viraktim anyatra karoti puṁsaḥ
viraktim anyatra karoti puṁsaḥ
hareḥ padānusmṛti-nirvṛtasya
samasta-duḥkhāpyayam āśu dhatte
Topics of the Lord, increasing in the mind of the devotee, create disgust with everything else. They quickly destroy all suffering for the person blissfully engaged in constant remembrance of the feet of the Lord.
This verse describes the result of absorbing the mind in topics of the Lord, according to qualification. Topics of the Lord (sā) increase within that faithful devotee who thinks that they are the highest goal of human life (śraddadhānasya). Those topics bring detachment from dharma, artha, mama and mokṣa (anyatra). But if they produce detachment from even liberation, how can there be destruction of material life and bliss? For the person who has gained bliss (nirvṛtasya) by realizing the sweetness of the Lord by remembrance of his feet at every moment (anusmṛti), those topics destroy the suffering of materiallife very quickly.
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tāñ chocya-śocyān avido ’nuśoce
hareḥ kathāyāṁ vimukhān aghena
kṣiṇoti devo ’nimiṣas tu yeṣām
āyur vṛthā-vāda-gati-smṛtīnām
I lament for the most lamentable, ignorant people who are opposed to the topics of the Lord because of offenses. Time destroys the life of those who are absorbed in useless words, actions and mind.
There are three types of people related to topics of the Lord: those with faith, those with no faith and those who are opposed. According to Bhāgavatam, those are called faithful who have conviction that bhakti is the highest process and goal, since it is mentioned in many verses.
tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta na nirvidyeta yāvatā
mat-kathā-śravaṇādau vā śraddhā yāvan na jāyate
As long as one does not become detached from daily and periodic duties or has not awakened his faith in hearing topics about me, one must perform one’s prescribed duties of varṇāśrama. SB 11.20.9
jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsu nirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasu
veda duḥkhātmakān kāmān parityāge ’py anīśvaraḥ
tato bhajeta māṁ prītaḥ śraddhālur dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
juṣamāṇaś ca tān kāmān duḥkhodarkāṁś ca garhayan
Having developed faith in topics about me and being disgusted with all karmas, he knows that all enjoyments are filled with misery. But he is unable to given them up. Still, with affection for me, with faith and determination, he will continue worshipping me, at the same time partaking of those enjoyments which give rise to suffering and condemning them. SB 11.20.27-28
Such persons have faith that bhakti is the only process for achieving the highest spiritual goal. Those who desire to achieve artha, dharma, kāma and mokṣa without bhakti are the opposers. The faithful are described with joy, the unfaithful are omitted, and the opposers are lamented. The pure devotees lament for those engaged in practices for Svarga or liberation. And they lament for those practicing karma, jñāna and yoga without bhakti. The cause is their ignorance. Though they may study the scriptures they do not understand the final meaning. They oppose the Lord’s topics because of great offense (aghena), either recent or ancient. Animiṣaḥ means time. To establish their opinions, they boldly show off their words, actions and minds. This is criticized as useless (vṛthā).
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