छिन्नान्यधीरधिगतात्मगतिर्निरीह- स्तत्तत्यजेऽच्छिनदिदं वयुनेन येन । तावन्न योगगतिभिर्यतिरप्रमत्तो यावद्गदाग्रजकथासु रतिं न कुर्यात् ॥ १२ ॥
chinnanya-dhir adhigatatma-gatir nirihas tat tatyaje ’cchinad idam vayunena yena tavan na yoga-gatibhir yatir apramatto yavad gadagraja-kathasu ratim na kuryat
- chinna
- being separated
- anya-dhih
- all other concepts of life (the bodily concept of life)
- adhigata
- being firmly convinced
- atma-gatih
- the ultimate goal of spiritual life
- nirihah
- desireless
- tat
- that
- tatyaje
- gave up
- acchinat
- he had cut
- idam
- this
- vayunena
- with the knowledge
- yena
- by which
- tavat
- so long
- na
- never
- yoga-gatibhih
- the practice of the mystic yoga system
- yatih
- the practicer
- apramattah
- without any illusion
- yavat
- so long
- gadagraja
- of Krsna
- kathasu
- words
- ratim
- attraction
- na
- never
- kuryat
- do it
When he became completely free from the conception of bodily life, Maharaja Prthu realized Lord Krsna sitting in everyone’s heart as the Paramatma. Being thus able to get all instructions from Him, he gave up all other practices of yoga and jnana. He was not even interested in the perfection of the yoga and jnana systems, for he thoroughly realized that devotional service to Krsna is the ultimate goal of life and that unless the yogis and jnanis become attracted to krsna-katha (narrations about Krsna), their illusions concerning existence can never be dispelled.