Shloka 46
Ajāmila Delivered: Viṣṇudūtas Establish the Supremacy of the Holy Name
नात: परं कर्मनिबन्धकृन्तनं मुमुक्षतां तीर्थपदानुकीर्तनात् । न यत्पुन: कर्मसु सज्जते मनो रजस्तमोभ्यां कलिलं ततोऽन्यथा ॥ ४६ ॥
nātaḥ paraṁ karma-nibandha-kṛntanaṁ mumukṣatāṁ tīrtha-pādānukīrtanāt na yat punaḥ karmasu sajjate mano rajas-tamobhyāṁ kalilaṁ tato ’nyathā
അതിനാൽ ഭൗതികബന്ധനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചനം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ, തീർത്ഥപാദനായ പരമപുരുഷന്റെ നാമം, യശസ്, രൂപം, ലീലകൾ എന്നിവയുടെ കീർത്തനം സ്വീകരിക്കണം. പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം, തർക്കജ്ഞാനം, യോഗധ്യാനം മുതലായ മാർഗങ്ങളിൽ പൂർണ്ണഫലം ലഭിക്കില്ല; രജസ്-തമസ് മലിനമാക്കിയ മനസ് വീണ്ടും കർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ കുടുങ്ങും.
It has actually been seen that even after achieving so-called perfection, many karmīs, jñānīs and yogīs become attached to material activities again. Many so-called svāmīs and yogīs give up material activities as false ( jagan mithyā ), but after some time they nevertheless resume material activities by opening hospitals and schools or performing other activities for the benefit of the public. Sometimes they participate in politics, although still falsely declaring themselves sannyāsīs, members of the renounced order. The perfect conclusion, however, is that if one actually desires to get out of the material world, he must take to devotional service, which begins with śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ: chanting and hearing the glories of the Lord. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has actually proved this. In the Western countries, many young boys who were addicted to drugs and who had many other bad habits, which they could not give up, abandoned all those propensities and very seriously engaged in chanting the glories of the Lord as soon as they joined the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. In other words, this process is the perfect method of atonement for actions performed in rajaḥ and tamaḥ (passion and ignorance). As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.19) :
FAQs
This verse says the highest way to sever karmic bondage for a seeker of liberation is constant chanting of the Lord’s holy names and glories (tīrtha-pada-anukīrtana).
Because Ajāmila’s deliverance highlights that the Lord’s name and glorification can uproot karmic entanglement and redirect the mind away from fruitive attachment.
Establish a daily practice of sincere nāma-japa or kīrtana and notice how it reduces compulsive attachment to results-driven activity and calms the mind’s agitation from passion and ignorance.