Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 62
॥
Devanāgarī
तद्धर्मगतिहीना ये तस्यां मयि परायणाः ।
कलिना ग्रसिता ये वै तेषां तस्यामवस्थितिः
Transliteration (IAST)
taddharmagatihīnā ye tasyāṁ mayi parāyaṇāḥ |
kalinā grasitā ye vai teṣāṁ tasyāmavasthitiḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तद्धर्मगतिहीनाः येtaddharmagatihīnāḥ yethey who are without recourse to this dharma; those who have no access to this duty
तस्याम् मयि परायणाःtasyām mayi parāyaṇāḥdevoted to Me in it; having made Me the highest goal there
कलिना ग्रसिताः ये वैkalinā grasitāḥ ye vaithey who are swallowed by Kali; those devoured by the age of discord
तेषाम् तस्याम् अवस्थितिःteṣām tasyām avasthitiḥfor them a dwelling there remains; a place remains for them there
Translation
"But they who have no recourse to this dharma, yet are devoted to Me in it — they who are swallowed by Kali — for them a dwelling there remains."
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The mantra speaks of those who cannot fulfil their own duty — and does not reject them.
The cause is named plainly: "those devoured by Kali", that is, people of the age of discord, in which the code collapses, strength is small and life short. Of such a time the śāstras say that the former means become impossible to carry out.
And the condition under which this is no misfortune is stated: mayi parāyaṇāḥ — "having made Me the highest goal", surrendered to Him. On this condition "a dwelling there remains for them" — that is, a place in the abode is kept.
So the book puts in their places two things it has spoken of side by side. Duty performed without self-interest is the road for those who can. Self-surrender is for those who cannot. And both lead to the same place.
From here runs a straight road to what the following mantras will say about worship in the age of Kali and about who is dear to the Lord. And from here too comes all the later teaching that where the means have failed, refuge remains.