Shloka 29
Lord Viṣṇu Instructs Pṛthu: Forgiveness, Ātmā-Deha Viveka, and the Bhakti Ideal of Kingship
भजन्त्यथ त्वामत एव साधवो व्युदस्तमायागुणविभ्रमोदयम् । भवत्पदानुस्मरणादृते सतां निमित्तमन्यद्भगवन्न विद्महे ॥ २९ ॥
bhajanty atha tvām ata eva sādhavo vyudasta-māyā-guṇa-vibhramodayam bhavat-padānusmaraṇād ṛte satāṁ nimittam anyad bhagavan na vidmahe
اسی لیے مایا کے گُنوں کے فریب سے آزاد سادھو آپ کی بھکتی اختیار کرتے ہیں، کیونکہ بھکتی ہی سے مادّی وہم دور ہوتا ہے۔ اے بھگوان! ستّ جنوں کے لیے آپ کے کنول چرنوں کا مسلسل سمرن ہی واحد سبب ہے؛ اس کے سوا ہم کوئی اور وجہ نہیں جانتے۔
The karmīs are generally engaged in fruitive activities for material bodily comforts. The jñānīs, however, are disgusted with searching after material comforts. They understand that they have nothing to do with this material world, being spirit souls. After self-realization, the jñānīs who are actually mature in their knowledge must surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord, as stated in Bhagavad-gītā ( bahūnāṁ janmanām ante ). Self-realization is not complete unless one comes to the devotional platform. Therefore it is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that those who are ātmārāma, self-satisfied, are freed from all contaminations of the material modes of nature. As long as one is affected by the modes of material nature, especially by rajas and tamas, he will be very greedy and lusty and will therefore engage in hard tasks, laboring all day and night. Such false egoism carries one from one species of life into another perpetually, and there is no rest in any species of life. The jñānī understands this fact and therefore ceases to work and takes to karma-sannyāsa.
FAQs
This verse says that for the saintly, nothing is as effective as constant remembrance of the Lord’s lotus feet; they know no other true cause for real good.
In their prayers they highlight that the Lord is beyond the bewildering influence of māyā’s modes, and that devotion centered on His lotus feet is the sure path for the righteous.
Keep regular sādhana—japa, hearing/reading Bhagavatam, and mindful remembrance during work—so the mind repeatedly returns to the Lord instead of being carried by material modes.