sva-bhṛtya-saṁsāra-taroḥ kuṭhāram
sva-bhṛtya-saṁsāra-taroḥ kuṭhāram
jijñāsayāhaṁ prakṛteḥ pūruṣasya
namāmi sad-dharma-vidāṁ variṣṭham
Surrendering unto you, the axe to cut the tree of material existence for your devotees, I offer respects to you, the best among the knowers of bhakti, with a desire to know about the jīva in the material world and prakṛti.
I should ask you and no one else, with a desire to know about the puruṣa, the jīva in the material world, and about prakṛti, from which material existence arises. You are the best among the knowers of the process to destroy saṁṣāra, the process of bhakti-yoga (sad-dharma).
|| 3.25.12 ||
maitreya uvāca
iti sva-mātur niravadyam īpsitaṁ
niśamya puṁsām apavarga-vardhanam
dhiyābhinandyātmavatāṁ satāṁ gatir
babhāṣa īṣat-smita-śobhitānanaḥ
Maitreya said: Hearing his mother’s faultless desire for increasing liberation of humanity, Kapila, thanking her by his intelligence, with a slight smile on his shining face, spoke about the path of the devotees who accept Kapila as the Lord.
Apavarga-vardhanam means “increasing liberation” or “cutting out material life.” Ātma-vatām means “of those take Lord Kapila as the object of service.” Satām means “of the devotees.” Kapila smiled, “You are the mother of me, the Supreme Lord. How can you be in māyā? Anyway, I will teach something to deliver the common people, through teaching you.”
|| 3.25.13 ||
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yoga ādhyātmikaḥ puṁsāṁ
mato niḥśreyasāya me
atyantoparatir yatra
duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca
The Supreme Lord said: I approve of yoga concerning the ātmā for giving one personal benefit. By that, there is complete uprooting of material happiness and distress.
Yoga concerning the jīvātmā (ādhyātmikaḥ) is approved as the most beneficial method for oneself (niḥśreyasāya). It has three types: bhakti, jñana and aṣtāṅga-yoga. For bhakti, benefit for oneself is a secondary effect. Being situated in this yoga, one uproots material happiness and distress.
|| 3.25.14 ||
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