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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 84: Verses 25-37
(0 Lord !) sages who have attained ripeness of Yoga succeed in enthroning in their heart your lotus-feet, which are the origin of the holy waters of the Ganga, which wipe off heaps of sins. We are glad we have seen those feet today. Lord, we are Your devotees. (Pray) shower Your grace on us. Now the (highest) state of Your realization is attained only by those who through their overflowing devotion succeed in shedding their ego, which obscures the souls. Sri Suka continued: 0 royal sage ! having thus (praised and) taken leave of the Lord, King Dhrtarastra and (the virtuous) Yudhisthira, the sages thought of returning to their hermitages. Perceiving this, the illustrious Vasudeva approached them. Bowing to them, and clasping their feet, he addressed them with great humility. Vasudeva submitted : Sages, in you reside all the gods,[1] I offer my salutations to you. Kindly listen to me. (Pray) tell us by what sort of activity one may be able to rid oneself of all Karma and (the desire for Karma). Devarsi Narada replied : 0 sages, it is no great wonder that regarding Sri Krsna as his child, Vasudeva should inquire of us with a view to his enlightenment, the road to his spiritual welfare. For human beings are generally prone to underrate those who are near them. We find persons living on the banks of the Ganga leaving the Ganga water and resorting to other sacred waters for their purification. Sri Krsna's self-awareness is never obscured by the processes of creation, preservation and dissolution of the universe, which are carried out by Time.
It does not suffer diminution on any account (either) by itself or through any external cause, or through the action of the Gunas. His wisdom is never obscured by the (five) afflictions (in the shape of ignorance, egotism, attraction, repulsion and fear of death), nor by (virtuous and sinful) Karmas, nor by their fruits (in the form of joy and sorrow), nor again by the ebb and flow of Sattvika (and) the (other) Gunas. He is the one Lord, without a second. When He veils Himself under His own potencies, the vital airs etc., ignorant people consider Him as veiled, even as when the vision gets obstructed by clouds, mist and eclipse, etc., people regard the sun as screened by them.Addressing Vasudeva, (as follows) within the hearing of Sri Krsna, Balarama and the kings (present there), 0 king, the sages then said: The best way of neutralizing past acts and wiping out the desire for future action through action itself is to propitiate, with (due) reverence, Visnu, the Lord of all sacrifices, through sacrifices. Perceiving through the The Sruti says eye of the Sastras, the all-knowing sages have declared it to be the easiest means of attaining tranquillity of mind, and a sacred duty the performance of which brings delight to the heart. For the twice-born householder the most propitious course is to perform with reverence the worship of the Supreme Person expending (liberal sums of) money earned by fair means.
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