Devanagari
ज्ञानेन दृष्टतत्त्वेन वैराग्येण बलीयसा ।
तपोयुक्तेन योगेन तीव्रेणात्मसमाधिना ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
jṣānena dṛṣṭa-tattvena
vairāgyeṇa balīyasā
tapo-yuktena yogena
tīvreṇātma-samādhinā
Synonyms
jṣānena
—
in knowledge
;
dṛṣṭa
—
tattvena — with vision of the Absolute Truth
;
vairāgyeṇa
—
with renunciation
;
balīyasā
—
very strong
;
tapaḥ
—
yuktena — by engagement in austerity
;
yogena
—
by mystic yoga
;
tīvreṇa
—
firmly fixed
;
ātma
—
samādhinā — by self-absorption .
Translation
This devotional service has to be performed strongly in perfect knowledge and with transcendental vision. One must be strongly renounced and must engage in austerity and perform mystic yoga in order to be firmly fixed in self-absorption.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Lord said; By energetic bhakti to me for a long time, without desire for results, which purifies the heart and is performed according to one’s occupational duties, by knowledge with realization of the elements, by strong renunciation, by yoga accompanied by austerities, by intense concentration on the Lord, the subtle body of the jīva burns continually and gradually disappears, like the kindling stick is consumed by fire.
O mother! Prakṛti is not the cause of bondage for the jīva. Imposition of prakṛti’s guṇas on the jīva is the cause. This is caused by ignorance. By destroying ignorance one attains liberation. Sometimes, by faults in practice, the fear of saṁsāra reappears. When Kapila speaks of intense practice, such a condition of fear is excluded. This bhakti should be performed without desire for results (animitta). It purifies the antaḥkaraṇa (amala ātmanā). It should be energetic because of spontaneity (tīvrayā). It should be nourished by hearing about me (śruta-saṁbhṛtayā).
The subtle body (prakrṭiḥ) of the jīva becomes burned up, conquered, destroyed. It is like a stick in relation to a fire. Fire is produced by the kindling stick (araṇiḥ) but destroys the stick. Knowledge is produced by the subtle body (mind) but destroys that subtle body.
Purport
Devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be performed blindly due to material emotion or mental concoction. It is specifically mentioned here that one has to perform devotional service in full knowledge by visualizing the Absolute Truth. We can understand about the Absolute Truth by evolving transcendental knowledge, and the result of such transcendental knowledge will be manifested by renunciation. That renunciation is not temporary or artificial, but is very strong. It is said that development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is exhibited by proportionate material detachment, or
vairāgya.
If one does not separate himself from material enjoyment, it is to be understood that he is not advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Renunciation in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so strong that it cannot be deviated by any attractive illusion. One has to perform devotional service in full
tapasya,
austerity. One should fast on the two Ekādaśī days, which fall on the eleventh day of the waxing and waning moon, and on the birthdays of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Rāma and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There are many such fasting days.
Yogena
means “by controlling the senses and mind.”
Yoga indriya-saṁyamaḥ.
Yogena
implies that one is seriously absorbed in the self and is able, by development of knowledge, to understand his constitutional position in relationship with the Superself. In this way one becomes fixed in devotional service, and his faith cannot be shaken by any material allurement.