merely external practice.
Prahlada instructed his demoniac schoolmates that their activities are driven by the three gunas, and that true spiritual practice means ending the root cause and flow of material consciousness.
Reduce compulsive sense-driven habits and repeatedly redirect attention to the Supreme through steady devotional remembrance and disciplined living, aiming to remove the underlying motives that generate karmic reactions.