Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 40
The Prayers of the Personified Vedas (Śruti-stuti) and the Indescribable Absolute
त्वदवगमी न वेत्ति भवदुत्थशुभाशुभयो- र्गुणविगुणान्वयांस्तर्हि देहभृतां च गिर: । अनुयुगमन्वहं सगुण गीतपरम्परया श्रवणभृतो यतस्त्वमपवर्गगतिर्मनुजै: ॥ ४० ॥
tvad avagamī na vetti bhavad-uttha-śubhāśubhayor guṇa-viguṇānvayāṁs tarhi deha-bhṛtāṁ ca giraḥ anu-yugam anv-ahaṁ sa-guṇa gīta-paramparayā śravaṇa-bhṛto yatas tvam apavarga-gatir manu-jaiḥ
当人证悟你时，便不再在意由往昔善恶业所生的吉凶祸福，因为唯有你主宰这一切；他也不把凡夫的议论放在心上。每日他以聆听你的功德与荣耀充满双耳——那是由摩奴后裔不绝的传承在每一时代所歌咏——于是你成为他究竟解脱之归途。
Text 39 clearly states that impersonalistic renunciants will continue to suffer birth after birth. One may ask if this suffering is justified, since a renunciant’s status should exempt him from suffering, whether or not he has a devotional attitude. As the śruti-mantra states, eṣa nityo mahimā brāhmaṇasya na karmaṇā vardhate no kanīyān: “The perpetual glory of a brāhmaṇa is never increased or diminished as a result of any of his activities.” ( Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.28) To counter the objection thus raised, the personified Vedas offer this prayer.
FAQs
This verse says that one who truly realizes the Lord does not see Him as connected to auspicious/inauspicious or virtue/vice—those dualities belong to conditioned perception, not to the Absolute.
The verse explains that embodied beings keep a tradition of praising Him ‘with attributes’ because such descriptions support hearing and devotion, and the Lord is the practical path to liberation for humans.
Practice regular śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (chanting) of the Lord’s names and qualities, while remembering that divine qualities are revealed for devotion and liberation—not to limit God within human moral dualities.