ऋषिरुवाच सत्यमुक्तं किन्त्विह वा एके न मनसोऽद्धा विश्रम्भमनवस्थानस्य शठकिरात इव सङ्गच्छन्ते ॥ २ ॥
rajovaca na nunam bhagava atmaramanam yoga-samirita-jnanavabharjita-karma-bijanam aisvaryani punah klesadani bhavitum arhanti yadrc-chayopagatani.
- raja uvaca
- King Pariksit inquired
- na
- not
- nunam
- indeed
- bhagavah
- O most powerful Sukadeva Gosvami
- atmaramanam
- of pure devotees simply engaged in devotional service
- yoga-samirita
- achieved by practice of yoga
- jnana
- by knowledge
- avabharjita
- burned
- karma-bijanam
- of those whose seeds of fruitive activities
- aisvaryani
- the mystic powers
- punah
- again
- klesadani
- sources of distress
- bhavitum
- to become
- arhanti
- are able
- yadrcchaya
- automatically
- upagatani
- achieved
King Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear Lord, for those who are completely pure in heart, knowledge is attained by the practice of bhakti-yoga, and attachment for fruitive activity is completely burned to ashes. For such people, the powers of mystic yoga automatically arise. They do not cause distress. Why, then, did Rsabhadeva neglect them?