Shloka 10
Kapila’s Conclusion: Limits of Karma and Yoga; Supremacy of Bhakti and Qualification to Receive the Teaching
एवं परेत्य भगवन्तमनुप्रविष्टा ये योगिनो जितमरुन्मनसो विरागा: । तेनैव साकममृतं पुरुषं पुराणं ब्रह्म प्रधानमुपयान्त्यगताभिमाना: ॥ १० ॥
evaṁ paretya bhagavantam anupraviṣṭā ye yogino jita-marun-manaso virāgāḥ tenaiva sākam amṛtaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁ brahma pradhānam upayānty agatābhimānāḥ
Yogīs who, through prāṇāyāma and mastery of the mind, become detached from matter attain the far-off Brahmaloka and enter Lord Brahmā. After giving up their bodies they merge into Brahmā’s body; thus, when Brahmā is liberated and goes to Śrī Bhagavān—the primeval Puruṣa, the Supreme Brahman—those yogīs too, free of ego, enter the Kingdom of God with him.
By perfecting their yogic practice, yogīs can reach the highest planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka, and after giving up their material bodies, they can enter into the body of Lord Brahmā. Because they are not directly devotees of the Lord, they cannot get liberation directly. They have to wait until Brahmā is liberated, and only then, along with Brahmā, are they also liberated. It is clear that as long as a living entity is a worshiper of a particular demigod, his consciousness is absorbed in thoughts of that demigod, and therefore he cannot get direct liberation, or entrance into the kingdom of God, nor can he merge into the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such yogīs or demigod worshipers are subjected to the chance of taking birth again when there is again creation.
FAQs
This verse states that yogīs who conquer the life-air and mind and become detached can enter the Supreme Lord after leaving the body, attaining the deathless, primeval Person—Brahman, the source of pradhāna—free from false ego.
Kapila is outlining the inner qualifications for liberation: mastery over prāṇa and mind, along with detachment and egolessness, which culminate in entering and attaining the Supreme Lord.
Practice humility and selfless service, reduce identity based on status or possessions, and cultivate steady remembrance of the Supreme; this weakens ego and supports genuine detachment and inner clarity.