हंसे गुरौ मयि भक्त्यानुवृत्या वितृष्णया द्वन्द्वतितिक्षया च । सर्वत्र जन्तोर्व्यसनावगत्या जिज्ञासया तपसेहानिवृत्त्या ॥ १० ॥ मत्कर्मभिर्मत्कथया च नित्यं मद्देवसङ्गाद् गुणकीर्तनान्मे । निर्वैरसाम्योपशमेन पुत्रा जिहासया देहगेहात्मबुद्धे: ॥ ११ ॥ अध्यात्मयोगेन विविक्तसेवया प्राणेन्द्रियात्माभिजयेन सध्य्रक् । सच्छ्रद्धया ब्रह्मचर्येण शश्वद् असम्प्रमादेन यमेन वाचाम् ॥ १२ ॥ सर्वत्र मद्भावविचक्षणेन ज्ञानेन विज्ञानविराजितेन । योगेन धृत्युद्यमसत्त्वयुक्तो लिङ्गं व्यपोहेत्कुशलोऽहमाख्यम् ॥ १३ ॥
hamse gurau mayi bhaktyanuvrtya vitrsnaya dvandva-titiksaya ca sarvatra jantor vyasanavagatya jijnasaya tapaseha-nivrttya mat-karmabhir mat-kathaya ca nityam mad-deva-sangad guna-kirtanan me nirvaira-samyopasamena putra jihasaya deha-gehatma-buddheh adhyatma-yogena vivikta-sevaya pranendriyatmabhijayena sadhryak sac-chraddhaya brahmacaryena sasvad asampramadena yamena vacam sarvatra mad-bhava-vicaksanena jnanena vijnana-virajitena yogena dhrty-udyama-sattva-yukto lingam vyapohet kusalo ’ham-akhyam
- hamse
- who is a paramahamsa, or the most exalted, spiritually advanced person
- gurau
- to the spiritual master
- mayi
- unto Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- bhaktya
- by devotional service
- anuvrtya
- by following
- vitrsnaya
- by detachment from sense gratification
- dvandva
- of the dualities of the material world
- titiksaya
- by tolerance
- ca
- also
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- jantoh
- of the living entity
- vyasana
- the miserable condition of life
- avagatya
- by realizing
- jijnasaya
- by inquiring about the truth
- tapasa
- by practicing austerities and penances
- iha-nivrttya
- by giving up the endeavor for sense enjoyment
- mat-karmabhih
- by working for Me
- mat-kathaya
- by hearing topics about Me
- ca
- also
- nityam
- always
- mat-deva-sangat
- by association with My devotees
- guna-kirtanat me
- by chanting and glorifying My transcendental qualities
- nirvaira
- being without enmity
- samya
- seeing everyone equally by spiritual understanding
- upasamena
- by subduing anger, lamentation and so on
- putrah
- O sons
- jihasaya
- by desiring to give up
- deha
- with the body
- geha
- with the home
- atma-buddheh
- identification of the self
- adhyatma-yogena
- by study of the revealed scriptures
- vivikta-sevaya
- by living in a solitary place
- prana
- the life air
- indriya
- the senses
- atma
- the mind
- abhijayena
- by controlling
- sadhryak
- completely
- sat-sraddhaya
- by developing faith in the scriptures
- brahmacaryena
- by observing celibacy
- sasvat
- always
- asampramadena
- by not being bewildered
- yamena
- by restraint
- vacam
- of words
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- mat-bhava
- thinking of Me
- vicaksanena
- by observing
- jnanena
- by development of knowledge
- vijnana
- by practical application of knowledge
- virajitena
- illumined
- yogena
- by practice of bhakti-yoga
- dhrti
- patience
- udyama
- enthusiasm
- sattva
- discretion
- yuktah
- endowed with
- lingam
- the cause of material bondage
- vyapohet
- one can give up
- kusalah
- in full auspiciousness
- aham-akhyam
- false ego, false identification with the material world
O My sons, you should accept a highly elevated paramahamsa, a spiritually advanced spiritual master. In this way, you should place your faith and love in Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You should detest sense gratification and tolerate the duality of pleasure and pain, which are like the seasonal changes of summer and winter. Try to realize the miserable condition of living entities, who are miserable even in the higher planetary systems. Philosophically inquire about the truth. Then undergo all kinds of austerities and penances for the sake of devotional service. Give up the endeavor for sense enjoyment and engage in the service of the Lord. Listen to discussions about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and always associate with devotees. Chant about and glorify the Supreme Lord, and look upon everyone equally on the spiritual platform. Give up enmity and subdue anger and lamentation. Abandon identifying the self with the body and the home, and practice reading the revealed scriptures. Live in a secluded place and practice the process by which you can completely control your life air, mind and senses. Have full faith in the revealed scriptures, the Vedic literatures, and always observe celibacy. Perform your prescribed duties and avoid unnecessary talks. Always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, acquire knowledge from the right source. Thus practicing bhakti-yoga, you will patiently and enthusiastically be elevated in knowledge and will be able to give up the false ego.