गृहस्थो येन पदवीमञ्जसा न्यासिनामियात् ॥७४॥
dharmas te gṛha-medhīyo
varṇitaḥ pÄpa-nÄÅ›anaḥ
gṛhastho yena padavīm
añjasÄ nyÄsinÄm iyÄt
dharmaḥ - that religious process; te - to you; gá¹›ha-medhÄ«yaḥ - although attached to household life; varṇitaḥ - explained (by me); pÄpa-nÄÅ›anaḥ - the destruction of sinful reactions; gá¹›hasthaḥ - a person in household life; yena - by which; padavÄ«m - the position; añjasÄ - very easily; nyÄsinÄm - of those in the renounced order of life; iyÄt - can obtain.
The process of chanting the holy name of the Lord is so powerful that by this chanting even householders [gá¹›hasthas] can very easily gain the ultimate result achieved by persons in the renounced order. MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira, I have now explained to you that process of religion.
This is a confirmation of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Anyone who takes part in this movement, regardless of what he is, can gain the topmost result achieved by a perfect sannyÄsÄ«, namely brahma-jñÄna (spiritual knowledge). Even more important, he can advance in devotional service. MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira thought that because he was a gá¹›hastha there was no hope of his being liberated, and therefore he asked NÄrada Muni how he could get out of material entanglement. But NÄrada Muni, citing a practical example from his own life, established that by associating with devotees and chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, any man in any condition of life can achieve the highest perfection without a doubt.
