Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 14
Ṛṣabhadeva Instructs His Sons: Tapasya, Mahātmā-Sevā, and Cutting the Heart-Knot
कर्माशयं हृदयग्रन्थिबन्ध- मविद्ययासादितमप्रमत्त: । अनेन योगेन यथोपदेशं सम्यग्व्यपोह्योपरमेत योगात् ॥ १४ ॥
karmāśayaṁ hṛdaya-granthi-bandham avidyayāsāditam apramattaḥ anena yogena yathopadeśaṁ samyag vyapohyoparameta yogāt
正如我所建议的那样，我亲爱的儿子们，你们应该照着去做。要非常小心。通过这些方法，你们将从功利性活动的无知中解脱出来，心中的束缚之结将被彻底切断。
The process of liberation is brahma jijñāsā, the search for the Absolute Truth. Generally brahma jijñāsā is called neti neti, the process by which one analyzes existence to search out the Absolute Truth. This method continues as long as one is not situated in his spiritual life. Spiritual life is brahma-bhūta, the self-realized state. In the words of Bhagavad-gītā (18.54) :
FAQs
This verse says the heart-knot—bondage formed by ignorance and karmic impressions—should be thoroughly removed by the prescribed yoga, leading to freedom from bondage.
Ṛṣabhadeva instructed His sons to become vigilant and uproot ignorance-born karmic bondage, so their lives would culminate in liberation rather than continued entanglement in material desires.
Practice a disciplined spiritual method (yoga as taught by scripture and guru), stay alert to desire-driven habits, and aim to remove the root ignorance behind them—so practice becomes a means to inner freedom, not another identity.