Professional Documents
Culture Documents
27:
sāttviky ādhyātmikī sāttvikī — in the mode of goodness; ādhyātmikī — spiritual;
śraddhā śraddhā — faith; karma — in work; śraddhā — faith; tu — but;
karma-śraddhā tu rājasī — in the mode of passion; tāmasī — in the mode of
rājasī ignorance; adharme — in irreligion; yā — which; śraddhā —
faith; mat-sevāyām — in My devotional service; tu — but;
tāmasy adharme yā
nirguṇā — transcendental
śraddhā
mat-sevāyāṁ tu
nirguṇā
Faith directed toward spiritual life is in the mode of goodness, faith rooted in
fruitive work is in the mode of passion, faith residing in irreligious activities is in the
mode of ignorance, but faith in My devotional service is purely transcendental.
▪ Lord did so much for the Kunti & the Pandavas –
Sukdev Gos notes in SB1.16.16:
sārathya-pāraṣada-sevana-sakhya-
dautya-
Mahārāja Parīkṣit heard that out
vīrāsanānugamana-stavana-
praṇāmān of His causeless mercy Lord
snigdheṣu pāṇḍuṣu jagat-praṇatiṁ Kṛṣṇa [Viṣṇu], who is universally
ca viṣṇor
obeyed, rendered all kinds of
bhaktiṁ karoti nṛ-patiś
caraṇāravinde service to the malleable sons of
Pāṇḍu by accepting posts
ranging from chariot driver to
president to messenger, friend,
night watchman, etc., according
to the will of the Pāṇḍavas,
obeying them like a servant and
offering obeisances like one
younger in years. When he heard
this, Mahārāja Parīkṣit became
overwhelmed with devotion to
the lotus feet of the Lord
viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda- My dear Kṛṣṇa, Your Lordship has protected us from
darśanād a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals,
asat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa- from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during
kṛcchrataḥ our exile in the forest and from the battle where
great generals fought. And now You have saved us
mṛdhe mṛdhe 'neka-
from the weapon of Aśvatthāmā.
mahārathāstrato
drauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare
'bhirakṣitāḥ
viṣāt — from poison; mahā-agneḥ — from the great fire; puruṣa-ada — the man-
eaters; darśanāt — by combating; asat — vicious; sabhāyāḥ — assembly; vana-
vāsa — exiled to the forest; kṛcchrataḥ — sufferings; mṛdhe mṛdhe — again and
again in battle; aneka — many; mahā-ratha — great generals; astrataḥ —
weapons; drauṇi — the son of Droṇācārya; astrataḥ — from the weapon of; ca —
and; āsma — indicating past tense; hare — O my Lord; abhirakṣitāḥ — protected
completely.