pūjā-stuty-abhivandanaiḥ
pūjā-stuty-abhivandanaiḥ
bhūteṣu mad-bhāvanayā
sattvenāsaṅgamena ca
The mind should become purified by offering obeisances to, praying to, worshipping, touching and seeing my deity forms, by thinking of my presence in all beings, and by giving up bad association with determination.
One should give up bad association (asaṅgamena) with determination (sattvena).
|| 3.29.17 ||
mahatāṁ bahu-mānena
dīnānām anukampayā
maitryā caivātma-tulyeṣu
yamena niyamena ca
The mind should become purified by greatly respecting the great devotees, showing compassion to the unfortunate, being friendly to one’s equals, and by following yama and niyama of aṣṭāṅga-yoga.
|| 3.29.18 ||
ādhyātmikānuśravaṇān
nāma-saṅkīrtanāc ca me
ārjavenārya-saṅgena
nirahaṅkriyayā tathā
The mind should become purified by continually hearing about the good and bad qualities of the antaḥkaraṇa, by chanting my names, by sincere association with great devotees without pride.
The mind should become purified by continually hearing about the good and bad qualities of the antaḥkaraṇa. To perform bhakti using the antaḥkaraṇa, one must hear about its good and bad qualities. Understanding one has bad qualities like pride, one can conquer those bad qualities by worship of great devotees. The devotees should engage in such a practice.
|| 3.29.19 ||
mad-dharmaṇo guṇair etaiḥ
parisaṁśuddha āśayaḥ
puruṣasyāñjasābhyeti
śruta-mātra-guṇaṁ hi mām
Being purified by the above methods, the mind of a person engaged in serving me quickly attains the perfect form of bhakti, consisting of actions such as hearing my qualities, which is non-different from attaining me.
The mind of a person who performs activities of hearing and chanting about me (mad-dharmaṇaḥ), purified by these methods, approaches the perfection of bhakti-yoga represented by hearing about my qualities, which is the same as attaining me.
|| 3.29.20 ||
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