Shloka 21
Parīkṣit’s Full Surrender and Śukadeva’s Maṅgalācaraṇa to Kṛṣṇa
Inquiry into Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution
यदङ्घ्र्यध्यानसमाधिधौतया धियानुपश्यन्ति हि तत्त्वमात्मन: । वदन्ति चैतत् कवयो यथारुचं स मे मुकुन्दो भगवान् प्रसीदताम् ॥ २१ ॥
yad-aṅghry-abhidhyāna-samādhi-dhautayā dhiyānupaśyanti hi tattvam ātmanaḥ vadanti caitat kavayo yathā-rucaṁ sa me mukundo bhagavān prasīdatām
അവന്റെ പാദപദ്മധ്യാനത്താൽ സമാധിയിൽ കഴുകിപ്പൊളിഞ്ഞ ബുദ്ധിയോടെ ഭക്തർ ആത്മതത്ത്വം ദർശിക്കുന്നു. എന്നാൽ കവികളും തർക്കശീലരും തങ്ങളുടെ രുചിപ്രകാരം അവനെ വ്യാഖ്യാനിക്കുന്നു. ആ മോക്ഷദായകൻ മുകുന്ദ ഭഗവാൻ എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ.
The mystic yogīs, after a strenuous effort to control the senses, may be situated in a trance of yoga just to have a vision of the Supersoul within everyone, but the pure devotee, simply by remembering the Lord’s lotus feet at every second, at once becomes established in real trance because by such realization his mind and intelligence are completely cleansed of the diseases of material enjoyment. The pure devotee thinks himself fallen into the ocean of birth and death and incessantly prays to the Lord to lift him up. He only aspires to become a speck of transcendental dust at the lotus feet of the Lord. The pure devotee, by the grace of the Lord, absolutely loses all attraction for material enjoyment, and to keep free from contamination he always thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord. King Kulaśekhara, a great devotee of the Lord, prayed:
FAQs
This verse says that by meditating on the Lord’s lotus feet in samādhi, the intelligence becomes purified, and with that purified vision sages directly perceive the truth of the self.
While instructing Parīkṣit on the Lord’s supremacy and creation topics, Śukadeva invokes Mukunda’s mercy, emphasizing that true understanding arises from devotion and divine favor, not mere scholarship.
Regularly focus the mind on the Lord (through japa, kīrtana, and remembrance), aiming for inner purification—so decisions and self-understanding become clearer and more spiritually grounded.