śraddhatsvaitan mataḿ mahyaḿ
juṣṭaḿ yad brahma-vādibhiḥ
yena mām abhayaḿ yāyā
mṛtyum ṛcchanty atad-vidaḥ
SYNONYMS:
śraddhatsva — you may rest assured; etat — about this; matam — instruction; mahyam — My; juṣṭam — followed; yat — which; brahma-vādibhiḥ — by transcendentalists; yena — by which; mām — unto Me; abhayam — without fear; yāyāḥ — you shall reach; mṛtyum — death; ṛcchanti — attain; a-tat-vidaḥ — persons who are not conversant with this.TRANSLATION:
My dear mother, those who are actually transcendentalists certainly follow My instructions, as I have given them to you. You may rest assured that if you traverse this path of self-realization perfectly, surely you shall be freed from fearful material contamination and shall ultimately reach Me. Mother, persons who are not conversant with this method of devotional service certainly cannot get out of the cycle of birth and death.
PURPORT:
Material existence is full of anxiety, and therefore it is fearful. One who gets out of this material existence automatically becomes free from all anxieties and fear. One who follows the path of devotional service enunciated by Lord Kapila is very easily liberated.
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.33.12
maitreya uvāca
iti pradarśya bhagavān
satīḿ tām ātmano gatim
sva-mātrā brahma-vādinyā
kapilo 'numato yayau
SYNONYMS:
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; iti — thus; pradarśya — after instructing; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; satīm — venerable; tām — that; ātmanaḥ — of self-realization; gatim — path; sva-mātrā — from His mother; brahma-vādinyā — self-realized; kapilaḥ — Lord Kapila; anumataḥ — took permission; yayau — left.
TRANSLATION:
Śrī Maitreya said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapila, after instructing His beloved mother, took permission from her and left His home, His mission having been fulfilled.
PURPORT:
The mission of the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Kapila was to distribute the transcendental knowledge of Sāńkhya philosophy, which is full of devotional service. Having imparted that knowledge to His mother — and, through His mother, to the world — Kapiladeva had no more need to stay at home, so He took permission from His mother and left. Apparently He left home for spiritual realization, although He had nothing to realize spiritually because He Himself is the person to be spiritually realized. Therefore this is an example set by the Supreme Personality of Godhead while acting like an ordinary human being so that others might learn from Him. He could, of course, have stayed with His mother, but He indicated that there was no need to stay with the family. It is best to remain alone as a brahmacārī, sannyāsī or vānaprastha and cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness throughout one's whole life. Those who are unable to remain alone are given license to live in household life with wife and children, not for sense gratification but for cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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