Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 10
Ṛṣabhadeva Instructs His Sons: Tapasya, Mahātmā-Sevā, and Cutting the Heart-Knot
हंसे गुरौ मयि भक्त्यानुवृत्या वितृष्णया द्वन्द्वतितिक्षया च । सर्वत्र जन्तोर्व्यसनावगत्या जिज्ञासया तपसेहानिवृत्त्या ॥ १० ॥ मत्कर्मभिर्मत्कथया च नित्यं मद्देवसङ्गाद् गुणकीर्तनान्मे । निर्वैरसाम्योपशमेन पुत्रा जिहासया देहगेहात्मबुद्धे: ॥ ११ ॥ अध्यात्मयोगेन विविक्तसेवया प्राणेन्द्रियात्माभिजयेन सध्य्रक् । सच्छ्रद्धया ब्रह्मचर्येण शश्वद् असम्प्रमादेन यमेन वाचाम् ॥ १२ ॥ सर्वत्र मद्भावविचक्षणेन ज्ञानेन विज्ञानविराजितेन । योगेन धृत्युद्यमसत्त्वयुक्तो लिङ्गं व्यपोहेत्कुशलोऽहमाख्यम् ॥ १३ ॥
haṁse gurau mayi bhaktyānuvṛtyā vitṛṣṇayā dvandva-titikṣayā ca sarvatra jantor vyasanāvagatyā jijñāsayā tapasehā-nivṛttyā
わが子らよ、至高に高められたパラマハンサの師に帰依し、至上主たる我—ヴァースデーヴァ—に信と愛のバクティを据えよ。感官の享楽を厭い、喜びと苦しみの二相を耐え、あらゆる所で衆生の苦境を観じ、真理を問い、奉愛のために苦行を行え。我がカターを聴き、 भक्तと交わり、我が徳を讃えて歌い、霊的平等の眼で万人を見よ。怨みを捨て、怒りと嘆きを鎮め、身体と家を自己とみなす思いを棄てよ。聖典を学び、静寂に住して修し、プラーナ・感官・心を制し、ヴェーダに堅固な信を持ち、常に梵行を守り、不放逸にして言葉を慎め。かくしてバクティ・ヨーガにより智と実証が輝き、偽りの我執は除かれる。
In these four verses, Ṛṣabhadeva tells His sons how they can be freed from the false identification arising from false ego and material conditional life. One gradually becomes liberated by practicing as mentioned above. All these prescribed methods enable one to give up the material body ( liṅgaṁ vyapohet ) and be situated in his original spiritual body. First of all one has to accept a bona fide spiritual master. This is advocated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: śrī-guru-pādāśrayaḥ. To be freed from the entanglement of the material world, one has to approach a spiritual master. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet. By questioning the spiritual master and by serving him, one can advance in spiritual life. When one engages in devotional service, naturally the attraction for personal comfort — for eating, sleeping and dressing — is reduced. By associating with the devotee, a spiritual standard is maintained. The word mad-deva-saṅgāt is very important. There are many so-called religions devoted to the worship of various demigods, but here good association means association with one who simply accepts Kṛṣṇa as his worshipable Deity.