Shloka 19
तरन्ति ह्यञ्जसा मृत्युं निवृत्ता यदनुग्रहात् । योगिन: स भवान् किंस्विदनुगृह्येत यत्परै: ॥ १९ ॥
taranti hy añjasā mṛtyuṁ nivṛttā yad-anugrahāt yoginaḥ sa bhavān kiṁ svid anugṛhyeta yat paraiḥ
By Your mercy, yogīs and transcendentalists, ceasing all material desires, easily cross beyond deathly nescience. Therefore it is impossible that the Supreme Lord could be favored by anyone else, for You are the very source of all grace.
Unless one is favored by the Supreme Lord, one cannot cross over the ocean of the nescience of repeated birth and death. Here it is stated that yogīs or mystics cross beyond nescience by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are many kinds of mystics, such as the karma-yogī, jñāna-yogī, dhyāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī. The karmīs particularly search after the favor of the demigods, the jñānīs want to become one with the Supreme Absolute Truth, and the yogīs are satisfied simply by partial vision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramātmā, and ultimately by oneness with Him. But the bhaktas, the devotees, want to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally and serve Him. It has already been admitted that the Lord is eternal, and those who want the favor of the Supreme Lord perpetually are also eternal. Therefore yogīs here means devotees. By the mercy of the Lord, devotees can easily pass beyond the nescience of birth and death and attain the eternal abode of the Lord. The Lord is therefore not in need of another’s favor because no one is equal to or greater than Him. Actually, everyone needs the favor of the Lord for successful understanding of his human mission.
FAQs
This verse says that by the Lord’s mercy, detached yogīs cross over death easily—implying liberation is ultimately granted through divine grace, not mere effort.
In the Vaikuṇṭha episode, the Kumāras reflect on how the Lord’s grace frees even renunciants from death, emphasizing that His devotees already possess the highest gift—His favor.
Practice steady devotion, simplify desires, and cultivate inner detachment; the verse highlights that spiritual freedom matures through sincere turning away from worldly obsession and relying on the Lord’s mercy.