Devanagari
चित्तस्योपशमोऽयं वै कविभि: शास्त्रचक्षुषा ।
दर्शित: सुगमो योगो धर्मश्चात्ममुदावह: ॥ ३६ ॥
Verse text
cittasyopaśamo ’yaṁ vai
kavibhiḥ śāstra-cakṣusā
darśitaḥ su-gamo yogo
dharmaś cātma-mud-āvahaḥ
Synonyms
cittasya
—
of the mind
;
upaśamaḥ
—
the pacification
;
ayam
—
this
;
vai
—
indeed
;
kavibhiḥ
—
by learned scholars
;
śāstra
—
of scripture
;
cakṣuṣā
—
with the eye
;
darśitaḥ
—
shown
;
su
—
gamaḥ — easily performed
;
yogaḥ
—
means of attaining liberation
;
dharmaḥ
—
religious duty
;
ca
—
and
;
ātma
—
to the heart
;
mut
—
pleasure
;
āvahaḥ
—
which brings .
Translation
Learned authorities who see through the eye of scripture have demonstrated that this is the easiest method of subduing the agitated mind and attaining liberation, and that it is a sacred duty which brings joy to the heart.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Learned authorities who see through the eye of scripture have demonstrated that this is the easiest method of subduing the agitated mind and attaining liberation, and that it is a sacred duty which brings joy to the heart.
KB 10.84.36
“Great personalities and sages who are able to see everything clearly through the eyes of the revealed scriptures and possess vision of the three phases of the time element, namely past, present and future, have unanimously recommended that to purify the dust of material contamination accumulated in the heart and to clear the path of liberation and thereby achieve transcendental bliss, one must please Lord Viṣṇu.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The worship of Visnu is shown to cause peace to the heart (upasama), to be practical (sugama) because it takes shelter of action, to be a method of attaining liberation (yoga), and to give happiness to the mind (atma mudavahah).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
The excellence of the method is explained. The method of reduction of karma (ayam) produces intelligence fixed on the Lord (śama) to the highest degree (upa). śamo manniṣṭhatā buddher: śama means fixing the intelligence on the Lord. (SB 11.19.36) This is moreover a process easy to perform. All sacrifices become successful since success is achieved simply by saṅkalpa dedicated to the Lord. It is not difficult to achieve like following the eight parts of yoga. This is the principal dharma since it gives shelter to all dharmas, since this dharma enters all other dharmas. Because it is always filled with the presence of the Lord, it brings joy to the ātmā. It is not like other dharmas filled with lust that makes envy and greed appear in the heart. Therefore this process is revealed by the knowers of scripture, while revealing the meaning of scriptures which are like eyes.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
The result is explained. This easy method alone (vai) is encouraged (darśitaḥ) by considering the meaning of scriptures (śāstra-cakṣusā). This method (yogaḥ) is bhakti. It is dharma which is bhakti, since its essence is worship of the Lord. It brings joy to all jīvas (ātma) or when the jīva performs bhakti since it produces a strong relationship with the Lord.