SB 1.7.6

Synonyms

[Vyāsa also saw (tañ cāpaśyat)²⁷]; sākṣāt — [that] the direct [uninterrupted and unobstructed (avyavadhānena)²⁸]; bhakti-yogam — yoga of devotion [here implying sādhana-bhakti, characterized by hearing, singing, and so on, and not prema-bhakti, because practice alone is dependent on instructions, whereas prema is dependent only on Bhagavān’s causeless grace (anuṣṭhānaṁ hy upadeśāpekṣyaṁ prema tu tat-prasādāpekṣyam iti)²⁹]; adhokṣaje — to Adhokṣaja [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; [is the means (abhidheyam)³⁰]; upaśamam — to uproot; anartha — this defilement; [having personally witnessed all this in the state of samādhi (etat sarvaṁ svayaṁ dṛṣtvā); meaning, having directly perceived in order, first Pūrṇa Bhagavān, His portions (tad-aṁśān), including the puruṣāvatāras and guṇāvatāras, Brahman, which is the signifier of His completion (pūrti-rūpaṁ), His effulgence in the form of His variegated conscious potency (tat-kānti-bhūtām aneka-prabhedavatīṁ cic-chaktim), His extrinsic potency (bahiraṅgā-śaktim), māyā, which was posterior to Him (pṛṣṭhe), the jīvas, who are bewildered by māyā, and His potency of grace (anugrahā-śakti-vilāsa-bhūtām) in the form of bhakti, the preeminent aspect of His all-exceeding intrinsic potency that dispels the jīvas’ delusion (tasyās tan-moha-nivarttikāṁ sarvato’pi mahatīṁ cic-chakti-mukhyām)³¹]; vidvān — the all-seeing Vyāsa [sarva-jñānavān vyāsaḥ³²]; cakre — composed; sātvata-saṁhitām — this Sātvata-saṁhitā [Śrīmad Bhāgavata, which discloses the ontological truth regarding all of the above mentioned fundamentals (etāṁ sarva-tattva-prakāśikām)³³]; lokasya — for the benefit of people in general [lokasyopakārāya³⁴]; [evam] ajānataḥ — who are unaware of this fact [that bhakti is the means of uprooting the defilement of the threefold miseries (tāpa-traya-rūpānartha-upaśamanātmakam-upāyam-ajānataḥ)³⁵]; [by these three verses, the essential import of Śrīmad Bhāgavata has been disclosed in brief (tad-anena śloka-trayeṇa śrī bhāgavatārthaḥ saṅkṣepeṇa darśitaḥ)].

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