Shloka 13
Parīkṣit’s Full Surrender and Śukadeva’s Maṅgalācaraṇa to Kṛṣṇa
Inquiry into Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution
भूयो नम: सद्वृजिनच्छिदेऽसता- मसम्भवायाखिलसत्त्वमूर्तये । पुंसां पुन: पारमहंस्य आश्रमे व्यवस्थितानामनुमृग्यदाशुषे ॥ १३ ॥
bhūyo namaḥ sad-vṛjina-cchide ’satām asambhavāyākhila-sattva-mūrtaye puṁsāṁ punaḥ pāramahaṁsya āśrame vyavasthitānām anumṛgya-dāśuṣe
Aku sekali lagi bersujud kepada Tuhan yang berwujud kewujudan murni: Dia memutuskan derita para sadhu-bhakta dan memusnahkan kemaraan sifat ateistik golongan asura yang tidak berbhakti; kepada para paramahaṁsa yang teguh, Dia mengurniakan tujuan rohani mereka dengan segera.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the complete form of all existence, both material and spiritual. Akhila means complete, or that which is not khila, inferior. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, there are two kinds of nature ( prakṛti ), namely the material nature and the spiritual nature, or the external and internal potencies of the Lord. The material nature is called aparā, or inferior, and the spiritual nature is called superior or transcendental. Therefore the form of the Lord is not of the inferior, material nature. He is complete transcendence. And He is mūrti, or having transcendental form. The less intelligent men, who are unaware of His transcendental form, describe Him as impersonal Brahman. But Brahman is simply the rays of His transcendental body ( yasya prabhā ). The devotees, who are aware of His transcendental form, render Him service; therefore the Lord also reciprocates by His causeless mercy and thus delivers His devotees from all distresses. The pious men who follow the rulings of the Vedas are also dear to Him, and therefore the pious men of this world are also protected by Him. The impious and the nondevotees are against the principles of the Vedas, and so such persons are always hampered from making advances in their nefarious activities. Some of them, who are specially favored by the Lord, are killed by Him personally, as in the cases of Rāvaṇa, Hiraṇyakaśipu and Kaṁsa, and thus such demons get salvation and are thereby checked from further progress in their demoniac activities. Just like a kind father, either in His favor upon the devotees or His punishment of the demons He is ever kind to everyone because He is the complete existence for all individual existence.
FAQs
This verse praises the Lord as the destroyer of the true miseries and inauspiciousness of the saintly, indicating that sincere devotion draws His protective, purifying grace.
Because those opposed to devotion (asatām) do not approach Him through surrender and service; without bhakti, He remains ‘asambhava’—not truly reachable or realized.
Cultivate single-minded pursuit of God through regular hearing, chanting, and service, reducing distractions and ego so one’s life steadily aligns with spiritual purpose.