Shloka 8
Karma, Jñāna, and Bhakti: Vedic Dharma, Piety and Sin, and the Boat of Human Life
यदृच्छया मत्कथादौ जातश्रद्धस्तु य: पुमान् । न निर्विण्णो नातिसक्तो भक्तियोगोऽस्य सिद्धिद: ॥ ८ ॥
yadṛcchayā mat-kathādau jāta-śraddhas tu yaḥ pumān na nirviṇṇo nāti-sakto bhakti-yogo ’sya siddhi-daḥ
မည်သို့ပင်ဖြစ်စေ ကံကောင်းခြင်းကြောင့် ငါ့ဂုဏ်တော်များကို နားထောင်ခြင်းနှင့် သီဆိုကီရတန်တွင် ယုံကြည်မှု ပေါ်လာသူသည် မလွန်ကဲစွာ စိတ်ပျက်သူလည်း မဟုတ်၊ မလွန်ကဲစွာ တွယ်တာသူလည်း မဟုတ်; ထိုသူအတွက် ငါ့အပေါ် ချစ်မြတ်နိုးသော ဘက္တိယောဂသည် ပြည့်စုံမှုကို ပေးသည်။
If somehow or other one gets the association of pure devotees of the Lord and hears from them the transcendental message of Lord Kṛṣṇa, then one has the chance to become a devotee of the Lord. As mentioned in the previous verse, those who become disgusted with material life take to impersonal philosophical speculation and rigorously try to stamp out any trace of personal existence. Those who are still attached to material sense gratification try to purify themselves by offering the fruits of their ordinary activities to the Supreme. A first-class candidate for pure devotional service, on the other hand, is neither completely disgusted with nor attached to material life. He does not desire to pursue ordinary material existence any further, because it cannot award real happiness. Nevertheless, a candidate for devotional service does not give up all hope for perfecting personal existence. A person who avoids the two extremes of material attachment and impersonal reaction to material attachment and who somehow or other gets the association of pure devotees, faithfully hearing their message, is a good candidate for going back home, back to Godhead, as described here by the Lord.
FAQs
This verse says that when faith in hearing and discussing Krishna’s narrations arises by good fortune, bhakti-yoga can carry the person to perfection—even if they are not yet fully renounced.
Because such a person is in a realistic transitional stage; bhakti-yoga purifies the heart through hearing and devotion, gradually removing excessive attachment while avoiding dry or premature renunciation.
Begin consistent hearing/reading of Krishna-katha (Bhagavatam), keep duties without obsession, and add devotional practices; steady bhakti will mature your detachment naturally and lead toward spiritual perfection.