Shloka 39
Avatāra-kathā — The Puruṣa, the Many Incarnations, and Kṛṣṇa as Svayam Bhagavān
अथेह धन्या भगवन्त इत्थं यद्वासुदेवेऽखिललोकनाथे । कुर्वन्ति सर्वात्मकमात्मभावं न यत्र भूय: परिवर्त उग्र: ॥ ३९ ॥
atheha dhanyā bhagavanta itthaṁ yad vāsudeve ’khila-loka-nāthe kurvanti sarvātmakam ātma-bhāvaṁ na yatra bhūyaḥ parivarta ugraḥ
Di dunia ini berbahagialah mereka yang menanyakan hal-hal suci yang membangkitkan bhakti penuh rasa kepada Vāsudeva, Tuhan segala alam dan Sang Jiwa Semesta; dengan itu putaran kelahiran dan kematian yang mengerikan tak kembali lagi.
The inquiries of the sages headed by Śaunaka are herewith praised by Sūta Gosvāmī on the merit of their transcendental nature. As already concluded, only the devotees of the Lord can know Him to a considerable extent, and no one else can know Him at all, so the devotees are perfectly cognizant of all spiritual knowledge. The Personality of Godhead is the last word in Absolute Truth. Impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā (Supersoul) are included in the knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. So one who knows the Personality of Godhead can automatically know all about Him, His multipotencies and His expansions. So the devotees are congratulated as being all-successful. A cent-percent devotee of the Lord is immune to the dreadful material miseries of repeated birth and death.
FAQs
This verse says the fearful cycle of repeated change does not return for those who cultivate wholehearted self-surrender and devotion to Vāsudeva, the Lord of all worlds.
In Canto 1 Chapter 3, Sūta describes the Lord’s many incarnations and concludes that Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) is the ultimate shelter; devotion to Him is presented as the blessed, liberating conclusion of the teachings.
Center daily choices around serving Vāsudeva—through sincere chanting, remembering Him, offering work and results to Him, and aligning one’s identity with being His servant rather than the temporary roles of the world.