Shloka 30
Kapila’s Devotional Sāṅkhya: Sādhu-saṅga, Bhakti-yoga, and Fearlessness in the Supreme Shelter
तदेतन्मे विजानीहि यथाहं मन्दधीर्हरे । सुखं बुद्ध्येय दुर्बोधं योषा भवदनुग्रहात् ॥ ३० ॥
tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt
O Hari, please explain this to me properly. My intelligence is small, and I am a woman; therefore the Absolute Truth is difficult for me to grasp. Yet by Your mercy, if You kindly teach it, I can understand easily and feel transcendental happiness.
Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind enough to the disciple, however unintelligent the disciple may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master everything is revealed. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura therefore says, yasya prasādād, by the mercy of the spiritual master, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bhagavat-prasādaḥ, is revealed. Devahūti requested her great son to be merciful towards her because she was a less intelligent woman and also His mother. By the grace of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very difficult for ordinary persons, especially women.
FAQs
This verse shows that deep spiritual truths become understandable not merely by intellect, but primarily by the Lord’s anugraha (grace), received through humility and devotion.
Devahūti, seeking clear guidance on profound devotional and liberating knowledge, admits her limitations and requests that the Lord personally make the difficult teachings easy to grasp.
Approach study with humility, prayerfully seek divine help, and learn in a devotional mood—then complex ideas become clearer and more transformative.