Shloka 40
Kurukṣetra Pilgrimage: Sages Praise Kṛṣṇa; Vasudeva Inquires on Karma; Viṣṇu-yajña Performed
त्वं त्वद्य मुक्तो द्वाभ्यां वै ऋषिपित्रोर्महामते । यज्ञैर्देवर्णमुन्मुच्य निर्ऋणोऽशरणो भव ॥ ४० ॥
tvaṁ tv adya mukto dvābhyāṁ vai ṛṣi-pitror mahā-mate yajñair devarṇam unmucya nirṛṇo ’śaraṇo bhava
परंतु तू, हे महाबुद्धिमान, ऋषिऋण व पितृऋण—या दोन्ही ऋणांतून आधीच मुक्त आहेस. आता वैदिक यज्ञांनी देवऋणही फेडून पूर्णतः ऋणमुक्त हो आणि सर्व भौतिक आश्रयाचा त्याग कर।
FAQs
This verse explains that one becomes relieved of obligations to sages and forefathers, and should also clear the demigod-debt through yajña—ultimately becoming fully free from all debt and dependent only on the Supreme.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī, while narrating the events of Canto 10 Chapter 84, gives this instruction as a dharmic principle: after fulfilling duties to sages and ancestors, one should also satisfy the demigods through sacrifice and then live in complete spiritual dependence on the Lord.
Honor learning and teachers (ṛṣi-ṛṇa), care for family lineage and elders (pitṛ-ṛṇa), and live responsibly with gratitude (deva-ṛṇa); then cultivate single-pointed reliance on God rather than worldly supports.