SB 1.2.6
अहैतुक्यप्रतिहता ययात्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ ६ ॥
ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati
Synonyms
[Here, the answer to the sages’ first question regarding humanity’s ultimate good (ekāntataḥ śreyaḥ, SB 1.1.9) is given by Sūta.15]; saḥ — that; vai — alone [eva]; paraḥ — [is] the supreme; dharmaḥ — essential duty [the ultimate good (ekāntikaṁ śreyaḥ); here meaning sādhana-bhakti in the form of śravaṇa, kīrtana, and other such practices (śravaṇa-kīrtanādi-rūpo yo dharmaḥ sa bhaktir eva sādhana-nāmnī)16]; puṁsām — of human beings; yataḥ — from [i.e., by] which; ahaitukī — causeless [arising without cause, signifying its categorical distinction from the material guṇas (hetuṁ vinaivotpadyamānā iti saguṇā vyāvṛttā)]; apratihatā — unobstructed [like an unbroken stream of oil (taila-dhārāvad avacchinna)17]; bhaktiḥ — devotion [characterized as divine love (prema-lakṣaṇā)]; adhokṣaje — for Adhokṣaja, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; [can come into being (bhavet) of its own accord as the completion stage of bhakti itself (bhaktir eva pāk-daśāyām)]; yayā — as a consequence of which; ātmā — the self [or consciousness (cittaḥ)18]; suprasīdati — is completely fulfilled.19
Translation
That alone is humanity’s supreme essential duty [meaning sādhana-bhakti] by which causeless, unobstructed bhakti [characterized as divine love (prema-lakṣaṇā)] for Adhokṣaja, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, can come into being, as a consequence of which the self is completely fulfilled.