Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 13
Rahūgaṇa Instructed by Jaḍa Bharata — Dehātma-buddhi, Nondual Truth, and the Mercy of Devotees
यत्रोत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवाद: प्रस्तूयते ग्राम्यकथाविघात: । निषेव्यमाणोऽनुदिनं मुमुक्षो- र्मतिं सतीं यच्छति वासुदेवे ॥ १३ ॥
yatrottamaśloka-guṇānuvādaḥ prastūyate grāmya-kathā-vighātaḥ niṣevyamāṇo ’nudinaṁ mumukṣor matiṁ satīṁ yacchati vāsudeve
កន្លែងណាដែលមានការលើកតម្កើង និងពិពណ៌នាគុណលក្ខណៈរបស់ព្រះអុត្តមស្លោកៈ កន្លែងនោះរឿងលោកិយ—នយោបាយ សង្គម និងកថាធម្មតា—ត្រូវបានបំបាត់។ ក្នុងសង្គមនៃភក្តៈបរិសុទ្ធ ដោយស្តាប់រៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃដោយក្តីគោរព សូម្បីអ្នកប្រាថ្នាមោគ្ខៈក៏បោះបង់គំនិតចង់លាយរលាយក្នុងព្រហ្មន៍ ហើយបន្តិចម្តងៗទទួលបានមតិដ៏សុចរិតចំពោះសេវាប្រកបដោយភក្តិដល់វាសុទេវៈ។
The symptoms of pure devotees are described in this verse. The pure devotee is never interested in material topics. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has strictly prohibited His devotees to talk about worldly matters. Grāmya-vārtā nā kahibe: one should not indulge in talking unnecessarily about news of the material world. One should not waste time in this way. This is a very important feature in the life of a devotee. A devotee has no other ambition than to serve Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement was started to engage people twenty-four hours daily in the service of the Lord and in His glorification. The students in this institution engage in the cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness from five in the morning to ten at night. They actually have no opportunity to waste their time unnecessarily by discussing politics, sociology and current events. These will go their own way. A devotee is concerned only with serving Kṛṣṇa positively and seriously.
FAQs
This verse says that where the Lord’s qualities are discussed, mundane talk naturally gets destroyed, because attention becomes absorbed in glorifying Uttamaśloka (Kṛṣṇa).
He teaches that consistent, day-by-day association with and service to such katha gives a liberation-seeker pure intelligence and steady devotion directed to Vāsudeva.
Set a daily routine of hearing/reading Bhagavatam, reduce gossip and trivial media, and seek satsanga; over time the mind becomes clearer and more naturally fixed on Kṛṣṇa.