Shloka 47
Matsya-avatāra: The Lord as Fish Saves the Vedas and Guides Satyavrata
जनोऽबुधोऽयं निजकर्मबन्धन: सुखेच्छया कर्म समीहतेऽसुखम् । यत्सेवया तां विधुनोत्यसन्मतिं ग्रन्थिं स भिन्द्याद् धृदयं स नो गुरु: ॥ ४७ ॥
jano ’budho ’yaṁ nija-karma-bandhanaḥ sukhecchayā karma samīhate ’sukham yat-sevayā tāṁ vidhunoty asan-matiṁ granthiṁ sa bhindyād dhṛdayaṁ sa no guruḥ
ഈ മൂഢജനൻ സ്വന്തം കർമബന്ധനത്തിൽ കുടുങ്ങി, സുഖം തേടി ചെയ്യുന്ന കർമങ്ങൾ അവസാനം ദുഃഖമേ നൽകുന്നു. എന്നാൽ ഭഗവാന്റെ സേവയാൽ ആ വ്യാജസുഖാഭിലാഷം കഴുകിപ്പോകുന്നു. നമ്മുടെ ഗുരു ഹൃദയത്തിലെ ആ കെട്ട് മുറിക്കട്ടെ.
For material happiness, the conditioned soul involves himself in fruitive activities, which actually put him into material distress. Because the conditioned soul does not know this, he is said to be in avidyā, or ignorance. Because of a false hope for happiness, the conditioned soul becomes involved in various plans for material activity. Here Mahārāja Satyavrata prays that the Lord sever this hard knot of false happiness and thus become his supreme spiritual master.
FAQs
This verse says people seek happiness through fruitive work, but because they remain bound by their own karma, that same pursuit results in unhappiness.
In his prayers during the Matsya-avatara narrative, Satyavrata emphasizes that only one who purifies wrong understanding and severs the heart’s knot of bondage deserves to be accepted as guru.
It advises shifting from endless happiness-seeking through results-driven work to sincere service and guidance under a genuine teacher who uproots misconceptions and inner attachments.