Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 27
Ṛṣabhadeva Instructs His Sons: Tapasya, Mahātmā-Sevā, and Cutting the Heart-Knot
मनोवचोदृक्करणेहितस्य साक्षात्कृतं मे परिबर्हणं हि । विना पुमान् येन महाविमोहात् कृतान्तपाशान्न विमोक्तुमीशेत् ॥ २७ ॥
mano-vaco-dṛk-karaṇehitasya sākṣāt-kṛtaṁ me paribarhaṇaṁ hi vinā pumān yena mahā-vimohāt kṛtānta-pāśān na vimoktum īśet
心と言葉と眼、そしてあらゆる感官の真の働きは、それらを余すところなく我が奉仕に捧げることにある。感官がそうして用いられぬかぎり、衆生は物質存在の大いなる迷網――閻魔王の厳しい縄のごとき束縛――から解き放たれない。
As stated in the Nārada-pañcarātra:
FAQs
This verse states that without direct devotional realization of the Lord—the true adornment of mind, speech, and senses—one cannot free oneself from the binding noose of Death (Yama).
Ṛṣabhadeva was instructing his sons that spiritual life is not external show; the real ‘ornament’ is inner God-realization that purifies all faculties and alone leads beyond death.
Use mind, words, and senses in sādhana—hearing and chanting the Lord’s names, truthful and devotional speech, and disciplined habits—so daily activities become aligned with liberation rather than delusion.