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In this verse the word kṣetra-vit is also important. This word is explained in Bhagavad-gītā (13.2): idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram …

tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ …

(Bhāg. 1.5.17)

If a person, out of sentiment or for some other reason, takes to the shelter of the lotus feet of …

yasminn idaṁ sad-asad-ātmatayā vibhāti māyā viveka-vidhuti sraji vāhi-buddhiḥ taṁ nitya-mukta-pariśuddha-viśuddha-tattvaṁ pratyūḍha-karma-kalila-prakṛtiṁ prapadye

The Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests Himself as one with the cause and effect within this body, but one who …

This verse is specifically stated to defy the Māyāvāda conclusion of oneness without differentiation between the individual soul and the …

The word prapadye is also significant in this verse, for it refers to the conclusion of the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66): sarva-dharmān …

yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā karmāśayaṁ grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo ’pi ruddha- sroto-gaṇās tam araṇaṁ bhaja vāsudevam

The devotees, who are always engaged in the service of the toes of the lotus feet of the Lord, can …

There are three kinds of transcendentalists trying to overcome the influence of the modes of material nature: the jñānīs, yogīs …

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam

(Bhāg. 1.2.7)

Here also the same point is stressed. Bhaja vāsudevam indicates that one who is engaged in the loving service of …

kṛcchro mahān iha bhavārṇavam aplaveśāṁ ṣaḍ-varga-nakram asukhena titīrṣanti tat tvaṁ harer bhagavato bhajanīyam aṅghriṁ kṛtvoḍupaṁ vyasanam uttara dustarārṇam

The ocean of nescience is very difficult to cross because it is infested with many dangerous sharks. Although those who …

Material existence is compared herein to the great ocean of nescience. Another name of this ocean is Vaitaraṇī. In that …

Pṛthu Mahārāja is therefore advised to take the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord to easily cross over …

maitreya uvāca sa evaṁ brahma-putreṇa kumāreṇātma-medhasā darśitātma-gatiḥ samyak praśasyovāca taṁ nṛpaḥ

The great sage Maitreya continued: Being thus enlightened in complete spiritual knowledge by the son of Brahmā — one of …