nanu jñānād eva mokṣa iti jñānāya tat-phalāya mokṣāya ca kathaṁ na spṛhayatheti ced asmākaṁ bhaktānāṁ bhagavac-caritāsvādanaṁ jñānaṁ tat-phalaṁ bhagavat-pada-prāptir eva mokṣa iti parīkṣid-dṛṣṭyaivāhuḥ |
tac-caritaṁ bhavān vitanotu yena sa vai parīkṣit khagendra-dhvajasya bhagavataḥ pāda-mūlaṁ prāpa |
nanu dvādaśa-skandhe parīkṣid-apavargaṁ prāpeti prasiddhiḥ satyam |
apavarga ity ākhyā yasya tad-bhaktair bhagavat-pāda-mūlam evāpavarga ucyate |
vakṣyate ca pañcama-skandhe, yathāvarṇa-vidhānam apavargaś ca bhavati yo’sau bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ [bhā.pu. 5.19.19-20] iti |
yena katham-bhūtena vaiyāsaki-śabditena |
yathaiva tat-pāda-mūlam apavarga-śabdenocyate tathaiva tac-caritam api jñāna-śabdena vaiyāsakinocyate |
ato jñānena parīkṣid-apavargaṁ prāpeti prasiddhir nānṛtety arthaḥ |
etena sa pretya gatavān yathā [bhā.pu. 1.12.2] iti praśnasyottaram uktam ||