TEXT 31

Devanagari

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति ।
कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्त: प्रणश्यति ॥ ३१ ॥

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Tekst

kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā
śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati
kaunteya pratijānīhi
na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati

Synonyms

kṣipram — very soon; bhavati — becomes; dharma-ātmā — righteous; śaśvat-śāntim — lasting peace; nigacchati — attains; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; pratijānīhi — declare; na — never; me — My; bhaktaḥ — devotee; praṇaśyati — perishes.

kṣipram — peatselt; bhavati — muutub; dharma-ātmā — õiglane; śaśvat- śāntim — kestva rahu; nigacchati — saavutab; kaunteya — oo, Kuntī poeg; pratijānīhi — kuuluta; na — mitte kunagi; me — Minu; bhaktaḥ — pühendunu; praṇaśyati — hävib.

Translation

He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.

Temast saab peagi õiglane pühendunu ning ta saavutab kestva rahu. Oo, Kuntī poeg, kuuluta julgelt, et Minu pühendunu ei hukku kunagi.

Purport

This should not be misunderstood. In the Seventh Chapter the Lord says that one who is engaged in mischievous activities cannot become a devotee of the Lord. One who is not a devotee of the Lord has no good qualifications whatsoever. The question remains, then, How can a person engaged in abominable activities – either by accident or by intention – be a pure devotee? This question may justly be raised. The miscreants, as stated in the Seventh Chapter, who never come to the devotional service of the Lord, have no good qualifications, as is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Generally, a devotee who is engaged in the nine kinds of devotional activities is engaged in the process of cleansing all material contamination from the heart. He puts the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, and all sinful contaminations are naturally washed away. Continuous thinking of the Supreme Lord makes him pure by nature. According to the Vedas, there is a certain regulation that if one falls down from his exalted position he has to undergo certain ritualistic processes to purify himself. But here there is no such condition, because the purifying process is already there in the heart of the devotee, due to his remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead constantly. Therefore, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare should be continued without stoppage. This will protect a devotee from all accidental falldowns. He will thus remain perpetually free from all material contaminations.

Seda värssi ei tohi valesti mõista. Seitsmendas peatükis ütleb Jumal, et inimene, kes teeb oma tegudega teistele kurja, ei või saada Jumala pühendunuks. See, kes ei ole Jumala pühendunu, ei oma mingeid häid omadusi. Siit võib tekkida aga küsimus, kuidas saab inimene, kes kas juhuslikult või tahtlikult sooritab häbiväärseid tegusid, olla puhas pühendunu? Selline küsimus on õigustatud. Seitsmendas peatükis kinnitatakse, et uskmatud, kes ei hakka kunagi pühendunult Jumalat teenima, ei oma mitte mingeid häid omadusi. Sedasama kinnitatakse ka „Śrīmad-Bhāgavatamis". Jumala pühendunu praktiseerib tavaliselt pühendunud teenimise üheksat erinevat meetodit, puhastades seeläbi oma südant sinna kogunenud materiaalsest saastast. Ta asetab oma südamesse Jumala Kõrgeima Isiksuse, ning puhastub kõikide pattude saastast. Pidev Kõigekõrgemast Jumalast mõtlemine teeb ta loomult puhtaks. „Vedade" kinnituste kohaselt eksisteerib kindel reegel, mille kohaselt kõrgelt positsioonilt langenud inimene peab enese puhastamiseks läbi tegema teatud rituaalsed toimingud. Pühendunu olukord on aga teistsugune, sest ta mäletab alati Jumala Kõrgeimat Isiksust ning seetõttu on puhastusprotsess tema südames pidev. Seepärast tuleb mahā-mantrat – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare – korrata vahet pidamata. See kaitseb pühendunut kõikide juhuslike langemiste eest ning hoiab teda jätkuvalt vabana igasugusest materiaalsest saastast.