SB 11.19.27 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

धर्मो मद्भ‍‍क्तिकृत् प्रोक्तो ज्ञानं चैकात्म्यदर्शनम् । गुणेष्वसङ्गो वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं चाणिमादय: ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

dharmo mad-bhakti-kṛt prokto jṣānaṁ caikātmya-darśanam guṇesv asaṅgo vairāgyam aiśvaryaṁ cāṇimādayaḥ

Synonyms

dharmaḥ — religion ; mat — My ; bhakti — devotional service ; kṛt — producing ; proktaḥ — it is declared ; jṣānam — knowledge ; ca — also ; aikātmya — the presence of the Supreme Soul ; darśanam — seeing ; guṇeṣu — in the objects of sense gratification ; asaṅgaḥ — having no interest ; vairāgyam — detachment ; aiśvaryam — opulence ; ca — also ; aṇimā — the mystic perfection called aṇimā ; ādayaḥ — and so forth .

Translation

Actual religious principles are stated to be those that lead one to My devotional service. Real knowledge is the awareness that reveals My all-pervading presence. Detachment is complete disinterest in the objects of material sense gratification, and opulence is the eight mystic perfections, such as aṇimā-siddhi.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Dharma means what produces bhakti. Real jṣāna is seeing Paramātmā everywhere. Real vairāgya is complete disinterest in sense objects. Real aiśvarya is acquisition of the siddhis. Dharma and the other items are explained. Dharma is that which causes bhakti.

Purport

The Supreme Lord is perfect knowledge; thus one who has been delivered from ignorance automatically engages in the devotional service of the Lord and is called religious. One who becomes detached from the three modes of material nature and the gratificatory objects they produce is considered to be situated in detachment. The eight mystic yoga perfections, described previously by the Lord to Uddhava, constitute material power, or opulence, in the highest degree.