devará¹£i-bhÅ«tÄpta-nṛṇÄá¹ pitá¹á¹‡Äá¹
na kiá¹…karo nÄyam ṛṇī ca rÄjan
sarvÄtmanÄ yaḥ Å›araṇaá¹ Å›araṇyaá¹
gato mukundaá¹ parihá¹›tya kartam
[SB 11541]
deva - of the demigods; ṛṣi - of the sages; bhÅ«ta - of ordinary living entities; Äpta - of friends and relatives; nṛṇÄm - of ordinary men; pitá¹á¹‡Äm - of the forefathers; na - not; kiá¹…karaḥ - the servant; na - nor; ayam - this one; ṛṇī - debtor; ca - also; rÄjan - O King; sarva-ÄtmanÄ - with his whole being; yaḥ - a person who; Å›araṇam - shelter; Å›araṇyam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who affords shelter to all; gataḥ - approached; mukundam - Mukunda; parihá¹›tya - giving up; kartam - duties.
“ ‘One who has given up all material duties and taken full shelter at the lotus feet of Mukunda, who gives shelter to all, is not indebted to the demigods, great sages, ordinary living beings, relatives, friends, mankind or even his forefathers who have passed away.’
It is said:
adhyÄpanaá¹ brahma-yajñaḥ pitá¹›-yajñas tu tarpaṇam
homo daivo balir bhauto nṛ-yajño ’tithi-pūjanam
“By offering oblations with ghee, one satisfies the demigods. By studying the Vedas, one performs brahma-yajña, which satisfies the great sages. Offering libations of water before one’s forefathers is called pitá¹›-yajña. By offering tribute, one performs bhÅ«ta-yajña. By properly receiving guests, one performs ná¹›-yajña.†These are the five yajñas that liquidate the five kinds of indebtedness — indebtedness to the demigods, great sages, forefathers, living entities and common men. Therefore one has to perform these five kinds of yajñas. But when one takes to the saá¹…kÄ«rtana-yajña (the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra), one does not have to perform any other yajña. In ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, NÄrada Muni made a statement about the systematic performance of bhÄgavata-dharma in connection with statements previously made by the nine Yogendras before MahÄrÄja Nimi. The sage KarabhÄjana Ṛṣi explained the four incarnations of the four yugas, and at the end, in this verse (text 141), he explained the position of Kṛṣṇa’s pure devotee and how he is absolved of all debts.
