Kapila Describes the Types of Bhakti
Chapter Twenty-nine
Kapila Describes the Types of Bhakti
|| 3.29.1-2||
devahūtir uvāca
lakṣaṇaṁ mahad-ādīnāṁ
prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca
svarūpaṁ lakṣyate 'mīṣāṁ
yena tat-pāramārthikam
yathā sāṅkhyeṣu kathitaṁ
yan-mūlaṁ tat pracakṣate
bhakti-yogasya me mārgaṁ
brūhi vistaraśaḥ prabho
Devahūti said: O Lord! Please tell me in detail about the path of bhakti-yoga without which one cannot know the characteristics of mahat-tattva and the other elements, as well as prakṛti and puruṣa, as told by you according to Sāṅkhya philosophy, by which their very natures are known in mutual divisions.
The Twenty-ninth Chapter describes bhakti affected by the guṇas and pure bhakti, as well as giving respect to living beings and the power of time.
Having heard about Sāṅkya and yoga, Devahūti again desires to about bhakti with its different types, since she should perform that process, though she has already heard about. Thus she inquires. You have described the characteristics of the elements such as mahat-tattva, by which their very natures, in divisions, are known. You should tell me about bhakti, the root cause of knowledge of those elements, without which they cannot be known.
|| 3.29.3 ||
virāgo yena puruṣo
bhagavan sarvato bhavet
ācakṣva jīva-lokasya
vividhā mama saṁsṛtīḥ
O Lord! Please describe to me the various births and deaths of the living entities, for by hearing about them a person becomes completely detached from the world.
To begin bhakti one needs a little detachment. Thus she asks about detachment. Please tell about saṁsāra, by whose explanations one becomes detached.
|| 3.29.4 ||
kālasyeśvara-rūpasya
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