sati karmaṇy avidyāyāṁ
karmāṇy ācinute 'sakṛt
sati karmaṇy avidyāyāṁ
bandhaḥ karmaṇy anātmanaḥ
When one performs actions by the senses while thinking of objects of enjoyment, bondage to action of the body occurs, since each of those actions have the seed of ignorance.
How is the mind the cause of saṁsāra? One meditates on objects of enjoyment (caritān). Because each act has ignorance as its seed, bondage to action of the body (anātmanaḥ) takes place.
|| 4.29.79 ||
atas tad apavādārthaṁ
bhaja sarvātmanā harim
paśyaṁs tad-ātmakaṁ viśvaṁ
sthity-utpatty-apyayā yataḥ
Therefore, to counteract ignorance, seeing the Supreme Lord as the whole universe, worship the Lord who creates maintains and destroys the universe with all your heart.
|| 4.29.80 ||
maitreya uvāca
bhāgavata-mukhyo bhagavān
nārado haṁsayor gatim
pradarśya hy amum āmantrya
siddha-lokaṁ tato 'gamat
Maitreya said: The chief devotee Nārada, after showing the nature of the jīva and the Lord to the King and taking permission from the King, departed for Siddhaloka.
Haṁsayoḥ means the jīva and the Lord.
|| 4.29.81 ||
prācīnabarhī rājarṣiḥ
prajā-sargābhirakṣaṇe
ādiśya putrān agamat
tapase kapilāśramam
The saintly king Prācīnabarhi, after ordering his sons to protect the citizens, went to Kapila’s hermitage to perform austerities.
He gave the order to his ministers, since his sons had not yet returned from their austerities.
|| 4.29.82 ||
tatraikāgra-manā dhīro
govinda-caraṇāmbujam
vimukta-saṅgo 'nubhajan
bhaktyā tat-sāmyatām agāt
There, by fully concentrating his mind while being free of material contamination and continually worshipping the lotus feet of Govinda, he attained sārūpya by his devotion.
Sāmyatām means “similar form.”
|| 4.29.83 ||
etad adhyātma-pārokṣyaṁ
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