Text 20] The Subterranean Heavenly Planets 393
yasya ha vava ksuta-patana-praskhalanddisu vivasah sakrn
namabhigrnan purusah karma-bandhanam anjasa vidhunoti yasya
haiva pratibadhanam mumuksavo ’nyathaivopalabhante.

yasya—of whom; ha vdva—indeed; ksuta—when in hunger;
patana—falling down; praskhalana-ddisu—stumbling and so on;
vivasah—being helpless; sakrt—once; nama abhigrnan—chanting the
holy name of the Lord; purusah—a person; karma-bandhanam—the
bondage of fruitive activity; afijasa—completely; vidhunoti—washes
away; yasya—of which; ha—certainly; eva—in this way; pra-
tibodhanam—the repulsion; mumuksavah—persons desiring liberation;
anyatha—otherwise; eva—certainly; upalabhante—are trying to
realize.

TRANSLATION

If one who is embarrassed by hunger or who falls down or stum-
bles chants the holy name of the Lord even once, willingly or un-
willingly, he is immediately freed from the reactions of his past
deeds. Karmis entangled in material activities face many
difficulties in the practice of mystic yoga and other endeavors to
achieve that same freedom.

PURPORT

It is not a fact that one has to offer his material possessions to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and be liberated before he can engage
in devotional service. A devotee automatically attains liberation without
separate endeavors. Bali Maharaja did not get back all his material
possessions merely because of his charity to the Lord. One who becomes a
devotee, free from material desires and motives, regards all oppor-
tunities, both material and spiritual, as benedictions from the Lord. and
in this way his service to the Lord is never hampered. Bhukti, material
enjoyment, and mukti, liberation, are only by-products of devotional ser-
vice. A devotee need not work separately to attain mukti. Srila
Bilvamangala Thakura said. muktih svayar mukulitanjalih sevate
’sman: a pure devotee of the Lord does not have to endeavor separately
for mukti, because mukti is always ready to serve him.
