नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते वासुदेवाय वेधसे ।
सर्वभूताधिवासाय शान्ताय बृहते नमः ॥२९॥

namas tubhyaá¹ bhagavate
vÄsudevÄya vedhase
sarva-bhÅ«tÄdhivÄsÄya
Å›ÄntÄya bá¹›hate namaḥ

 namaḥ - I offer my respectful obeisances; tubhyam - unto You; bhagavate - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vÄsudevÄya - Lord VÄsudeva; vedhase - the creator of everything; sarva-bhÅ«ta-adhivÄsÄya - present everywhere (within the heart of every living entity and within the atom also); Å›ÄntÄya - peaceful, as if completely inactive; bá¹›hate - the greatest of all; namaḥ - I offer my respectful obeisances.


Text

O Lord VÄsudeva, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation. You live as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart and are smaller than the smallest, yet You are greater than the greatest and are all-pervading. You appear completely silent, having nothing to do, but this is due to Your all-pervading nature and Your fullness in all opulences. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

Purport

How DevayÄnÄ« became self-realized by the grace of her great husband, MahÄrÄja YayÄti, is described here. Describing such realization is another way of performing the bhakti process.

śravaṇaṠkīrtanaṠviṣṇoḥ
 smaraṇaá¹ pÄda-sevanam
arcanaá¹ vandanaá¹ dÄsyaá¹
 sakhyam Ätma-nivedanam

“Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service.†(BhÄg. 7.5.23) Åšravaṇaá¹ kÄ«rtanam, hearing and chanting, are especially important. By hearing from her husband about the greatness of Lord VÄsudeva, DevayÄnÄ« certainly became convinced and surrendered herself unto the lotus feet of the Lord (oá¹ namo bhagavate vÄsudevÄya). This is knowledge. BahÅ«nÄá¹ janmanÄm ante jñÄnavÄn mÄá¹ prapadyate. Surrender to VÄsudeva is the result of hearing about Him for many, many births. As soon as one surrenders unto VÄsudeva, one is liberated immediately. Because of her association with her great husband, MahÄrÄja YayÄti, DevayÄnÄ« became purified, adopted the means of bhakti-yoga, and thus became liberated.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “King YayÄti Achieves Liberation.â€