Shloka 41
Ajāmila Delivered: Viṣṇudūtas Establish the Supremacy of the Holy Name
ततो गुणेभ्य आत्मानं वियुज्यात्मसमाधिना । युयुजे भगवद्धाम्नि ब्रह्मण्यनुभवात्मनि ॥ ४१ ॥
tato guṇebhya ātmānaṁ viyujyātma-samādhinā yuyuje bhagavad-dhāmni brahmaṇy anubhavātmani
Dann löste er sich durch innere Samādhi von den Guṇas, zog den Geist von der Neigung zu sinnlichem Genuss zurück und verband ihn mit der Wohnstatt des Bhagavān, der als Brahman erfahrenen Wirklichkeit. So war er ganz in die Betrachtung der Gestalt des Herrn versenkt.
If one worships the Deity in the temple, one’s mind will naturally be absorbed in thought of the Lord and His form. There is no distinction between the form of the Lord and the Lord Himself. Therefore bhakti-yoga is the most easy system of yoga. Yogīs try to concentrate their minds upon the form of the Supersoul, Viṣṇu, within the heart, but this same objective is easily achieved when one’s mind is absorbed in the Deity worshiped in the temple. In every temple there is a transcendental form of the Lord, and one may easily think of this form. By seeing the Lord during ārati, by offering bhoga and by constantly thinking of the form of the Deity, one becomes a first-class yogī. This is the best process of yoga, as confirmed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Bhagavad-gītā (6.47) :
FAQs
This verse says liberation involves disengaging the self from the material modes (guṇas) through samādhi and fixing consciousness in the Lord’s dhāma—direct realization of Brahman under the shelter of Bhagavān.
After being rescued from Yama’s servants and purified by devotion, Ajāmila practiced deep spiritual absorption, became detached from the guṇas, and established his consciousness in the Lord’s spiritual realm—showing the Bhagavatam’s conclusion that bhakti culminates in reaching the Lord.
Practice steady remembrance of the Lord (nāma-japa, prayer, hearing), reduce identification with impulses shaped by the guṇas, and cultivate daily absorption in spiritual practice so the mind naturally reconnects with the Lord rather than material conditioning.