Shloka 9
Kapila’s Devotional Sāṅkhya: Sādhu-saṅga, Bhakti-yoga, and Fearlessness in the Supreme Shelter
य आद्यो भगवान् पुंसामीश्वरो वै भवान् किल । लोकस्य तमसान्धस्य चक्षु: सूर्य इवोदित: ॥ ९ ॥
ya ādyo bhagavān puṁsām īśvaro vai bhavān kila lokasya tamasāndhasya cakṣuḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ
You are indeed the primal Bhagavān, the Supreme Lord of all living beings. To dispel the universe’s darkness of ignorance, You have risen like the sun.
Kapila Muni is accepted as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Here the word ādyaḥ means “the origin of all living entities,” and puṁsām īśvaraḥ means “the Lord ( īśvara ) of the living entities” ( īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ). Kapila Muni is the direct expansion of Kṛṣṇa, who is the sun of spiritual knowledge. As the sun dissipates the darkness of the universe, so when the light of the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes down it at once dissipates the darkness of māyā. We have our eyes, but without the light of the sun our eyes are of no value. Similarly, without the light of the Supreme Lord, or without the divine grace of the spiritual master, one cannot see things as they are.
FAQs
In this verse, Devahūti says the Supreme Lord appears like the rising sun for a world blinded by darkness, giving true vision—spiritual understanding that dispels ignorance.
Devahūti recognizes Kapila not merely as her son but as Bhagavān Himself, who has descended to enlighten conditioned souls and teach bhakti and spiritual knowledge.
Treat spiritual practice—hearing, chanting, and studying Bhagavatam—as daily “sunrise” for the mind: it clears confusion, restores discernment, and centers life on devotion and truth.