आवेश्य तदघं हित्वा बहवस्तद्गतिं गताः ॥३०॥
kÄmÄd dveá¹£Äd bhayÄt snehÄd
yathÄ bhaktyeÅ›vare manaḥ
ÄveÅ›ya tad-aghaá¹ hitvÄ
bahavas tad-gatiá¹ gatÄḥ
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kÄmÄt - from lust; dveá¹£Ät - from hatred; bhayÄt - from fear; snehÄt - from affection; yathÄ - as well as; bhaktyÄ - by devotion; Ä«Å›vare - in the Supreme; manaḥ - the mind; ÄveÅ›ya - absorbing; tat - of that; agham - sin; hitvÄ - giving up; bahavaḥ - many; tat - of that; gatim - path of liberation; gatÄḥ - attained.
Many, many persons have attained liberation simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa with great attention and giving up sinful activities. This great attention may be due to lusty desires, inimical feelings, fear, affection or devotional service. I shall now explain how one receives Kṛṣṇa’s mercy simply by concentrating one’s mind upon Him.
As stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.33.39):
vikrÄ«á¸itaá¹ vraja-vadhÅ«bhir idaá¹ ca viṣṇoḥ
Å›raddhÄnvito ’nuśṛṇuyÄd atha varṇayed yaḥ
bhaktiá¹ parÄá¹ bhagavati pratilabhya kÄmaá¹
há¹›d-rogam ÄÅ›v apahinoty acireṇa dhÄ«raḥ
If a bona fide listener hears of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the gopÄ«s, which seem to be lusty affairs, the lusty desires in his heart, which constitute the heart disease of the conditioned soul, will be vanquished, and he will become a most exalted devotee of the Lord. If one who hears of the gopÄ«s’ lusty behavior with Kṛṣṇa becomes free from lusty desires, certainly the gopÄ«s who approached Kṛṣṇa became free from all such desires. Similarly, ÅšiÅ›upÄla and others who were very much envious of Kṛṣṇa and who constantly thought of Kṛṣṇa became free from envy. Nanda MahÄrÄja and mother YaÅ›odÄ were fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of affection. When the mind is somehow or other fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, the material part is very soon vanquished, and the spiritual part — attraction to Kṛṣṇa — becomes manifest. This indirectly confirms that if one thinks of Kṛṣṇa enviously, simply because of thinking of Kṛṣṇa he becomes free from all sinful reactions and thus becomes a pure devotee. Examples of this are given in the following verse.
