Shloka 8
Moksha and Svarga through Dāna, Tīrtha, Nāma-smaraṇa, and Bhāva
बद्धः परिकरस्तेन मोक्षाय गमनं प्रति / कृष्णकृष्णेति कृष्णेति यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः
baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati / kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ
اُس سہارے سے آراستہ ہو کر وہ موکش کے راستے پر گامزن ہوتا ہے۔ جو ہمیشہ ‘کرشن، کرشن’ کہہ کر میرا سمرن کرتا ہے، وہ موکش کی گتی پاتا ہے۔
Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Nitya-smaraṇa of Bhagavān—especially nāma-japa (‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’)—functions as the effective support (parikara) that carries one toward mokṣa.
Vedantic Theme: Bhakti as upāya: constant remembrance purifies antaḥkaraṇa and aligns the jīva with the Lord’s saving grace; nāma is treated as non-different from the named (nāma-nāmi-abheda, in devotional reading).
Application: Establish a daily vow of nāma-japa (audible or mental), especially at liminal times (dawn/dusk, before sleep); use the Name as the immediate response to fear, distraction, or moral lapse.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Uttara/Preta-related sections): repeated emphasis on Viṣṇu-smaraṇa at death and throughout life as a liberating support; Garuda Purana: praise of nāma-kīrtana and Viṣṇu-bhakti as destroyers of pāpa
FAQs
This verse presents constant smaraṇa (remembrance) and nāma-japa of ‘Kṛṣṇa’ as a direct spiritual support that carries one toward mokṣa, especially relevant to the soul’s post-death journey described in the Preta Kanda.
It implies that the subtle traveler is ‘equipped’ with a saving support—here, remembrance of the Lord’s name—by which the being advances toward liberation rather than remaining bound to fearful post-mortem conditions.
Cultivate daily nāma-japa (e.g., repeating ‘Kṛṣṇa’) and remembrance so that the mind naturally turns to the Divine in crisis and at life’s end, strengthening ethical living and spiritual readiness.