Shloka 8
Moksha and Svarga through Dāna, Tīrtha, Nāma-smaraṇa, and Bhāva
बद्धः परिकरस्तेन मोक्षाय गमनं प्रति / कृष्णकृष्णेति कृष्णेति यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः
baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati / kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ
ആ ആശ്രയത്തോടെ സജ്ജനായി അവൻ മോക്ഷമാർഗത്തിലേക്ക് മുന്നേറുന്നു. ആരെങ്കിലും നിത്യമായി ‘കൃഷ്ണ, കൃഷ്ണ’ എന്നു ജപിച്ച് എന്നെ സ്മരിക്കുമോ, അവൻ മോക്ഷഗതി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Nitya-smaraṇa of Bhagavān—especially nāma-japa (‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’)—functions as the effective support (parikara) that carries one toward mokṣa.
Vedantic Theme: Bhakti as upāya: constant remembrance purifies antaḥkaraṇa and aligns the jīva with the Lord’s saving grace; nāma is treated as non-different from the named (nāma-nāmi-abheda, in devotional reading).
Application: Establish a daily vow of nāma-japa (audible or mental), especially at liminal times (dawn/dusk, before sleep); use the Name as the immediate response to fear, distraction, or moral lapse.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Uttara/Preta-related sections): repeated emphasis on Viṣṇu-smaraṇa at death and throughout life as a liberating support; Garuda Purana: praise of nāma-kīrtana and Viṣṇu-bhakti as destroyers of pāpa
FAQs
This verse presents constant smaraṇa (remembrance) and nāma-japa of ‘Kṛṣṇa’ as a direct spiritual support that carries one toward mokṣa, especially relevant to the soul’s post-death journey described in the Preta Kanda.
It implies that the subtle traveler is ‘equipped’ with a saving support—here, remembrance of the Lord’s name—by which the being advances toward liberation rather than remaining bound to fearful post-mortem conditions.
Cultivate daily nāma-japa (e.g., repeating ‘Kṛṣṇa’) and remembrance so that the mind naturally turns to the Divine in crisis and at life’s end, strengthening ethical living and spiritual readiness.