Text 53]
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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TEXT 53
एतदपमनुच्येयमत्स्यशुद्धिमयोस्ताम् । यद्भक्तियोगोऽभयदः स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठताम् ॥५३॥
etad rūpam anudhyeyam ātma-śuddhim abhīpsatām yad-bhakti-yogo 'bhaya-daḥ sva-dharmam anutiṣṭhatām
etat—this; rūpam—form; anudhyeyam—must be meditated upon; ātma—self; śuddhim—purification; abhīpsatām—of those who are desiring so; yat—that which; bhakti-yogaḥ—the devotional service; abhaya-daḥ—factual fearlessness; sva-dharmam—one's own occupational duties; anutiṣṭhatām—executing.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, those who desire to purify their existence must always engage in the meditation of Your lotus feet, as described above. Those who are serious about executing their occupational duties and who want freedom from fear must take to this process of bhakti-yoga.
PURPORT
It is said that the transcendental name, form, pastimes and entourage of the Lord cannot be appreciated by the blunt material senses; therefore one has to engage himself in devotional service so that the senses may be purified and one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here, however, it is indicated that those who are constantly engaged in meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord are certainly purified of the material contamination of the senses and are thus able to see the Supreme Lord eye to eye. The word “meditation” is very popular in this age amongst the common people, but they do not know the actual meaning of meditation. However, from Vedic literature we learn that the  yogīs  are always absorbed in meditation upon the lotus feet of the Lord.  Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yam yoginaḥ  ( Bhāg.  12.13.1). This is the real business of the  yogīs : to think of the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Śiva therefore advises that one who is actually serious about purification must engage himself in this type of meditation or in the mystic  yoga  system, which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see Him eye to eye and become His associate in Vaikuṇṭhaloka or Goloka Vṛndāvana.