Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 59
Citraketu’s Detachment, Nārada’s Mantra, and the Darśana of Anantadeva
स्मृत्वेहायां परिक्लेशं तत: फलविपर्ययम् । अभयं चाप्यनीहायां सङ्कल्पाद्विरमेत्कवि: ॥ ५९ ॥
smṛtvehāyāṁ parikleśaṁ tataḥ phala-viparyayam abhayaṁ cāpy anīhāyāṁ saṅkalpād viramet kaviḥ
Recordando el gran sufrimiento de las obras que buscan fruto y cómo el resultado suele invertirse contra lo deseado; y sabiendo que en la bhakti sin deseo hay ausencia de temor—el sabio debe desistir de los anhelos nacidos del saṅkalpa.
FAQs
This verse advises that since worldly striving produces distress and often yields opposite results, a wise person should desist from material saṅkalpa and cultivate the fearlessness that comes with non-striving and detachment.
In this section he is teaching vairāgya—showing that anxiety and disappointment are built into material endeavor, whereas detachment and reliance on higher divine order bring inner fearlessness and steadiness.
Do your duty, but reduce obsessive over-planning and attachment to outcomes; simplify desires, accept results with humility, and redirect mental energy toward sādhana (hearing, chanting, remembrance) for calmer, fear-free living.