Shloka 58
The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa (Avanti-brāhmaṇa-gītā): Mind as the Root of Suffering and Equanimity Amid Insult
श्रीभगवानुवाच निर्विद्य नष्टद्रविणे गतक्लम: प्रव्रज्य गां पर्यटमान इत्थम् । निराकृतोऽसद्भिरपि स्वधर्मा- दकम्पितोऽमूं मुनिराह गाथाम् ॥ ५८ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca nirvidya naṣṭa-draviṇe gata-klamaḥ pravrajya gāṁ paryaṭamāna ittham nirākṛto ’sadbhir api sva-dharmād akampito ’mūṁ munir āha gāthām
သီရိကృష్ణ ဘုရားမိန့်တော်မူသည်—ဓနပစ္စည်း ပျက်စီးသွားသောအခါ ထိုရဟန်းမုနိသည် ဝိရာဂျ္ယ ရရှိ၍ စိတ်ညစ်မှုနှင့် ပင်ပန်းမှုကို စွန့်လွှတ်하였다။ သူသည် သန്യാസကို ခံယူကာ အိမ်ကို စွန့်ပြီး မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် လှည့်လည်သွားလာ하였다။ မိုက်မဲသော လူဆိုးများက အပြစ်တင်စော်ကားသော်လည်း မိမိဓမ္မမှ မလှုပ်မယှက်ဘဲ ဤဂါထာကို သီဆို하였다။
Those becoming free from the materialistic way of life, which involves grueling austerities performed to acquire money, may chant the preceding song of the Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that if one is not capable of listening to the song of this sannyāsī, then one will certainly remain an obedient servant of material illusion.
FAQs
This verse says the sage remained unshaken and did not deviate from his dharma even when rejected by wicked people—teaching inner steadiness rooted in right conduct, not public approval.
In the Uddhava Gītā context, Kṛṣṇa uses the Avadhūta’s life as a model of vairāgya and spiritual resilience, preparing Uddhava to understand wisdom that is independent of external gain or loss.
When setbacks or social rejection happen, focus on principled living (svadharma), simplify attachments, and keep spiritual practice steady—so your purpose doesn’t collapse with changing circumstances.