Shloka 127
Mukti-tattva Upadeśa: Knowledge as the Direct Cause of Liberation
भजत जितहृषीकाः कृष्णमेनं मुनीशं समजनि बत यस्माद्गीः सुधासारधारा / पृषतमपि यदीयं वर्णरूपं निपीय श्रुतिपुटचुलुकेन प्राप्नुयादात्मनैक्यम्
bhajata jitahṛṣīkāḥ kṛṣṇamenaṃ munīśaṃ samajani bata yasmādgīḥ sudhāsāradhārā / pṛṣatamapi yadīyaṃ varṇarūpaṃ nipīya śrutipuṭaculukena prāpnuyādātmanaikyam
ఇంద్రియజయులారా! ఈ కృష్ణవర్ణ మునీశ్వరుని భజించుడి; ఇతనివలననే అమృతసారధారవలె వాక్ప్రవాహం జనించింది. ఇతని వాక్యంలోని ఒక బొట్టు అయినా చెవుల అంజలితో పానంచేస్తే ఆత్మైక్యం పొందగలరు।
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Worship Kṛṣṇa with conquered senses; his nectar-like speech, even in a drop received through attentive hearing, can grant ātma-aikya (oneness with the Self).
Vedantic Theme: Śabda-pramāṇa and śravaṇa as direct means to realization; bhakti culminating in jñāna (bhakti-jnāna-sāmarasya) and non-dual assimilation.
Application: Practice indriya-jaya (sense restraint), then engage in focused śravaṇa of Kṛṣṇa-kathā/teachings; treat each line as ‘amṛta-bindu’—reflect and meditate until it transforms identity.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: Vaiṣṇava-mahātmyas praising nāma/kathā as amṛta and liberating; Adjacent verses (2.49.128–129) describing sages ‘drinking’ Vaiṣṇava speech-nectar and attaining satisfaction/joy
FAQs
This verse says even a small ‘sip’ of divine teaching received through the ears can lead to ātma-aikya (union with the Self), making śravaṇa a direct means toward liberation.
It points the soul toward freedom by sense-mastery and devotion: when the senses are restrained and one drinks in the Lord’s nectar-like instruction, one attains inner unity rather than remaining bound to post-death wandering.
Practice sense-discipline and regularly listen to/recite puranic or vedantic teachings with attention; even brief daily śravaṇa is presented here as transformative toward self-knowledge.