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Tyaktwa swadharmam charanambujam harer
Bhajan napakko atha patet tato yadi
Yatra kwa ba abhadram abhut amusya kim
Kobartha apto abhajatam swadharmatah.
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Tyaktwa—having forshaken, Swadharmam—one's own occupational engagement, Charanambhujam—the lotus feet of, Harer—of Hari (the Lord), Bhajan—incourse of devotional service, Apakko—immatured, Atha—for the matter of, Patet—falls down, Tato—from that place, Yatra—whereupon, Yadi—if, Kwa—what sort of, Ba—used sarcastically, Abhadram—unfavorable, Abhut—shall happen, Amusya—of him, Kim—nothing, Kobartha—what interest, Apto—obtained, Abhajatam—of the nondevotee, Swadharmatah—being engaged in occupational service.
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One who might have forshaken one's material occupational engagements and be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, may sometimes fall down in immature conditions and still he has no risk of being unsuccessful. On the other hand a nondevotee may be fully engaged in his occupational duties and yet does not gain anything.
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So far duties of mankind are concerned there are innumerable duties. Every man is duty bound not only to his parents, family-members, society, country, humanity, other living beings, the demigods etc, but also he is duty bound to the great philosophers, poets, scientists, etc. It is enjoined in the scripture that one can relinquish all such duties and surrender himself unto the service of the Lord. So if one does so and becomes successful in the discharge of his devotional service unto the Lord, it is well and good. But it so happens sometimes that one surrenders himself unto the service of the Lord, by some temporary sentiment, and in the long run due to so many other reasons he falls down from the path of service by undesirable association and there are so many instances in the histories. Bharat Maharaj was obliged to take his birth as a stag on account of his intimate attachment with a cub of a stag and he was full with its thinking when he died. As such in the next birth he became a stag although he did not forget the incidence of his previous birth. Similarly Chitraketu also fell down on account of his offence at the feet of Shiva. But in spite of all these the stress is given here on the point of surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Lord even there is chance of falling down. Because, even though one falls down from the prescribed duties of devotional service he will never forget the lotus feet of the Lord. Once engaged in the devotional service of the Lord is enough for one's continuing the service at all circumstances. In the Bhagwat Geeta it is said that even a small quantity of devotional service can save one from the most dangerous position. There are many instances in the histories of such examples. Ajamil is one of them. Ajamil in his early life begun as a devotee but in his youth he fell down and still he was saved by the Lord at the end.
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#dl##dd#tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer#/dd#
#dd#bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi#/dd#
#dd#yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ#/dd#
#dd#ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tyaktvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tyaktvā#/i# — having forsaken; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dharmam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dharmam#/i# — one's own occupational engagement; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=caraṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#caraṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ambujam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ambujam#/i# — the lotus feet; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hareḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hareḥ#/i# — of Hari (the Lord); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhajan&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhajan#/i# — in the course of devotional service; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apakvaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#apakvaḥ#/i# — immature; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atha#/i# — for the matter of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=patet&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#patet#/i# — falls down; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tataḥ#/i# — from that place; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yadi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yadi#/i# — if; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yatra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yatra#/i# — whereupon; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kva#/i# — what sort of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vā#/i# — or (used sarcastically); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhadram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhadram#/i# — unfavorable; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhūt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhūt#/i# — shall happen; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=amuṣya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#amuṣya#/i# — of him; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — nothing; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vā #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arthaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#arthaḥ#/i# — what interest; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āptaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āptaḥ#/i# — obtained; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhajatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhajatām#/i# — of the nondevotee; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dharmataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dharmataḥ#/i# — being engaged in occupational service.
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One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.
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As far as the duties of mankind are concerned, there are innumerable duties. Every man is duty-bound not only to his parents, family members, society, country, humanity, other living beings, the demigods, etc., but also to the great philosophers, poets, scientists, etc. It is enjoined in the scriptures that one can relinquish all such duties and surrender unto the service of the Lord. So if one does so and becomes successful in the discharge of his devotional service unto the Lord, it is well and good. But it so happens sometimes that one surrenders himself unto the service of the Lord by some temporary sentiment, and in the long run, due to so many other reasons, he falls down from the path of service by undesirable association. There are so many instances of this in the histories. Bharata Mahārāja was obliged to take his birth as a stag due to his intimate attachment to a stag. He thought of this stag when he died. As such, in the next birth he became a stag, although he did not forget the incident of his previous birth. Similarly, Citraketu also fell down due to his offenses at the feet of Śiva. But in spite of all this, the stress is given here to surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Lord, even if there is a chance of falling down, because even though one falls down from the prescribed duties of devotional service, he will never forget the lotus feet of the Lord. Once engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, one will continue the service in all circumstances. In the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# it is said that even a small quantity of devotional service can save one from the most dangerous position. There are many instances of such examples in history. Ajāmila is one of them. Ajāmila in his early life was a devotee, but in his youth he fell down. Still he was saved by the Lord at the end.
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