Shloka 84
Nārada Explains the Allegory of King Purañjana
Deha–Indriya–Manaḥ Mapping and the Remedy of Bhakti
एतन्मुकुन्दयशसा भुवनं पुनानं देवर्षिवर्यमुखनि:सृतमात्मशौचम् । य: कीर्त्यमानमधिगच्छति पारमेष्ठ्यं नास्मिन् भवे भ्रमति मुक्तसमस्तबन्ध: ॥ ८४ ॥
etan mukunda-yaśasā bhuvanaṁ punānaṁ devarṣi-varya-mukha-niḥsṛtam ātma-śaucam yaḥ kīrtyamānam adhigacchati pārameṣṭhyaṁ nāsmin bhave bhramati mukta-samasta-bandhaḥ
Spoken by the great sage Nārada and filled with the glory of Mukunda, this narration sanctifies the world and purifies the heart. One who proclaims it in kīrtana attains the supreme spiritual destination; freed from all bondage, he no longer wanders in this material existence.
As indicated in verse 79, Nārada Muni advised King Prācīnabarhi to take to devotional service rather than waste time performing ritualistic ceremonies and fruitive activities. The vivid descriptions of the subtle and gross bodies in this chapter are most scientific, and because they are given by the great sage Nārada, they are authoritative. Because these narrations are full of the glory of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they constitute the most effective process for the purification of the mind. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. The more we talk of Kṛṣṇa, think of Kṛṣṇa and preach for Kṛṣṇa, the more we become purified. This means we no longer have to accept a hallucinatory gross and subtle body, but instead attain our spiritual identity. One who tries to understand this instructive spiritual knowledge is delivered from this ocean of nescience. The word pārameṣṭhyam is very significant in this connection. Pārameṣṭhyam is also called Brahmaloka; it is the planet on which Lord Brahmā lives. The inhabitants of Brahmaloka always discuss such narrations so that after the annihilation of the material world they can be directly transferred to the spiritual world. One who is transferred to the spiritual world does not have to go up and down within this material world. Sometimes spiritual activities are also called pārameṣṭhyam.
FAQs
This verse says that glorifying Mukunda (Kṛṣṇa) purifies the universe and that one who hears and chants such kīrtana attains the Lord’s supreme abode and stops wandering in material existence.
Nārada instructed the king—who was absorbed in ritualistic karma—toward bhakti, emphasizing that hearing and chanting the Lord’s glories is the direct purifier that frees one from bondage and leads to the supreme destination.
Make daily time for śravaṇa and kīrtana—hearing and chanting Kṛṣṇa’s names and narrations—so the mind becomes purified and less entangled in anxiety, attachment, and repetitive material pursuits.