Text 79] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1131

idam—this prayer; yah—a devotee who; kalye—early in the morning;
utthaya—after getting up from bed; prafjalih—with folded hands;
Sraddhaya—with faith and devotion; anvitah—thus being absorbed;
Srnuyat—personally chants and hears; sravayet—and gets others to hear;
martyah—such a human being; mucyate—becomes freed; karma
bandhanaih—from all kinds of actions resulting from fruitive activities.

TRANSLATION

A devotee who rises early in the morning and with folded hands chants
these prayers sung by Lord Siva and gives facility to others to hear them
certainly becomes free from all bondage to fruitive activities.

PURPORT

Mukti or liberation means becoming free from the results of fruitive
activities. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam: muktir hitvanyatha rapam.
Mukti means giving up all other activities, and svarupena vyavasthitih
means being situated in one’s constitutional position. (Bhag. 2.10.6) In
this conditional state we are entangled by one fruitive activity after
another. Karma-bandhana means the bonds of fruitive activity. As long as
one’s mind is absorbed in fruitive activities, he has to manufacture plans
for happiness. The bhakti-yoga process is different, for bhakti-yoga means
acting according to the order of the supreme authority. When we act under
the direction of supreme authority, we do not become entangled by
fruitive results. For instance, Arjuna fought because the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead wanted him to; therefore he was not responsible for
the outcome of the fighting. As far as devotional service is concerned,
even hearing and chanting is as good as acting with our body, mind and
senses. Actually hearing and chanting are also activities of the senses. When
the senses are utilized for one’s own sense gratification, they entangle one
in karma, but when they are used for the satisfaction of the Lord, they
establish one in bhakti.

TEXT 79
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RA Ges TWH: HAA |

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RANT TI WVAaay 98!
