Text 14] Lord Rsabhadeva’s Teachings 183

karma-dsayam—the desire for fruitive activities; hrdaya-granthi—
the knot in the heart; bandham—bondage; avidyaya—because of ig-
norance; @sdditam—brought about; apramattah—not being covered by
ignorance or illusion, very careful; anena—by this; yogena—practice of
yoga; yatha-upadesam—as advised; samyak—completely; vyapohya—
becoming free from; uparameta—one should desist: yogdt—from the
practice of yoga, the means of liberation.

TRANSLATION

As I have advised you, My dear sons, you should act accordingly.
Be very careful. By these means you will be freed from the ig-
norance of the desire for fruitive activity, and the knot of bondage
in the heart will be completely severed. For further advancement,
you should also give up the means. That is, you should not become
attached to the process of liberation itself.

PURPORT

The process of liberation is brahma-jijfdsa, the search for the Ab-
solute Truth. Generally brahma-jijridsa is called neti neti, the process by
which one analyzes existence to search out the Absolute Truth. This
method continues as long as one is not situated in his spiritual life.
Spiritual life is brahma-bhita, the self-realized state. In the words of

Bhagavad-gita (18.54):

brahma-bhiitah prasannatma
na Socati na kariksati
samah sarvesu bhitesu

mad-bhaktim labhate param

“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme
Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments nor desires to have
anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state. he
attains pure devotional service unto Me.”

The idea is to enter into the para bhakti, the transcendental devotional
service of the Supreme Lord. To attain this. one must analyze one’s exis-
tence, but when one is actually engaged in devotional service. he should
