Shloka 78
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
निराशी: कर्मसंयुक्त: सत्त्वतश्नाप्पकल्मष: । सात्त्वतज्ञानदृष्टोडहं सत्त्वतामिति सात्त्वत:ः
nirāśīḥ karmasaṁyuktaḥ sattvataś cāpy akalmaṣaḥ | sāttvata-jñāna-dṛṣṭo 'haṁ sattvatām iti sāttvataḥ ||
(dhanañjaya! ahaṁ pūrvaṁ kadācid api sattvāc cyuto na bhūtaḥ | sattvaṁ matta eva utpannam iti manyasva | mama tat purātanaṁ sattvam asmin avatāra-kāle 'pi vidyate | sattva-kāraṇād eva ahaṁ pāpa-rahitaḥ niṣkāma-karmaṇi pravṛtto bhavāmi | bhagavat-prāpta-puruṣāṇāṁ sāttvata-jñānena (pañcarātrādi-vaiṣṇava-tantraiḥ) mama svarūpa-bodho bhavati | etaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ lokā māṁ “sāttvata” iti vadanti |)
我离于贪求而行于事业，凭借萨埵（sattva）之德而不为罪垢所染；人们以“萨埵跋多之智”识我真相，故称我为“萨埵跋多”（Sāttvata）。噢，檀那阇耶！我从未背离萨埵。应知萨埵由我而生；我那古老的清净，在此一世化身之中亦常住不失。因萨埵之故，我虽行无欲之业而恒常无罪。凡已证得主者，皆由“萨埵跋多之智”（如《般遮罗多》等毗湿奴派教典）而悟我本体。由此诸因，世人称我为“萨埵跋多”。
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Educational Q&A
Purity (sattva) enables desireless action: one can remain actively engaged in karma while being free from craving and moral stain. The verse also links true understanding of the divine nature to sāttvata-jñāna—disciplined devotional knowledge—suggesting that ethical action and spiritual insight arise from the same inner clarity.
The speaker explains why he is called “Sāttvata”: he is inherently established in sattva, never deviates from it, and therefore acts without selfish desire and without sin. He further states that realized devotees comprehend his true form through Sāttvata-knowledge (associated with Vaiṣṇava traditions like the Pāñcarātra).