ya etÄá¹ bhiká¹£uá¹‡Ä gÄ«tÄá¹
brahma-niá¹£á¹hÄá¹ samÄhitaḥ
dhÄrayañ chrÄvayañ chṛṇvan
dvandvair naivÄbhibhÅ«yate
yaḥ - whoever; etÄm - this; bhiká¹£uá¹‡Ä - by the sannyÄsÄ«; gÄ«tÄm - sung; brahma - knowledge of the Absolute; niá¹£á¹hÄm - based upon; samÄhitaḥ - with full attention; dhÄrayan - meditating; Å›rÄvayan - causing others to hear; śṛṇvan - himself hearing; dvandvaiḥ - by dualities; na - never; eva - indeed; abhibhÅ«yate - will become overwhelmed.
Anyone who listens to or recites to others this song of the sannyÄsÄ«, which presents scientific knowledge of the Absolute, and who thus meditates upon it with full attention, will never again be overwhelmed by the dualities of material happiness and distress.
The Vaiṣṇava sannyÄsÄ« took shelter of the devotional service of the Lord and thus could overcome the illusory potency of his worshipable object, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He himself meditated upon and heard this song, and also taught it to others. Having received the Lord’s mercy, he enlightened other conditioned souls with transcendental intelligence so that they could also follow in the footsteps of the devotees of the Lord. Religion actually means to become a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord in loving service. Those who are trying to enjoy the material world or merely renounce it to avoid personal inconvenience cannot actually understand love of Godhead, in which the only objective is the satisfaction of the Lord.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda to the Eleventh Canto, Twenty-third Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Song of the AvantÄ« BrÄhmaṇa.â€
