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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 1,
"reference": "SB 4.13.1",
"devanagari": "सूत उवाच\nनिशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितं ध्रुवस्य वैकुण्ठपदाधिरोहणम्\nप्ररूढभावो भगवत्य् अधोक्षजे प्रष्टुं पुनस्तं विदुरः प्रचक्रमे",
"transliteration": "sūta uvāca\nniśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitaṁ\ndhruvasya vaikuṇṭha-padādhirohaṇam\nprarūḍha-bhāvo bhagavaty adhokṣaje\npraṣṭuṁ punas taṁ viduraḥ pracakrame",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sūtaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Sūta Gosvāmī said"
]
},
{
"word": "niśamya",
"meanings": [
"after hearing"
]
},
{
"word": "kauṣāraviṇā",
"meanings": [
"by the sage Maitreya"
]
},
{
"word": "upavarṇitam",
"meanings": [
"described"
]
},
{
"word": "dhruvasya",
"meanings": [
"of Mahārāja Dhruva"
]
},
{
"word": "vaikuṇṭha-pada",
"meanings": [
"to the abode of Viṣṇu"
]
},
{
"word": "adhirohaṇam",
"meanings": [
"ascent"
]
},
{
"word": "prarūḍha",
"meanings": [
"increased"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāvaḥ",
"meanings": [
"devotional emotion"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavati",
"meanings": [
"unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "adhokṣaje",
"meanings": [
"who is beyond the reach of direct perception"
]
},
{
"word": "praṣṭum",
"meanings": [
"to inquire"
]
},
{
"word": "punaḥ",
"meanings": [
"again"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"unto Maitreya"
]
},
{
"word": "viduraḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vidura"
]
},
{
"word": "pracakrame",
"meanings": [
"attempted."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Sūta Gosvāmī, continuing to speak to all the ṛṣis, headed by Śaunaka, said:</b><b> After hearing Maitreya Ṛṣi describe Dhruva Mahārāja's ascent to Lord Viṣṇu's abode, Vidura became very much enlightened in devotional emotion, and he inquired from Maitreya as follows.</b>",
"purport": [
"As evidenced in the topics between Vidura and Maitreya, the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the devotees are so fascinating that neither the devotee who is describing them nor the devotee who is hearing is at all fatigued by the inquiries and answers. Transcendental subject matter is so nice that no one becomes tired of hearing or speaking. Others, who are not devotees, may think, \"How can people devote so much time simply to talks of God?\" But devotees are never satisfied or satiated in hearing and speaking about the Supreme Personality of Godhead or about His devotees. The more they hear and talk, the more they become enthusiastic to hear. The chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra</i> is simply the repetition of three words, <i>Hare, Kṛṣṇa</i> and <i>Rāma,</i> but still devotees can go on chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra</i> twenty-four hours a day without feeling fatigued."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 2,
"reference": "SB 4.13.2",
"devanagari": "विदुर उवाच\nके ते प्रचेतसो नाम कस्यापत्यानि सुव्रत\nकस्यान्ववाये प्रख्याताः कुत्र वा सत्रम् आसत",
"transliteration": "vidura uvāca\nke te pracetaso nāma\nkasyāpatyāni suvrata\nkasyānvavāye prakhyātāḥ\nkutra vā satram āsata",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "viduraḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Vidura inquired"
]
},
{
"word": "ke",
"meanings": [
"who were"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "pracetasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Pracetās"
]
},
{
"word": "nāma",
"meanings": [
"of the name"
]
},
{
"word": "kasya",
"meanings": [
"whose"
]
},
{
"word": "apatyāni",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "su-vrata",
"meanings": [
"O Maitreya, who has taken an auspicious vow"
]
},
{
"word": "kasya",
"meanings": [
"whose"
]
},
{
"word": "anvavāye",
"meanings": [
"in the family"
]
},
{
"word": "prakhyātāḥ",
"meanings": [
"famous"
]
},
{
"word": "kutra",
"meanings": [
"where"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "satram",
"meanings": [
"the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "āsata",
"meanings": [
"was performed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Vidura inquired from Maitreya:</b><b> O greatly advanced devotee, who were the Pracetās? To which family do they belong? Whose sons were they, and where did they perform the great sacrifices?</b>",
"purport": [
"The great Nārada's singing, in the previous chapter, of three verses in the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās gave another impetus to Vidura to ask further questions."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 3,
"reference": "SB 4.13.3",
"devanagari": "मन्ये महाभागवतं नारदं देवदर्शनम्\nयेन प्रोक्तः क्रियायोगः परिचर्याविधिर्हरेः",
"transliteration": "manye mahā-bhāgavataṁ\nnāradaṁ deva-darśanam\nyena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ\nparicaryā-vidhir hareḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "manye",
"meanings": [
"I think"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-bhāgavatam",
"meanings": [
"the greatest of all devotees"
]
},
{
"word": "nāradam",
"meanings": [
"the sage Nārada"
]
},
{
"word": "deva",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "darśanam",
"meanings": [
"who met"
]
},
{
"word": "yena",
"meanings": [
"by whom"
]
},
{
"word": "proktaḥ",
"meanings": [
"spoken"
]
},
{
"word": "kriyā-yogaḥ",
"meanings": [
"devotional service"
]
},
{
"word": "paricaryā",
"meanings": [
"for rendering service"
]
},
{
"word": "vidhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the procedure"
]
},
{
"word": "hareḥ",
"meanings": [
"to the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Vidura continued:</b><b> I know that the great sage Nārada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pāñcarātrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
"purport": [
"There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called <i>bhāgavata-mārga,</i> or the way of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,</i> and the other is called <i>pāñcarātrika-vidhi.</i> <i>Pāñcarātrika-vidhi</i> is the method of temple worship, and <i>bhāgavata-vidhi</i> is the system of nine processes which begin with hearing and chanting. The Kṛṣṇa conscious movement accepts both processes simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This <i>pāñcarātrika</i> procedure was first introduced by the great sage Nārada, as referred to here by Vidura."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 4,
"reference": "SB 4.13.4",
"devanagari": "स्वधर्मशीलैः पुरुषैर्भगवान्यज्ञपूरुषः\nइज्यमानो भक्तिमता नारदेनेरितः किल",
"transliteration": "sva-dharma-śīlaiḥ puruṣair\nbhagavān yajña-pūruṣaḥ\nijyamāno bhaktimatā\nnāradeneritaḥ kila",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sva-dharma-śīlaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"executing sacrificial duties"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the men"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavān",
"meanings": [
"Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "yajña-pūruṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the enjoyer of all sacrifices"
]
},
{
"word": "ijyamānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "bhaktimatā",
"meanings": [
"by the devotee"
]
},
{
"word": "nāradena",
"meanings": [
"by Nārada"
]
},
{
"word": "īritaḥ",
"meanings": [
"described"
]
},
{
"word": "kila",
"meanings": [
"indeed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>While all the Pracetās were executing religious rituals and sacrificial ceremonies and thus worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead for His satisfaction, the great sage Nārada described the transcendental qualities of Dhruva Mahārāja.</b>",
"purport": [
"Nārada Muni is always glorifying the pastimes of the Lord. In this verse we see that he not only glorifies the Lord, but he also likes to glorify the devotees of the Lord. The great sage Nārada Muni's mission is to broadcast the devotional service of the Lord. For this purpose he has compiled the <i>Nārada-pañcarātra</i>, a directory of devotional service, so that devotees can always take information about how to execute devotional service and thus engage twenty-four hours a day in performing sacrifices for the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> the Lord has created four orders of social life, namely <i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra.</i> In the <i>Nārada-pañcarātra</i> it is very clearly described how each of the social orders can please the Supreme Lord. In the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (Bg. 18.45) it is stated, <i>sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ:</i> by executing one's prescribed duties one can please the Supreme Lord. In the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> also it is stated, <i>svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam:</i> the perfection of duty is to see that by discharging one's specific duties one satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead (<i>Bhāg.</i> 1.2.13). When the Pracetās were performing sacrifices according to this direction, Nārada Muni was satisfied to see these activities, and he also wanted to glorify Dhruva Mahārāja in that sacrificial arena."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 5,
"reference": "SB 4.13.5",
"devanagari": "यास्ता देवर्षिणा तत्र वर्णिता भगवत्कथाः\nमह्यं शुश्रूषवे ब्रह्मन्कार्त्स्न्येनाचष्टुम् अर्हसि",
"transliteration": "yās tā devarṣiṇā tatra\nvarṇitā bhagavat-kathāḥ\nmahyaṁ śuśrūṣave brahman\nkārtsnyenācaṣṭum arhasi",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yāḥ",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "tāḥ",
"meanings": [
"all those"
]
},
{
"word": "devarṣiṇā",
"meanings": [
"by the great sage Nārada"
]
},
{
"word": "tatra",
"meanings": [
"there"
]
},
{
"word": "varṇitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"narrated"
]
},
{
"word": "bhagavat-kathāḥ",
"meanings": [
"preachings pertaining to the activities of the Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "mahyam",
"meanings": [
"unto me"
]
},
{
"word": "śuśrūṣave",
"meanings": [
"very eager to hear"
]
},
{
"word": "brahman",
"meanings": [
"my dear brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "kārtsnyena",
"meanings": [
"fully"
]
},
{
"word": "ācaṣṭum arhasi",
"meanings": [
"kindly explain."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>My dear brāhmaṇa, how did Nārada Muni glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and what pastimes were described in that meeting? I am very eager to hear of them. Kindly explain fully about that glorification of the Lord.</b>",
"purport": [
"<i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> is the record of <i>bhagavat-kathā,</i> topics about the pastimes of the Lord. What Vidura was anxious to hear from Maitreya we can also hear five thousand years later, provided we are very eager."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 6,
"reference": "SB 4.13.6",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nध्रुवस्य चोत्कलः पुत्रः पितरि प्रस्थिते वनम्\nसार्वभौमश्रियं नैच्छद् अधिराजासनं पितुः",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\ndhruvasya cotkalaḥ putraḥ\npitari prasthite vanam\nsārvabhauma-śriyaṁ naicchad\nadhirājāsanaṁ pituḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Maitreya said"
]
},
{
"word": "dhruvasya",
"meanings": [
"of Dhruva Mahārāja"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "utkalaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Utkala"
]
},
{
"word": "putraḥ",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "pitari",
"meanings": [
"after the father"
]
},
{
"word": "prasthite",
"meanings": [
"departed"
]
},
{
"word": "vanam",
"meanings": [
"for the forest"
]
},
{
"word": "sārva-bhauma",
"meanings": [
"including all lands"
]
},
{
"word": "śriyam",
"meanings": [
"opulence"
]
},
{
"word": "na aicchat",
"meanings": [
"did not desire"
]
},
{
"word": "adhirāja",
"meanings": [
"royal"
]
},
{
"word": "āsanam",
"meanings": [
"throne"
]
},
{
"word": "pituḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the father."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The great sage Maitreya replied:</b><b> My dear Vidura, when Mahārāja Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not desire to accept the opulent throne of his father, which was meant for the ruler of all the lands of this planet.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 7,
"reference": "SB 4.13.7",
"devanagari": "स जन्मनोपशान्तात्मा निःसंगः समदर्शनः\nददर्श लोके विततम् आत्मानं लोकम् आत्मनि",
"transliteration": "sa janmanopaśāntātmā\nniḥsaṅgaḥ samadarśanaḥ\ndadarśa loke vitatam\nātmānaṁ lokam ātmani",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"his son Utkala"
]
},
{
"word": "janmanā",
"meanings": [
"from the very beginning of his birth"
]
},
{
"word": "upaśānta",
"meanings": [
"very well satisfied"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmā",
"meanings": [
"soul"
]
},
{
"word": "niḥsaṅgaḥ",
"meanings": [
"without attachment"
]
},
{
"word": "sama-darśanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"equipoised"
]
},
{
"word": "dadarśa",
"meanings": [
"saw"
]
},
{
"word": "loke",
"meanings": [
"in the world"
]
},
{
"word": "vitatam",
"meanings": [
"spread"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmānam",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "lokam",
"meanings": [
"all the world"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmani",
"meanings": [
"in the Supersoul."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>From his very birth, Utkala was fully satisfied and unattached to the world. He was equipoised, for he could see everything resting in the Supersoul and the Supersoul present in everyone's heart.</b>",
"purport": [
"The symptoms and characteristics of Utkala, the son of Mahārāja Dhruva, are those of a <i>mahā-bhāgavata.</i> As stated in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (Bg. 6.30), <i>yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati:</i> a highly advanced devotee sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead everywhere, and he also sees everything resting in the Supreme. It is also confirmed in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (Bg. 9.4), <i>mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā:</i> Lord Kṛṣṇa is spread all over the universe in His impersonal feature. Everything is resting on Him, but that does not mean that everything is He Himself. A highly advanced <i>mahā-bhāgavata</i> devotee sees in this spirit: he sees the same Supersoul, Paramātmā, existing within everyone's heart, regardless of discrimination based on the different material forms of the living entities. He sees everyone as part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The <i>mahā-bhāgavata</i> who experiences the Supreme Godhead's presence everywhere, is never missing from the sight of the Supreme Lord, nor is the Supreme Lord ever lost from his sight. This is possible only when one is advanced in love of Godhead."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 8,
"reference": "SB 4.13.8-9",
"devanagari": "आत्मानं ब्रह्म निर्वाणं प्रत्यस्तमितविग्रहम्\nअवबोधरसैकात्म्यम् आनन्दम् अनुसन्ततम्\nअव्यवच्छिन्नयोगाग्नि दग्धकर्ममलाशयः\nस्वरूपम् अवरुन्धानो नात्मनो ऽन्यं तदैक्षत",
"transliteration": "ātmānaṁ brahma nirvāṇaṁ\npratyastamita-vigraham\navabodha-rasaikātmyam\nānandam anusantatam\navyavacchinna-yogāgni-\ndagdha-karma-malāśayaḥ\nsvarūpam avarundhāno\nnātmano 'nyaṁ tadaikṣata",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ātmānam",
"meanings": [
"self"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"spirit"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvāṇam",
"meanings": [
"extinction of material existence"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyastam-ita",
"meanings": [
"ceased"
]
},
{
"word": "vigraham",
"meanings": [
"separation"
]
},
{
"word": "avabodha-rasa",
"meanings": [
"by the mellow of knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "eka-ātmyam",
"meanings": [
"oneness"
]
},
{
"word": "ānandam",
"meanings": [
"bliss"
]
},
{
"word": "anusantatam",
"meanings": [
"expanded"
]
},
{
"word": "avyavacchinna",
"meanings": [
"continuous"
]
},
{
"word": "yoga",
"meanings": [
"by practice of yoga"
]
},
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"by the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "dagdha",
"meanings": [
"burned"
]
},
{
"word": "karma",
"meanings": [
"fruitive desires"
]
},
{
"word": "mala",
"meanings": [
"dirty"
]
},
{
"word": "āśayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in his mind"
]
},
{
"word": "svarūpam",
"meanings": [
"constitutional position"
]
},
{
"word": "avarundhānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"realizing"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"than the Supreme Soul"
]
},
{
"word": "anyam",
"meanings": [
"anything else"
]
},
{
"word": "tadā",
"meanings": [
"then"
]
},
{
"word": "aikṣata",
"meanings": [
"saw."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>By expansion of his knowledge of the Supreme Brahman, he had already attained liberation from the bondage of the body. This liberation is known as nirvāṇa. He was situated in transcendental bliss, and he continued always in that blissful existence, which expanded more and more. This was possible for him by continual practice of bhakti-yoga, which is compared to fire because it burns away all dirty material things. He was always situated in his constitutional position of self-realization, and he could not see anything else but the Supreme Lord and himself engaged in discharging devotional service.</b>",
"purport": [
"These two verses explain the verse in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā, brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati/ samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām</i>: \"One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed towards every living entity. In that state he achieves pure devotional service unto Me.\" (Bg. 18.54) This is also explained by Lord Caitanya in His <i>Śikṣāṣṭaka </i>in the beginning of the first verse:",
"<i>ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ<br/> śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam</i>",
"The <i>bhakti-yoga</i> system is the topmost <i>yoga</i> system, and in this system the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is the foremost performance of devotional service. By chanting the holy name one can attain the perfection of <i>nirvāṇa,</i> or liberation from material existence, and so increase one's blissful life of spiritual existence as described by Lord Caitanya (<i>ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam</i>). When one is situated in that position, he no longer has any interest in material opulence or even a royal throne and sovereignty over the whole planet. This situation is called <i>viraktir anyatra syāt.</i> It is the result of devotional service.",
"The more one makes advancement in devotional service, the more one becomes detached from material opulence and material activity. This is the spiritual nature, full of bliss. This is also described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (Bg. 2.59). <i>Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate:</i> one ceases to take part in material enjoyment upon tasting superior, blissful life in spiritual existence. By advancement in spiritual knowledge, which is considered to be like blazing fire, all material desires are burned to ashes. The perfection of mystic <i>yoga</i> is possible when one is continuously in connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by discharging devotional service. A devotee is always thinking of the Supreme Person at every step of his life. Every conditioned soul is full of the reactions of his past life, but all dirty things are immediately burned to ashes if one simply executes devotional service. This is described in the <i>Nārada-pañcarātra: sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam.</i>"
],
"verse_end": 9
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 10,
"reference": "SB 4.13.10",
"devanagari": "जडान्धबधिरोन्मत्त मूकाकृतिर् अतन्मतिः\nलक्षितः पथि बालानां प्रशान्तार्चिर् इवानलः",
"transliteration": "jaḍāndha-badhironmatta-\nmūkākṛtir atanmatiḥ\nlakṣitaḥ pathi bālānāṁ\npraśāntārcir ivānalaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jaḍa",
"meanings": [
"foolish"
]
},
{
"word": "andha",
"meanings": [
"blind"
]
},
{
"word": "badhira",
"meanings": [
"deaf"
]
},
{
"word": "unmatta",
"meanings": [
"mad"
]
},
{
"word": "mūka",
"meanings": [
"dumb"
]
},
{
"word": "ākṛtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"appearance"
]
},
{
"word": "a-tat",
"meanings": [
"not like that"
]
},
{
"word": "matiḥ",
"meanings": [
"his intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "lakṣitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"he was seen"
]
},
{
"word": "pathi",
"meanings": [
"on the road"
]
},
{
"word": "bālānām",
"meanings": [
"by the less intelligent"
]
},
{
"word": "praśānta",
"meanings": [
"calmed"
]
},
{
"word": "arciḥ",
"meanings": [
"with flames"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"like"
]
},
{
"word": "analaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fire."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Utkala appeared to the less intelligent persons on the road to be foolish, blind, dumb, deaf and mad, although actually he was not so. He remained like fire covered with ashes, without blazing flames.</b>",
"purport": [
"In order to avoid contradiction, botheration and unfavorable situations created by materialistic persons, a great saintly person like Jaḍa Bharata or Utkala remains silent. The less intelligent consider such saintly persons to be mad, deaf or dumb. Factually, an advanced devotee avoids speaking with persons who are not in devotional life, but to those who are in devotional life he speaks in friendship, and he speaks to the innocent for their enlightenment. For all practical purposes, the whole world is full of nondevotees, and so one kind of very advanced devotee is called <i>bhajanānandī.</i> Those who are <i>goṣṭhānandī,</i> however, preach to increase the number of devotees. But even such preachers also avoid opposing elements who are unfavorably disposed towards spiritual life."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 11,
"reference": "SB 4.13.11",
"devanagari": "मत्वा तं जडम् उन्मत्तं कुलवृद्धाः समन्त्रिणः\nवत्सरं भूपतिं चक्रुर्यवीयांसं भ्रमेः सुतम्",
"transliteration": "matvā taṁ jaḍam unmattaṁ\nkula-vṛddhāḥ samantriṇaḥ\nvatsaraṁ bhūpatiṁ cakrur\nyavīyāṁsaṁ bhrameḥ sutam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "matvā",
"meanings": [
"thinking"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"Utkala"
]
},
{
"word": "jaḍam",
"meanings": [
"without intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "unmattam",
"meanings": [
"mad"
]
},
{
"word": "kula-vṛddhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"elderly members of the family"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-mantriṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"with the ministers"
]
},
{
"word": "vatsaram",
"meanings": [
"Vatsara"
]
},
{
"word": "bhū-patim",
"meanings": [
"ruler of the world"
]
},
{
"word": "cakruḥ",
"meanings": [
"they made"
]
},
{
"word": "yavīyāṁsam",
"meanings": [
"younger"
]
},
{
"word": "bhrameḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Bhrami"
]
},
{
"word": "sutam",
"meanings": [
"son."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>For this reason the ministers and all the elderly members of the family thought Utkala to be without intelligence and, in fact, mad. Thus his younger brother, named Vatsara, who was the son of Bhrami and who was junior to Utkala, was elevated to the royal throne, and he became king of the world.</b>",
"purport": [
"It appears that although there was monarchy, it was not at all an autocracy. There were senior family members and ministers who could make changes and elect the proper person to the throne, although the throne could be occupied only by the royal family. In modern days also, wherever there is monarchy, sometimes the ministers and elderly members of the family select one member from the royal family to occupy the throne in preference to another."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 12,
"reference": "SB 4.13.12",
"devanagari": "स्वर्वीथिर्वत्सरस्येष्टा भार्यासूत षडात्मजान्\nपुष्पार्णं तिग्मकेतुं च इषम् ऊर्जं वसुं जयम्",
"transliteration": "svarvīthir vatsarasyeṣṭā\nbhāryāsūta ṣaḍ-ātmajān\npuṣpārṇaṁ tigmaketuṁ ca\niṣam ūrjaṁ vasuṁ jayam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "svarvīthiḥ",
"meanings": [
"Svarvīthi"
]
},
{
"word": "vatsarasya",
"meanings": [
"of King Vatsara"
]
},
{
"word": "iṣṭā",
"meanings": [
"very dear"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāryā",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣaṭ",
"meanings": [
"six"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmajān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "puṣpārṇam",
"meanings": [
"Puṣpārṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "tigmaketum",
"meanings": [
"Tigmaketu"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "iṣam",
"meanings": [
"Iṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "ūrjam",
"meanings": [
"Ūrja"
]
},
{
"word": "vasum",
"meanings": [
"Vasu"
]
},
{
"word": "jayam",
"meanings": [
"Jaya."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>King Vatsara had a very dear wife whose name was Svarvīthi, and she gave birth to six sons, named Puṣpārṇa, Tigmaketu, Iṣa, Ūrja, Vasu and Jaya.</b>",
"purport": [
"Vatsara's wife is mentioned here as <i>iṣṭā,</i> which means worshipable. In other words, it appears that Vatsara's wife had all good qualities; for example, she was always very faithful and obedient and affectionate to her husband. She had all good qualities for managing household affairs. If both the husband and wife are endowed with good qualities and live peacefully, then nice children take birth, and thus the whole family is happy and prosperous."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 13,
"reference": "SB 4.13.13",
"devanagari": "पुष्पार्णस्य प्रभा भार्या दोषा च द्वे बभूवतुः\nप्रातर्मध्यन्दिनं सायम् इति ह्य् आसन्प्रभासुताः",
"transliteration": "puṣpārṇasya prabhā bhāryā\ndoṣā ca dve babhūvatuḥ\nprātar madhyandinaṁ sāyam\niti hy āsan prabhā-sutāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "puṣpārṇasya",
"meanings": [
"of Puṣpārṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "prabhā",
"meanings": [
"Prabhā"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāryā",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "doṣā",
"meanings": [
"Doṣā"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "dve",
"meanings": [
"two"
]
},
{
"word": "babhūvatuḥ",
"meanings": [
"were"
]
},
{
"word": "prātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Prātar"
]
},
{
"word": "madhyandinam",
"meanings": [
"Madhyandinam"
]
},
{
"word": "sāyam",
"meanings": [
"Sāyam"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "āsan",
"meanings": [
"were"
]
},
{
"word": "prabhā-sutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"sons of Prabhā."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Puṣpārṇa had two wives, named Prabhā and Doṣā. Prabhā had three sons, named Prātaḥ, Madhyandinam and Sāyam.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 14,
"reference": "SB 4.13.14",
"devanagari": "प्रदोषो निशिथो व्युष्ट इति दोषासुतास्त्रयः\nव्युष्टः सुतं पुष्करिण्यां सर्वतेजसम् आदधे",
"transliteration": "pradoṣo niśitho vyuṣṭa\niti doṣā-sutās trayaḥ\nvyuṣṭaḥ sutaṁ puṣkariṇyāṁ\nsarva-tejasam ādadhe",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pradoṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Pradoṣa"
]
},
{
"word": "niśithaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Niśitha"
]
},
{
"word": "vyuṣṭaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vyuṣṭa"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "doṣā",
"meanings": [
"of Doṣā"
]
},
{
"word": "sutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "trayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"three"
]
},
{
"word": "vyuṣṭaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vyuṣṭa"
]
},
{
"word": "sutam",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "puṣkariṇyām",
"meanings": [
"in Puṣkariṇī"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-tejasam",
"meanings": [
"named Sarvatejā, all-powerful"
]
},
{
"word": "ādadhe",
"meanings": [
"begot."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Doṣā had three sons—Pradoṣa, Niśitha and Vyuṣṭa. Vyuṣṭa's wife was named Puṣkariṇī, and she gave birth to a very powerful son named Sarvatejā.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 15,
"reference": "SB 4.13.15-16",
"devanagari": "स चक्षुः सुतम् आकूत्यां पत्न्यां मनुम् अवाप ह\nमनोर् असूत महिषी विरजान्नड्वला सुतान्\nपुरुं कुत्सं त्रितं द्युम्नं सत्यवन्तम् ऋतं व्रतम्\nअग्निष्टोमम् अतीरात्रं प्रद्युम्नं शिबिम् उल्मुकम्",
"transliteration": "sa cakṣuḥ sutam ākūtyāṁ\npatnyāṁ manum avāpa ha\nmanor asūta mahiṣī\nvirajān naḍvalā sutān\npuruṁ kutsaṁ tritaṁ dyumnaṁ\nsatyavantam ṛtaṁ vratam\nagniṣṭomam atīrātraṁ\npradyumnaṁ śibim ulmukam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he (Sarvatejā)"
]
},
{
"word": "cakṣuḥ",
"meanings": [
"named Cakṣuḥ"
]
},
{
"word": "sutam",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "ākūtyām",
"meanings": [
"in Ākūti"
]
},
{
"word": "patnyām",
"meanings": [
"wife"
]
},
{
"word": "manum",
"meanings": [
"Cākṣuṣa Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "avāpa",
"meanings": [
"obtained"
]
},
{
"word": "ha",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "manoḥ",
"meanings": [
"of Manu"
]
},
{
"word": "asūta",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "mahiṣī",
"meanings": [
"queen"
]
},
{
"word": "virajān",
"meanings": [
"without passion"
]
},
{
"word": "naḍvalā",
"meanings": [
"Naḍvalā"
]
},
{
"word": "sutān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "purum",
"meanings": [
"Puru"
]
},
{
"word": "kutsam",
"meanings": [
"Kutsa"
]
},
{
"word": "tritam",
"meanings": [
"Trita"
]
},
{
"word": "dyumnam",
"meanings": [
"Dyumna"
]
},
{
"word": "satyavantam",
"meanings": [
"Satyavān"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛtam",
"meanings": [
"Ṛta"
]
},
{
"word": "vratam",
"meanings": [
"Vrata"
]
},
{
"word": "agniṣṭomam",
"meanings": [
"Agniṣṭoma"
]
},
{
"word": "atīrātram",
"meanings": [
"Atīrātra"
]
},
{
"word": "pradyumnam",
"meanings": [
"Pradyumna"
]
},
{
"word": "śibim",
"meanings": [
"Śibi"
]
},
{
"word": "ulmukam",
"meanings": [
"Ulmuka."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Sarvatejā's wife, Ākūti, gave birth to a son named Cākṣuṣa, who became the sixth Manu at the end of the Manu millennium. Naḍvalā, the wife of Cākṣuṣa Manu, gave birth to the following faultless sons: Puru, Kutsa, Trita, Dyumna, Satyavān, Ṛta, Vrata, Agniṣṭoma, Atīrātra, Pradyumna, Śibi and Ulmuka.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 16
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 17,
"reference": "SB 4.13.17",
"devanagari": "उल्मुको ऽजनयत्पुत्रान्पुष्करिण्यां षड् उत्तमान्\nअंगं सुमनसं ख्यातिं क्रतुम् अंगिरसं गयम्",
"transliteration": "ulmuko 'janayat putrān\npuṣkariṇyāṁ ṣaḍ uttamān\naṅgaṁ sumanasaṁ khyātiṁ\nkratum aṅgirasaṁ gayam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ulmukaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Ulmuka"
]
},
{
"word": "ajanayat",
"meanings": [
"begot"
]
},
{
"word": "putrān",
"meanings": [
"sons"
]
},
{
"word": "puṣkariṇyām",
"meanings": [
"in Puṣkariṇī, his wife"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣaṭ",
"meanings": [
"six"
]
},
{
"word": "uttamān",
"meanings": [
"very good"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgam",
"meanings": [
"Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "sumanasam",
"meanings": [
"Sumanā"
]
},
{
"word": "khyātim",
"meanings": [
"Khyāti"
]
},
{
"word": "kratum",
"meanings": [
"Kratu"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgirasam",
"meanings": [
"Aṅgirā"
]
},
{
"word": "gayam",
"meanings": [
"Gaya."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Of the twelve sons, Ulmuka begot six sons in his wife Puṣkariṇī. They were all very good sons, and their names were Aṅga, Sumanā, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgirā and Gaya.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 18,
"reference": "SB 4.13.18",
"devanagari": "सुनीथांगस्य या पत्नी सुषुवे वेनम् उल्बणम्\nयद्दौःशील्यात्स राजर्षिर्निर्विण्णो निरगात्पुरात्",
"transliteration": "sunīthāṅgasya yā patnī\nsuṣuve venam ulbaṇam\nyad-dauḥśīlyāt sa rājarṣir\nnirviṇṇo niragāt purāt",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sunīthā",
"meanings": [
"Sunīthā"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgasya",
"meanings": [
"of Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "yā",
"meanings": [
"she who"
]
},
{
"word": "patnī",
"meanings": [
"the wife"
]
},
{
"word": "suṣuve",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "venam",
"meanings": [
"Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "ulbaṇam",
"meanings": [
"very crooked"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"whose"
]
},
{
"word": "dauḥśīlyāt",
"meanings": [
"on account of bad character"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "rāja-ṛṣiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the saintly King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "nirviṇṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"very disappointed"
]
},
{
"word": "niragāt",
"meanings": [
"went out"
]
},
{
"word": "purāt",
"meanings": [
"from home."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The wife of Aṅga, Sunīthā, gave birth to a son named Vena, who was very crooked. The saintly King Aṅga was very disappointed with Vena's bad character, and he left home and kingdom and went out to the forest.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 19,
"reference": "SB 4.13.19-20",
"devanagari": "यम् अंग शेपुः कुपिता वाग्वज्रा मुनयः किल\nगतासोस्तस्य भूयस्ते ममन्थुर्दक्षिणं करम्\nअराजके तदा लोके दस्युभिः पीडिताः प्रजाः\nजातो नारायणांशेन पृथुर् आद्यः क्षितीश्वरः",
"transliteration": "yam aṅga śepuḥ kupitā\nvāg-vajrā munayaḥ kila\ngatāsos tasya bhūyas te\nmamanthur dakṣiṇaṁ karam\narājake tadā loke\ndasyubhiḥ pīḍitāḥ prajāḥ\njāto nārāyaṇāṁśena\npṛthur ādyaḥ kṣitīśvaraḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yam",
"meanings": [
"him (Vena) whom"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅga",
"meanings": [
"my dear Vidura"
]
},
{
"word": "śepuḥ",
"meanings": [
"they cursed"
]
},
{
"word": "kupitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being angry"
]
},
{
"word": "vāk-vajrāḥ",
"meanings": [
"whose words are as strong as a thunderbolt"
]
},
{
"word": "munayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "kila",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "gata-asoḥ tasya",
"meanings": [
"after he died"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"moreover"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "mamanthuḥ",
"meanings": [
"churned"
]
},
{
"word": "dakṣiṇam",
"meanings": [
"right"
]
},
{
"word": "karam",
"meanings": [
"hand"
]
},
{
"word": "arājake",
"meanings": [
"being without a king"
]
},
{
"word": "tadā",
"meanings": [
"then"
]
},
{
"word": "loke",
"meanings": [
"the world"
]
},
{
"word": "dasyubhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by rogues and thieves"
]
},
{
"word": "pīḍitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"suffering"
]
},
{
"word": "prajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"all the citizens"
]
},
{
"word": "jātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"advented"
]
},
{
"word": "nārāyaṇa",
"meanings": [
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśena",
"meanings": [
"by a partial representation"
]
},
{
"word": "pṛthuḥ",
"meanings": [
"Pṛthu"
]
},
{
"word": "ādyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"original"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣiti-īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"ruler of the world."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>My dear Vidura, when great sages curse, their words are as invincible as a thunderbolt. Thus when they cursed King Vena out of anger, he died. After his death, since there was no king, all the rogues and thieves flourished, the kingdom became unregulated, and all the citizens suffered greatly. On seeing this, the great sages took the right hand of Vena as a churning rod, and as a result of their churning, Lord Viṣṇu in His partial representation advented as King Pṛthu, the original emperor of the world.</b>",
"purport": [
"Monarchy is better than democracy because if the monarchy is very strong the regulative principles within the kingdom are upheld very nicely. Even one hundred years ago in the state of Kashmir in India, the king was so strong that if a thief were arrested in his kingdom and brought before him, the king would immediately chop off the hands of the thief. As a result of this severe punishment there were practically no theft cases within the kingdom. Even if someone left something on the street, no one would touch it. The rule was that the things could be taken away only by the proprietor and that no one else would touch them. In the so-called democracy, wherever there is a theft case the police come and take note of the case, but generally the thief is never caught, nor is any punishment offered to him. As a result of incapable government, at the present moment thieves, rogues and cheaters are very prominent all over the world."
],
"verse_end": 20
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 21,
"reference": "SB 4.13.21",
"devanagari": "विदुर उवाच\nतस्य शीलनिधेः साधोर्ब्रह्मण्यस्य महात्मनः\nराज्ञः कथम् अभूद्दुष्टा प्रजा यद्विमना ययौ",
"transliteration": "vidura uvāca\ntasya śīla-nidheḥ sādhor\nbrahmaṇyasya mahātmanaḥ\nrājñaḥ katham abhūd duṣṭā\nprajā yad vimanā yayau",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "viduraḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Vidura said"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"of him (Aṅga)"
]
},
{
"word": "śīla-nidheḥ",
"meanings": [
"reservoir of good characteristics"
]
},
{
"word": "sādhoḥ",
"meanings": [
"saintly person"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmaṇyasya",
"meanings": [
"lover of brahminical culture"
]
},
{
"word": "mahātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"great soul"
]
},
{
"word": "rājñaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the king"
]
},
{
"word": "katham",
"meanings": [
"how"
]
},
{
"word": "abhūt",
"meanings": [
"it was"
]
},
{
"word": "duṣṭā",
"meanings": [
"bad"
]
},
{
"word": "prajā",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"by which"
]
},
{
"word": "vimanāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being indifferent"
]
},
{
"word": "yayau",
"meanings": [
"he left."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Vidura inquired from the sage Maitreya: </b><b>My dear brāhmaṇa, King Aṅga was very gentle. He had high character and was a saintly personality and lover of brahminical culture. How is it that such a great soul got a bad son like Vena, because of whom he became indifferent to his kingdom and left it?</b>",
"purport": [
"In family life a man is supposed to live happily with father, mother, wife and children, but sometimes, under certain conditions, a father, mother, child or wife becomes an enemy. It is said by Cāṇakya Paṇḍita that a father is an enemy when he is too much in debt, a mother is an enemy if she marries for a second time, a wife is an enemy when she is very beautiful, and a son is an enemy when he is a foolish rascal. In this way, when a family member becomes an enemy it is very difficult to live in family life or remain a householder. Generally such situations occur in the material world. Therefore according to Vedic culture one has to take leave of his family members just after his fiftieth year so that the balance of his life may be completely devoted in search of Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 22,
"reference": "SB 4.13.22",
"devanagari": "किं वांहो वेन उद्दिश्य ब्रह्मदण्डम् अयूयुजन्\nदण्डव्रतधरे राज्ञि मुनयो धर्मकोविदाः",
"transliteration": "kiṁ vāṁho vena uddiśya\nbrahma-daṇḍam ayūyujan\ndaṇḍa-vrata-dhare rājñi\nmunayo dharma-kovidāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kim",
"meanings": [
"why"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"sinful activities"
]
},
{
"word": "vene",
"meanings": [
"unto Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "uddiśya",
"meanings": [
"seeing"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-daṇḍam",
"meanings": [
"curse of a brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "ayūyujan",
"meanings": [
"they desired to award"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍa-vrata-dhare",
"meanings": [
"who carries the rod of punishment"
]
},
{
"word": "rājñi",
"meanings": [
"unto the king"
]
},
{
"word": "munayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "dharma-kovidāḥ",
"meanings": [
"completely conversant with religious principles."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Vidura also inquired:</b><b> How is it that the great sages, who were completely conversant with religious principles, desired to curse King Vena, who himself carried the rod of punishment, and thus awarded him the greatest punishment </b><b>[brahma-śāpa]</b><b>?</b>",
"purport": [
"It is understood that the king is able to give punishment to everyone, but in this case it appears that the great sages punished him. The king must have done something very serious, otherwise how could the great sages, who were supposed to be the greatest and most tolerant, still punish him in spite of their elevated religious consciousness? It appears also that the king was not independent of the brahminical culture. Above the king there was the control of the <i>brāhmaṇas</i>, and if needed the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> would dethrone the king or would kill him, not with any weapon, but with the <i>mantra</i> of a <i>brahma-śāpa.</i> The <i>brāhmaṇas</i> were so powerful that simply by their cursing one would immediately die."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 23,
"reference": "SB 4.13.23",
"devanagari": "नावध्येयः प्रजापालः प्रजाभिर् अघवान् अपि\nयद् असौ लोकपालानां बिभर्त्य् ओजः स्वतेजसा",
"transliteration": "nāvadhyeyaḥ prajā-pālaḥ\nprajābhir aghavān api\nyad asau loka-pālānāṁ\nbibharty ojaḥ sva-tejasā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"never"
]
},
{
"word": "avadhyeyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"to be insulted"
]
},
{
"word": "prajā-pālaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the king"
]
},
{
"word": "prajābhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the citizens"
]
},
{
"word": "aghavān",
"meanings": [
"ever sinful"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"even though"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"because"
]
},
{
"word": "asau",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "loka-pālānām",
"meanings": [
"of many kings"
]
},
{
"word": "bibharti",
"meanings": [
"maintains"
]
},
{
"word": "ojaḥ",
"meanings": [
"prowess"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-tejasā",
"meanings": [
"by personal influence."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>It is the duty of all citizens in a state never to insult the king, even though he sometimes appears to have done something very sinful. Because of his prowess, the king is always more influential than all other ruling chiefs.</b>",
"purport": [
"According to Vedic civilization the king is supposed to be the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is called <i>nara-nārāyaṇa,</i> indicating that Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in human society as the king. It is etiquette that neither a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> nor a <i>kṣatriya</i> king is ever insulted by the citizens; even though a king appears to be sinful, the citizens should not insult him. But in the case of Vena it appears that he was cursed by the <i>nara-devatās;</i> therefore, it was concluded that his sinful activities were very grievous."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 24,
"reference": "SB 4.13.24",
"devanagari": "एतद् आख्याहि मे ब्रह्मन्सुनीथात्मजचेष्टितम्\nश्रद्दधानाय भक्ताय त्वं परावरवित्तमः",
"transliteration": "etad ākhyāhi me brahman\nsunīthātmaja-ceṣṭitam\nśraddadhānāya bhaktāya\ntvaṁ parāvara-vittamaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "etat",
"meanings": [
"all these"
]
},
{
"word": "ākhyāhi",
"meanings": [
"please describe"
]
},
{
"word": "me",
"meanings": [
"unto me"
]
},
{
"word": "brahman",
"meanings": [
"O great brāhmaṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "sunīthā-ātmaja",
"meanings": [
"of the son of Sunīthā, Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "ceṣṭitam",
"meanings": [
"activities"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddadhānāya",
"meanings": [
"faithful"
]
},
{
"word": "bhaktāya",
"meanings": [
"unto your devotee"
]
},
{
"word": "tvam",
"meanings": [
"you"
]
},
{
"word": "para-avara",
"meanings": [
"with past and future"
]
},
{
"word": "vit-tamaḥ",
"meanings": [
"well conversant."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Vidura requested Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, you are well conversant with all subjects, both past and future. Therefore I wish to hear from you all the activities of King Vena. I am your faithful devotee, so please explain this.</b>",
"purport": [
"Vidura accepted Maitreya as his spiritual master. A disciple always inquires from the spiritual master, and the spiritual master answers the question, provided the disciple is very gentle and devoted. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura said that by the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted with the mercy of the Supreme Lord. The spiritual master is not inclined to disclose all the secrets of transcendental science unless the disciple is very submissive and devoted. As stated in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> the process of receiving knowledge from the spiritual master entails submission, inquiry and service."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 25,
"reference": "SB 4.13.25",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nअंगो ऽश्वमेधं राजर्षिर् आजहार महाक्रतुम्\nनाजग्मुर्देवतास्तस्मिन्न् आहूता ब्रह्मवादिभिः",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\naṅgo 'śvamedhaṁ rājarṣir\nājahāra mahā-kratum\nnājagmur devatās tasminn\nāhūtā brahma-vādibhiḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Maitreya answered"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgaḥ",
"meanings": [
"King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "aśvamedham",
"meanings": [
"aśvamedha sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "rāja-ṛṣiḥ",
"meanings": [
"the saintly king"
]
},
{
"word": "ājahāra",
"meanings": [
"executed"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-kratum",
"meanings": [
"great sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "ajagmuḥ",
"meanings": [
"came"
]
},
{
"word": "devatāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "tasmin",
"meanings": [
"in that sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "āhūtāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being invited"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma-vādibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the brāhmaṇas expert in executing sacrifices."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Śrī Maitreya replied: </b><b>My dear Vidura, once the great King Aṅga arranged to perform the great sacrifice known as aśvamedha. All the expert brāhmaṇas present knew how to invite the demigods, but in spite of their efforts, no demigods participated or appeared in that sacrifice.</b>",
"purport": [
"A Vedic sacrifice is not an ordinary performance. The demigods used to participate in such sacrifices, and the animals sacrificed in such performances were reincarnated with new life. In this age of Kali there are no powerful <i>brāhmaṇas</i> who can invite the demigods or give renewed life to animals. Formerly, the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> well conversant in Vedic <i>mantras</i> could show the potency of the <i>mantras,</i> but in this age, because there are no such <i>brāhmaṇas,</i> all such sacrifices are forbidden. The sacrifice in which horses were offered was called <i>aśvamedha.</i> Sometimes cows were sacrificed (<i>gavālambha</i>), not for eating purposes, but to give them new life in order to show the potency of the <i>mantra.</i> In this age, therefore, the only practical <i>yajña</i> is <i>saṅkīrtana-yajña</i> or chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra</i> twenty-four hours a day."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 26,
"reference": "SB 4.13.26",
"devanagari": "तम् ऊचुर्विस्मितास्तत्र यजमानम् अथर्त्विजः\nहवींषि हूयमानानि न ते गृह्णन्ति देवताः",
"transliteration": "tam ūcur vismitās tatra\nyajamānam athartvijaḥ\nhavīṁṣi hūyamānāni\nna te gṛhṇanti devatāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"unto King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"said"
]
},
{
"word": "vismitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"in wonder"
]
},
{
"word": "tatra",
"meanings": [
"there"
]
},
{
"word": "yajamānam",
"meanings": [
"to the institutor of the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"then"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛtvijaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the priests"
]
},
{
"word": "havīṁṣi",
"meanings": [
"offerings of clarified butter"
]
},
{
"word": "hūyamānāni",
"meanings": [
"being offered"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"they"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhṇanti",
"meanings": [
"accept"
]
},
{
"word": "devatāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Aṅga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 27,
"reference": "SB 4.13.27",
"devanagari": "राजन्हवींष्य् अदुष्टानि श्रद्धयासादितानि ते\nछन्दांस्य् अयातयामानि योजितानि धृतव्रतैः",
"transliteration": "rājan havīṁṣy aduṣṭāni\nśraddhayāsāditāni te\nchandāṁsy ayāta-yāmāni\nyojitāni dhṛta-vrataiḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rājan",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "havīṁṣi",
"meanings": [
"sacrificial offerings"
]
},
{
"word": "aduṣṭāni",
"meanings": [
"not polluted"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddhayā",
"meanings": [
"with great faith and care"
]
},
{
"word": "āsāditāni",
"meanings": [
"collected"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"your"
]
},
{
"word": "chandāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"the mantras"
]
},
{
"word": "ayāta-yāmāni",
"meanings": [
"not deficient"
]
},
{
"word": "yojitāni",
"meanings": [
"properly executed"
]
},
{
"word": "dhṛta-vrataiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by qualified brāhmaṇas."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O King, we know that the paraphernalia to perform the sacrifice is well collected by you with great faith and care and is not polluted. Our chanting of the Vedic hymns also is not deficient in any way because all the brāhmaṇas and priests present here are expert and are executing the performances properly.</b>",
"purport": [
"It is the practice of the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> conversant with the science to pronounce a Vedic <i>mantra</i> in the right accent. The combination of the <i>mantra</i> and Sanskrit words must be chanted with the right pronunciation, otherwise it will not be successful. In this age the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> are neither well versed in the Sanskrit language nor very pure in practical life. But by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra</i> one can attain the highest benefit of sacrificial performances. Even if the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra</i> is not chanted properly, still it has so much potency that the chanter gains the effect."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 28,
"reference": "SB 4.13.28",
"devanagari": "न विदामेह देवानां हेलनं वयम् अण्व् अपि\nयन्न गृह्णन्ति भागान्स्वान्ये देवाः कर्मसाक्षिणः",
"transliteration": "na vidāmeha devānāṁ\nhelanaṁ vayam aṇv api\nyan na gṛhṇanti bhāgān svān\nye devāḥ karma-sākṣiṇaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "vidāma",
"meanings": [
"can find"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"in this connection"
]
},
{
"word": "devānām",
"meanings": [
"of the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "helanam",
"meanings": [
"insult, neglect"
]
},
{
"word": "vayam",
"meanings": [
"we"
]
},
{
"word": "aṇu",
"meanings": [
"minute"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"even"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"because of which"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhṇanti",
"meanings": [
"accept"
]
},
{
"word": "bhāgān",
"meanings": [
"shares"
]
},
{
"word": "svān",
"meanings": [
"own"
]
},
{
"word": "ye",
"meanings": [
"who"
]
},
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "karma-sākṣiṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"witnesses for the sacrifice."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Dear King, we do not find any reason that the demigods should feel insulted or neglected in any way, but still the demigods who are witnesses for the sacrifice do not accept their shares. We do not know why this is so.</b>",
"purport": [
"It is indicated herein that if there is negligence on the part of the priest, the demigods do not accept their share in sacrifices. Similarly, in devotional service there are offenses known as <i>sevā-aparādha.</i> Those who are engaged in worshiping the Deity, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, in the temple, should avoid such offenses in service. The offenses in service are described in <i>The Nectar of Devotion.</i> If we simply make a show of offering services to the Deity but do not care for the <i>sevā-aparādha,</i> certainly the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity will not accept offerings from such nondevotees. Devotees engaged in temple worship should not, therefore, manufacture their own methods, but should strictly follow the regulative principles of cleanliness, and then offerings will be accepted."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 29,
"reference": "SB 4.13.29",
"devanagari": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nअंगो द्विजवचः श्रुत्वा यजमानः सुदुर्मनाः\nतत्प्रष्टुं व्यसृजद्वाचं सदस्यांस्तदनुज्ञया",
"transliteration": "maitreya uvāca\naṅgo dvija-vacaḥ śrutvā\nyajamānaḥ sudurmanāḥ\ntat praṣṭuṁ vyasṛjad vācaṁ\nsadasyāṁs tad-anujñayā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maitreyaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"the great sage Maitreya answered"
]
},
{
"word": "aṅgaḥ",
"meanings": [
"King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "dvija-vacaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the brāhmaṇas words"
]
},
{
"word": "śrutvā",
"meanings": [
"after hearing"
]
},
{
"word": "yajamānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"performer of the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "sudurmanāḥ",
"meanings": [
"very much aggrieved in mind"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"about that"
]
},
{
"word": "praṣṭum",
"meanings": [
"in order to inquire"
]
},
{
"word": "vyasṛjat vācam",
"meanings": [
"he spoke"
]
},
{
"word": "sadasyān",
"meanings": [
"to the priests"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"their"
]
},
{
"word": "anujñayā",
"meanings": [
"taking permission."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Maitreya explained that King Aṅga, after hearing the statements of the priests, was greatly aggrieved. At that time he took permission from the priests to break his silence and inquired from all the priests who were present in the sacrificial arena.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 30,
"reference": "SB 4.13.30",
"devanagari": "नागच्छन्त्य् आहुता देवा न गृह्णन्ति ग्रहान् इह\nसदसस्पतयो ब्रूत किम् अवद्यं मया कृतम्",
"transliteration": "nāgacchanty āhutā devā\nna gṛhṇanti grahān iha\nsadasas patayo brūta\nkim avadyaṁ mayā kṛtam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "āgacchanti",
"meanings": [
"are coming"
]
},
{
"word": "āhutāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being invited"
]
},
{
"word": "devāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhṇanti",
"meanings": [
"are accepting"
]
},
{
"word": "grahān",
"meanings": [
"shares"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"in the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "sadasaḥ-patayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"my dear priests"
]
},
{
"word": "brūta",
"meanings": [
"kindly tell me"
]
},
{
"word": "kim",
"meanings": [
"what"
]
},
{
"word": "avadyam",
"meanings": [
"offense"
]
},
{
"word": "mayā",
"meanings": [
"by me"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛtam",
"meanings": [
"was committed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>King Aṅga addressed the priestly order: My dear priests, kindly tell me what offense I have committed. Although invited, the demigods are neither taking part in the sacrifice nor accepting their shares.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 31,
"reference": "SB 4.13.31",
"devanagari": "सदसस्पतय ऊचुः\nनरदेवेह भवतो नाघं तावन्मनाक्स्थितम्\nअस्त्य् एकं प्राक्तनम् अघं यद् इहेदृक्त्वम् अप्रजः",
"transliteration": "sadasas pataya ūcuḥ\nnara-deveha bhavato\nnāghaṁ tāvan manāk sthitam\nasty ekaṁ prāktanam aghaṁ\nyad ihedṛk tvam aprajaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sadasaḥ-patayaḥ ūcuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the head priests said"
]
},
{
"word": "nara-deva",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"in this life"
]
},
{
"word": "bhavataḥ",
"meanings": [
"of you"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "agham",
"meanings": [
"sinful activity"
]
},
{
"word": "tāvat manāk",
"meanings": [
"even very slight"
]
},
{
"word": "sthitam",
"meanings": [
"situated"
]
},
{
"word": "asti",
"meanings": [
"there is"
]
},
{
"word": "ekam",
"meanings": [
"one"
]
},
{
"word": "prāktanam",
"meanings": [
"in the previous birth"
]
},
{
"word": "agham",
"meanings": [
"sinful activity"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"by which"
]
},
{
"word": "iha",
"meanings": [
"in this life"
]
},
{
"word": "īdṛk",
"meanings": [
"like this"
]
},
{
"word": "tvam",
"meanings": [
"you"
]
},
{
"word": "aprajaḥ",
"meanings": [
"without any son."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The head priests said: </b><b>O King, in this life we do not find any sinful activity, even within your mind, so you are not in the least offensive. But we can see that in your previous life you performed sinful activities due to which, in spite of your having all qualifications, you have no son.</b>",
"purport": [
"The purpose of marrying is to beget a son because a son is necessary to deliver his father and forefathers from any hellish conditional life in which they may be. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita, therefore, says, <i>putra-hīnaṁ gṛhaṁ śūnyam:</i> without a son, married life is simply abominable. King Aṅga was a very pious king in this life, but because of his previous sinful activity he could not get a son. It is concluded, therefore, that if a person does not get a son it is due to his past sinful life."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 32,
"reference": "SB 4.13.32",
"devanagari": "तथा साधय भद्रं ते आत्मानं सुप्रजं नृप\nइष्टस्ते पुत्रकामस्य पुत्रं दास्यति यज्ञभुक्",
"transliteration": "tathā sādhaya bhadraṁ te\nātmānaṁ suprajaṁ nṛpa\niṣṭas te putra-kāmasya\nputraṁ dāsyati yajña-bhuk",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"therefore"
]
},
{
"word": "sādhaya",
"meanings": [
"execute the sacrifice to get"
]
},
{
"word": "bhadram",
"meanings": [
"good fortune"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"to you"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmānam",
"meanings": [
"your own"
]
},
{
"word": "su-prajam",
"meanings": [
"good son"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛpa",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "iṣṭaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"by you"
]
},
{
"word": "putra-kāmasya",
"meanings": [
"desiring to have a son"
]
},
{
"word": "putram",
"meanings": [
"a son"
]
},
{
"word": "dāsyati",
"meanings": [
"He will deliver"
]
},
{
"word": "yajña-bhuk",
"meanings": [
"the Lord, the enjoyer of the sacrifice."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O King, we wish all good fortune for you. You have no son, but if you pray at once to the Supreme Lord and ask for a son, and if you execute the sacrifice for that purpose, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will fulfill your desire.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 33,
"reference": "SB 4.13.33",
"devanagari": "तथा स्वभागधेयानि ग्रहीष्यन्ति दिवौकसः\nयद्यज्ञपुरुषः साक्षाद् अपत्याय हरिर्वृतः",
"transliteration": "tathā sva-bhāga-dheyāni\ngrahīṣyanti divaukasaḥ\nyad yajña-puruṣaḥ sākṣād\napatyāya harir vṛtaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"thereupon"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-bhāga-dheyāni",
"meanings": [
"their shares in the sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "grahīṣyanti",
"meanings": [
"will accept"
]
},
{
"word": "diva-okasaḥ",
"meanings": [
"all the demigods"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"because"
]
},
{
"word": "yajña-puruṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the enjoyer of all sacrifices"
]
},
{
"word": "sākṣāt",
"meanings": [
"directly"
]
},
{
"word": "apatyāya",
"meanings": [
"for the purpose of a son"
]
},
{
"word": "hariḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
]
},
{
"word": "vṛtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"is invited."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When Hari, the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices, is invited to fulfill your desire for a son, all the demigods will come with Him and take their shares in the sacrifice.</b>",
"purport": [
"Whenever a sacrifice is performed, it is meant for satisfying Lord Viṣṇu, the enjoyer of the fruits of all sacrifices; and when Lord Viṣṇu agrees to come to a sacrificial arena, all the demigods naturally follow their master, and their shares are offered in such sacrifices. The conclusion is that the sacrifices performed are meant for Lord Viṣṇu, not for the demigods."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 34,
"reference": "SB 4.13.34",
"devanagari": "तांस्तान्कामान्हरिर्दद्याद्यान्यान्कामयते जनः\nआराधितो यथैवैष तथा पुंसां फलोदयः",
"transliteration": "tāṁs tān kāmān harir dadyād\nyān yān kāmayate janaḥ\nārādhito yathaivaiṣa\ntathā puṁsāṁ phalodayaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tān tān",
"meanings": [
"those"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmān",
"meanings": [
"desired objects"
]
},
{
"word": "hariḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "dadyāt",
"meanings": [
"will award"
]
},
{
"word": "yān yān",
"meanings": [
"whatsoever"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmayate",
"meanings": [
"desires"
]
},
{
"word": "janaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the person"
]
},
{
"word": "ārādhitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"as"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "eṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "tathā",
"meanings": [
"similarly"
]
},
{
"word": "puṁsām",
"meanings": [
"of men"
]
},
{
"word": "phala-udayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the result."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The performer of the sacrifices [under karma-kāṇḍa activities] achieves the fulfillment of the desire for which he worships the Lord.</b>",
"purport": [
"In the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> the Lord says that He awards benediction to the worshiper according to his desire. The Supreme Personality of Godhead gives all living entities conditioned within this material world full freedom to act in their own way. But to His devotee He says that instead of working in that way, it is better to surrender unto Him, for He will take charge of the devotee. That is the difference between a devotee and a fruitive actor. The fruitive actor enjoys only the fruits of his own activities, but a devotee, being under the guidance of the Supreme Lord, simply advances in devotional service to achieve the ultimate goal of life—to go back home, back to Godhead. The significant word in this verse is <i>kāmān,</i> which means sense gratificatory desires. A devotee is devoid of all <i>kāmān.</i> He is <i>anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya:</i> a devotee is always devoid of all desires for sense gratification. His only aim is to satisfy or gratify the senses of the Lord. That is the difference between a <i>karmī</i> and a devotee."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 35,
"reference": "SB 4.13.35",
"devanagari": "इति व्यवसिता विप्रास्तस्य राज्ञः प्रजातये\nपुरोडाशं निरवपन्शिपिविष्टाय विष्णवे",
"transliteration": "iti vyavasitā viprās\ntasya rājñaḥ prajātaye\npuro-ḍāśaṁ niravapan\nśipi-viṣṭāya viṣṇave",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "vyavasitāḥ",
"meanings": [
"having decided"
]
},
{
"word": "viprāḥ",
"meanings": [
"the brāhmaṇas"
]
},
{
"word": "tasya",
"meanings": [
"his"
]
},
{
"word": "rājñaḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the king"
]
},
{
"word": "prajātaye",
"meanings": [
"for the purpose of getting a son"
]
},
{
"word": "purāḥ-dāśam",
"meanings": [
"the paraphernalia of sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "niravapan",
"meanings": [
"offered"
]
},
{
"word": "śipi-viṣṭāya",
"meanings": [
"to the Lord, who is situated in the sacrificial fire"
]
},
{
"word": "viṣṇave",
"meanings": [
"to Lord Viṣṇu."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thus for the sake of a son for King Aṅga, they decided to offer oblations to Lord Viṣṇu, who is situated in the hearts of all living entities.</b>",
"purport": [
"According to sacrificial rituals, animals are sometimes sacrificed in the <i>yajña</i> arena. Such animals are sacrificed not to kill them but to give them new life. Such action was an experiment to observe whether the Vedic <i>mantras</i> were being properly pronounced. Sometimes small animals are killed in a medical laboratory to investigate therapeutic effect. In a medical clinic the animals are not revived, but in the <i>yajña</i> arena, when animals were sacrificed, they were again given life by the potency of Vedic <i>mantras.</i> The word <i>śipi-viṣṭāya</i> appears in this verse. <i>Śipi</i> means the flames of the sacrifice. In the sacrificial fire if the oblations are offered into the flames, then Lord Viṣṇu is situated there in the form of the flames. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu is known as Śipiviṣṭa."
]
}
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 36,
"reference": "SB 4.13.36",
"devanagari": "तस्मात्पुरुष उत्तस्थौ हेममाल्य् अमलाम्बरः\nहिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सिद्धम् आदाय पायसम्",
"transliteration": "tasmāt puruṣa uttasthau\nhema-māly amalāmbaraḥ\nhiraṇmayena pātreṇa\nsiddham ādāya pāyasam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tasmāt",
"meanings": [
"from that fire"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a person"
]
},
{
"word": "uttasthau",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "hema-mālī",
"meanings": [
"with a golden garland"
]
},
{
"word": "amala-ambaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"in white garments"
]
},
{
"word": "hiraṇmayena",
"meanings": [
"golden"
]
},
{
"word": "pātreṇa",
"meanings": [
"with a pot"
]
},
{
"word": "siddham",
"meanings": [
"cooked"
]
},
{
"word": "ādāya",
"meanings": [
"carrying"
]
},
{
"word": "pāyasam",
"meanings": [
"rice boiled in milk."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>As soon as the oblation was offered in the fire, a person appeared from the fire altar wearing a golden garland and white dress. He was carrying a golden pot filled with rice boiled in milk.</b>",
"purport": []
}
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 37,
"reference": "SB 4.13.37",
"devanagari": "स विप्रानुमतो राजा गृहीत्वांजलिनौदनम्\nअवघ्राय मुदा युक्तः प्रादात्पत्न्या उदारधीः",
"transliteration": "sa viprānumato rājā\ngṛhītvāñjalinaudanam\navaghrāya mudā yuktaḥ\nprādāt patnyā udāra-dhīḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "vipra",
"meanings": [
"of the brāhmaṇas"
]
},
{
"word": "anumataḥ",
"meanings": [
"taking permission"
]
},
{
"word": "rājā",
"meanings": [
"the King"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhītvā",
"meanings": [
"taking"
]
},
{
"word": "añjalinā",
"meanings": [
"in his joined palms"
]
},
{
"word": "odanam",
"meanings": [
"rice boiled in milk"
]
},
{
"word": "avaghrāya",
"meanings": [
"after smelling"
]
},
{
"word": "mudā",
"meanings": [
"with great delight"
]
},
{
"word": "yuktaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fixed"
]
},
{
"word": "prādāt",
"meanings": [
"offered"
]
},
{
"word": "patnyai",
"meanings": [
"to his wife"
]
},
{
"word": "udāra-dhīḥ",
"meanings": [
"liberal-minded."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The King was very liberal, and after taking permission from the priests, he took the preparation in his joined palms, and after smelling it he offered a portion to his wife.</b>",
"purport": [
"The word <i>udāra-dhīḥ</i> is significant in this connection. The wife of the King, Sunīthā, was not fit to accept this benediction, yet the King was so liberal that without hesitation he offered to his wife the boiled rice in milk <i>prasāda</i> received from the <i>yajña-puruṣa.</i> Of course everything is designed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As will be explained in later verses, this incident was not very favorable for the King. Since the King was very liberal, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to increase his detachment from this material world, willed that a cruel son be born of the Queen so that the King would have to leave home. As stated above, Lord Viṣṇu fulfills the desires of the <i>karmīs</i> as they desire, but the Lord fulfills the desire of a devotee in a different way so that the devotee may gradually come to Him. This is confirmed in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (<i>dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te</i>). The Lord gives the devotee the opportunity to make progress further and further so that he may come back home, back to Godhead."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 38,
"reference": "SB 4.13.38",
"devanagari": "सा तत्पुंसवनं राज्ञी प्राश्य वै पत्युर् आदधे\nगर्भं काल उपावृत्ते कुमारं सुषुवे ऽप्रजा",
"transliteration": "sā tat puṁ-savanaṁ rājñī\nprāśya vai patyur ādadhe\ngarbhaṁ kāla upāvṛtte\nkumāraṁ suṣuve 'prajā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sā",
"meanings": [
"she"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that food"
]
},
{
"word": "puṁ-savanam",
"meanings": [
"which produces a male child"
]
},
{
"word": "rājñī",
"meanings": [
"the Queen"
]
},
{
"word": "prāśya",
"meanings": [
"eating"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "patyuḥ",
"meanings": [
"from the husband"
]
},
{
"word": "ādadhe",
"meanings": [
"conceived"
]
},
{
"word": "garbham",
"meanings": [
"pregnancy"
]
},
{
"word": "kāle",
"meanings": [
"when the due time"
]
},
{
"word": "upāvṛtte",
"meanings": [
"appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "kumāram",
"meanings": [
"a son"
]
},
{
"word": "suṣuve",
"meanings": [
"gave birth to"
]
},
{
"word": "aprajā",
"meanings": [
"having no son."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Although the Queen had no son, after eating that food, which had the power to produce a male child, she became pregnant from her husband, and in due course of time she gave birth to a son.</b>",
"purport": [
"Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is <i>puṁ-savanam,</i> in which the wife is offered some <i>prasāda,</i> or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Viṣṇu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 39,
"reference": "SB 4.13.39",
"devanagari": "स बाल एव पुरुषो मातामहम् अनुव्रतः\nअधर्मांशोद्भवं मृत्युं तेनाभवद् अधार्मिकः",
"transliteration": "sa bāla eva puruṣo\nmātā-maham anuvrataḥ\nadharmāṁśodbhavaṁ mṛtyuṁ\ntenābhavad adhārmikaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "bālaḥ",
"meanings": [
"child"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"male"
]
},
{
"word": "mātā-maham",
"meanings": [
"maternal grandfather"
]
},
{
"word": "anuvrataḥ",
"meanings": [
"a follower of"
]
},
{
"word": "adharma",
"meanings": [
"of irreligion"
]
},
{
"word": "aṁśa",
"meanings": [
"from a portion"
]
},
{
"word": "udbhavam",
"meanings": [
"who appeared"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛtyum",
"meanings": [
"death"
]
},
{
"word": "tena",
"meanings": [
"by this"
]
},
{
"word": "abhavat",
"meanings": [
"he became"
]
},
{
"word": "adhārmikaḥ",
"meanings": [
"irreligious."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>That boy was born partially in the dynasty of irreligion. His grandfather was death personified, and the boy grew up as his follower; he became a greatly irreligious person.</b>",
"purport": [
"The child's mother, Sunīthā, was the daughter of death personified. Generally the daughter receives the qualifications of her father, and the son acquires those of the mother. So, according to the axiomatic truth that things equal to the same thing are equal to one another, the child born of King Aṅga became the follower of his maternal grandfather. According to <i>smṛti-śāstra,</i> a child generally follows the principles of his maternal uncle's house. <i>Narāṇāṁ mātula-karma</i> means that a child generally follows the qualities of his maternal family. If the maternal family is very corrupt or sinful, the child, even though born of a good father, becomes a victim of the maternal family. According to Vedic civilization, therefore, before the marriage takes place an account is taken of both the boy's and girl's families. If according to astrological calculation the combination is perfect, then marriage takes place. Sometimes, however, there is a mistake, and family life becomes frustrating.",
"It appears that King Aṅga did not get a very good wife in Sunīthā because she was the daughter of death personified. Sometimes the Lord arranges an unfortunate wife for His devotee so that gradually, due to family circumstances, the devotee becomes detached from his wife and home and makes progress in devotional life. It appears that by the arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, King Aṅga, although a pious devotee, got an unfortunate wife like Sunīthā and later on a bad child like Vena. But the result was that he got complete freedom from the entanglement of family life and left home to go back to Godhead."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 40,
"reference": "SB 4.13.40",
"devanagari": "स शरासनम् उद्यम्य मृगयुर्वनगोचरः\nहन्त्य् असाधुर्मृगान्दीनान्वेनो ऽसाव् इत्य् अरौज्जनः",
"transliteration": "sa śarāsanam udyamya\nmṛgayur vana-gocaraḥ\nhanty asādhur mṛgān dīnān\nveno 'sāv ity arauj janaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"that boy of the name Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "śarāsanam",
"meanings": [
"his bow"
]
},
{
"word": "udyamya",
"meanings": [
"taking up"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛgayuḥ",
"meanings": [
"the hunter"
]
},
{
"word": "vana-gocaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"going into the forest"
]
},
{
"word": "hanti",
"meanings": [
"used to kill"
]
},
{
"word": "asādhuḥ",
"meanings": [
"being very cruel"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛgān",
"meanings": [
"deer"
]
},
{
"word": "dīnān",
"meanings": [
"poor"
]
},
{
"word": "venaḥ",
"meanings": [
"Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "asau",
"meanings": [
"there he is"
]
},
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "araut",
"meanings": [
"would cry"
]
},
{
"word": "janaḥ",
"meanings": [
"all the people."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>After fixing his bow and arrow, the cruel boy used to go to the forest and unnecessarily kill innocent deer, and as soon as he came all the people would cry, \"Here comes cruel Vena! Here comes cruel Vena!\"</b>",
"purport": [
"<i>Kṣatriyas</i> are allowed to hunt in the forest for the purpose of learning the killing art, not to kill animals for eating or for any other purpose. The <i>kṣatriya</i> kings were sometimes expected to cut off the head of a culprit in the state. For this reason the <i>kṣatriyas</i> were allowed to hunt in the forest. Because this son of King Aṅga, Vena, was born of a bad mother, he was very cruel, and he used to go to the forest and unnecessarily kill the animals. All the neighboring inhabitants would be frightened by his presence, and they would call, \"Here comes Vena! Here comes Vena!\" So from the beginning of his life he was fearful to the citizens."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 41,
"reference": "SB 4.13.41",
"devanagari": "आक्रीडे क्रीडतो बालान्वयस्यान् अतिदारुणः\nप्रसह्य निरनुक्रोशः पशुमारम् अमारयत्",
"transliteration": "ākrīḍe krīḍato bālān\nvayasyān atidāruṇaḥ\nprasahya niranukrośaḥ\npaśu-māram amārayat",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ākrīḍe",
"meanings": [
"in the playground"
]
},
{
"word": "krīḍataḥ",
"meanings": [
"while playing"
]
},
{
"word": "bālān",
"meanings": [
"boys"
]
},
{
"word": "vayasyān",
"meanings": [
"of his age"
]
},
{
"word": "ati-dāruṇaḥ",
"meanings": [
"very cruel"
]
},
{
"word": "prasahya",
"meanings": [
"by force"
]
},
{
"word": "niranukrośaḥ",
"meanings": [
"merciless"
]
},
{
"word": "paśu-māram",
"meanings": [
"as if slaughtering animals"
]
},
{
"word": "amārayat",
"meanings": [
"killed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 42,
"reference": "SB 4.13.42",
"devanagari": "तं विचक्ष्य खलं पुत्रं शासनैर्विविधैर्नृपः\nयदा न शासितुं कल्पो भृशम् आसीत्सुदुर्मनाः",
"transliteration": "taṁ vicakṣya khalaṁ putraṁ\nśāsanair vividhair nṛpaḥ\nyadā na śāsituṁ kalpo\nbhṛśam āsīt sudurmanāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"him"
]
},
{
"word": "vicakṣya",
"meanings": [
"observing"
]
},
{
"word": "khalam",
"meanings": [
"cruel"
]
},
{
"word": "putram",
"meanings": [
"son"
]
},
{
"word": "śāsanaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by punishments"
]
},
{
"word": "vividhaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"different kinds of"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the King"
]
},
{
"word": "yadā",
"meanings": [
"when"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "śāsitum",
"meanings": [
"to bring under control"
]
},
{
"word": "kalpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"was able"
]
},
{
"word": "bhṛśam",
"meanings": [
"greatly"
]
},
{
"word": "āsīt",
"meanings": [
"became"
]
},
{
"word": "sudurmanāḥ",
"meanings": [
"aggrieved."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>After seeing the cruel and merciless behavior of his son, Vena, King Aṅga punished him in different ways to reform him, but was unable to bring him to the path of gentleness. He thus became greatly aggrieved.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 43,
"reference": "SB 4.13.43",
"devanagari": "प्रायेणाभ्यर्चितो देवो ये ऽप्रजा गृहमेधिनः\nकदपत्यभृतं दुःखं ये न विन्दन्ति दुर्भरम्",
"transliteration": "prāyeṇābhyarcito devo\nye 'prajā gṛha-medhinaḥ\nkad-apatya-bhṛtaṁ duḥkhaṁ\nye na vindanti durbharam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "prāyeṇa",
"meanings": [
"probably"
]
},
{
"word": "abhyarcitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"was worshiped"
]
},
{
"word": "devaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the Lord"
]
},
{
"word": "ye",
"meanings": [
"they who"
]
},
{
"word": "aprajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"without a son"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛha-medhinaḥ",
"meanings": [
"persons living at home"
]
},
{
"word": "kad-apatya",
"meanings": [
"by a bad son"
]
},
{
"word": "bhṛtam",
"meanings": [
"caused"
]
},
{
"word": "duḥkham",
"meanings": [
"unhappiness"
]
},
{
"word": "ye",
"meanings": [
"they who"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "vindanti",
"meanings": [
"suffer"
]
},
{
"word": "durbharam",
"meanings": [
"unbearable."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The King thought to himself: Persons who have no son are certainly fortunate. They must have worshiped the Lord in their previous lives so that they would not have to suffer the unbearable unhappiness caused by a bad son.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 44,
"reference": "SB 4.13.44",
"devanagari": "यतः पापीयसी कीर्तिर् अधर्मश्च महान्नृणाम्\nयतो विरोधः सर्वेषां यत आधिर् अनन्तकः",
"transliteration": "yataḥ pāpīyasī kīrtir\nadharmaś ca mahān nṛṇām\nyato virodhaḥ sarveṣāṁ\nyata ādhir anantakaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yataḥ",
"meanings": [
"on account of a bad son"
]
},
{
"word": "pāpīyasī",
"meanings": [
"sinful"
]
},
{
"word": "kīrtiḥ",
"meanings": [
"reputation"
]
},
{
"word": "adharmaḥ",
"meanings": [
"irreligion"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "mahān",
"meanings": [
"great"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛṇām",
"meanings": [
"of men"
]
},
{
"word": "yataḥ",
"meanings": [
"from which"
]
},
{
"word": "virodhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"quarrel"
]
},
{
"word": "sarveṣām",
"meanings": [
"of all people"
]
},
{
"word": "yataḥ",
"meanings": [
"from which"
]
},
{
"word": "ādhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"anxiety"
]
},
{
"word": "anantakaḥ",
"meanings": [
"endless."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A sinful son causes a person's reputation to vanish. His irreligious activities at home cause irreligion and quarrel among everyone, and this creates only endless anxiety.</b>",
"purport": [
"It is said that a married couple must have a son, otherwise their family life is void. But a son born without good qualities is as good as a blind eye. A blind eye has no use for seeing, but it is simply unbearably painful. The King therefore thought himself very unfortunate to have such a bad son."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 45,
"reference": "SB 4.13.45",
"devanagari": "कस्तं प्रजापदेशं वै मोहबन्धनम् आत्मनः\nपण्डितो बहु मन्येत यदर्थाः क्लेशदा गृहाः",
"transliteration": "kas taṁ prajāpadeśaṁ vai\nmoha-bandhanam ātmanaḥ\npaṇḍito bahu manyeta\nyad-arthāḥ kleśadā gṛhāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kaḥ",
"meanings": [
"who"
]
},
{
"word": "tam",
"meanings": [
"him"
]
},
{
"word": "prajā-apadeśam",
"meanings": [
"son in name only"
]
},
{
"word": "vai",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "moha",
"meanings": [
"of illusion"
]
},
{
"word": "bandhanam",
"meanings": [
"bondage"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"for the soul"
]
},
{
"word": "paṇḍitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"intelligent man"
]
},
{
"word": "bahu manyeta",
"meanings": [
"would value"
]
},
{
"word": "yat-arthāḥ",
"meanings": [
"because of whom"
]
},
{
"word": "kleśa-dāḥ",
"meanings": [
"painful"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"home."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Who, if he is considerate and intelligent, would desire such a worthless son? Such a son is nothing but a bond of illusion for the living entity, and he makes one's home miserable.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 46,
"reference": "SB 4.13.46",
"devanagari": "कदपत्यं वरं मन्ये सदपत्याच्छुचां पदात्\nनिर्विद्येत गृहान्मर्त्यो यत्क्लेशनिवहा गृहाः",
"transliteration": "kad-apatyaṁ varaṁ manye\nsad-apatyāc chucāṁ padāt\nnirvidyeta gṛhān martyo\nyat-kleśa-nivahā gṛhāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kad-apatyam",
"meanings": [
"bad son"
]
},
{
"word": "varam",
"meanings": [
"better"
]
},
{
"word": "manye",
"meanings": [
"I think"
]
},
{
"word": "sat-apatyāt",
"meanings": [
"than a good son"
]
},
{
"word": "śucām",
"meanings": [
"of grief"
]
},
{
"word": "padāt",
"meanings": [
"the source"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvidyeta",
"meanings": [
"becomes detached"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhāt",
"meanings": [
"from home"
]
},
{
"word": "martyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a mortal man"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"because of whom"
]
},
{
"word": "kleśa-nivahāḥ",
"meanings": [
"hellish"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhāḥ",
"meanings": [
"home."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Then the King thought: A bad son is better than a good son because a good son creates an attachment for home, whereas a bad son does not. A bad son creates a hellish home from which an intelligent man naturally becomes very easily detached.</b>",
"purport": [
"The King began to think in terms of attachment and detachment from one's material home. According to Prahlāda Mahārāja, the material home is compared to a blind well. If a man falls down into a blind well, it is very difficult to get out of it and begin life again. Prahlāda Mahārāja has advised that one give up this blind well of home life as soon as possible and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Vedic civilization, this giving up of home with <i>vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsa</i> is compulsory. But people are so attached to their homes that even up to the point of death they do not like to retire from home life. King Aṅga, therefore, thinking in terms of detachment, accepted his bad son as a good impetus for detachment from home life. He therefore considered his bad son his friend since he was helping him become detached from his home. Ultimately one has to learn how to detach oneself from attachment to material life; therefore, if a bad son, by his bad behavior, helps a householder to go away from home, it is a boon."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 47,
"reference": "SB 4.13.47",
"devanagari": "एवं स निर्विण्णमना नृपो गृहान्निशीथ उत्थाय महोदयोदयात्\nअलब्धनिद्रो ऽनुपलक्षितो नृभिर्हित्वा गतो वेनसुवं प्रसुप्ताम्",
"transliteration": "evaṁ sa nirviṇṇa-manā nṛpo gṛhān\nniśītha utthāya mahodayodayāt\nalabdha-nidro 'nupalakṣito nṛbhir\nhitvā gato vena-suvaṁ prasuptām",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "saḥ",
"meanings": [
"he"
]
},
{
"word": "nirviṇṇa-manāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being indifferent in mind"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhāt",
"meanings": [
"from home"
]
},
{
"word": "niśīthe",
"meanings": [
"in the dead of night"
]
},
{
"word": "utthāya",
"meanings": [
"getting up"
]
},
{
"word": "mahā-udaya-udayāt",
"meanings": [
"opulent by the blessings of great souls"
]
},
{
"word": "alabdha-nidraḥ",
"meanings": [
"being without sleep"
]
},
{
"word": "anupalakṣitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"without being seen"
]
},
{
"word": "nṛbhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by people in general"
]
},
{
"word": "hitvā",
"meanings": [
"giving up"
]
},
{
"word": "gataḥ",
"meanings": [
"went off"
]
},
{
"word": "vena-suvam",
"meanings": [
"the mother of Vena"
]
},
{
"word": "prasuptām",
"meanings": [
"sleeping deeply."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thinking like that, King Aṅga could not sleep at night. He became completely indifferent to household life. Once, therefore, in the dead of night, he got up from bed and left Vena's mother [his wife], who was sleeping deeply. He gave up all attraction for his greatly opulent kingdom, and, unseen by anyone, he very silently gave up his home and opulence and proceeded towards the forest.</b>",
"purport": [
"In this verse the word <i>mahodayodayāt</i> indicates that by the blessings of a great soul one becomes materially opulent. But when one gives up attachment to material wealth, that should be considered an even greater blessing from the great souls. It was not a very easy task for the King to give up his opulent kingdom and young, faithful wife, but it was certainly a great blessing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that he could give up the attachment and go out to the forest without being seen by anyone. There are many instances of great souls leaving home in this way in the dead of night, giving up attachment for home, wife and money."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 48,
"reference": "SB 4.13.48",
"devanagari": "विज्ञाय निर्विद्य गतं पतिं प्रजाः पुरोहितामात्यसुहृद्गणादयः\nविचिक्युर् उर्व्याम् अतिशोककातरा यथा निगूढं पुरुषं कुयोगिनः",
"transliteration": "vijñāya nirvidya gataṁ patiṁ prajāḥ\npurohitāmātya-suhṛd-gaṇādayaḥ\nvicikyur urvyām atiśoka-kātarā\nyathā nigūḍhaṁ puruṣaṁ kuyoginaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vijñāya",
"meanings": [
"after understanding"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvidya",
"meanings": [
"being indifferent"
]
},
{
"word": "gatam",
"meanings": [
"had left"
]
},
{
"word": "patim",
"meanings": [
"the King"
]
},
{
"word": "prajāḥ",
"meanings": [
"all the citizens"
]
},
{
"word": "purohita",
"meanings": [
"priests"
]
},
{
"word": "āmātya",
"meanings": [
"ministers"
]
},
{
"word": "suhṛt",
"meanings": [
"friends"
]
},
{
"word": "gaṇa-ādayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"and people in general"
]
},
{
"word": "vicikyuḥ",
"meanings": [
"searched"
]
},
{
"word": "urvyām",
"meanings": [
"on the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "atiśoka-kātarāḥ",
"meanings": [
"being greatly aggrieved"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"just as"
]
},
{
"word": "nigūḍham",
"meanings": [
"concealed"
]
},
{
"word": "puruṣam",
"meanings": [
"the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "ku-yoginaḥ",
"meanings": [
"inexperienced mystics."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When it was understood that the King had indifferently left home, all the citizens, priests, ministers, friends, and people in general were greatly aggrieved. They began to search for him all over the world, just as a less experienced mystic searches out the Supersoul within himself.</b>",
"purport": [
"The example of searching for the Supersoul within the heart by the less intelligent mystics is very instructive. The Absolute Truth is understood in three different features, namely impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such <i>kuyoginaḥ,</i> or less intelligent mystics, can by mental speculation reach the point of the impersonal Brahman, but they cannot find the Supersoul who is sitting within each living entity. When the King left, it was certain that he was staying somewhere else, but because they did not know how to find him they were frustrated like the less intelligent mystics."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 4,
"chapter": 13,
"verse": 49,
"reference": "SB 4.13.49",
"devanagari": "अलक्षयन्तः पदवीं प्रजापतेर्हतोद्यमाः प्रत्युपसृत्य ते पुरीम्\nऋषीन्समेतान् अभिवन्द्य साश्रवो न्यवेदयन्पौरव भर्तृविप्लवम्",
"transliteration": "alakṣayantaḥ padavīṁ prajāpater\nhatodyamāḥ pratyupasṛtya te purīm\nṛṣīn sametān abhivandya sāśravo\nnyavedayan paurava bhartṛ-viplavam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "alakṣayantaḥ",
"meanings": [
"not finding"
]
},
{
"word": "padavīm",
"meanings": [
"any trace"
]
},
{
"word": "prajāpateḥ",
"meanings": [
"of King Aṅga"
]
},
{
"word": "hata-udyamāḥ",
"meanings": [
"having become disappointed"
]
},
{
"word": "pratyupasṛtya",
"meanings": [
"after returning"
]
},
{
"word": "te",
"meanings": [
"those citizens"
]
},
{
"word": "purīm",
"meanings": [
"to the city"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣīn",
"meanings": [
"the great sages"
]
},
{
"word": "sametān",
"meanings": [
"assembled"
]
},
{
"word": "abhivandya",
"meanings": [
"after making respectful obeisances"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-aśravaḥ",
"meanings": [
"with tears in their eyes"
]
},
{
"word": "nyavedayan",
"meanings": [
"informed"
]
},
{
"word": "paurava",
"meanings": [
"O Vidura"
]
},
{
"word": "bhartṛ",
"meanings": [
"of the King"
]
},
{
"word": "viplavam",
"meanings": [
"the absence."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When the citizens could not find any trace of the King after searching for him everywhere, they were very disappointed, and they returned to the city, where all the great sages of the country assembled because of the King's absence. With tears in their eyes the citizens offered respectful obeisances and informed them in full detail that they were unable to find the King anywhere.</b>",
"purport": []
}