Shloka 48
The Lord’s Supervision of Embodiment: Fetal Development, Womb-Suffering, and the Jīva’s Prayer (Garbha-stuti) — and the Trap of Māyā
सम्यग्दर्शनया बुद्ध्या योगवैराग्ययुक्तया । मायाविरचिते लोके चरेन्न्यस्य कलेवरम् ॥ ४८ ॥
samyag-darśanayā buddhyā yoga-vairāgya-yuktayā māyā-viracite loke caren nyasya kalevaram
With intelligence endowed with right vision, joined to yoga and detachment, one should, in this world fashioned by māyā, set the body aside by reason and live unconcerned and unattached.
It is sometimes misunderstood that if one has to associate with persons engaged in devotional service, he will not be able to solve the economic problem. To answer this argument, it is described here that one has to associate with liberated persons not directly, physically, but by understanding, through philosophy and logic, the problems of life. It is stated here, samyag-darśanayā buddhyā: one has to see perfectly, and by intelligence and yogic practice one has to renounce this world. That renunciation can be achieved by the process recommended in the Second Chapter of the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
FAQs
It teaches that with true spiritual understanding, supported by yoga and detachment, one should live in this māyā-made world in a renounced mood and be ready to give up the body at life’s end.
Kapila is guiding His mother Devahuti on the path of liberation—how to cultivate right vision, practice yoga, develop vairāgya, and transcend identification with the body.
Practice steady spiritual discipline (hearing, chanting, meditation, regulated living) while reducing possessiveness and ego-based identity—doing duties without clinging to outcomes and remembering the soul is distinct from the body.