Shloka 42
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Varṇāśrama’s Purpose, Ritualism’s Fall, and Yuga-Avatāras with Kali-yuga Saṅkīrtana
स्वपादमूलं भजत: प्रियस्य त्यक्तान्यभावस्य हरि: परेश: । विकर्म यच्चोत्पतितं कथञ्चिद् धुनोति सर्वं हृदि सन्निविष्ट: ॥ ४२ ॥
sva-pāda-mūlam bhajataḥ priyasya tyaktānya-bhāvasya hariḥ pareśaḥ vikarma yac cotpatitaṁ kathañcid dhunoti sarvaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ
အခြားအလုပ်အကိုင်များအားလုံးကို စွန့်လွှတ်ပြီး အမြင့်ဆုံးဘုရား ဟရီ၏ ပဒပဒုမအမြစ်ကို ချစ်ခင်သော ဘက္တတစ်ဦးကဲ့သို့ ဘက္တိပြုသူသည် ဘုရားရှင်၏ အလွန်ချစ်မြတ်နိုးခြင်းကို ရသည်။ ထိုသို့ အပ်နှံထားသော ဝိညာဉ်သည် မတော်တဆ ပాపကর্মတစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ပြုမိသော်လည်း၊ လူတိုင်း၏ နှလုံးထဲ၌ တည်ရှိသော ဘုရားရှင်သည် ထိုပാപ၏ အကျိုးဆက်ကို ချက်ချင်း ဖယ်ရှားပေးသည်။
In the previous verse it was clearly described that a fully surrendered devotee of the Supreme Lord has no need to perform ordinary, worldly duties. Now in this verse it is revealed that devotional service is so pure and potent that a surrendered devotee of the Lord has no need to perform any other purificatory process. As described in the Sixth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, a surrendered devotee has no need to perform prāyaścitta, or atonement for an accidental falldown into sinful activity. Since devotional service is itself the most purifying process, a sincere devotee who has accidentally stumbled on the path should immediately resume his pure devotional service at the lotus feet of the Lord. And thus the Lord will protect him, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā (9.30) :
FAQs
In 11.5.42, Kavi Yogendra explains that when a person lovingly serves the Lord’s lotus feet with exclusive devotion, the Supreme Lord enters the heart and cleanses all sinful reactions—even those that may have arisen accidentally.
During King Nimi’s dialogue with the Nine Yogendras (11.5), Kavi Yogendra teaches the power of pure bhakti—emphasizing that wholehearted surrender to Hari is the most effective purifier and protector for the devotee.
Practice steady devotion—regular hearing/chanting of the Lord’s names, prayer, and serving with sincerity—while avoiding wrongdoing; and if faults occur, return to sincere bhakti, trusting that the Lord purifies the heart of the repentant devotee.