Å›ivÄya lokasya bhavÄya bhÅ«taye
ya uttama-Å›loka-parÄyaá¹‡Ä janÄḥ
jÄ«vanti nÄtmÄrtham asau parÄÅ›rayaá¹
mumoca nirvidya kutaḥ kalevaram
Persons who are surrendered to the Lord live for the auspiciousness of the world: extinguishing repeated birth and death and supplying material needs, and not for themselves. Why did Parīkṣit, becoming renounced, give up his body, which was meant as a shelter for others?
Those surrendered to the Lord live for the auspiciousness of the world (lokasya sivaya) in two ways: for extinguishing material life (bhavaya) and for giving material wealth (bhutaye). Bhavaya literally means “for material life†but here it means “the devotees live for helping people give up their material life†in the manner that smoke is used to smother mosquitoes. Or the dative case bhavaya may express a missing infinite: bhavaya samhartum (they live to extinguish material life.)17
Parasrayam means helping others. One should not give up something upon which others depend for life, even though one may be personally detached from it.
