bhayaá¹ dvitÄ«yÄbhiniveÅ›ataḥ syÄd
Ä«Å›Äd apetasya viparyayo 'smá¹›tiḥ
tan-mÄyayÄto budha Äbhajet taá¹
bhaktyaikayeÅ›aá¹ guru-devatÄtmÄ
bhayam - fear; dvitÄ«ya-abhiniveÅ›ataḥ - from the misconception of being a product of material energy; syÄt - arises; Ä«Å›Ät - from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; apetasya - of one who has withdrawn (the conditioned soul); viparyayaḥ - reversal of the position; asmá¹›tiḥ - no conception of his relationship with the Supreme Lord; tat-mÄyayÄ - because of the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord; ataḥ - therefore; budhaḥ - one who is wise; Äbhajet - must worship; tam - Him; bhaktyÄ - by devotional service; ekayÄ - undiverted to karma and jñÄna; Ä«Å›am - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; guru - as the spiritual master; devatÄ - the worshipable Lord; ÄtmÄ - the Supersoul.
This is a quotation from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.2.37). It is an instruction given by Kavi Ṛṣi, one of the nine saintly personalities called the nine Yogendras. When Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa’s father, asked Devará¹£i NÄrada in DvÄrakÄ about devotional service, it was mentioned that previously King Nimi, who was the King of Videha, was instructed by the nine Yogendras. When ÅšrÄ« NÄrada Muni discoursed on bhÄgavata-dharma, devotional service, he indicated how a conditioned soul can be liberated by engaging in the loving transcendental service of the Lord. The Lord is the Supersoul, spiritual master and worshipable Deity of all conditioned souls. Not only is Kṛṣṇa the supreme worshipful Deity for all living entities, but He is also the guru, or caittya-guru, the Supersoul, who always gives the living entity good counsel. Unfortunately the living entity neglects the Supreme Person’s instructions. He thus identifies with the material energy and is consequently overpowered by a kind of fear resulting from accepting himself as the material body and considering paraphernalia related to the material body to be his property. All types of fruitive results actually come from the spirit soul, but because he has forgotten his real duty, he is embarrassed by many material consequences such as fear and attachment. The only remedy is to revert to the service of the Lord and thus be saved from material nature’s unwanted harassment.