CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila
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देवहूतिरुवाच
लक्षणं महदादीनां प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च ।
स्वरूपं लक्ष्यतेऽमीषां येन तत्पारमार्थिकम् ॥ १ ॥
यथा सांख्येषु कथितं यन्मूलं तत्प्रचक्षते ।
मक्तियोगस्य मे मार्गं ब्रूहि विस्तरशः प्रभो ॥ २ ॥
devahūtir uvāca lakṣaṇam mahad-ādīnām prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca svarūpam lakṣyate 'mīṣām yena tat-pāramārthikam
yathā sāṅkhyeṣu kathitam yan-mūlam tat pracakṣate bhakti-yogasya me mārgam brūhi vistaraśaḥ prabho
devahūtiḥ uvāca—Devahūti said; lakṣaṇam—symptoms; mahat-ādīnām—of the mahat-tattva and so on; prakṛteḥ—of material nature; puruṣasya—of the spirit; ca—and; sva-rūpam—the nature; lakṣyate—is described; amīṣām—of those; yena—by which; tat-pārama-arthikam—the true nature of them; yathā—as; sāṅkhyeṣu—in sāṅkhya philosophy; kathitam—is explained; yat—of which; mūlam—ultimate end; tat—that; pracakṣate—they call; bhakti-yogasya—of devotional service; me—to me; mārgam—the path; brūhi—please explain; vistaraśaḥ—at length; prabho—my dear Lord Kapila.
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