Shloka 20
Bhakti as the Easy and Supreme Yoga: Seeing Kṛṣṇa in All and Uddhava’s Departure to Badarikāśrama
न ह्यङ्गोपक्रमे ध्वंसो मद्धर्मस्योद्धवाण्वपि । मया व्यवसित: सम्यङ्निर्गुणत्वादनाशिष: ॥ २० ॥
na hy aṅgopakrame dhvaṁso mad-dharmasyoddhavāṇv api mayā vyavasitaḥ samyaṅ nirguṇatvād anāśiṣaḥ
ချစ်သော ဥဒ္ဓဝ၊ ငါ့ဓမ္မကို စတင်ကျင့်သုံးရာတွင် အနည်းငယ်မျှ ပျက်စီးဆုံးရှုံးမှု မရှိ၊ ငါကိုယ်တိုင် တည်ထောင်ထားသဖြင့် ဂုဏ်သုံးပါးကို လွန်ကဲ၍ အလိုဆန္ဒမဲ့သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ဤလမ်းကို လက်ခံသော ဘက္တသည် အနည်းငယ်မျှ မနစ်နာ။
Although great sages and authorities have established various methods of human progress, the Supreme Lord Himself has introduced the system of bhakti-yoga, wherein one directly takes shelter of the Lord in loving service. One who serves the Lord without personal motivation can never be defeated in his progress and will certainly go back home, back to Godhead, in the near future.
FAQs
Yes. In this verse Krishna tells Uddhava that even a small loss or disruption at the start does not destroy His dharma, because it is nirguṇa (beyond the modes) and not based on material results.
Krishna is instructing Uddhava in the Uddhava Gita, reassuring him that devotional service is spiritually secure: unlike karmic or material pursuits, bhakti does not become meaningless due to imperfect beginnings.
Practice devotion as service rather than a transaction—chant, pray, study, and serve without demanding outcomes—then setbacks won’t discourage you because the value lies in the sincere offering itself.