prāyeṇa veda tad idaṁ na mahājano 'yaṁ
prāyeṇa veda tad idaṁ na mahājano 'yaṁ
devyā vimohita-matir bata māyayālam
trayyāṁ jaḍī-kṛta-matir madhu-puṣpitāyāṁ
vaitānike mahati karmaṇi yujyamānaḥ
Other persons, bewildered in intelligence by very powerful māyā, having material intelligence, engaging in great rituals with elaborate arrangements mentioned in the Vedas with flowery language, generally do not know this dharma.
“Why is it that the learned do not generally teach the best of all dharmas, which easily gives liberation--worshipping the Lord by chanting his name? Rather they teach and perform karma-yoga.” Great persons like Jaimini do not know. “How is it that writers of scripture do not know?” The powerful and learned are bewildered by powerful māyā, what to speak of the fools being bewildered. Their intelligence is without discrimination, because of absorption in the three Vedas, which produce flowers of exaggerated results which are very sweet. Therefore they become involved in great sacrifices like darśa-pauṇamāsa with great effort, with elaborate materials, mantras and performance (vaikānike). There is no chanting of the name, which is easily done.
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evaṁ vimṛśya sudhiyo bhagavaty anante
sarvātmanā vidadhate khalu bhāva-yogam
te me na daṇḍam arhanty atha yady amīṣāṁ
syāt pātakaṁ tad api hanty urugāya-vādaḥ
Considering in this way, the intelligent people accept bhakti-yoga to the infinite Lord with their whole mind. They cannot be punished by me. If they happen to commit sin, chanting the Lord’s name destroys that sin.
Brahmā has said:
athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-
prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno
na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan
My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know you, even though they continue to study the Vedas for many years. SB 10.14.29
Thus, the knowers of scripture do not know the truth about the Lord, but those who do not know scripture, by obtaining the mercy of the Lord and becoming purified in intelligence, developing discrimination, worship the Lord. Such persons worship the Lord with all their minds (sarvaṭmanā), not for the purpose of performing daily or occasional rites, not even occupying one part of his mind with these ideas. They are not to be punished for avoiding performance of daily or occasional rites of karma-yoga. If by accident they commit some forbidden act, kīrtana (vādaḥ) destroys the sin.
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