Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 7
Bharata Mahārāja’s Ideal Kingship and His Transition from Yajña to Exclusive Bhakti at Pulahāśrama
एवं कर्मविशुद्ध्या विशुद्धसत्त्वस्यान्तर्हृदयाकाशशरीरे ब्रह्मणि भगवति वासुदेवे महापुरुषरूपोपलक्षणे श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभवनमालारिदरगदादिभिरुपलक्षिते निजपुरुषहृल्लिखितेनात्मनि पुरुषरूपेण विरोचमान उच्चैस्तरां भक्तिरनुदिनमेधमानरयाजायत ॥ ७ ॥
evaṁ karma-viśuddhyā viśuddha-sattvasyāntar-hṛdayākāśa-śarīre brahmaṇi bhagavati vāsudeve mahā-puruṣa-rūpopalakṣaṇe śrīvatsa-kaustubha-vana-mālāri-dara-gadādibhir upalakṣite nija-puruṣa-hṛl-likhitenātmani puruṣa-rūpeṇa virocamāna uccaistarāṁ bhaktir anudinam edhamāna-rayājāyata.
ដោយសារការសុទ្ធសាធនៃកម្មដូច្នេះ ព្រះហឫទ័យរបស់មហារាជ ភរតៈ បានបរិសុទ្ធឥតមលិន។ ភក្តិរបស់ព្រះអង្គចំពោះ វាសុទេវៈ ព្រះក្រឹស្ណា—ដែលបង្ហាញជាប្រាហ្មន៍ បរមាត្មា និងបុរសអធិរាជ—កើនឡើងរៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ។ ព្រះអង្គសមាធិលើរូបព្រះដែលតុបតែងដោយ ស្រីវត្ស កៅស្តុភ មាលាផ្កា និងកាន់សង្ខ ចក្រ គដា និងផ្កាឈូកជានិច្ច។
Lord Vāsudeva, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is manifest within the hearts of yogīs in His Paramātmā feature, and He is worshiped as impersonal Brahman by jñānīs. The Paramātmā feature is described in the śāstras as having four hands, holding disc, conchshell, lotus flower and club. As confirmed in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.2.8) :
FAQs
This verse says that when one’s activities become purified, devotion (bhakti) arises in a very elevated form and grows daily with increasing intensity as the Lord becomes vividly manifest within the heart.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates Bharata Mahārāja’s progressive purification and how Vāsudeva, marked by Śrīvatsa and Kaustubha, shines in Bharata’s heart, causing bhakti to surge.
Offer daily work with integrity and devotion—reduce selfish motives, cultivate remembrance of the Lord, and keep a steady sādhana—so the mind becomes clear and devotion naturally strengthens.