martyas tayÄnusavam edhitayÄ mukunda
Å›rÄ«mat-kathÄ-Å›ravaṇa-kÄ«rtana-cintayaiti
tad dhÄma dustara-ká¹›tÄnta-javÄpavargaá¹
grÄmÄd vanaá¹ ká¹£iti-bhujo 'pi yayur yad-arthÄḥ
martyaḥ - a mortal; tayÄ - by such; anusavam - constantly; edhitayÄ - increasing; mukunda - about Lord Kṛṣṇa; Å›rÄ«mat - beautiful; kathÄ - of the topics; Å›ravaṇa - by hearing; kÄ«rtana - chanting; cintayÄ - and meditating; eti - goes; tat - His; dhÄma - to the abode; dustara - unavoidable; ká¹›ta-anta - of death; java - of the force; apavargam - the place of cessation; grÄmÄt - from one's mundane home; vanam - to the forest; ká¹£iti-bhujaḥ - kings (like Priyavrata); api - even; yayuḥ - went; yat - whom; arthÄḥ - for the sake of obtaining.
By regularly hearing, chanting and meditating on the beautiful topics of Lord Mukunda with ever-increasing sincerity, a mortal being will attain the divine kingdom of the Lord, where the inviolable power of death holds no sway. For this purpose, many persons, including great kings, abandoned their mundane homes and took to the forest.
For the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam’s Tenth Canto, this verse is the phala-Å›ruti, the promise of success given to one who hears it. The process of devotional service begins with hearing topics about the Supreme Lord. When one has heard these topics properly, he can then proceed to chant them for others’ benefit and reflect on their significance. This leads to faithful adherence to the principles of devotional service, which culminates in absolute faith in Lord Kṛṣṇa. Such perfect faith gives one the right to enter the Lord’s intimate service and, in due course of time, return to one’s eternal, spiritual life in one of the Lord’s personal domains.
Humbly offering his comments on the Tenth Canto at the lotus feet of his worshipable Lord, ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« prays:
mad-gavÄ«r api gopÄlaḥ
svÄ«-kuryÄt ká¹›payÄ yadi
tadaivÄsÄá¹ payaḥ pÄ«tvÄ
hṛṣyeyus tat-priyÄ janÄḥ
“If Lord GopÄla mercifully accepts the cows of my words, then His dear devotees may enjoy the pleasure of drinking their milk — the nectar produced by hearing them.â€
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda to the Tenth Canto, Ninetieth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories.â€
The Tenth Canto of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam was completed on December 27, 1988, the anniversary of ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura’s disappearance.
END OF THE TENTH CANTO
