Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.24.47
इच्छाद्वेषविहीनेन सर्वत्र समचेतसा ।
भगवद्भक्तियुक्तेन प्राप्ता भागवती गति: ॥ ४७ ॥
icchā-dveṣa-vihīnena
[ichchaa-dvesha-viheenena]
sarvatra sama-cetasā
[sarvatra sama-chetasaa]
bhagavad-bhakti-yuktena
[bhagavad-bhakti-yuktena]
prāptā bhāgavatī gatiḥ
[praaptaa bhaagavatee gatih]
Word-for-word
icchā
—
desire
dveṣa
—
and hatred
vihīnena
—
freed from
sarvatra
—
everywhere
sama
—
equal
cetasā
—
with the mind
bhagavat
—
unto the Personality of Godhead
bhakti-yuktena
—
by discharging devotional service
prāptā
—
was attained
bhāgavatī gatiḥ
—
the destination of the devotee (going back home, back to Godhead).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
icchā-dveṣa-vihīnena
icchā
desire
dveṣa
and hatred
vihīnena
freed from
sarvatra sama-cetasā
sarvatra
everywhere
sama
equal
cetasā
with the mind
bhagavad-bhakti-yuktena
bhagavat
unto the Personality of Godhead
bhakti-yuktena
by discharging devotional service
prāptā bhāgavatī gatiḥ
prāptā
was attained
bhāgavatī gatiḥ
the destination of the devotee (going back home, back to Godhead).
Freed from all hatred and desire, Kardama Muni, being equal to everyone because of discharging uncontaminated devotional service, ultimately attained the path back to Godhead.
Purport
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, only by devotional service can one understand the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord and, after understanding Him perfectly in His transcendental position, enter into the kingdom of God. The process of entering into the kingdom of God is tri-pāda-bhūti-gati, or the path back home, back to Godhead, by which one can attain the ultimate goal of life. Kardama Muni, by his perfect devotional knowledge and service, achieved this ultimate goal, which is known as bhāgavatī gatiḥ.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Renunciation of Kardama Muni.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Free from desire and hatred towards everything in the material world, with mind seeing everything as equal, by pure bhakti for the Lord, Kardama attained the position of an associate of the Lord in the spiritual world.
He was free of desire and hatred because everything in the material world is inferior. Because of that, he saw everything equally. He then attained the goal of becoming an associate of the Lord (bhagavatī gatiḥ). Another version has bhāgavatīm gatiṁ prāptaḥ: Kardama, with an equal mind, attained that spiritual goal.
Thus ends the commentary on Twenty-fourth Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Twenty-five
Kapila Teaches Bhakti
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Personal Guidance
Human life is described here as a doorway, not a destination. Most of its arrangements only make sense once we accept where the door is meant to lead.
Reflection Questions
- What is your actual working answer to 'what is this human life for?'
- How does today look different when you live it as a doorway rather than a destination?
My note
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