Translation by Srila Prabhupada : With sword in hand, the wise man cuts the knot of karma by remembering Sri Bhagavan. So who will not pay attention to his message?
PURPORT: When the spiritual spark comes in contact with the material elements, a knot is created. Therefore, one who wishes to be free from the cycle of fruitive action has to cut this knot.
Liberation means release from the cycle of karma. One who constantly remembers the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna automatically attains this liberation.
The reason for this is that all the pastimes of the Supreme Lord are beyond the modes of material energy. All these transcendental pastimes are supremely attractive, and thus the constant association of the transcendental pastimes of Sri Bhagavan gradually makes a man spiritual, and ultimately the knot of his material bondage is cut. Therefore liberation from the bondage of life is a secondary result of devotion. Liberation is not ensured by the mere attainment of spiritual knowledge, rather it is important to coat such knowledge with devotion, so that ultimately devotion remains the predominant. Liberation is possible only when devotion remains the predominant till the end.
Even the actions of selfish people, if coated with devotion, can take them to liberation. Actions performed with devotion are called Karmayoga. Similarly, the experiential knowledge gained while living with devotion is called Gyanyoga.
But pure bhakti-yoga is independent of such action and knowledge, for it alone not only gives liberation from conditioned life, but also bestows loving devotion to Sri Bhagavan.
Therefore any prudent person, superior to the mediocre person of limited knowledge, should constantly remember Sri Bhagavan by hearing about Him, singing His glories, meditating upon Him, and worshipping Him.
This is the proper method of bhakti. The Goswamis of Vrindavan, who were authorized by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself to preach the method of worship of bhakti, followed this rule strictly, and they produced a vast literature of the divine science for our benefit. They have created various paths for men of various varnas and ashramas, based on the Srimad Bhagavatam and other such authoritative scriptures.
From this verse of Shrimad Bhagwatam, we learn that if we want freedom from this material bondage, then God has given a very simple solution for this, and that solution is pure devotion to God. There is a very simple way to attain pure devotion to God, that if we keep listening, singing and remembering the beautiful pastimes of God, then definitely we will attain pure devotion to God, and we will easily get free from the cycle of our karma.
