satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani
śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati
From association with the best devotees, topics of my glorious pastimes become directly realized, bringing the devotee to niṣṭhā. Then the topics become an elixir for the heart and ears at the stage of ruci. By taste for these topics, āsakti, bhāva and then prema for the Lord who is the destroyer of material life, quickly develop in sequence.
Only by association with devotees does the mind develop attraction to the Lord. The stages are described here. The previous verse mentioned that association should be desired. Then, faith first arises. From excellent (pra) association of the devotees, stories of my pastimes become nectar for the ears. From inferior association there is only bhajana-kriya, but the stories do not become nectar. Thus from excellent association the stories cause anartha-nivṛtti. Then those stories cause niṣṭhā. Those stories become directly realization (samvidaḥ) of my great qualities (vīrya). Those topics then produce ruci: they are pleasing to the ear and heart. From the taste (joṣaṇāt) of those topics, āsakti (śraddhā) and then bhāva (ratiḥ) for the Lord, who destroys material existence, appears. Then prema (bhaktiḥ) follows in this order (anu). The bhakti explained by me now will be preached in the world following this sequence.
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bhaktyā pumāñ jāta-virāga aindriyād
dṛṣṭa-śrutān mad-racanānucintayā
cittasya yatto grahaṇe yoga-yukto
yatiṣyate ṛjubhir yoga-mārgaiḥ
The human being, being disgusted with sense happiness in this life and the next, contemplating my pastimes with devotion, and making effort to control his mind as he engages in yoga, in the future will endeavour on the correct path of yoga as taught by me.
Having described pure bhakti, Kapila describes yoga. The yogī develops distaste for happiness visible in this life or heard about for next life. Being engaged in yoga by thinking of my pastimes (mad-racana), endeavouring for control of the mind, he will endeavour by the correct path of yoga, made easy because of mixing it with bhakti. In the future men will endeavour on this path which I will establish.
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