Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.2.33
maitreya uvāca
tasyaivaḿ vadataḥ śāpaḿ
bhṛgoḥ sa bhagavān bhavaḥ
niścakrāma tataḥ kiñcid
vimanā iva sānugaḥ
SYNONYMS
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; tasya — of him; evam — thus; vadataḥ — being spoken; śāpam — curse; bhṛgoḥ — of Bhṛgu; saḥ — he; bhagavān — the possessor of all opulences; bhavaḥ — Lord Śiva; niścakrāma — went; tataḥ — from there; kiñcit — somewhat; vimanāḥ — morose; iva — as; sa-anugaḥ — followed by his disciples.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: When such cursing and countercursing was going on between Lord Śiva's followers and the parties of Dakṣa and Bhṛgu, Lord Śiva became very morose. Not saying anything, he left the arena of the sacrifice, followed by his disciples.
PURPORT
Here Lord Śiva's excellent character is described. In spite of the cursing and countercursing between the parties of Dakṣa and Śiva, because he is the greatest Vaiṣṇava he was so sober that he did not say anything. A Vaiṣṇava is always tolerant, and Lord Śiva is considered the topmost Vaiṣṇava, so his character, as shown in this scene, is excellent. He became morose because he knew that these people, both his men and Dakṣa's, were unnecessarily cursing and countercursing one another, without any interest in spiritual life. From his point of view, he did not see anyone as lower or higher, because he is a Vaiṣṇava. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (5.18), paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ: one who is perfectly learned does not see anyone as lesser or greater, because he sees everyone from the spiritual platform. Thus the only alternative left to Lord Śiva was to leave in order to stop his follower, Nandīśvara, as well as Bhṛgu Muni, from cursing and countercursing in that way.
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maitreya uvāca
īḍito bhagavān evaḿ
kapilākhyaḥ paraḥ pumān
vācāviklavayety āha
mātaraḿ mātṛ-vatsalaḥ
SYNONYMS
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; īḍitaḥ — praised; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; evam — thus; kapila-ākhyaḥ — named Kapila; paraḥ — supreme; pumān — person; vācā — with words; aviklavayā — grave; iti — thus; āha — replied; mātaram — to His mother; mātṛ-vatsalaḥ — very affectionate to His mother.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapila, satisfied by the words of His mother, towards whom He was very affectionate, replied with gravity.
PURPORT
Since the Lord is all-perfect, His exhibition of affection for His mother was also complete. After hearing the words of His mother, He most respectfully, with due gravity and good manners, replied.
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.33.10
kapila uvāca
mārgeṇānena mātas te
susevyenoditena me
āsthitena parāḿ kāṣṭhām
acirād avarotsyasi
SYNONYMS
kapilaḥ uvāca — Lord Kapila said; mārgeṇa — by the path; anena — this; mātaḥ — My dear mother; te — for you; su-sevyena — very easy to execute; uditena — instructed; me — by Me; āsthitena — being performed; parām — supreme; kāṣṭhām — goal; acirāt — very soon; avarotsyasi — you will attain.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead said: My dear mother, the path of self-realization which I have already instructed to you is very easy. You can execute this system without difficulty, and by following it you shall very soon be liberated, even within your present body.
PURPORT
Devotional service is so perfect that simply by following the rules and regulations and executing them under the direction of the spiritual master, one is liberated, as it is said herein, from the clutches of māyā, even in this body. In other yogic processes, or in empiric philosophical speculation, one is never certain whether or not he is at the perfectional stage. But in the discharge of devotional service, if one has unflinching faith in the instruction of the bona fide spiritual master and follows the rules and regulations, he is sure to be liberated, even within this present body. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, has also confirmed this. Īhā yasya harer dāsye: regardless of where he is situated, anyone whose only aim is to serve the Supreme Lord under the direction of the spiritual master is called jīvan-mukta, or one who is liberated even with his material body. Sometimes doubts arise in the minds of neophytes about whether or not the spiritual master is liberated, and sometimes neophytes are doubtful about the bodily affairs of the spiritual master. The point of liberation, however, is not to see the bodily symptoms of the spiritual master. One has to see the spiritual symptoms of the spiritual master. Jīvan-mukta means that even though one is in the material body (there are still some material necessities, since the body is material), because one is fully situated in the service of the Lord, he should be understood to be liberated.
Liberation entails being situated in one's own position. That is the definition in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: muktir. .. svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ. The svarūpa, or actual identity of the living entity, is described by Lord Caitanya. Jīvera 'svarūpa' haya — kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa': [Cc. Madhya 20.108] the real identity of the living entity is that he is eternally a servitor of the Supreme Lord. If someone is one-hundred-percent engaged in the service of the Lord, he is to be understood as liberated. One must understand whether or not he is liberated by his activities in devotional service, not by other symptoms.
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