Texts 36-37]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1409
वासुदेवे भगवति भक्तियोगः समाहितः । सग्रीवीनेन वैराग्यं ज्ञानं च जनयिष्यति ॥३७॥
athātmano 'rtha-bhūtasya yato 'nartha-paramparā saṁṣrtis tad-vyavacchedo bhaktyā paramayā gurau
vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ samāhitaḥ sadhrīcīnena vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca janayiṣyati
atha—therefore; ātmanaḥ—of the living entity; artha-bhūtasya—having his real interest; yataḥ—from which; anartha—of all unwanted things; paramparā—a series one after another; saṁṣrtiḥ—material existence; tat—of that; vyavacchedaḥ—stopping; bhaktyā—by devotional service; paramayā—unalloyed; gurau—unto the Supreme Lord or His representative; vāsudeve—Vāsudeva; bhagavati—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhakti-yogaḥ—devotional service; samāhitaḥ—applied; sadhrīcīnena—completely; vairāgyaṁ—detachment; jñānaṁ—full knowledge; ca—and; janayiṣyati—will cause to become manifest.
TRANSLATION
The real interest of the living entity is to get out of the nescience that causes him to endure repeated birth and death. The only remedy is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead through His representative. Unless one renders devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, he cannot possibly become completely detached from this material world, nor can he possibly manifest real knowledge.
PURPORT
This is the way to become detached from the artificial material condition. The only remedy is to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and constantly engage in the devotional service of Lord Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone is trying to be happy, and the process adopted to achieve that happiness is called self-interest. Unfortunately the conditioned soul hovering within this material world does not know that his ultimate