Shloka 5
Bhakti Yoga: The Three Modes of Devotion, Non-Envy, and Time as the Lord
लोकस्य मिथ्याभिमतेरचक्षुष- श्चिरं प्रसुप्तस्य तमस्यनाश्रये । श्रान्तस्य कर्मस्वनुविद्धया धिया त्वमाविरासी: किल योगभास्कर: ॥ ५ ॥
lokasya mithyābhimater acakṣuṣaś ciraṁ prasuptasya tamasy anāśraye śrāntasya karmasv anuviddhayā dhiyā tvam āvirāsīḥ kila yoga-bhāskaraḥ
हे प्रभो! आप योगरूपी सूर्य के समान प्रकट होकर बद्ध जीवों के अज्ञान-अंधकार को प्रकाशित करते हैं। ज्ञान-नेत्र न खुलने से वे आपके आश्रय के बिना उस तम में चिरकाल से सोए रहते हैं और कर्म-फल के जाल में फँसकर अत्यन्त थके हुए से प्रतीत होते हैं।
It appears that Śrīmatī Devahūti, the glorious mother of Lord Kapiladeva, is very compassionate for the regrettable condition of people in general, who, not knowing the goal of life, are sleeping in the darkness of illusion. It is the general feeling of the Vaiṣṇava, or devotee of the Lord, that he should awaken them. Similarly, Devahūti is requesting her glorious son to illuminate the lives of the conditioned souls so that their most regrettable conditional life may be ended. The Lord is described herein as yoga-bhāskara, the sun of the system of all yoga. Devahūti has already requested her glorious son to describe bhakti-yoga, and the Lord has described bhakti-yoga as the ultimate yoga system.
FAQs
It describes conditioned souls as blinded by false identification and asleep in the darkness of ignorance, and says the Lord appears like the sun of yoga to remove that darkness.
Because Kapila’s teachings illuminate true spiritual knowledge and dispel the darkness of karmic entanglement and ignorance for those without shelter.
Recognize how overwork and identity-based anxieties exhaust the mind, and regularly take shelter of spiritual practice—hearing, chanting, and studying divine teachings—to restore clarity and direction.