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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 5,
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"chapter": 1,
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"verse": 1,
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"reference": "SB 5.1.1",
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"devanagari": "राजोवाच\nप्रियव्रतो भागवत आत्मारामः कथं मुने\nगृहे ऽरमत यन्मूलः कर्मबन्धः पराभवः",
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"transliteration": "rājovāca\npriyavrato bhāgavata\nātmārāmaḥ kathaṁ mune\ngṛhe 'ramata yan-mūlaḥ\nkarma-bandhaḥ parābhavaḥ",
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "rājā uvāca",
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"meanings": [
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"King Parīkṣit said"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "priya-vrataḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"King Priyavrata"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bhāgavataḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"the great devotee"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ātma-ārāmaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"who takes pleasure in self-realization"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "katham",
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"meanings": [
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"why"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "mune",
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"meanings": [
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"O great sage"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "gṛhe",
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"meanings": [
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"at home"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "aramata",
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"meanings": [
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"enjoyed"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "yat-mūlaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"having which as the root cause"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "karma-bandhaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"the bondage of fruitive activities"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "parābhavaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"the defeat of one's human mission."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī:</b><b> O great sage, why did King Priyavrata, who was a great, self-realized devotee of the Lord, remain in household life, which is the root cause of the bondage of karma [fruitive activities] and which defeats the mission of human life?</b>",
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"purport": [
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"In the Fourth Canto, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains that Nārada Muni perfectly instructed King Priyavrata about the mission of human life. The mission of human life is to realize one's self and then gradually to go back home, back to Godhead. Since Nārada Muni instructed the King fully on this subject, why did he again enter household life, which is the main cause of material bondage? Mahārāja Parīkṣit was greatly astonished that King Priyavrata remained in household life, especially since he was not only a self-realized soul but also a first-class devotee of the Lord. A devotee actually has no attraction for household life, but surprisingly, King Priyavrata enjoyed household life very much. One may argue, \"Why is it wrong to enjoy household life?\" The reply is that in household life one becomes bound by the results of fruitive activities. The essence of household life is sense enjoyment, and as long as one engrosses his mind in working hard for sense enjoyment, one becomes bound by the reactions of fruitive activities. This ignorance of self-realization is the greatest defeat in human life. The human form of life is especially meant for getting out of the bondage of fruitive activities, but as long as one is forgetful of his life's mission and acts like an ordinary animal—eating, sleeping, mating and defending—he must continue his conditioned life of material existence. Such a life is called <i>svarūpa-vismṛti,</i> forgetfulness of one's real constitutional position. Therefore in Vedic civilization one is trained in the very beginning of life as a <i>brahmacārī.</i> A <i>brahmacārī</i> must execute austerities and refrain from sex indulgence. Therefore if one is completely trained in the principles of <i>brahmacarya,</i> he generally does not enter household life. He is then called a <i>naiṣṭhika-brahmacārī,</i> which indicates total celibacy. King Parīkṣit was thus astonished that the great King Priyavrata, although trained in the principles of <i>naiṣṭhika-brahmacarya,</i> entered household life.",
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"The words <i>bhāgavata ātmārāmaḥ</i> are very significant in this verse. If one is self-satisfied as is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is called <i>bhāgavata ātmārāmaḥ.</i> There are different types of satisfaction. <i>Karmīs</i> are satisfied in their fruitive activities, <i>jñānīs</i> are satisfied to merge into the effulgence of Brahman, and devotees are satisfied to engage in the Lord's service. The Lord is self-satisfied because He is fully opulent, and one who is satisfied by serving Him is called <i>bhāgavata ātmārāmaḥ.</i> <i>Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu:</i> out of many thousands of persons, one may endeavor for liberation, and of many thousands of persons attempting to become liberated, one may achieve liberation from the anxieties of material existence and become self-satisfied. Even that satisfaction, however, is not the ultimate satisfaction. The <i>jñānīs</i> and the <i>karmīs</i> have desires, as do the <i>yogīs,</i> but devotees have no desires. Satisfaction in the service of the Lord is called <i>akāma,</i> freedom from desire, and this is the ultimate satisfaction. Therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired, \"How could one who was fully satisfied on the highest platform be satisfied with family life?\"",
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"The word <i>parābhavaḥ</i> in this verse is also significant. When one is satisfied in family life, he is doomed because he must already have forgotten his relationship with the Lord. Prahlāda Mahārāja describes how the activities of family life implicate one more and more. <i>Ātma-pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpam:</i> household life is like a dark well. If one falls into this well, his spiritual death is assured. How Priyavrata Mahārāja remained a liberated <i>paramahaṁsa</i> even within family life is described in the next verse. [<i>Bhāg.</i> 5.1.23]."
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}
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 5,
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"chapter": 1,
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"verse": 2,
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"reference": "SB 5.1.2",
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"devanagari": "न नूनं मुक्तसंगानां तादृशानां द्विजर्षभ\nगृहेष्व् अभिनिवेशो ऽयं पुंसां भवितुम् अर्हति",
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"transliteration": "na nūnaṁ mukta-saṅgānāṁ\ntādṛśānāṁ dvijarṣabha\ngṛheṣv abhiniveśo 'yaṁ\npuṁsāṁ bhavitum arhati",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "na",
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"meanings": [
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"not"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "nūnam",
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"meanings": [
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"certainly"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "mukta-saṅgānām",
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"meanings": [
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"who are free from attachment"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "tādṛśānām",
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"meanings": [
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"such"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "dvija-ṛṣabha",
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"meanings": [
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"O greatest of the brāhmaṇas"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "gṛheṣu",
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"meanings": [
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"to family life"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "abhiniveśaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"excessive attachment"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ayam",
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"meanings": [
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"this"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "puṁsām",
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"meanings": [
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"of persons"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bhavitum",
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"meanings": [
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"to be"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "arhati",
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"meanings": [
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"is possible."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>Devotees are certainly liberated persons. Therefore, O greatest of the brāhmaṇas, they cannot possibly be absorbed in family affairs.</b>",
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"purport": [
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"In <i>Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu</i> it is said that by executing devotional service to the Lord, one can understand the transcendental position of the living being and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be understood by any means except <i>bhakti.</i> The Lord confirms this in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (11.14.21). <i>Bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ:</i> \"Only by executing devotional service can one appreciate Me.\" Similarly, in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (18.55) Lord Kṛṣṇa says, <i>bhaktyā mām abhijānāti:</i> \"Simply by discharging devotional service, one can understand Me.\" Thus for a <i>bhakta</i> to become attached to family affairs is impossible, since a <i>bhakta</i> and his associates are liberated. Everyone is searching after <i>ānanda,</i> or bliss, but in the material world there can never be any bliss. It is only possible in devotional service. Attachment for family affairs and devotional service are incompatible. Therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit was somewhat surprised to hear that Mahārāja Priyavrata was simultaneously attached to devotional service and to family life."
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{
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 5,
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"chapter": 1,
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"verse": 3,
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"reference": "SB 5.1.3",
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"devanagari": "महतां खलु विप्रर्षे उत्तमश्लोकपादयोः\nछायानिर्वृतचित्तानां न कुटुम्बे स्पृहामतिः",
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"transliteration": "mahatāṁ khalu viprarṣe\nuttamaśloka-pādayoḥ\nchāyā-nirvṛta-cittānāṁ\nna kuṭumbe spṛhā-matiḥ",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "mahatām",
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"meanings": [
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"of great devotees"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "khalu",
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"meanings": [
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"certainly"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "vipra-ṛṣe",
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"meanings": [
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"O great sage among the brāhmaṇas"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "uttama-śloka-pādayoḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "chāyā",
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"meanings": [
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"by the shade"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "nirvṛta",
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"meanings": [
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"satiated"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "cittānām",
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"meanings": [
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"whose consciousness"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "na",
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"meanings": [
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"never"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "kuṭumbe",
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"meanings": [
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"to family members"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "spṛhā-matiḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"consciousness with attachment."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>Elevated mahātmās who have taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are fully satiated by the shade of those lotus feet. Their consciousness cannot possibly become attached to family members.</b>",
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"purport": [
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"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, <i>nitāi pada-kamala, koṭī-candra suśītala, ye chāyāya jagat juḍāya.</i> He describes the shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda as being so nice and cooling that all materialists, who are always in the blazing fire of material activities, may come under the shade of His lotus feet and be fully relieved and satiated. The distinction between family life and spiritual life can be experienced by any person who has undergone the tribulations of living with a family. One who comes under the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord never becomes attracted by the activities of family life. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (2.59), <i>paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate:</i> one gives up lower engagements when he experiences a higher taste. Thus one becomes detached from family life as soon as he comes under the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord."
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 5,
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"chapter": 1,
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"verse": 4,
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"reference": "SB 5.1.4",
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"devanagari": "संशयो ऽयं महान्ब्रह्मन्दारागारसुतादिषु\nसक्तस्य यत्सिद्धिर् अभूत्कृष्णे च मतिर् अच्युता",
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"transliteration": "saṁśayo 'yaṁ mahān brahman\ndārāgāra-sutādiṣu\nsaktasya yat siddhir abhūt\nkṛṣṇe ca matir acyutā",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "saṁśayaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"doubt"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ayam",
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"meanings": [
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"this"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "mahān",
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"meanings": [
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"great"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "brahman",
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"meanings": [
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"O brāhmaṇa"
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]
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},
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"word": "dāra",
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"meanings": [
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"to the wife"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "āgāra",
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"meanings": [
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"home"
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]
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},
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"word": "suta",
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"meanings": [
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"children"
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},
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{
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"word": "ādiṣu",
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"meanings": [
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"and so on"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "saktasya",
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"meanings": [
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"of a person attached"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "yat",
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"meanings": [
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"because"
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},
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{
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"word": "siddhiḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"perfection"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "abhūt",
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"meanings": [
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"became"
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},
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"word": "kṛṣṇe",
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"meanings": [
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"unto Kṛṣṇa"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ca",
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"meanings": [
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"also"
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},
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{
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"word": "matiḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"attachment"
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{
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"word": "acyutā",
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"meanings": [
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"infallible."
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"translation": "<b>The King continued:</b><b> O great brāhmaṇa, this is my great doubt. How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so attached to wife, children and home, to achieve the topmost infallible perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?</b>",
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"purport": [
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"King Parīkṣit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious. Prahlāda Mahārāja has said:",
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"<i>matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā<br/> mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛhavratānām<br/> </i>[<i>Bhāg. 7.5.30</i>]",
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"A <i>gṛhavrata,</i> one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is because most <i>gṛhavratas</i> are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence (<i>adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisram</i>). How can they possibly become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī to resolve this great doubt."
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 5,
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"chapter": 1,
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"verse": 5,
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"reference": "SB 5.1.5",
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"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच बाढम् उक्तं भगवत उत्तमश्लोकस्य श्रीमच्\nचरणारविन्दमकरन्दरस आवेशितचेतसो भागवत\nपरमहंसदयितकथां किंचिद् अन्तरायविहतां स्वां \nशिवतमां पदवीं न प्रायेण हिन्वन्ति.",
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"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\nbāḍham uktaṁ bhagavata uttamaślokasya śrīmac-\ncaraṇāravinda-makaranda-rasa āveśita-cetaso bhāgavata-\nparamahaṁsa-dayita-kathāṁ kiñcid antarāya-vihatāṁ svāṁ \nśivatamāṁ padavīṁ na prāyeṇa hinvanti.",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
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"meanings": [
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"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bāḍham",
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"meanings": [
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"correct"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "uktam",
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"meanings": [
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"what you have said"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uttama-ślokasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is praised with excellent verses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrīmat-caraṇa-aravinda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the feet, which are just like the most beautiful fragrant lotus flowers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "makaranda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"honey"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rase",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the nectar"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āveśita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"absorbed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cetasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose hearts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāgavata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the devotees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paramahaṁsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"liberated persons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dayita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kathām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"glorification"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kiñcit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sometimes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "antarāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by impediments"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vihatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"checked"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śiva-tamām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most exalted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "padavīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"do not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prāyeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"almost always"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hinvanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"give up."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:</b><b> What you have said is correct. The glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is praised in eloquent, transcendental verses by such exalted personalities as Brahmā, are very pleasing to great devotees and liberated persons. One who is attached to the nectarean honey of the Lord's lotus feet, and whose mind is always absorbed in His glories, may sometimes be checked by some impediment, but he still never gives up the exalted position he has acquired.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī accepted both of the King's propositions—that a person who is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot embrace materialistic life again and that one who has embraced materialistic life cannot take up Kṛṣṇa consciousness at any stage of his existence. Although accepting both these statements, Śukadeva Gosvāmī qualified them by saying that a person who has once absorbed his mind in the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead may sometimes be influenced by impediments, but he still does not give up his exalted devotional position.",
|
||||
"According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, there are two kinds of impediments to devotional service. The first is an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava. This is called <i>vaiṣṇava-aparādha.</i> Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu warned His devotees not to commit <i>vaiṣṇava-aparādha,</i> which He described as the mad elephant offense. When a mad elephant enters a beautiful garden, it destroys everything, leaving a barren field. Similarly, the power of <i>vaiṣṇava-aparādha</i> is so great that even an advanced devotee becomes almost devoid of his spiritual assets if he commits it. Since Kṛṣṇa consciousness is eternal, it cannot be destroyed altogether, but advancement may be checked for the time being. Thus <i>vaiṣṇava-aparādha</i> is one kind of impediment to devotional service. Sometimes, however, the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His devotee desires to impede one's devotional service. For example, Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, the gatekeepers in Vaikuṇṭha, but by the desire of the Lord, they became His enemies for three lives. Thus the desire of the Lord is another kind of impediment. But in both cases, the pure devotee, once advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, cannot be lost. Following the orders of his superiors (Svāyambhuva and Lord Brahmā), Priyavrata accepted family life, but this did not mean he lost his position in devotional service. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is perfect and eternal, and therefore it cannot be lost under any circumstances. Because the material world is full of obstructions to advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there may appear to be many impediments, yet Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, declares in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.31), <i>kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati:</i> once one has taken shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord, he cannot be lost.",
|
||||
"In this verse, the word <i>śivatamām</i> is very significant. <i>Śivatamām</i> means \"the most auspicious.\" The devotional path is so auspicious that a devotee cannot be lost under any circumstances. This is described in the <i>Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā</i> by the Lord Himself. <i>Pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate:</i> \"My dear Arjuna, for a devotee there is no question of being lost, either in this life or in the next.\" (Bg. 6.40) In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (6.43) the Lord clearly explains how this is so.",
|
||||
"<i>tatra taṁ buddhi-saṁyogaṁ<br/> labhate paurva-dehikam<br/> yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ<br/> saṁsiddhau kuru-nandana</i>",
|
||||
"By the order of the Lord, a perfect devotee sometimes comes to this material world like an ordinary human being. Because of his previous practice, such a perfect devotee naturally becomes attached to devotional service, apparently without cause. Despite all kinds of impediments due to surrounding circumstances, he automatically perseveres in devotional service and gradually advances until he once again becomes perfect. Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura had been an advanced devotee in his previous life, but in his next life he became greatly fallen and was attached to a prostitute. Suddenly, however, his entire behavior was changed by the words of the very prostitute who had so much attracted him, and he became a great devotee. In the lives of exalted devotees, there are many such instances, proving that once one has taken to the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, he cannot be lost (<i>kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati</i>).",
|
||||
"The fact is, however, that one becomes a devotee when he is completely freed from all reactions to sinful life. As Kṛṣṇa states in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.28):",
|
||||
"<i>yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ<br/> janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām<br/> te dvanda-moha-nirmuktā<br/> bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of illusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.\" On the other hand, as Prahlāda Mahārāja said:",
|
||||
"<i>matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā<br/> mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛhavratānām</i>",
|
||||
"A person who is too attached to materialistic family life—home, family, wife, children and so on—cannot develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness. [<i>Bhāg.</i> 7.5.30]",
|
||||
"These apparent contradictions are resolved in the life of a devotee by the grace of the Supreme Lord, and therefore a devotee is never bereft of his position on the path of liberation, which is described in this verse as <i>śivatamāṁ padavīm.</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 6,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.6",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यर्हि वाव ह राजन्स राजपुत्रः प्रियव्रतः परमभागवतो \nनारदस्य चरणोपसेवयांजसावगतपरमार्थसतत्त्वो ब्रह्म\nसत्रेण दीक्षिष्यमाणो ऽवनितलपरिपालनायाम्नातप्रवरगुण\nगणैकान्तभाजनतया स्वपित्रोपामन्त्रितो भगवति वासुदेव \nएवाव्यवधानसमाधियोगेन समावेशितसकलकारकक्रिया\nकलापो नैवाभ्यनन्दद्यद्यपि तद् अप्रत्याम्नातव्यं तद्\nअधिकरण आत्मनो ऽन्यस्माद् असतो ऽपि पराभवम् अन्वीक्षमाणः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yarhi vāva ha rājan sa rāja-putraḥ priyavrataḥ parama-bhāgavato \nnāradasya caraṇopasevayāñjasāvagata-paramārtha-satattvo brahma-\nsatreṇa dīkṣiṣyamāṇo 'vani-tala-paripālanāyāmnāta-pravara-guṇa-\ngaṇaikānta-bhājanatayā sva-pitropāmantrito bhagavati vāsudeva \nevāvyavadhāna-samādhi-yogena samāveśita-sakala-kāraka-kriyā-\nkalāpo naivābhyanandad yadyapi tad apratyāmnātavyaṁ tad-\nadhikaraṇa ātmano 'nyasmād asato 'pi parābhavam anvīkṣamāṇaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yarhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāva ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-putraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Prince"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "priyavrataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Priyavrata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"supreme"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāgavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāradasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upasevayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by serving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "añjasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"quickly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avagata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became aware of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama-artha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"transcendental subject matter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-tattvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with all knowable facts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahma-satreṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by continuous discussion of the Supreme"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dīkṣiṣyamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to fully dedicate himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avani-tala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the surface of the globe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paripālanāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to rule over"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āmnāta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"directed in the revealed scriptures"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pravara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"highest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the sum total"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekānta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without deviation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhājanatayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of his possessing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-pitrā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by his father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upāmantritaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being asked"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāsudeve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the all-pervading Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avyavadhāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without cessation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samādhi-yogena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by practicing yoga in complete absorption"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samāveśita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely dedicated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāraka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kriyā-kalāpaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose total activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhyanandat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"welcomed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadyapi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apratyāmnātavyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not to be rejected for any reason"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-adhikaraṇe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in occupying that post"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyasmāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by other engagements"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parābhavam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"deterioration"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anvīkṣamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"foreseeing."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:</b><b> My dear King, Prince Priyavrata was a great devotee because he sought the lotus feet of Nārada, his spiritual master, and thus achieved the highest perfection in transcendental knowledge. With advanced knowledge, he always engaged in discussing spiritual subjects and did not divert his attention to anything else. The Prince's father then asked him to take charge of ruling the world. He tried to convince Priyavrata that this was his duty as indicated in the revealed scriptures. Prince Priyavrata, however, was continuously practicing bhakti-yoga by constantly remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thus engaging all his senses in the service of the Lord. Therefore, although the order of his father could not be rejected, the Prince did not welcome it. Thus he very conscientiously raised the question of whether he might be diverted from devotional service by accepting the responsibility of ruling over the world.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, <i>chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā:</i> \"Without serving the lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava or spiritual master, no one has ever attained perfect liberation from material bondage.\" Prince Priyavrata regularly served the lotus feet of Nārada, and thus the Prince perfectly understood transcendental subjects in truth (<i>sa-tattvaḥ</i>). The word <i>sa-tattvaḥ</i> means that Priyavrata knew all the facts about the spirit soul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the relationship between the spirit soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he also knew all about this material world and the relationship of the spirit soul and the Supreme Lord within the material world. Thus the Prince decided to engage himself only in rendering service to the Lord.",
|
||||
"When Priyavrata's father, Svāyambhuva Manu, requested him to accept the responsibility of ruling over the world, he did not welcome the suggestion. This is the symptom of a great, liberated devotee. Even though engaged in worldly affairs, he does not take pleasure in them, but remains always absorbed in the Lord's service. While thus serving the Lord, he deals externally with worldly affairs without being affected. For example, although he has no attraction for his children, he cares for them and educates them to become devotees. Similarly, he speaks to his wife with affectionate words, but he is not attached to her. By rendering devotional service, a devotee acquires all the good qualities of the Supreme Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa had sixteen thousand wives, all of them very beautiful, and although He dealt with each of them as a beloved husband, He was not attracted or attached to any of them. In the same way, although a devotee may enter family life and act very affectionately toward his wife and children, he is never attached to these activities.",
|
||||
"This verse states that by serving the lotus feet of his spiritual master, Prince Priyavrata very soon attained the perfectional stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the only way to advance in spiritual life. As stated in the <i>Vedas:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>yasya deve parā bhaktir<br/> yathā deve tathā gurau<br/> tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ<br/> prakāśante mahātmanaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"If one has unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord and the spiritual master, the essence of all Vedic knowledge is revealed to him. (<i>Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad</i> 6.23) A devotee always thinks of the Lord continuously. While chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mantra,</i> the words Kṛṣṇa and Hare immediately remind him of all the Lord's activities. Since his entire life is engaged in the service of the Lord, a devotee cannot forget the Lord at any time. Just as an ordinary man always engages his mind in material activities, a devotee always engages his mind in spiritual activities. This is called <i>brahma-satra,</i> or meditating upon the Supreme Lord always. Prince Priyavrata was perfectly initiated into this practice by Śrī Nārada."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 7,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.7",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ ह भगवान् आदिदेव एतस्य गुणविसर्गस्य \nपरिबृंहणानुध्यानव्यवसितसकलजगदभिप्राय आत्मयोनिर् \nअखिलनिगमनिजगणपरिवेष्टितः स्वभवनाद् अवततार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha ha bhagavān ādi-deva etasya guṇa-visargasya \nparibṛṁhaṇānudhyāna-vyavasita-sakala-jagad-abhiprāya ātma-yonir \nakhila-nigama-nija-gaṇa-pariveṣṭitaḥ sva-bhavanād avatatāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādi-devaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the first demigod"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of this universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-visargasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the creation of the three modes of material nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paribṛṁhaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the welfare"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anudhyāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"always thinking of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vyavasita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"known"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whole"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiprāyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by whom the ultimate purpose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Self"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yoniḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose source of birth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akhila",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nigama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the Vedas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nija-gaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by personal associates"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pariveṣṭitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being surrounded"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-bhavanāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from his own abode"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avatatāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"descended."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:</b><b> The first created being and most powerful demigod in this universe is Lord Brahmā, who is always responsible for developing universal affairs. Born directly from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he dedicates his activities to the welfare of the entire universe, for he knows the purpose of the universal creation. This supremely powerful Lord Brahmā, accompanied by his associates and the personified Vedas, left his own abode in the highest planetary system and descended to the place of Prince Priyavrata's meditation.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Self (<i>ātmā</i>), is the source of everything, as explained in the <i>Vedānta-</i><b><i>sūtra:</i></b><b> </b><b><i>janmādy asya yataḥ.</i></b><b> Because Brahmā was born directly from Lord Viṣṇu, he is called </b><b><i>ātma-yoni.</i></b><b> He is also called </b><b><i>bhagavān,</i></b><b> although generally </b><b><i>bhagavān</i></b><b> refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa). Sometimes great personalities—such as demigods like Lord Brahmā, Nārada or Lord Śiva—are also addressed as </b><b><i>bhagavān</i></b><b> because they carry out the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Brahmā is called </b><b><i>bhagavān</i></b><b> because he is the secondary creator of this universe. He is always thinking of how to improve the situation of the conditioned souls who have come to the material world to enjoy material activities. For this reason, he disseminates the Vedic knowledge throughout the universe for everyone's guidance.</b>",
|
||||
"Vedic knowledge is divided into two parts: <i>pravṛtti-mārga</i> and <i>nivṛtti-mārga.</i> <i>Nivṛtti-mārga</i> is the path of negating sense enjoyment, and <i>pravṛtti-mārga</i> is the path by which the living entities are given a chance to enjoy and at the same time are directed in such a way that they can go back home, back to Godhead. Because ruling over this universe is a great responsibility, Brahmā must force many Manus in different ages to take charge of universal affairs. Under each Manu there are different kings who also execute the purpose of Lord Brahmā. It is understood from previous explanations that the father of Dhruva Mahārāja, King Uttānapāda, ruled over the universe because his elder brother, Priyavrata, practiced austerity from the very beginning of his life. Thus up to the point of the Pracetās, the kings of the universe were all descendants of Uttānapāda Mahārāja. Since there were no suitable kings after the Pracetās, Svāyambhuva Manu went to the Gandhamādana Hill to bring back his eldest son, Priyavrata, who was meditating there. Svāyambhuva Manu requested Priyavrata to rule over the universe. When he refused, Lord Brahmā descended from the supreme planetary system, known as Satyaloka, to request Priyavrata to accept the order. Lord Brahmā did not come alone. He came with other great sages like Marīci, Ātreya and Vasiṣṭha. To convince Priyavrata that it was necessary for him to follow the Vedic injunctions and accept the responsibility of ruling over the world, Lord Brahmā also brought with him the personified <i>Vedas,</i> his constant associates.",
|
||||
"A significant word in this verse is <i>sva-bhavanāt,</i> indicating that Lord Brahmā descended from his own abode. Every demigod has his own abode. Indra, the King of the demigods, has his own abode, as do Candra, the lord of the moon planet, and Sūrya, the predominating deity of the sun planet. There are many millions of demigods, and the stars and planets are their respective homes. This is confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā.</i> <i>Yānti deva-vratā devān: </i>\"Those who worship the demigods go to their different planetary systems.\" Lord Brahmā's abode, the highest planetary system, is called Satyaloka or sometimes Brahmaloka. Brahmaloka usually refers to the spiritual world. The abode of Lord Brahmā is Satyaloka, but because Lord Brahmā resides there, it is also sometimes called Brahmaloka."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 8,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.8",
|
||||
"devanagari": "स तत्र तत्र गगनतल उडुपतिर् इव विमानावलिभिर् अनुपथम् \nअमरपरिवृढैर् अभिपूज्यमानः पथि पथि च वरूथशः सिद्ध\nगन्धर्वसाध्यचारणमुनिगणैर् उपगीयमानो गन्ध\nमादनद्रोणीम् अवभासयन्न् उपससर्प.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sa tatra tatra gagana-tala uḍu-patir iva vimānāvalibhir anupatham \namara-parivṛḍhair abhipūjyamānaḥ pathi pathi ca varūthaśaḥ siddha-\ngandharva-sādhya-cāraṇa-muni-gaṇair upagīyamāno gandha-\nmādana-droṇīm avabhāsayann upasasarpa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he (Lord Brahmā)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tatra tatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"here and there"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gagana-tale",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"under the canopy of the sky"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uḍu-patiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the moon"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vimāna-āvalibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in their different airplanes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupatham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"along the path"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the demigods"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parivṛḍhaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the leaders"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhipūjyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pathi pathi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the way, one after another"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varūthaśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in groups"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "siddha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the residents of Siddhaloka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gandharva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the residents of Gandharvaloka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sādhya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the residents of Sādhyaloka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cāraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the residents of Cāraṇaloka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muni-gaṇaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and by great sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upagīyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gandha-mādana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the planet where the Gandhamādana Hill is found"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "droṇīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the border"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avabhāsayan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"illuminating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upasasarpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he approached."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>As Lord Brahmā descended on his carrier, the great swan, all the residents of the planets named Siddhaloka, Gandharvaloka, Sādhyaloka and Cāraṇaloka, as well as great sages and demigods flying in their different airplanes, assembled within the canopy of the sky to receive Lord Brahmā and worship him. As he received respect and adoration from the residents of the various planets, Lord Brahmā appeared just like the full moon surrounded by illuminating stars. Lord Brahmā's great swan then arrived at the border of Gandhamādana Hill and approached Prince Priyavrata, who was sitting there.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It appears from this description that there is regular interplanetary travel between the planets of the demigods. Another significant point is that there is a planet covered mostly by great mountains, one of which is Gandhamādana Hill. Three great personalities—Priyavrata, Nārada and Svāyambhuva Manu—were sitting on this hill. According to <i>Brahmā-saṁhitā,</i> each universe is filled with different planetary systems, and every system has a unique opulence. For example, on Siddhaloka, all the residents are very advanced in the powers of mystic <i>yoga.</i> They can fly from one planet to another without airplanes or other flying machines. Similarly, the residents of Gandharvaloka are expert in musical science, and those on Sādhyaloka are all great saints. The interplanetary system undoubtedly exists, and residents of different planets may go from one to another. On this earth, however, we have not invented any machine that can go directly from one planet to another, although an unsuccessful attempt has been made to go directly to the moon."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 9,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.9",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तत्र ह वा एनं देवर्षिर्हंसयानेन पितरं भगवन्तं \nहिरण्यगर्भम् उपलभमानः सहसैवोत्थायार्हणेन सह पिता\nपुत्राभ्याम् अवहितांजलिर् उपतस्थे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tatra ha vā enaṁ devarṣir haṁsa-yānena pitaraṁ bhagavantaṁ \nhiraṇya-garbham upalabhamānaḥ sahasaivotthāyārhaṇena saha pitā-\nputrābhyām avahitāñjalir upatasthe.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "enam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deva-ṛṣiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the great saint Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "haṁsa-yānena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the swan carrier"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇya-garbham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalabhamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"understanding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sahasā eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"immediately"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "utthāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having stood up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhaṇena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with paraphernalia for worship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accompanied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitā-putrābhyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Priyavrata and his father, Svāyambhuva Manu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avahita-añjaliḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with respect and folded hands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upatasthe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshiped."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Brahmā, the father of Nārada Muni, is the supreme person within this universe. As soon as Nārada saw the great swan, he could understand that Lord Brahmā had arrived. Therefore he immediately stood up, along with Svāyambhuva Manu and his son Priyavrata, whom Nārada was instructing. Then they folded their hands and began to worship Lord Brahmā with great respect.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"As stated in the previous verse, Lord Brahmā was accompanied by other demigods, but his specific carrier was the great swan. Therefore as soon as Nārada Muni saw the swan, he could understand that his father, Lord Brahmā, who is also known as Hiraṇyagarbha, was arriving. Thus he immediately stood up with Svāyambhuva Manu and his son Priyavrata to receive Lord Brahmā and offer him respect."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 10,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.10",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भगवान् अपि भारत तदुपनीतार्हणः सूक्तवाकेनातितराम् उदित\nगुणगणावतारसुजयः प्रियव्रतम् आदिपुरुषस्तं सदय\nहासावलोक इति होवाच.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhagavān api bhārata tad-upanītārhaṇaḥ sūkta-vākenātitarām udita-\nguṇa-gaṇāvatāra-sujayaḥ priyavratam ādi-puruṣas taṁ sadaya-\nhāsāvaloka iti hovāca.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moreover"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhārata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King Parīkṣit"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upanīta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"brought forward"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhaṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshipable paraphernalia"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sūkta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to Vedic etiquette"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vākena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by language"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atitarām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"highly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"praised"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-gaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avatāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of the descent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-jayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose glories"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "priyavratam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Priyavrata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādi-puruṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the original person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-daya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with compassion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"smiling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avalokaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose looking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear King Parīkṣit, because Lord Brahmā had finally descended from Satyaloka to Bhūloka, Nārada Muni, Prince Priyavrata and Svāyambhuva Manu came forward to offer him objects of worship and to praise him in highly qualified language, according to Vedic etiquette. At that time, Lord Brahmā, the original person of this universe, felt compassion for Priyavrata and, looking upon him with a smiling face, spoke to him as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"That Lord Brahmā descended from Satyaloka to see Priyavrata indicates that the matter was very serious. Nārada Muni had come to advise Priyavrata about the value of spiritual life, knowledge, renunciation and <i>bhakti,</i> and Lord Brahmā knew that Nārada's instructions were very impressive. Therefore unless Lord Brahmā personally went to Gandhamādana Hill to request Priyavrata, Lord Brahmā knew that prince Priyavrata would not accept his father's order. Brahmā's purpose was to break Priyavrata's determination. Therefore Brahmā first looked upon Priyavrata with compassion. His smile and compassionate features also indicated that although Brahmā would request Priyavrata to accept household life, Priyavrata would not be out of touch with devotional service. By the blessings of a Vaiṣṇava, everything is possible. This is described in <i>Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu</i> as <i>kṛpā-siddhi,</i> or perfection attained simply by the blessings of a superior person. One usually becomes liberated and perfect by executing the regulative principles set down in the <i>śāstras.</i> Nonetheless, many persons have achieved perfection simply by the blessings of a spiritual master or superior.",
|
||||
"Priyavrata was the grandson of Lord Brahmā, and as joking competition sometimes takes place between grandson and grandfather, in this case also Priyavrata was determined to remain in meditation, whereas Brahmā was determined that he rule the universe. Thus Lord Brahmā's affectionate smile and glance meant, \"My dear Priyavrata, you have decided not to accept household life, but I have decided to convince you that you must accept it.\" Actually, Brahmā had come to praise Priyavrata for his high standard of renunciation, austerity, penance and devotion so that he would not be deviated from devotional service, even though he would accept household life.",
|
||||
"In this verse, one important word is <i>sūkta-vākena</i> (by Vedic hymns). In the <i>Vedas,</i> there is the following prayer to Lord Brahmā: <i>hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt.</i> Brahmā was received with the appropriate Vedic hymns, and because he was welcomed according to the Vedic etiquette, he was very pleased."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 11,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.11",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीभगवान् उवाच\nनिबोध तातेदम् ऋतं ब्रवीमि मासूयितुं देवम् अर्हस्य् अप्रमेयम्\nवयं भवस्ते तत एष महर्षिर्वहाम सर्वे विवशा यस्य दिष्टम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca\nnibodha tātedam ṛtaṁ bravīmi\nmāsūyituṁ devam arhasy aprameyam\nvayaṁ bhavas te tata eṣa maharṣir\nvahāma sarve vivaśā yasya diṣṭam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the supreme person, Lord Brahmā, said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nibodha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"kindly hear with attention"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"true"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bravīmi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I am speaking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asūyitum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to be jealous of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "devam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you ought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aprameyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is beyond our experimental knowledge"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Śiva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-ṛṣiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vahāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"carry out"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivaśāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unable to deviate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "diṣṭam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the order."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Brahmā, the supreme person within this universe, said:</b><b> My dear Priyavrata, kindly hear attentively what I shall say to you. Do not be jealous of the Supreme Lord, who is beyond our experimental measurements. All of us, including Lord Śiva, your father and the great sage Mahārṣi Nārada, must carry out the order of the Supreme. We cannot deviate from His order.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Of the twelve great authorities in devotional service, four—Lord Brahmā himself, his son Nārada, Svāyambhuva Manu and Lord Śiva—were present before Priyavrata. They were accompanied by many other authoritative sages. Brahmā first wanted to impress upon Priyavrata that although these great personalities are all authorities, they cannot possibly disobey the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is described in this verse as <i>deva,</i> which means \"always glorious.\" The power, glory and potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can never be diminished. In the <i>Īśopaniṣad,</i> the Lord is described as <i>apāpa-viddha,</i> which indicates that He is never affected by anything materially considered sinful. Similarly, <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as being so powerful that nothing we might consider abominable can affect Him. An example sometimes given to explain the position of the Supreme Lord is that of the sun, which evaporates urine from the earth but is never affected by contamination. The Supreme Lord can never be accused of doing anything wrong.",
|
||||
"When Lord Brahmā went to induce Priyavrata to accept the responsibility for ruling the universe, he did not go whimsically; he was following the dictations of the Supreme Lord. Indeed, Brahmā and other genuine authorities never do anything without His permission. The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart. In the beginning of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam </i>it is said, <i>tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye:</i> the Lord dictated Vedic knowledge to Brahmā through his heart. The more a living entity is purified by devotional service, the more he comes in direct contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in <i>Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ<br/> bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam<br/> dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ<br/> yena mām upayānti te</i>",
|
||||
"\"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.\" (Bg. 10.10) Lord Brahmā, therefore, had not come to Priyavrata by his own whims: rather, it is understood that he had been ordered to persuade Priyavrata by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose activities cannot be understood by material senses and who is therefore described herein as <i>aprameya.</i> Thus Lord Brahmā first advised Priyavrata to hear his words with attention and without envy.",
|
||||
"Why one is induced to perform certain acts despite his desire to do something else is indicated herein. One cannot disobey the orders of the Supreme Lord, even if one is as powerful as Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā, Manu or the great sage Nārada. All these authorities are certainly very powerful, but they do not have the power to disobey the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since Lord Brahmā had come to Priyavrata in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Lord, he first wanted to dispel any suspicions that he might be acting as Priyavrata's enemy. Lord Brahmā was following the orders of the Supreme Lord, and therefore it would be worthwhile for Priyavrata to accept Lord Brahmā's order, as the Lord desired."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 12,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.12",
|
||||
"devanagari": "न तस्य कश्चित्तपसा विद्यया वा न योगवीर्येण मनीषया वा\nनैवार्थधर्मैः परतः स्वतो वा कृतं विहन्तुं तनुभृद्विभूयात्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "na tasya kaścit tapasā vidyayā vā\nna yoga-vīryeṇa manīṣayā vā\nnaivārtha-dharmaiḥ parataḥ svato vā\nkṛtaṁ vihantuṁ tanu-bhṛd vibhūyāt",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"never"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"His"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaścit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"anyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by austerity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by education"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"never"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yoga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by power of mystic yoga"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vīryeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by personal strength"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manīṣayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"never"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by material opulence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the power of religion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by any external power"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by personal endeavor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vihantum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to avoid"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tanu-bhṛt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a living entity who has accepted a material body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhūyāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is able."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>One cannot avoid the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not by the strength of severe austerities, an exalted Vedic education, or the power of mystic yoga, physical prowess or intellectual activities. Nor can one use his power of religion, his material opulence or any other means, either by himself or with the help of others, to defy the orders of the Supreme Lord. That is not possible for any living being, from Brahmā down to the ant.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In the <i>Garga </i>Upaniṣad, Gargamuni says to his wife, <i>etasya vā akṣarasya praśāsane gargi sūryā-candramasau vidhṛtau tiṣṭhataḥ:</i> <i>\"</i>My dear Gargī, everything is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even the sun, the moon and other controllers and demigods like Lord Brahmā and King Indra are all under His control.\" An ordinary human being or animal who has accepted a material body cannot go beyond the jurisdiction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's control. A material body includes senses. However, the sense activities of so-called scientists who try to be free from God's law or the laws of nature are useless. This is also confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.14). <i>Mama māyā duratyayā:</i> it is impossible to surpass the control of material nature, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is working behind it. Sometimes we are proud of our austerities, penances and mystic yogic powers, but it is clearly stated herein that one cannot surpass the laws and directions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, either by dint of mystic power, a scientific education, or austerities and penances. It is impossible.",
|
||||
"The word <i>manīṣayā</i> (\"by intelligence\") is of special significance. Priyavrata might argue that Lord Brahmā was requesting him to accept family life and the responsibility for ruling a kingdom, although Nārada Muni had advised him not to enter household life and be entangled in material affairs. Whom to accept would be a puzzle for Priyavrata because both Lord Brahmā and Nārada Muni are authorities. Under the circumstances, the use of the word <i>manīṣayā</i> is very appropriate, for it indicates that since both Nārada Muni and Lord Brahmā are authorized to give instruction, Priyavrata should neglect neither of them but should use his intelligence to follow the advice of both. To solve such dilemmas, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given a very clear conception of intelligence. He says:",
|
||||
"<i>anāsaktasya viṣayān<br/> yathārham upayuñjataḥ<br/> nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe<br/> yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate<br/> </i>[<i>Brs</i> <i>1.2.255</i>]",
|
||||
"<i>Viṣayān,</i> material affairs, should be accepted without attachment, and everything should be dovetailed with the service of the Lord. That is real intelligence (<i>manīṣā</i>). Becoming a family man or king in the material world is not harmful if one accepts everything for Kṛṣṇa's service. That necessitates clear intelligence. Māyāvādī philosophers say, <i>brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā:</i> this material world is false, and only the Absolute Truth is real. However, an intelligent devotee in the line of Lord Brahmā and the great sage Nārada—or, in other words, in the Brahma-sampradāya—does not consider this world false. That which is created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be false, but using it for enjoyment is. Everything is meant to be enjoyed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (5.29). <i>Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram:</i> the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme proprietor and enjoyer, and therefore everything should be dovetailed for His enjoyment and service. Regardless of one's circumstances, favorable or unfavorable, one should use everything to serve the Supreme Lord. That is the perfect way to use one's intelligence."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 13,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.13",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भवाय नाशाय च कर्म कर्तुं शोकाय मोहाय सदा भयाय\nसुखाय दुःखाय च देहयोगम् अव्यक्तदिष्टं जनतांग धत्ते",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhavāya nāśāya ca karma kartuṁ\nśokāya mohāya sadā bhayāya\nsukhāya duḥkhāya ca deha-yogam\navyakta-diṣṭaṁ janatāṅga dhatte",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for birth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāśāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for death"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"activity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kartum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to do"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śokāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for bereavement"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mohāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for illusion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"always"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhayāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for fear"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sukhāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for happiness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duḥkhāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for distress"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deha-yogam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"connection with a material body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avyakta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "diṣṭam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"directed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "janatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the living entities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Priyavrata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhatte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accept."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear Priyavrata, by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all living entities accept different types of bodies for birth and death, activity, lamentation, illusion, fear of future dangers, and happiness and distress.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Every living entity who has come to this material world has come here for material enjoyment, but according to his own <i>karma,</i> activities, he must accept a certain type of body given to him by material nature under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (3.27), <i>prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ:</i> everything is being done by <i>prakṛti,</i> material nature, under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Modern scientists do not know why there are varieties of bodies in 8,400,000 forms. The fact is that all these bodies are ordained for the living entities by the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the living entities' desires. He gives the living entities freedom to act as they like, but on the other hand they must accept a body according to the reactions of their activities. Thus there are different types of bodies. Some living entities have short durations of life, whereas others live for fantastic durations. Every one of them, however, from Brahmā down to the ant, acts according to the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is sitting in everyone's heart. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (15.15):",
|
||||
"<i>sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo<br/> mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca</i>",
|
||||
"\"I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.\" It is not a fact, however, that the Supreme Personality of Godhead gives direction to certain living entities in one way and other living entities in another way. The truth is that every living entity has a certain desire, and the Supreme Lord gives him a chance to fulfill it. The best course, therefore, is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and act according to His desire. One who does so is liberated."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 14,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.14",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यद्वाचि तन्त्यां गुणकर्मदामभिः सुदुस्तरैर्वत्स वयं सुयोजिताः\nसर्वे वहामो बलिम् ईश्वराय प्रोता नसीव द्विपदे चतुष्पदः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yad-vāci tantyāṁ guṇa-karma-dāmabhiḥ\nsudustarair vatsa vayaṁ suyojitāḥ\nsarve vahāmo balim īśvarāya\nprotā nasīva dvi-pade catuṣ-padaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāci",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the form of Vedic instruction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tantyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to a long rope"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of quality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and work"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dāmabhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the ropes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-dustaraiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very difficult to avoid"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vatsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear boy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-yojitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are engaged"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vahāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"carry out"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "balim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"orders to please Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvarāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "protāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being bound"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the nose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvi-pade",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the two-legged (driver)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "catuḥ-padaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the four-legged (bulls)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear boy, all of us are bound by the Vedic injunctions to the divisions of varṇāśrama according to our qualities and work. These divisions are difficult to avoid because they are scientifically arranged. We must therefore carry out our duties of varṇāśrama-dharma, like bulls obliged to move according to the direction of a driver pulling on ropes knotted to their noses.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse, the words <i>tantyāṁ guṇa-karma-dāmabhiḥ</i> are very important. We each get a body according to our association with the <i>guṇas,</i> the qualities or modes of material nature, and we act accordingly. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> the four orders of the social system—namely <i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra</i>—are arranged according to <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma,</i> their qualities and work. There is some controversy about this, however, because some say that since one receives a body according to the <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma</i> of his past life, it is one's birth that determines his social status. Others say, however, that one's birth according to the <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma</i> of his past life is not the essential consideration, since one can change his <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma</i> even in this life. Thus they say that the four divisions of the social order—<i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra</i>—should be arranged according to the <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma</i> of this life. This version is confirmed in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> by Nārada Muni. While instructing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira about the symptoms of <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma,</i> Nārada Muni said that these symptoms must govern the division of society. In other words, if a person born in the family of a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> has the symptoms of a <i>śūdra,</i> he should be designated as a <i>śūdra.</i> Similarly, if a <i>śūdra</i> has brahminical qualities, he should be designated a <i>brāhmaṇa.</i>",
|
||||
"The <i>varṇāśrama</i> system is scientific. Therefore if we accept the divisions of <i>varṇa</i> and <i>āśrama</i> according to the Vedic instructions, our lives will be successful. Unless human society is thus divided and arranged, it cannot be perfect. As stated in the <i>Viṣṇu Purāṇa</i> (3.8.9):",
|
||||
"<i>varṇāśramācāravatā<br/> puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān<br/> viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā<br/> nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam</i>",
|
||||
"\"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of <i>varṇa</i> and <i>āśrama.</i> There is no other way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One must be situated in the institution of the four <i>varṇas</i> and <i>āśramas.</i>\" All of human society is meant to worship Lord Viṣṇu. At the present moment, however, human society does not know that this is the ultimate goal or perfection of life. Therefore instead of worshiping Lord Viṣṇu, people have been educated to worship matter. According to the direction of modern society, men think they can advance in civilization by manipulating matter to build skyscrapers, big roads, automobiles and so on. Such a civilization must certainly be called materialistic because its people do not know the goal of life. The goal of life is to reach Viṣṇu, but instead of reaching Viṣṇu, people are bewildered by the external manifestation of the material energy. Therefore progress in material advancement is blind, and the leaders of such material advancement are also blind. They are leading their followers in the wrong way.",
|
||||
"It is best, therefore, to accept the injunctions of the <i>Vedas,</i> which are mentioned in this verse as <i>yad-vāci.</i> In accordance with those injunctions, everyone should find out whether he is a <i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> or <i>śūdra</i> and should thus be educated accordingly. Then his life will be successful. Otherwise, all of human society will be confused. If human society is divided scientifically according to <i>varṇa</i> and <i>āśrama,</i> and if the Vedic directions are followed, one's life, regardless of his position, will be successful. It is not that <i>brāhmaṇas</i> will be elevated to the transcendental platform but not the <i>śūdras.</i> If the Vedic injunctions are followed, all of them—<i>brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas</i> and <i>śūdras</i>—will be elevated to the transcendental platform, and their lives will be successful. The injunctions in the <i>Vedas</i> are explicit directions from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The example cited in this verse is that bulls tied by ropes in their nostrils move according to the direction of the driver. Similarly, if we move according to the instructions of the <i>Vedas,</i> the perfect paths for our lives will be set. Otherwise, if we do not move in that way but act according to our whimsical ideas, our lives will be spoiled by confusion and will end in despair. Actually, because people at the present moment are not following the instructions of the <i>Vedas,</i> they are all confused. We must therefore accept this instruction by Lord Brahmā to Priyavrata as the factual scientific direction leading to the success of life. This is also confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (16.23):",
|
||||
"<i>yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya<br/> vartate kāma-kārataḥ<br/> na sa siddhim avāpnoti<br/> na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim</i>",
|
||||
"If we do not live according to the injunctions of the <i>śāstras,</i> the <i>Vedas,</i> we shall never achieve success in life, to say nothing of happiness or elevation to higher statuses of living."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 15,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.15",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ईशाभिसृष्टं ह्य् अवरुन्ध्महे ऽंग दुःखं सुखं वा गुणकर्मसंगात्\nआस्थाय तत्तद्यद् अयुंक्त नाथश्चक्षुष्मतान्धा इव नीयमानाः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "īśābhisṛṣṭaṁ hy avarundhmahe 'ṅga\nduḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ vā guṇa-karma-saṅgāt\nāsthāya tat tad yad ayuṅkta nāthaś\ncakṣuṣmatāndhā iva nīyamānāḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśa-abhisṛṣṭam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"created or given by the Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avarundhmahe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we have to accept"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear Priyavrata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duḥkham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"distress"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sukham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"happiness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with quality and work"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṅgāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by association"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsthāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being situated in"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that condition"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayuṅkta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He gave"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāthaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakṣuṣmatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by a person having eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "andhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"blind men"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nīyamānāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being conducted."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear Priyavrata, according to our association with different modes of material nature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead gives us our specific bodies and the happiness and distress we achieve. One must therefore remain situated as he is and be conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly as a blind man is led by a person who has eyes with which to see.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"By material means, one cannot avoid the happiness and distress unique to his particular body. There are 8,400,000 bodily forms, each destined to enjoy and suffer a certain amount of happiness and distress. This we cannot change, for the happiness and distress are ordained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in accordance with whose decision we have received our bodies. Since we cannot avoid the plan of the Supreme Godhead, we must agree to be directed by Him, just as a blind man is led by a person who has eyes. Under any circumstances, if we remain in the condition allotted to us by the Supreme Lord and follow His instructions, we will become perfect. The main purpose of life is to follow the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is such instructions that constitute one's religion or occupational duty.",
|
||||
"In <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> therefore, Lord Kṛṣṇa says, <i>sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja:</i> \"Give up all other engagements. Simply surrender unto Me and follow Me.\" (Bg. 18.66) This process of surrendering by following the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not meant for any particular caste or creed. A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> can surrender, and so can a <i>kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> or <i>śūdra.</i> Everyone can adopt this process. As stated in this verse, <i>cakṣuṣmatāndhā iva nīyamānāḥ:</i> one should follow the Lord the way a blind man follows a person who has eyes. If we follow the Supreme Personality of Godhead by following the directions He gives in the <i>Vedas</i> and <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> our lives will be successful. The Lord therefore says:",
|
||||
"<i>man-manā bhava mad-bhakto<br/> mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru<br/> mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te<br/> pratijāne priyo 'si me</i>",
|
||||
"\"Always think of Me, become My devotee, and offer respect and obeisances unto Me. Then you will certainly come back home, back to Godhead. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.\" (Bg. 18.65) This instruction is meant for everyone—<i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> or <i>śūdra.</i> If anyone, from any division of life, surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and follows His instructions, his life will be successful.",
|
||||
"The previous verse has given the analogy of bulls moving under the direction of the driver of a bullock cart. The bulls, being completely surrendered to the driver, remain wherever he wants to place them and eat whatever he wants them to eat. Similarly, being completely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we should not aspire for happiness, or regret distress; we must be satisfied with the position allotted to us by the Lord. We should follow the path of devotional service and not be dissatisfied with the happiness and distress He has given. People in the material modes of passion and ignorance generally cannot understand the plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with its 8,400,000 forms of life, but the human form affords one the special privilege to understand this plan, engage in devotional service and elevate oneself to the highest position of perfection by following the Lord's instructions. The entire world is working under the influence of the modes of material nature, especially ignorance and passion, but if people engage in hearing and chanting about the glories of the Supreme Lord, their lives can be successful, and they can be elevated to the highest perfection. In the <i>Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa,</i> therefore, it is said:",
|
||||
"<i>harer nāma harer nāma<br/> harer nāmaiva kevalam<br/> kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva<br/> nāsty eva gatir anyathā</i>",
|
||||
"\"In this age of Kali, there is no other way, no other way, no other way for spiritual perfection than the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.\" Everyone should be given the chance to hear the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for thus one will gradually come to understand his real position in life and be elevated to the transcendental position above the mode of goodness. Thus all impediments to his progress will be cut to pieces. In conclusion, therefore, we must be satisfied in whatever position we have been put into by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we should try to engage ourselves in His devotional service. Then our lives will be successful."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 16,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.16",
|
||||
"devanagari": "मुक्तो ऽपि तावद्बिभृयात्स्वदेहम् आरब्धम् अश्नन्न् अभिमानशून्यः\nयथानुभूतं प्रतियातनिद्रः किं त्व् अन्यदेहाय गुणान्न वृंक्ते",
|
||||
"transliteration": "mukto 'pi tāvad bibhṛyāt sva-deham\nārabdham aśnann abhimāna-śūnyaḥ\nyathānubhūtaṁ pratiyāta-nidraḥ\nkiṁ tv anya-dehāya guṇān na vṛṅkte",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muktaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a liberated person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"even"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so long"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bibhṛyāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"must maintain"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-deham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his own body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārabdham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtained as a result of past activity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aśnan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhimāna-śūnyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without erroneous conceptions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhūtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what was perceived"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratiyāta-nidraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one who has awakened from sleep"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"but"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anya-dehāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for another material body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the material qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"never"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vṛṅkte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoys."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Even if one is liberated, he nevertheless accepts the body he has received according to his past karma. Without misconceptions, however, he regards his enjoyment and suffering due to that karma the way an awakened person regards a dream he had while sleeping. He thus remains steadfast and never works to achieve another material body under the influence of the three modes of material nature.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The difference between a liberated and conditioned soul is that the conditioned soul is under the concept of bodily life, whereas a liberated person knows that he is not the body but a spirit, different from the body. Priyavrata might have thought that although a conditioned soul is forced to act according to the laws of nature, why should he, who was far advanced in spiritual understanding, accept the same kind of bondage and impediments to spiritual advancement? To answer this doubt, Lord Brahmā informed him that even those who are liberated do not resent accepting, in the present body, the results of their past activities. While sleeping, one dreams many unreal things, but when he awakens he disregards them and makes progress in factual life. Similarly, a liberated person—one who has completely understood that he is not the body but a spirit soul—disregards past activities performed in ignorance and performs his present activities in such a way that they produce no reactions. This is described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (<i>3.9</i>). <i>Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ:</i> if one performs activities for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality, the <i>yajña-puruṣa,</i> his work does not produce reactions, whereas <i>karmīs,</i> who act for themselves, are bound by the reactions of their work. A liberated person, therefore, does not think about whatever he has ignorantly done in the past; instead, he acts in such a way that he will not produce another body by fruitive activities. As clearly mentioned in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>mām ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa<br/> bhakti-yogena sevate<br/> sa guṇān samatītyaitān<br/> brahma-bhūyāya kalpate</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.\" (Bg. 14.26) Regardless of what we have done in our past lives, if we engage ourselves in unalloyed devotional service to the Lord in this life, we will always be situated in the <i>brahma-bhūta </i>(liberated) state, free from reactions, and will not be obliged to accept another material body. <i>Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna</i> (Bg. 4.9). After giving up the body, one who has acted in that way does not accept another material body, but instead goes back home, back to Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 17,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.17",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भयं प्रमत्तस्य वनेष्व् अपि स्याद्यतः स आस्ते सहषट्सपत्नः\nजितेन्द्रियस्यात्मरतेर्बुधस्य गृहाश्रमः किं नु करोत्य् अवद्यम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhayaṁ pramattasya vaneṣv api syād\nyataḥ sa āste saha-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ\njitendriyasyātma-rater budhasya\ngṛhāśramaḥ kiṁ nu karoty avadyam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fear"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pramattasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of one who is bewildered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vaneṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in forests"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"even"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "syāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there must be"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he (one who is not self-controlled)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āste",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is existing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"six co-wives"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jita-indriyasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for one who has already conquered the senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-rateḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"self-satisfied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "budhasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for such a learned man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-āśramaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"household life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karoti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"can do"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avadyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"harm."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Even if he goes from forest to forest, one who is not self-controlled must always fear material bondage because he is living with six co-wives—the mind and knowledge-acquiring senses. Even householder life, however, cannot harm a self-satisfied, learned man who has conquered his senses.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung, <i>gṛhe vā vanete thāke, 'hā gaurāṅga' bale ḍāke:</i> whether one is situated in the forest or at home, if he is engaged in the devotional service of Lord Caitanya, he is a liberated person. Here this is also repeated. For one who has not controlled his senses, going to the forest to become a so-called <i>yogī</i> is meaningless. Because his uncontrolled mind and senses are going with him, he cannot achieve anything, even by giving up household life and staying in the forest. Formerly many mercantile men from the up-country of India used to go to Bengal, and thus there is a familiar saying, \"If you go to Bengal, your fortune will go with you.\" Our first concern, therefore, should be to control the senses, and since the senses cannot be controlled unless engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, our most important duty is to engage the senses in devotional service. <i>Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate:</i> <i>bhakti</i> means engagement of the purified senses in the service of the Lord. [<i>Nārada-pañcarātra</i>]",
|
||||
"Herein Lord Brahmā indicates that instead of going to the forest with uncontrolled senses, it is better and more secure to engage the senses in the service of the Lord. Even household life can do no harm to a self-controlled person acting in this way; it cannot force him into material bondage. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has further enunciated this position:",
|
||||
"<i>īhā yasya harer dāsye<br/> karmaṇā manasā girā<br/> nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu<br/> jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate</i>",
|
||||
"\"Regardless of one's circumstances, if one fully engages his activities, mind and words in the devotional service of the Lord, he should be understood to be a liberated person.\" Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was a responsible officer and a householder, yet his service to the cause of expanding the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is unique. Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says, <i>durdāntendriya-kāla-sarpa-paṭalī protkhāta-daṁṣṭrāyate.</i> The sense organs are certainly our greatest enemies, and they are therefore compared to venomous serpents. However, if a venomous serpent is bereft of its poison fangs, it is no longer fearful. Similarly, if the senses are engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no need to fear their activities. The devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement move within this material world, but because their senses are fully engaged in the service of the Lord, they are always aloof from the material world. They are always living in a transcendental position."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 18,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.18",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यः षट्सपत्नान्विजिगीषमाणो गृहेषु निर्विश्य यतेत पूर्वम्\nअत्येति दुर्गाश्रित ऊर्जितारीन्क्षीणेषु कामं विचरेद्विपश्चित्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yaḥ ṣaṭ sapatnān vijigīṣamāṇo\ngṛheṣu nirviśya yateta pūrvam\natyeti durgāśrita ūrjitārīn\nkṣīṇeṣu kāmaṁ vicared vipaścit",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"anyone who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṣaṭ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"six"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapatnān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"adversaries"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vijigīṣamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to conquer"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛheṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in household life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirviśya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having entered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yateta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"must try"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pūrvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"first"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atyeti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"conquers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durga-āśritaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being in a fortified place"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūrjita-arīn",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very strong enemies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣīṇeṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"decreased"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lusty desires"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vicaret",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"can go"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vipaścit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most experienced, learned."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>One who is situated in household life and who systematically conquers his mind and five sense organs is like a king in his fortress who conquers his powerful enemies. After one has been trained in household life and his lusty desires have decreased, he can move anywhere without danger.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The Vedic system of four <i>varṇas</i> and four <i>āśramas</i> is very scientific, and its entire purpose is to enable one to control the senses. Before entering household life (<i>gṛhastha-āśrama</i>), a student is fully trained to become <i>jitendriya,</i> a conqueror of the senses. Such a mature student is allowed to become a householder, and because he was first trained in conquering his senses, he retires from household life and becomes <i>vānaprastha</i> as soon as the strong waves of youthful life are past and he reaches the verge of old age at fifty years or slightly more. Then, after being further trained, he accepts <i>sannyāsa.</i> He is then a fully learned and renounced person who can move anywhere and everywhere without fear of being captivated by material desires. The senses are considered very powerful enemies. As a king in a strong fortress can conquer powerful enemies, so a householder in <i>gṛhastha-āśrama,</i> household life, can conquer the lusty desires of youth and be very secure when he takes <i>vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsa.</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 19,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.19",
|
||||
"devanagari": "त्वं त्व् अब्जनाभांघ्रिसरोजकोश दुर्गाश्रितो निर्जितषट्सपत्नः\nभुंक्ष्वेह भोगान्पुरुषातिदिष्टान्विमुक्तसंगः प्रकृतिं भजस्व",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tvaṁ tv abja-nābhāṅghri-saroja-kośa-\ndurgāśrito nirjita-ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ\nbhuṅkṣveha bhogān puruṣātidiṣṭān\nvimukta-saṅgaḥ prakṛtiṁ bhajasva",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"yourself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abja-nābha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose navel is like a lotus flower"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅghri",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saroja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lotus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kośa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hole"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the stronghold"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśritaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"taken shelter of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirjita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"conquered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṣaṭ-sapatnaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the six enemies (the mind and five senses)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhuṅkṣva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in this material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhogān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoyable things"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the Supreme person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atidiṣṭān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"extraordinarily ordered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vimukta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"liberated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṅgaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from material association"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakṛtim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"constitutional position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhajasva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoy."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Brahmā continued:</b><b> My dear Priyavrata, seek shelter inside the opening in the lotus of the feet of the Lord, whose navel is also like a lotus. Thus conquer the six sense organs</b><b> [the mind and knowledge-acquiring senses]</b><b>. Accept material enjoyment because the Lord, extraordinarily, has ordered you to do this. You will thus always be liberated from material association and be able to carry out the Lord's orders in your constitutional position.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"There are three kinds of men within this material world. Those who are trying to enjoy the senses to the utmost are called <i>karmīs,</i> above them are the <i>jñānīs,</i> who try to conquer the urges of the senses, and above them are the <i>yogīs,</i> who have already conquered the senses. None of them, however, are situated in a transcendental position. Only devotees, who belong to none of the above-mentioned groups, are transcendental. As explained in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (14.26):",
|
||||
"<i>māṁ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa<br/> bhakti-yogena sevate<br/> sa guṇān samatītyaitān<br/> brahma-bhūyāya kalpate</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.\" Lord Brahmā herein advises Priyavrata to remain transcendental in the fortress not of family life but of the lotus feet of the Lord (<i>abja-nābhāṅghri-saroja</i>). When a bumblebee enters the opening of a lotus flower and drinks its honey, it is fully protected by the petals of the lotus. The bee is undisturbed by sunshine and other external influences. Similarly, one who always seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead is protected from all dangers. It is therefore said in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (10.14.58):",
|
||||
"<i>samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ<br/> mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ<br/> bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ<br/> padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām</i>",
|
||||
"For one who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, everything becomes easier. Indeed, even crossing the great ocean of nescience (<i>bhavāmbudhi</i>) is exactly like crossing the hoofprint created by a calf (<i>vatsa-padam</i>). For such a devotee, there is no question of remaining in a place where every step is dangerous.",
|
||||
"Our actual duty is to carry out the supreme order of the Personality of Godhead. If we are fixed in our determination to carry out the supreme order of the Lord, we are always secure, regardless of where we are situated, whether in hell or in heaven. Herein the words <i>prakṛtiṁ bhajasva</i> are very significant. <i>Prakṛtim</i> refers to one's constitutional position. Every living entity has the constitutional position of being an eternal servant of God. Therefore Lord Brahmā advised Priyavrata, \"Be situated in your original position as an eternal servant of the Lord. If you carry out His orders, you will never fall, even in the midst of material enjoyment.\" Material enjoyment achieved by dint of one's fruitive activities differs from material enjoyment given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee sometimes appears to be in a very opulent position, but he accepts that position to follow the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore a devotee is never affected by material influences. The devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are preaching all over the world in accordance with the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They have to meet many <i>karmīs,</i> but by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they are unaffected by material influences. He has blessed them, as described in the <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i> (<i>Madhya</i> 7.129):",
|
||||
"<i>kabhu nā bādhibe tomāra viṣaya-taraṅga<br/> punarapi ei ṭhāñi pābe mora saṅge</i>",
|
||||
"A sincere devotee who engages in the service of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by preaching His cult all over the world will never be affected by <i>viṣaya-taraṅga,</i> material influences. On the contrary, in due course of time he will return to the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and will thus have perpetual association with Him."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 20,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.20",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच इति समभिहितो महाभागवतो भगवतस्त्रिभुवनगुरोर् \nअनुशासनम् आत्मनो लघुतयावनतशिरोधरो बाढम् इति सबहु\nमानम् उवाह.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\niti samabhihito mahā-bhāgavato bhagavatas tri-bhuvana-guror \nanuśāsanam ātmano laghutayāvanata-śirodharo bāḍham iti sabahu-\nmānam uvāha.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samabhihitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely instructed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-bhāgavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the great devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the most powerful Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tri-bhuvana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the three worlds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guroḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the spiritual master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuśāsanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "laghutayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of inferiority"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avanata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bowed down"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śirodharaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his head"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bāḍham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"yes, sir"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-bahu-mānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great respect"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uvāha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"carried out."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: </b><b>After thus being fully instructed by Lord Brahmā, who is the spiritual master of the three worlds, Priyavrata, his own position being inferior, offered obeisances, accepted the order and carried it out with great respect.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrī Priyavrata was the grandson of Lord Brahmā. Therefore according to social etiquette, his position was inferior. It is the duty of the inferior to carry out the order of the superior with great respect. Priyavrata therefore immediately said, \"Yes, sir. I shall carry out your order.\" Priyavrata is described as a <i>mahā-bhāgavata,</i> a great devotee. The duty of a great devotee is to carry out the order of the spiritual master, or the spiritual master of the spiritual master in the <i>paramparā</i> system. As described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.2), <i>evaṁ paramparā prāptam:</i> one has to receive the instructions of the Supreme Lord through the disciplic chain of spiritual masters. A devotee of the Lord always considers himself a servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord. [<i>Padyāvalī</i> 74]"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 21,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.21",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भगवान् अपि मनुना यथावद् उपकल्पितापचितिः प्रियव्रत\nनारदयोर् अविषमम् अभिसमीक्षमाणयोर् आत्मसम् अवस्थानम् अवाङ्\nमनसं क्षयम् अव्यवहृतं प्रवर्तयन्न् अगमत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhagavān api manunā yathāvad upakalpitāpacitiḥ priyavrata-\nnāradayor aviṣamam abhisamīkṣamāṇayor ātmasam avasthānam avāṅ-\nmanasaṁ kṣayam avyavahṛtaṁ pravartayann agamat.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most powerful Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manunā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Manu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as deserved"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upakalpita-apacitiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "priyavrata-nāradayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the presence of Priyavrata and Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aviṣamam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without aversion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhisamīkṣamāṇayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"looking on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmasam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just suitable for his position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avasthānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to his abode"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avāk-manasam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beyond the description of mind and words"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avyavahṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"extraordinarily situated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pravartayan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"departing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "agamat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"returned."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Brahmā was then worshiped by Manu, who respectfully satisfied him as well as he could. Priyavrata and Nārada also looked upon Brahmā with no tinges of resentment. Having engaged Priyavrata in accepting his father's request, Lord Brahmā returned to his abode, Satyaloka, which is indescribable by the endeavor of mundane mind or words.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Manu was certainly very satisfied that Lord Brahmā had persuaded his son Priyavrata to take the responsibility for ruling the world. Priyavrata and Nārada were also very satisfied. Although Brahmā had forced Priyavrata to accept the management of worldly affairs, thus breaking his vow to remain <i>brahmacārī</i> and completely engage in devotional service, Nārada and Priyavrata did not look upon Brahmā with resentment. Nārada was not at all sorry that he had been frustrated in making Priyavrata a disciple. Both Priyavrata and Nārada were exalted personalities who knew how to respect Lord Brahmā. Therefore instead of looking upon Brahmā with resentment, they very feelingly offered him their respect. Lord Brahmā then returned to his celestial abode, known as Satyaloka, which is described here as being impeccable and being unapproachable by words.",
|
||||
"It is stated in this verse that Lord Brahmā returned to his residence, which is as important as his own personality. Lord Brahmā is the creator of this universe and the most exalted personality within it. His lifetime is described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (8.17). <i>Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ.</i> The total duration of the four yugas is 4,300,000 years, and when that is multiplied a thousand times, it equals twelve hours in the life of Brahmā. Therefore we cannot factually comprehend even twelve hours of Brahmā's life, to say nothing of the one hundred years that constitute his entire lifetime. How, then, can we understand his abode? The Vedic literatures describe that in Satyaloka there is no birth, death, old age or disease. In other words, since Satyaloka is situated next to Brahmaloka, or the Brahman effulgence, it is almost as good as Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Lord Brahmā's abode is practically indescribable from our present status. Therefore it has been described as <i>avāṅ-manasa-gocara,</i> or beyond the description of our words and the imagination of our minds. The Vedic literatures thus describe the abode of Lord Brahmā: <i>yad vai parārdhyaṁ tad upārameṣṭhyaṁ na yatra śoko na jarā na mṛtyur nārtir na codvegaḥ </i>[<i>Bhāg.</i> <i>2.2.26-</i><i>27</i>]<i>.</i> \"In Satyaloka, which is situated many millions and billions of years away, there is no lamentation, nor is there old age, death, anxiety or the influence of enemies.\""
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 22,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.22",
|
||||
"devanagari": "मनुर् अपि परेणैवं प्रतिसन्धितमनोरथः सुरर्षि\nवरानुमतेनात्मजम् अखिलधरामण्डलस्थितिगुप्तय आस्थाप्य \nस्वयम् अतिविषमविषयविषजलाशयाशाया उपरराम.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "manur api pareṇaivaṁ pratisandhita-manorathaḥ surarṣi-\nvarānumatenātmajam akhila-dharā-maṇḍala-sthiti-guptaya āsthāpya \nsvayam ati-viṣama-viṣaya-viṣa-jalāśayāśāyā upararāma.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Svāyambhuva Manu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pareṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratisandhita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"executed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manaḥ-rathaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his mental aspiration"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sura-ṛṣi-vara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great sage Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anumatena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the permission"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-jam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akhila",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the entire universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharā-maṇḍala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of planets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sthiti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"maintenance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guptaye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for the protection"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsthāpya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"establishing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"personally"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati-viṣama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very dangerous"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material affairs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of poison"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jala-āśaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ocean"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśāyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from desires"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upararāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"got relief."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Svāyambhuva Manu, with the assistance of Lord Brahmā, thus fulfilled his desires. With the permission of the great sage Nārada, he delivered to his son the governmental responsibility for maintaining and protecting all the planets of the universe. He thus achieved relief from the most dangerous, poisonous ocean of material desires.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Svāyambhuva Manu was practically hopeless because such a great personality as Nārada was instructing his son Priyavrata not to accept household life. Now he was very pleased that Lord Brahmā had interfered by inducing his son to accept the responsibility for ruling the government of the universe. From <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> we get information that Vaivasvata Manu was the son of the sun-god and that his son, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, ruled this planet earth. Svāyambhuva Manu, however, appears to have been in charge of the entire universe, and he entrusted to his son, Mahārāja Priyavrata, the responsibility for maintaining and protecting all the planetary systems. <i>Dharā-maṇḍala</i> means \"planet.\" This earth, for instance, is called <i>dharā-maṇḍala.</i> <i>Akhila,</i> however, means \"all\" or \"universal.\" It is therefore difficult to understand where Mahārāja Priyavrata was situated, but from this literature his position certainly appears greater than that of Vaivasvata Manu, for he was entrusted with all the planetary systems of the entire universe.",
|
||||
"Another significant statement is that Svāyambhuva Manu took great satisfaction from abnegating the responsibility for ruling all the planetary systems of the universe. At present, politicians are very eager to take charge of the government, and they engage their men in canvassing from door to door to get votes to win the post of president or a similar exalted office. On the contrary, however, herein we find that King Priyavrata had to be persuaded by Lord Brahmā to accept the post of emperor of the entire universe. Similarly, his father, Svāyambhuva Manu, felt relieved to entrust the universal government to Priyavrata. Thus it is evident that the kings and executive heads of government in the Vedic age never accepted their positions for sense enjoyment. Such exalted kings, who were known as <i>rājarṣis,</i> ruled only to maintain and protect the kingdom for the welfare of the citizens. The history of Priyavrata and Svāyambhuva Manu describes how exemplary, responsible monarchs performed the duties of government with disinterest, keeping themselves always aloof from the contamination of material attachment.",
|
||||
"Material affairs have herein been compared to an ocean of poison. They have been described in a similar way by Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura in one of his songs:",
|
||||
"<i>saṁsāra-viṣānale, divā-niśi hiyā jvale,<br/> juḍāite nā kainu upāya</i>",
|
||||
"\"My heart is always burning in the fire of material existence, and I have made no provisions for getting out of it.\"",
|
||||
"<i>golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana,<br/> rati nā janmila kene tāya</i>",
|
||||
"\"The only remedy is <i>hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana,</i> the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa <i>mahā-mantra,</i> which is imported from the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana. How unfortunate I am that I have no attraction for this.\" Manu wanted to seek shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord, and therefore when his son Priyavrata took charge of his worldly affairs, Manu was very relieved. That is the system of Vedic civilization. At the end of life, one must free himself from worldly affairs and completely engage in the service of the Lord.",
|
||||
"The word <i>surarṣi-vara-anumatena</i> is also significant. Manu entrusted the government to his son with the permission of the great saint Nārada. This is particularly mentioned because although Nārada wanted Priyavrata to become free from all material affairs, when Priyavrata took charge of the universe by the request of Lord Brahmā and Manu, Nārada was also very pleased."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 23,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.23",
|
||||
"devanagari": "इति ह वाव स जगतीपतिर् ईश्वरेच्छयाधिनिवेशितकर्माधिकारो ऽखिलजगद्बन्धध्वंसनपरानुभावस्य भगवत आदि\nपुरुषस्यांघ्रियुगलानवरतध्यानानुभावेन परिरन्धित\nकषायाशयो ऽवदातो ऽपि मानवर्धनो महतां महीतलम् अनुशशास.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "iti ha vāva sa jagatī-patir īśvarecchayādhiniveśita-karmādhikāro 'khila-jagad-bandha-dhvaṁsana-parānubhāvasya bhagavata ādi-\npuruṣasyāṅghri-yugalānavarata-dhyānānubhāvena parirandhita-\nkaṣāyāśayo 'vadāto 'pi māna-vardhano mahatāṁ mahītalam anuśaśāsa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha vāva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagatī-patiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the emperor of the whole universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvara-icchayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhiniveśita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely engaged"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma-adhikāraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in material affairs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akhila-jagat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the entire universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bandha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bondage"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhvaṁsana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"destroying"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"transcendental"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhāvasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose influence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādi-puruṣasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the original person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅghri",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yugala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anavarata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"constant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhyāna-anubhāvena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by meditation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parirandhita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"destroyed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṣāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all the dirty things"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in his heart"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avadātaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely pure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māna-vardhanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just to give honor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to superiors"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahītalam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuśaśāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ruled."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mahārāja Priyavrata fully engaged in worldly affairs, yet he always thought of the lotus feet of the Lord, which are the cause of liberation from all material attachment. Although Priyavrata Mahārāja was completely freed from all material contamination, he ruled the material world just to honor the orders of his superiors.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The words <i>māna-vardhano mahatām</i> (\"just to show honor to superiors\") are very significant. Although Mahārāja Priyavrata was already a liberated person and had no attraction for material things, he engaged himself fully in governmental affairs just to show respect to Lord Brahmā. Arjuna had also acted in the same way. Arjuna had no desire to participate in political affairs or the fighting at Kurukṣetra, but when ordered to do so by the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, he executed those duties very nicely. One who always thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord is certainly above all the contamination of the material world. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>yoginām api sarveṣāṁ<br/> mad-gatenāntarātmanā<br/> śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ<br/> sa me yuktatamo mataḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Of all <i>yogīs,</i> he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in <i>yoga</i> and is the highest of all.\" (Bg. 6.47) Mahārāja Priyavrata, therefore, was a liberated person and was among the highest of <i>yogīs,</i> yet superficially he became the emperor of the universe in accordance with the order of Lord Brahmā. Showing respect to his superior in this way was another of his extraordinary qualifications. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (6.17.28):",
|
||||
"<i>nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve<br/> na kutaścana bibhyati<br/> svargāpavarga-narakeṣv<br/> api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"A devotee who is actually advanced is not afraid of anything, provided be has the opportunity to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the proper explanation of why Priyavrata engaged in worldly affairs although he was a liberated person. Also, only because of this principle does a <i>mahā-bhāgavata,</i> who has nothing to do with the material world, come down to the second platform of devotional service to preach the glories of the Lord all over the world."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 24,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.24",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ च दुहितरं प्रजापतेर्विश्वकर्मण उपयेमे बर्हिष्मतीं \nनाम तस्याम् उ ह वाव आत्मजान् आत्मसमानशीलगुणकर्मरूप\nवीर्योदारान्दश भावयाम्बभूव कन्यां च यवीयसीम् ऊर्जस्वतीं \nनाम.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha ca duhitaraṁ prajāpater viśvakarmaṇa upayeme barhiṣmatīṁ \nnāma tasyām u ha vāva ātmajān ātma-samāna-śīla-guṇa-karma-rūpa-\nvīryodārān daśa bhāvayām babhūva kanyāṁ ca yavīyasīm ūrjasvatīṁ \nnāma.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duhitaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the daughter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajāpateḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of one of the prajāpatis entrusted with increasing population"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viśvakarmaṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named Viśvakarmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upayeme",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"married"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣmatīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Barhiṣmatī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "u ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as it is celebrated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wonderful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-jān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-samāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly equal to him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śīla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"character"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"quality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rūpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beauty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vīrya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"prowess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udārān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose magnanimity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ten"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāvayām babhūva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he begot"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kanyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"daughter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yavīyasīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the youngest of all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūrjasvatīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ūrjasvatī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, Mahārāja Priyavrata married Barhiṣmatī, the daughter of the prajāpati named Viśvakarmā. In her he begot ten sons equal to him in beauty, character, magnanimity and other qualities. He also begot a daughter, the youngest of all, named Ūrjasvatī.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Mahārāja Priyavrata not only carried out the order of Lord Brahmā by accepting the duties of government, but also married Barhiṣmatī, the daughter of Viśvakarmā, one of the <i>prajāpatis.</i> Since Mahārāja Priyavrata was fully trained in transcendental knowledge, he could have returned home and conducted the business of government as a <i>brahmacārī.</i> Instead, however, when he returned to household life, he accepted a wife also. The principle is that when one becomes a <i>gṛhastha,</i> he must live perfectly in that order, which means he must live peacefully with a wife and children. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu's first wife died, His mother requested Him to marry for a second time. He was twenty years old and was going to take <i>sannyāsa</i> at the age of twenty-four, yet by the request of His mother, He married. \"As long as I am in household life,\" He told His mother, \"I must have a wife, for household life does not mean staying in a house. Real household life means living in a house with a wife.\"",
|
||||
"Three words in this verse are very significant—<i>u ha vāva.</i> These words are used to express wonder. Priyavrata Mahārāja had taken a vow of renunciation, but accepting a wife and begetting children have nothing to do with the path of renunciation; these are activities on the path of enjoyment. It was a source of great wonder, therefore, that Priyavrata Mahārāja, who had followed the path of renunciation, had now accepted the path of enjoyment.",
|
||||
"Sometimes we are criticized because although I am a <i>sannyāsī,</i> I have taken part in the marriage ceremonies of my disciples. It must be explained, however, that since we have started a Kṛṣṇa conscious society and since a human society must also have ideal marriages, to correctly establish an ideal society we must take part in marrying some of its members, although we have taken to the path of renunciation. This may be astonishing to persons who are not very interested in establishing <i>daiva-varṇāśrama,</i> the transcendental system of four social orders and four spiritual orders. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, however, wanted to reestablish <i>daiva-varṇāśrama.</i> In <i>daiva-varṇāśrama</i> there cannot be acknowledgement of social status according to birthright because in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> it is said that the determining considerations are <i>guṇa</i> and <i>karma,</i> one's qualities and work. It is this <i>daiva-varṇāśrama</i> that should be established all over the world to continue a perfect society for Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This may be astonishing to foolish critics, but it is one of the functions of a Kṛṣṇa conscious society."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 25,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.25",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आग्नीध्रेध्मजिह्वयज्ञबाहुमहावीरहिरण्यरेतोघृतपृष्ठ\nसवनमेधातिथिवीतिहोत्रकवय इति सर्व एवाग्निनामानः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "āgnīdhredhmajihva-yajñabāhu-mahāvīra-hiraṇyareto-ghṛtapṛṣṭha-\nsavana-medhātithi-vītihotra-kavaya iti sarva evāgni-nāmānaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idhma-jihva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Idhmajihva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yajña-bāhu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Yajñabāhu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-vīra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Mahāvīra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇya-retaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyaretā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ghṛtapṛṣṭha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ghṛtapṛṣṭha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "savana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Savana"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "medhā-tithi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Medhātithi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vītihotra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Vītihotra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kavayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and Kavi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "agni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the demigod controlling fire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāmānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"names."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The ten sons of Mahārāja Priyavrata were named Āgnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Mahāvīra, Hiraṇyaretā, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Savana, Medhātithi, Vītihotra and Kavi. These are also names of Agni, the fire-god.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 26,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.26",
|
||||
"devanagari": "एतेषां कविर्महावीरः सवन इति त्रय आसन्न् ऊर्ध्वरेतसस्त आत्म\nविद्यायाम् अर्भभावाद् आरभ्य कृतपरिचयाः पारमहंस्यम् \nएवाश्रमम् अभजन्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "eteṣāṁ kavir mahāvīraḥ savana iti traya āsann ūrdhva-retasas ta ātma-\nvidyāyām arbha-bhāvād ārabhya kṛta-paricayāḥ pāramahaṁsyam \nevāśramam abhajan.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eteṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaviḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kavi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahāvīraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Mahāvīra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "savanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Savana"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "trayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"three"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"were"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūrdhva-retasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely celibate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-vidyāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in transcendental knowledge"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arbha-bhāvāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from childhood"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārabhya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beginning"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛta-paricayāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very well versed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pāramahaṁsyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the highest spiritual perfection of human life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśramam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhajan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"executed."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Three among these ten—namely Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana—lived in complete celibacy. Thus trained in brahmacārī life from the beginning of childhood, they were very conversant with the highest perfection, known as the paramahaṁsa-āśrama.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The word <i>ūrdhva-retasaḥ</i> in this verse is very significant. <i>Ūrdhva-retaḥ</i> refers to one who can control sex life and who instead of wasting semina by discharging it, can use this most important substance accumulated in the body to enrich the brain. One who can completely control sex life is able to work wonderfully with his brain, especially in remembering. Thus students who simply hear Vedic instructions once from their teacher could remember them verbatim without needing to read books, which therefore did not exist in former times.",
|
||||
"Another significant word is <i>arbha-bhāvāt,</i> which means \"from very childhood.\" Another meaning is \"from being very affectionate to children.\" In other words, <i>paramahaṁsa</i> life is dedicated for the benefit of others. Just as a father sacrifices many things out of affection for his son, great saintly persons sacrifice all kinds of bodily comforts for the benefit of human society. In this connection there is a verse concerning the six Gosvāmīs:",
|
||||
"<i>tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat<br/> bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau<br/> </i>[<i>Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 4</i>]",
|
||||
"Because of their compassion for the poor fallen souls, the six Gosvāmīs gave up their exalted positions as ministers and took vows as mendicants. Thus minimizing their bodily wants as far as possible, they each accepted only a loincloth and a begging bowl. Thus they remained in Vṛndāvana to execute the orders of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by compiling and publishing various Vaiṣṇava literatures."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 27,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.27",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्मिन्न् उ ह वा उपशमशीलाः परमर्षयः सकलजीव\nनिकायावासस्य भगवतो वासुदेवस्य भीतानां शरणभूतस्य श्रीमच्चरणारविन्दाविरतस्मरणाविगलितपरमभक्तियोगानु\nभावेन परिभावितान्तर्हृदयाधिगते भगवति सर्वेषां भूतानाम् \nआत्मभूते प्रत्यगात्मन्य् एवात्मनस्तादात्म्यम् अविशेषेण समीयुः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasminn u ha vā upaśama-śīlāḥ paramarṣayaḥ sakala-jīva-\nnikāyāvāsasya bhagavato vāsudevasya bhītānāṁ śaraṇa-bhūtasya śrīmac-caraṇāravindāvirata-smaraṇāvigalita-parama-bhakti-yogānu-\nbhāvena paribhāvitāntar-hṛdayādhigate bhagavati sarveṣāṁ bhūtānām \nātma-bhūte pratyag-ātmany evātmanas tādātmyam aviśeṣeṇa samīyuḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in that paramahaṁsa-āśrama"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "u",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so celebrated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśama-śīlāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the renounced order of life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama-ṛṣayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the great sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jīva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of living entities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nikāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in total"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āvāsasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the residence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāsudevasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Vāsudeva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhītānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of those afraid of material existence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śaraṇa-bhūtasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the one who is the only shelter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrīmat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa-aravinda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avirata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"constantly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "smaraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"remembering"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avigalita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely uncontaminated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"supreme"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhakti-yoga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of mystic devotional service"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhāvena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the prowess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paribhāvita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"purified"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "antaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hṛdaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the heart"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhigate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"perceived"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarveṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūtānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"living entities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-bhūte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"situated within the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratyak",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"directly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmani",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with the Supreme Supersoul"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the self"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tādātmyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"qualitative equality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aviśeṣeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without differences"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samīyuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"realized."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Thus situated in the renounced order from the beginning of their lives, all three of them completely controlled the activities of their senses and thus became great saints. They concentrated their minds always upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the resting place of the totality of living entities and who is therefore celebrated as Vāsudeva. Lord Vāsudeva is the only shelter of those who are actually afraid of material existence. By constantly thinking of His lotus feet, these three sons of Mahārāja Priyavrata became advanced in pure devotional service. By the prowess of their devotional service, they could directly perceive the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone's heart as the Supersoul, and realize that there was qualitatively no difference between themselves and Him.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The <i>paramahaṁsa</i> stage is the topmost position in renounced life. In <i>sannyāsa,</i> the renounced order, there are four stages—<i>kuṭīcaka, bahūdaka, parivrājakācārya</i> and <i>paramahaṁsa.</i> According to the Vedic system, when one accepts the renounced order, he stays outside his village in a cottage, and his necessities, especially his food, are supplied from home. This is called the <i>kuṭīcaka</i> stage. When a <i>sannyāsī</i> advances further, he no longer accepts anything from home: instead, he collects his necessities, especially his food, from many places. This system is called <i>mādhukarī,</i> which literally means \"the profession of the bumblebees.\" As bumblebees collect honey from many flowers, a little from each, so a <i>sannyāsī</i> should beg from door to door but not accept very much food from any particular house; he should collect a little bit from every house. This is called the <i>bahūdaka</i> stage. When a <i>sannyāsī</i> is still more experienced, he travels all over the world to preach the glories of Lord Vāsudeva. He is then known as <i>parivrājakācārya.</i> The <i>sannyāsī</i> reaches the <i>paramahaṁsa</i> stage when he finishes his preaching work and sits down in one place, strictly for the sake of advancing in spiritual life. An actual <i>paramahaṁsa</i> is one who completely controls his senses and engages in the unalloyed service of the Lord. Therefore all three of these sons of Priyavrata, namely Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana, were situated in the <i>paramahaṁsa</i> stage from the very beginning. Their senses could not disturb them, for their senses were completely engaged in serving the Lord. Therefore the three brothers are described in this verse as <i>upaśama-śīlāḥ.</i> <i>Upaśama</i> means \"completely subdued.\" Because they completely subdued their senses, they are understood to have been great sages and saints.",
|
||||
"After subduing their senses, the three brothers concentrated their minds upon the lotus feet of Vāsudeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.19), <i>vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti.</i> The lotus feet of Vāsudeva are everything. Lord Vāsudeva is the reservoir of all living entities. When this cosmic manifestation is dissolved, all living entities enter the supreme body of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who merges within the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Both of these <i>viṣṇu-tattvas</i> are <i>vāsudeva-tattvas,</i> and therefore the great sages Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana concentrated always upon the lotus feet of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. In this way they could understand that the Supersoul within the heart is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they could recognize their identity with Him. The complete description of this realization is that simply by discharging the unalloyed form of devotional service, one can realize his self completely. The <i>parama-bhakti-yoga</i> mentioned in this verse means that a living entity, by dint of unalloyed devotional service, has no other interest than the service of the Lord, as described in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (<i>vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti</i>). By <i>parama-bhakti-yoga,</i> by elevating oneself to the highest platform of loving service, one can automatically be relieved from the bodily concept of life and see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. As confirmed in <i>Brahma-saṁhitā </i>[5.38]<i>:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena<br/> santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti<br/> yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ<br/> govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi</i>",
|
||||
"An advanced devotee, who is known as a <i>sat,</i> or saint, can always see within his heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead, face to face. Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, expands Himself by His plenary portion, and thus a devotee can always see Him within his heart."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 28,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.28",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अन्यस्याम् अपि जायायां त्रयः पुत्रा आसन्न् उत्तमस्तामसो रैवत इति \nमन्वन्तराधिपतयः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "anyasyām api jāyāyāṁ trayaḥ putrā āsann uttamas tāmaso raivata iti \nmanvantarādhipatayaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyasyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"other"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jāyāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the wife"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "trayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"three"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "putrāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there were"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uttamaḥ tāmasaḥ raivataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manu-antara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the manvantara millennium"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhipatayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"rulers."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In his other wife, Mahārāja Priyavrata begot three sons, named Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata. All of them later took charge of manvantara millenniums.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In every day of Brahmā there are fourteen <i>manvantaras.</i> The duration of one <i>manvantara,</i> the lifespan of one Manu, is seventy-one <i>yugas,</i> and each <i>yuga</i> is 4,320,000 years. Almost all the Manus selected to rule the <i>manvantaras</i> came from the family of Mahārāja Priyavrata. Three of them are particularly mentioned herein, namely Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 29,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.29",
|
||||
"devanagari": "एवम् उपशमायनेषु स्वतनयेष्व् अथ जगतीपतिर्जगतीम् \nअर्बुदान्य् एकादश परिवत्सराणाम् अव्याहताखिलपुरुषकारसार\nसम्भृतदोर्दण्डयुगलापीडितमौर्वीगुणस्तनितविरमित\nधर्मप्रतिपक्षो बर्हिष्मत्याश्चानुदिनम् एधमानप्रमोद\nप्रसरणयौषिण्यव्रीडाप्रमुषितहासावलोकरुचिरक्ष्वेल्यादिभिः \nपराभूयमानविवेक इवानवबुध्यमान इव महामना बुभुजे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "evam upaśamāyaneṣu sva-tanayeṣv atha jagatī-patir jagatīm \narbudāny ekādaśa parivatsarāṇām avyāhatākhila-puruṣa-kāra-sāra-\nsambhṛta-dor-daṇḍa-yugalāpīḍita-maurvī-guṇa-stanita-viramita-\ndharma-pratipakṣo barhiṣmatyāś cānudinam edhamāna-pramoda-\nprasaraṇa-yauṣiṇya-vrīḍā-pramuṣita-hāsāvaloka-rucira-kṣvely-ādibhiḥ \nparābhūyamāna-viveka ivānavabudhyamāna iva mahāmanā bubhuje.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśama-ayaneṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all well qualified"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-tanayeṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his own sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagatī-patiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the master of the universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagatīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arbudāni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"arbudas (one arbuda equals 100,000,000)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekādaśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eleven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parivatsarāṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of years"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avyāhata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without being interrupted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akhila",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"universal"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa-kāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"prowess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"strength"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sambhṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"endowed with"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "doḥ-daṇḍaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of powerful arms"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yugala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the pair"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āpīḍita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being drawn"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "maurvī-guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the bowstring"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "stanita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the loud sound"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viramita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"defeated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"religious principles"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratipakṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"those who are against"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣmatyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of his wife Barhiṣmatī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anudinam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"daily"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "edhamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"increasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pramoda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasing intercourse"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prasaraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"amiability"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yauṣiṇya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"feminine behavior"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vrīḍā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by shyness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pramuṣita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"held back"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"laughing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avaloka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"glancing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rucira",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣveli-ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by exchanges of loving propensities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parābhūyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being defeated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivekaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his true knowledge"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anavabudhyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a less intelligent person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-manāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the great soul"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bubhuje",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ruled."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After Kavi, Mahāvīra and Savana were completely trained in the paramahaṁsa stage of life, Mahārāja Priyavrata ruled the universe for eleven arbudas of years. Whenever he was determined to fix his arrow upon his bowstring with his two powerful arms, all opponents of the regulative principles of religious life would flee from his presence in fear of the unparalleled prowess he displayed in ruling the universe. He greatly loved his wife Barhiṣmatī, and with the increase of days, their exchange of nuptial love also increased. By her feminine behavior as she dressed herself, walked, got up, smiled, laughed, and glanced about, Queen Barhiṣmatī increased his energy. Thus although he was a great soul, he appeared lost in the feminine conduct of his wife. He behaved with her just like an ordinary man, but actually he was a great soul.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse, the word <i>dharma-pratipakṣaḥ</i> (\"opponents of religious principles\") refers not to a particular faith, but to <i>varṇāśrama-dharma,</i> the division of society, socially and spiritually, into four <i>varṇas</i> (<i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra</i>) and four <i>āśramas</i> (<i>brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsa</i>). To maintain proper social order and help the citizens gradually progress toward the goal of life—namely spiritual understanding—the principles of <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> must be accepted. From this verse, Mahārāja Priyavrata appears to have been so strict in maintaining this institution of <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> that anyone neglecting it would immediately flee from his presence as soon as the King warned him by fighting or administering light punishment. Indeed, Mahārāja Priyavrata would not have to fight, for simply because of his strong determination, they dared not disobey the rules and regulations of <i>varṇāśrama-dharma.</i> It is said that unless human society is regulated by <i>varṇāśrama-dharma,</i> it is no better than a bestial society of cats and dogs. Mahārāja Priyavrata, therefore, strictly maintained <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> by his extraordinary, unparalleled prowess.",
|
||||
"To maintain such a life of strict vigilance, one needs encouragement from his wife. In the <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> system, certain classes, such as the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> and <i>sannyāsīs,</i> do not need encouragement from the opposite sex. <i>Kṣatriyas</i> and <i>gṛhasthas,</i> however, actually need the encouragement of their wives in order to execute their duties. Indeed, a <i>gṛhastha</i> or <i>kṣatriya</i> cannot properly execute his responsibilities without the association of his wife. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally admitted that a <i>gṛhastha</i> must live with a wife. <i>Kṣatriyas</i> were even allowed to have many wives to encourage them in discharging the duties of government. The association of a good wife is necessary in a life of <i>karma</i> and political affairs. To execute his duties properly, therefore, Mahārāja Priyavrata took advantage of his good wife Barhiṣmatī, who was always very expert in pleasing her great husband by properly dressing herself, smiling, and exhibiting her feminine bodily features. Queen Barhiṣmatī always kept Mahārāja Priyavrata very encouraged, and thus he executed his governmental duty very properly. In this verse <i>iva</i> has twice been used to indicate that Mahārāja Priyavrata acted exactly like a henpecked husband and thereby seemed to have lost his sense of human responsibility. Actually, however, he was fully conscious of his position as a spirit soul, although he seemingly behaved like an acquiescent <i>karmī</i> husband. Mahārāja Priyavrata thus ruled the universe for eleven <i>arbudas</i> of years. One <i>arbuda</i> consists of 100,000,000 years, and Mahārāja Priyavrata ruled the universe for eleven such <i>arbudas.</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 30,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.30",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यावद् अवभासयति सुरगिरिम् अनुपरिक्रामन्भगवान् आदित्यो \nवसुधातलम् अर्धेनैव प्रतपत्य् अर्धेनावच्छादयति तदा हि \nभगवदुपासनोपचितातिपुरुषप्रभावस्तद् अनभिनन्दन् \nसमजवेन रथेन ज्योतिर्मयेन रजनीम् अपि दिनं करिष्यामीति सप्त\nकृत्वस्तरणिम् अनुपर्यक्रामद्द्वितीय इव पतंगः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yāvad avabhāsayati sura-girim anuparikrāman bhagavān ādityo \nvasudhā-talam ardhenaiva pratapaty ardhenāvacchādayati tadā hi \nbhagavad-upāsanopacitāti-puruṣa-prabhāvas tad anabhinandan \nsamajavena rathena jyotirmayena rajanīm api dinaṁ kariṣyāmīti sapta-\nkṛt vastaraṇim anuparyakrāmad dvitīya iva pataṅgaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so long"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avabhāsayati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"illuminates"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sura-girim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Sumeru Hill"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuparikrāman",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by circumambulating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādityaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sun-god"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vasudhā-talam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the lower planetary system"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ardhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by half"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratapati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"makes dazzling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ardhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by half"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avacchādayati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"covers with darkness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at that time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavat-upāsanā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upacita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by satisfying Him perfectly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati-puruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"superhuman"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prabhāvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"influence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anabhinandan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without appreciating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samajavena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by equally powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rathena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on a chariot"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jyotiḥ-mayena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dazzling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rajanīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"night"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dinam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"day"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kariṣyāmi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I shall make it"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta-kṛt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven times"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vastaraṇim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly following the orbit of the sun"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuparyakrāmat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"circumambulated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvitīyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"second"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pataṅgaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sun."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>While so excellently ruling the universe, King Priyavrata once became dissatisfied with the circumambulation of the most powerful sun-god. Encircling Sumeru Hill on his chariot, the sun-god illuminates all the surrounding planetary systems. However, when the sun is on the northern side of the hill, the south receives less light, and when the sun is in the south, the north receives less. King Priyavrata disliked this situation and therefore decided to make daylight in the part of the universe where there was night. He followed the orbit of the sun-god on a brilliant chariot and thus fulfilled his desire. He could perform such wonderful activities because of the power he had achieved by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"There is a Bengali saying which describes that someone is so powerful that he can make the night day and the day night. That saying is current because of the prowess of Priyavrata. His activities demonstrate how powerful he became by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa is known as Yogeśvara, the master of all mystic powers. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (18.78) it is said wherever there is the master of all mystic powers (<i>yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ</i>), victory, fortune and all other opulences are present. Devotional service is so powerful. When a devotee achieves what he wants to accomplish, it is not by his own mystic power but by the grace of the master of mystic power. Lord Kṛṣṇa: by His grace, a devotee can accomplish wonderful things unimaginable even to the most powerful scientist.",
|
||||
"From the description in this verse, it appears that the sun moves. According to modern astronomers, the sun is fixed in one place, surrounded by the solar system, but here we find that the sun is not stationary; it is rotating in a prescribed orbit. This fact is corroborated by <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.52). <i>Yasyājñayā bhramati saṁbhṛta-kāla-cakraḥ:</i> the sun is rotating in its fixed orbit in accordance with the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to <i>Jyotir Veda,</i> the science of astronomy in the Vedic literature, the sun moves for six months on the northern side of the Sumeru Hill and for six months on the southern side. We have practical experience on this planet that when there is summer in the north there is winter in the south and vice versa. Modern materialistic scientists sometimes present themselves as knowing all the ingredients of the sun, yet they are unable to offer a second sun like Mahārāja Priyavrata's.",
|
||||
"Although Mahārāja Priyavrata devised a very powerful chariot as brilliant as the sun, he had no desire to compete with the sun-god, for a Vaiṣṇava never wants to supersede another Vaiṣṇava. His purpose was to give abundant benefits in material existence. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that in the months of April and May the rays of Mahārāja Priyavrata's brilliant sun were as pleasing as the rays of the moon, and in October and November, both morning and evening, that sun provided more warmth than the sunshine. In short, Mahārāja Priyavrata was extremely powerful, and his actions extended his power in all directions."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 31,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.31",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ये वा उ ह तद्रथचरणनेमिकृतपरिखातास्ते सप्त सिन्धव \nआसन्यत एव कृताः सप्त भुवो द्वीपाः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ye vā u ha tad-ratha-caraṇa-nemi-kṛta-parikhātās te sapta sindhava \nāsan yata eva kṛtāḥ sapta bhuvo dvīpāḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā u ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-ratha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of his chariot"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the wheels"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nemi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the rims"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"made"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parikhātāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"trenches"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"those"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sindhavaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"oceans"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛtāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"were made"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhuvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Bhū-maṇḍala"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvīpāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"islands."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, the rims of his chariot wheels created impressions that later became seven oceans, dividing the planetary system known as Bhū-maṇḍala into seven islands.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Sometimes the planets in outer space are called islands. We have experience of various types of islands in the ocean, and similarly the various planets, divided into fourteen <i>lokas,</i> are islands in the ocean of space. As Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, he created seven different types of oceans and planetary systems, which altogether are known as Bhū-maṇḍala, or Bhūloka. In the Gāyatrī <i>mantra,</i> we chant, <i>oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyam.</i> Above the Bhuloka planetary system is Bhuvarloka, and above that is Svargaloka, the heavenly planetary system. All these planetary systems are controlled by Savitā, the sun-god. By chanting the Gāyatrī <i>mantra</i> just after rising early in the morning, one worships the sun-god."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 32,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.32",
|
||||
"devanagari": "जम्बूप्लक्षशाल्मलिकुशक्रौंचशाकपुष्करसंज्ञास्तेषां \nपरिमाणं पूर्वस्मात्पूर्वस्माद् उत्तर उत्तरो यथासंख्यं द्वि\nगुणमानेन बहिः समन्तत उपक्ÿप्ताः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "jambū-plakṣa-śālmali-kuśa-krauñca-śāka-puṣkara-saṁjñās teṣāṁ \nparimāṇaṁ pūrvasmāt pūrvasmād uttara uttaro yathā-saṅkhyaṁ dvi-\nguṇa-mānena bahiḥ samantata upakÿptāḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jambū",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Jambū"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "plakṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Plakṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śālmali",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śālmali"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kuśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kuśa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "krauñca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Krauñca"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śāka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śāka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṣkara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Puṣkara"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁjñāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"known as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "teṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parimāṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"measurement"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pūrvasmāt pūrvasmāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from the former"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uttaraḥ uttaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the following"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṅkhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"number"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvi-guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"twice as much"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mānena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with a measure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bahiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"outside"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samantataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all around"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upakÿptāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"produced."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The names of the islands are Jambū, Plakṣa, Śālmali, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka and Puṣkara. Each island is twice as large as the one preceding it, and each is surrounded by a liquid substance, beyond which is the next island.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The ocean in each planetary system has a different type of liquid. How they are situated is explained in the next verse."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 33,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.33",
|
||||
"devanagari": "क्षारोदेक्षुरसोदसुरोदघृतोदक्षीरोददधिमण्डोदशुद्धोदाः \nसप्त जलधयः सप्त द्वीपपरिखा इवाभ्यन्तरद्वीपसमाना \nएकैकश्येन यथानुपूर्वं सप्तस्व् अपि बहिर्द्वीपेषु पृथक्परित \nउपकल्पितास्तेषु जम्ब्वादिषु बर्हिष्मतीपतिर् अनुव्रतानात्मजान् आग्नीध्रेध्मजिह्वयज्ञबाहुहिरण्यरेतोघृतपृष्ठमेधातिथि\nवीतिहोत्रसंज्ञान्यथासंख्येनैकैकस्मिन्न् एकम् एवाधिपतिं \nविदधे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kṣārodekṣu-rasoda-suroda-ghṛtoda-kṣīroda-dadhi-maṇḍoda-śuddhodāḥ \nsapta jaladhayaḥ sapta dvīpa-parikhā ivābhyantara-dvīpa-samānā \nekaikaśyena yathānupūrvaṁ saptasv api bahir dvīpeṣu pṛthak parita \nupakalpitās teṣu jambv-ādiṣu barhiṣmatī-patir anuvratānātmajān āgnīdhredhmajihva-yajñabāhu-hiraṇyareto-ghṛtapṛṣṭha-medhātithi-\nvītihotra-saṁjñān yathā-saṅkhyenaikaikasminn ekam evādhi-patiṁ \nvidadhe.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"salt"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ikṣu-rasa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the liquid extract from sugarcane"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "surā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"liquor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ghṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"clarified butter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣīra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"milk"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dadhi-maṇḍa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"emulsified yogurt"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śuddha-udāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and drinking water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jala-dhayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"oceans"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvīpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"islands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parikhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"trenches"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhyantara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"internal"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvīpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"islands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samānāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"equal to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eka-ekaśyena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one after another"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-anupūrvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in chronological order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saptasu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bahiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"outside"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvīpeṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in islands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pṛthak",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"separate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paritaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all around"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upakalpitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"situated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "teṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jambū-ādiṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beginning with Jambū"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣmatī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Barhiṣmatī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the husband"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuvratān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who were actually followers of the father's principles"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-jān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhra-idhmajihva-yajñabāhu-hiraṇyaretaḥ-ghṛtapṛṣṭha-medhātithi-vītihotra-saṁjñān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named Āgnīḍhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Hiraṇyaretā, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Medhātithi and Vītihotra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-saṅkhyena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the same number"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eka-ekasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in each island"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhi-patim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"king"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidadhe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he made."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The seven oceans respectively contain salt water, sugarcane juice, liquor, clarified butter, milk, emulsified yogurt, and sweet drinking water. All the islands are completely surrounded by these oceans, and each ocean is equal in breadth to the island it surrounds. Mahārāja Priyavrata, the husband of Queen Barhiṣmatī, gave sovereignty over these islands to his respective sons, namely Āgnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Hiraṇyaretā, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Medhātithi and Vītihotra. Thus they all became kings by the order of their father.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It is to be understood that all the <i>dvīpas,</i> or islands, are surrounded by different types of oceans, and it is said herein that the breadth of each ocean is the same as that of the island it surrounds. The length of the oceans, however, cannot equal the length of the islands. According to Vīrarāghava Ācārya, the breadth of the first island is 100,000 <i>yojanas.</i> One <i>yojana</i> equals eight miles, and therefore the breadth of the first island is calculated to be 800,000 miles. The water surrounding it must have the same breadth, but its length must be different."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 34,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.34",
|
||||
"devanagari": "दुहितरं चोर्जस्वतीं नामोशनसे प्रायच्छद्यस्याम् आसीद्देवयानी \nनाम काव्यसुता.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "duhitaraṁ corjasvatīṁ nāmośanase prāyacchad yasyām āsīd devayānī \nnāma kāvya-sutā.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duhitaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the daughter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūrjasvatīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ūrjasvatī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uśanase",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the great sage Uśanā (Śukrācārya)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prāyacchat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he gave"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsīt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there was"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "devayānī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Devayānī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāvya-sutā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the daughter of Śukrācārya."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>King Priyavrata then gave his daughter, Ūrjasvatī, in marriage to Śukrācārya, who begot in her a daughter named Devayānī.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 35,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.35",
|
||||
"devanagari": "नैवंविधः पुरुषकार उरुक्रमस्य पुंसां तदंघ्रिरजसा जितषड्गुणानाम्\nचित्रं विदूरविगतः सकृद् आददीत यन्नामधेयम् अधुना स जहाति बन्धम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "naivaṁ-vidhaḥ puruṣa-kāra urukramasya\npuṁsāṁ tad-aṅghri-rajasā jita-ṣaḍ-guṇānām\ncitraṁ vidūra-vigataḥ sakṛd ādadīta\nyan-nāmadheyam adhunā sa jahāti bandham",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam-vidhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa-kāraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"personal influence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uru-kramasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṁsām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the devotees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-aṅghri",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of His lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rajasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the dust"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jita-ṣaṭ-guṇānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who have conquered the influence of the six kinds of material whips"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "citram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wonderful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidūra-vigataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the fifth-grade person, or the untouchable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakṛt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only once"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādadīta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"if he utters"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāmadheyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"holy name"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhunā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"immediately"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jahāti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gives up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bandham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material bondage."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear King, a devotee who has taken shelter of the dust from the lotus feet of the Lord can transcend the influence of the six material whips—namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death—and he can conquer the mind and five senses. However, this is not very wonderful for a pure devotee of the Lord because even a person beyond the jurisdiction of the four castes—in other words, an untouchable—is immediately relieved of bondage to material existence if he utters the holy name of the Lord even once.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śukadeva Gosvāmī was speaking to Mahārāja Parīkṣit about the activities of King Priyavrata, and since the King might have had doubts about these wonderful, uncommon activities, Śukadeva Gosvāmī reassured him. \"My dear King,\" he said, \"don't be doubtful about the wonderful activities of Priyavrata. For a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, everything is possible because the Lord is also known as Urukrama.\" Urukrama is a name for Lord Vāmanadeva, who performed the wonderful act of occupying the three worlds with three footsteps. Lord Vāmanadeva requested three paces of land from Mahārāja Bali, and when Mahārāja Bali agreed to grant them, the Lord immediately covered the entire world with two footsteps, and for His third step He placed His foot upon Bali Mahārāja's head. Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī says:",
|
||||
"<i>chalayasi vikramaṇe balim adbhuta-vāmana<br/> pada-nakha-nīra-janita-jana-pāvana<br/> keśava dhṛta-vamāna-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare<br/> </i>[<i>Daśāvatāra-stotra 5</i>]",
|
||||
"\"All glories to Lord Keśava, who assumed the form of a dwarf. O Lord of the universe, who takes away everything inauspicious for the devotees! O wonderful Vāmanadeva! You tricked the great demon Bali Mahārāja by Your steps. The water that touched the nails of Your lotus feet when You pierced through the covering of the universe purifies all living entities in the form of the River Ganges.\"",
|
||||
"Since the Supreme Lord is all-powerful, He can do things that seem wonderful for a common man. Similarly, a devotee who has taken shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord can also do wonderful things, unimaginable to a common man, by the grace of the dust of those lotus feet. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore teaches us to take shelter of the Lord's lotus feet:",
|
||||
"<i>ayi nanda-tanuja kiṅkaraṁ<br/> patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāṁbudhau<br/> kṛpayā tava pāda-paṅkaja-<br/> sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya<br/> </i>[<i>Śikṣāṣṭaka</i> <i>5</i>]",
|
||||
"\"O son of Nanda Mahārāja, I am Your eternal servant, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet.\" Lord Caitanya teaches us to come in touch with the dust of the Lord's lotus feet, for then there will undoubtedly be all success.",
|
||||
"Because of the material body, every living entity in material existence is always disturbed by <i>sad-guṇa,</i> six whips—hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, invalidity and death. Furthermore, another <i>sad-guṇa</i> are the mind and five sense organs. Not to speak of a sanctified devotee, even a <i>caṇḍāla,</i> an outcaste, who is untouchable, is immediately freed from material bondage if he utters the holy name of the Lord even once. Sometimes caste <i>brāhmaṇas</i> argue that unless one changes his body he cannot be accepted as a <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> for since the present body is obtained as a result of past actions, one who has in the past acted as a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> takes birth in a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> family. Therefore, they contend, without such a brahminical body, one cannot be accepted as a <i>brāhmaṇa.</i> Herein it is said, however, that even <i>vidūra-vigata,</i> a <i>caṇḍāla</i>—a fifth-class untouchable—is freed if he utters the holy name even once. Being freed means that he immediately changes his body. Sanātana Gosvāmī confirms this:",
|
||||
"<i>yathā kāñcanatāṁ yāti<br/> kāṁsyaṁ rasa-vidhānataḥ<br/> tathā dīkṣā-vidhānena<br/> dvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām<br/> </i>[<i>Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 2.12</i>]",
|
||||
"When a person, even though a <i>caṇḍāla,</i> is initiated by a pure devotee into chanting the holy name of the Lord, his body changes as he follows the instructions of the spiritual master. Although one cannot see how his body has changed, we must accept, on the grounds of the authoritative statements of the <i>śāstras,</i> that he changes his body. This is to be understood without arguments. This verse clearly says, <i>sa jahāti bandham:</i> \"He gives up his material bondage.\" The body is a symbolic representation of material bondage according to one's <i>karma.</i> Although sometimes we cannot see the gross body changing, chanting the holy name of the Supreme Lord immediately changes the subtle body, and because the subtle body changes, the living entity is immediately freed from material bondage. After all, changes of the gross body are conducted by the subtle body. After the destruction of the gross body, the subtle body takes the living entity from his present gross body to another. In the subtle body, the mind is predominant, and therefore if one's mind is always absorbed in remembering the activities or the lotus feet of the Lord, he is to be understood to have already changed his present body and become purified. Therefore it is irrefutable that a <i>caṇḍāla,</i> or any fallen or lowborn person, can become a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> simply by the method of bona fide initiation."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 36,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.36",
|
||||
"devanagari": "स एवम् अपरिमितबलपराक्रम एकदा तु देवर्षि\nचरणानुशयनानुपतितगुणविसर्गसंसर्गेणानिर्वृतम् \nइवात्मानं मन्यमान आत्मनिर्वेद इदम् आह.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sa evam aparimita-bala-parākrama ekadā tu devarṣi-\ncaraṇānuśayanānu-patita-guṇa-visarga-saṁsargeṇānirvṛtam \nivātmānaṁ manyamāna ātma-nirveda idam āha.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he (Mahārāja Priyavrata)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aparimita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unparalleled"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"strength"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parākramaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose influence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"once upon a time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deva-ṛṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great saint Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa-anuśayana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"surrendering unto the lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fallen down"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-visarga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with material affairs (created by the three material modes of nature)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁsargeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by connection"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anirvṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not satisfied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thinking like that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"self"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirvedaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing renunciation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>While enjoying his material opulences with full strength and influence, Mahārāja Priyavrata once began to consider that although he had fully surrendered to the great saint Nārada and was actually on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he had somehow become again entangled in material activities. Thus his mind now became restless, and he began to speak in a spirit of renunciation.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (1.5.17) it is said:",
|
||||
"<i>tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer<br/> bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi<br/> yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ<br/> ko vārtha āpto 'bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.\" If one somehow or other comes to the shelter of a great Vaiṣṇava, takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of sentiment or realization, but in course of time falls down because of immature understanding, he is not actually fallen, for his having engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a permanent asset. If one falls down, therefore, his progress might be checked for a certain time, but it will again become manifest at an opportune moment. Although Priyavrata Mahārāja was serving according to the instructions of Nārada Muni meant for going back home, back to Godhead, he returned to material affairs at the request of his father. In due course of time, however, his consciousness for serving Kṛṣṇa reawakened by the grace of his spiritual master, Nārada.",
|
||||
"As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (6.41), <i>śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate.</i> One who falls down from the process of <i>bhakti-yoga</i> is again offered the opulence of the demigods, and after enjoying such material opulence, he is given a chance to take birth in a noble family of a pure <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> or in a rich family, to be given the chance to revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This actually happened in the life of Priyavrata; he is a most glorious example of this truth. In due course of time, he no longer wanted to enjoy his material opulences and his wife, kingdom and sons; instead, he wanted to renounce them all. Therefore, after having described the material opulences of Mahārāja Priyavrata, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, in this verse, describes his tendency for renunciation.",
|
||||
"The words <i>devarṣi-caraṇānuśayana</i> indicate that Mahārāja Priyavrata, having fully surrendered to the great sage Devarṣi Nārada, was strictly following all the devotional processes and regulative principles under his direction. In regard to strictly following the regulative principles, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says; <i>daṇḍavat-praṇāmās tān anupatitaḥ.</i> By immediately offering obeisances (<i>daṇḍavat</i>) unto the spiritual master and by strictly following his directions, the student becomes advanced. Mahārāja Priyavrata was doing all these things regularly.",
|
||||
"As long as one is in the material world, he has to be under the influence of the modes of material nature (<i>guṇa-visarga</i>). It is not that Mahārāja Priyavrata was freed from material influence because he possessed all material opulences. In this material world, both the very poor man and the very rich man are under material influences, for both wealth and poverty are creations of the modes of material nature. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (3.27), <i>prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ.</i> According to the modes of material nature we acquire, the material nature gives us facility for material enjoyment."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 37,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.37",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अहो असाध्व् अनुष्ठितं यद् अभिनिवेशितो ऽहम् इन्द्रियैर् अविद्यारचित\nविषमविषयान्धकूपे तद् अलम् अलम् अमुष्या वनिताया विनोद\nमृगं मां धिग्धिग् इति गर्हयां चकार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "aho asādhv anuṣṭhitaṁ yad abhiniveśito 'ham indriyair avidyā-racita-\nviṣama-viṣayāndha-kūpe tad alam alam amuṣyā vanitāyā vinoda-\nmṛgaṁ māṁ dhig dhig iti garhayāṁ cakāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aho",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"alas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asādhu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not good"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuṣṭhitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"executed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiniveśitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being completely absorbed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indriyaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for sense gratification"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avidyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by nescience"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "racita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"made"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"causing distress"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sense gratification"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "andha-kūpe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the dark well"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "alam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"insignificant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "alam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of no importance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amuṣyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vanitāyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wife"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vinoda-mṛgam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just like a dancing monkey"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhik",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all condemnation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhik",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all condemnation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "garhayām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"criticism"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he did."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The King thus began criticizing himself: Alas, how condemned I have become because of my sense gratification! I have now fallen into material enjoyment, which is exactly like a covered well. I have had enough! I am not going to enjoy any more. Just see how I have become like a dancing monkey in the hands of my wife. Because of this, I am condemned.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"How condemned is the advancement of material knowledge can be understood from the behavior of Mahārāja Priyavrata. He performed such wonderful acts as creating another sun, which shined during the night, and creating a chariot so great that its wheels formed vast oceans. These activities are so great that modern scientists cannot even imagine how such things can be done. Mahārāja Priyavrata acted very wonderfully in the material field of activities, but because he was dealing in sense gratification—ruling his kingdom and dancing to the indications of his beautiful wife—he personally condemned himself. When we think about this example of Mahārāja Priyavrata, we can just consider how degraded is the modern civilization of materialistic advancement. Modern so-called scientists and other materialists are very satisfied because they can construct great bridges, roads and machines, but such activities are nothing comparable to those of Mahārāja Priyavrata. If Mahārāja Priyavrata could condemn himself in spite of his wonderful activities, how condemned we are in our so-called advancement of material civilization. We can conclude that such advancement has nothing to do with the problems of the living entity entangled within this material world. Unfortunately, modern man does not understand his entanglement and how condemned he is, nor does he know what kind of body he is going to have in the next life. From a spiritual point of view, a great kingdom, beautiful wife and wonderful material activities are all impediments to spiritual advancement. Mahārāja Priyavrata had served the great sage Nārada sincerely. Therefore even though he had accepted material opulences, he could not be deviated from his own task. He again became Kṛṣṇa conscious. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti<br/> pratyavāyo na vidyate<br/> svalpam apy asya dharmasya<br/> trāyate mahato bhayāt</i>",
|
||||
"\"In devotional service there is no loss or diminution, and even a small service rendered in devotional life is sufficient to save one from the greatest danger.\" (Bg.<i> </i>2.40) Such renunciation as Mahārāja Priyavrata's is possible only by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Generally when people are powerful or when they have a beautiful wife, a beautiful home and material popularity, they become more and more entangled. Priyavrata Mahārāja, however, having been completely trained by the great sage Nārada, revived his Kṛṣṇa consciousness in spite of all impediments."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 38,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.38",
|
||||
"devanagari": "परदेवताप्रसादाधिगतात्मप्रत्यवमर्शेनानुप्रवृत्तेभ्यः \nपुत्रेभ्य इमां यथादायं विभज्य भुक्तभोगां च महिषीं \nमृतकम् इव सह महाविभूतिम् अपहाय स्वयं निहितनिर्वेदो हृदि \nगृहीतहरिविहारानुभावो भगवतो नारदस्य पदवीं पुनर् \nएवानुससार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "para-devatā-prasādādhigatātma-pratyavamarśenānupravṛttebhyaḥ \nputrebhya imāṁ yathā-dāyaṁ vibhajya bhukta-bhogāṁ ca mahiṣīṁ \nmṛtakam iva saha mahā-vibhūtim apahāya svayaṁ nihita-nirvedo hṛdi \ngṛhīta-hari-vihārānubhāvo bhagavato nāradasya padavīṁ punar \nevānusasāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-devatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prasāda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the mercy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhigata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtained"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-pratyavamarśena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by self-realization"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupravṛttebhyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who exactly follow his path"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "putrebhyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto his sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "imām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this earth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-dāyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly according to the inheritance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhajya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dividing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhukta-bhogām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whom he enjoyed in so many ways"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahiṣīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Queen"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛtakam iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly like a dead body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-vibhūtim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"great opulence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apahāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"giving up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nihita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"perfectly taken to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirvedaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"renunciation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hṛdi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the heart"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛhīta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hari",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vihāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pastimes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhāvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in such an attitude"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great saintly person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāradasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Saint Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "padavīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "punaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anusasāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"began to follow."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>By the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mahārāja Priyavrata reawakened to his senses. He divided all his earthly possessions among his obedient sons. He gave up everything, including his wife, with whom he had enjoyed so much sense gratification, and his great and opulent kingdom, and he completely renounced all attachment. His heart, having been cleansed, became a place of pastimes for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he was able to return to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, spiritual life, and resume the position he had attained by the grace of the great saint Nārada.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"As enunciated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His <i>Śikṣāṣṭaka, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam:</i> as soon as one's heart is cleansed, the blazing fire of material existence is immediately extinguished. Our hearts are meant for the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that one should be fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, thinking of Kṛṣṇa, as He Himself advises (<i>man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru</i>). This should be our only business. One whose heart is not clean cannot think of the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord, but if one can once again place the Supreme Personality of Godhead in his heart, he very easily becomes qualified to renounce material attachment. Māyāvādī philosophers, <i>yogīs</i> and <i>jñānīs</i> try to give up this material world simply by saying, <i>brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā:</i> \"This world is false. There is no use of it. Let us take to Brahman.\" Such theoretical knowledge will not help us. If we believe that Brahman is the real truth, we have to place within our hearts the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did (<i>sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ</i>). One has to fix the lotus feet of the Lord within his heart. Then he gets the strength to be freed from material entanglement.",
|
||||
"Mahārāja Priyavrata was able to give up his opulent kingdom, and he also gave up the association of his beautiful wife as if she were a dead body. However beautiful one's wife and however attractive her bodily features, one is no longer interested in her when her body is dead. We praise a beautiful woman for her body, but that same body, when bereft of a spirit soul, is no longer interesting to any lusty man. Mahārāja Priyavrata was so strong, by the grace of the Lord, that even though his beautiful wife was alive, he could give up her association exactly like one who is forced to give up the association of a dead wife. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said:",
|
||||
"<i>na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ<br/> kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye<br/> mama janmani janmanīśvare<br/> bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi<br/> </i>[<i>Śikṣāṣṭaka</i> <i>4</i>]",
|
||||
"\"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth.\" For one who desires to advance in spiritual life, attachment to material opulence and attachment to a beautiful wife are two great impediments. Such attachments are condemned even more than suicide. Therefore anyone desiring to cross beyond material nescience must, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, be freed from attachment to women and money. When Mahārāja Priyavrata became completely free from these attachments, he could again peacefully follow the principles instructed by the great sage Nārada."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 39,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.39",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्य ह वा एते श्लोकाः—\nप्रियव्रतकृतं कर्म को नु कुर्याद्विनेश्वरम्\nयो नेमिनिम्नैर् अकरोच्छायां घ्नन्सप्त वारिधीन्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasya ha vā ete ślokāḥ—\npriyavrata-kṛtaṁ karma\nko nu kuryād vineśvaram\nyo nemi-nimnair akaroc\nchāyāṁ ghnan sapta vāridhīn",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ete",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ślokāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"verses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "priyavrata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by King Priyavrata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"done"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kuryāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"can execute"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vinā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nemi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the rim of the wheels of his chariot"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nimnaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the depressions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akarot",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"made"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "chāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"darkness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ghnan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dissipating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sapta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"seven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāridhīn",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"oceans."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>There are many famous verses regarding Mahārāja Priyavrata's activities: <br/> \"No one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead could do what Mahārāja Priyavrata has done. Mahārāja Priyavrata dissipated the darkness of night, and with the rims of his great chariot, he excavated seven oceans.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"There are many excellent verses, famous all over the world, concerning the activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata. He is so celebrated that his activities are compared to those of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes a sincere servant and devotee of the Lord is also called <i>bhagavān.</i> Śrī Nārada is called <i>bhagavān,</i> and Lord Śiva and Vyāsadeva are also sometimes called <i>bhagavān.</i> This designation, <i>bhagavān,</i> is sometimes conferred upon a pure devotee by the grace of the Lord so that he will be very highly esteemed. Mahārāja Priyavrata was such a devotee."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 40,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.40",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भूसंस्थानं कृतं येन सरिद्गिरिवनादिभिः\nसीमा च भूतनिर्वृत्यै द्वीपे द्वीपे विभागशः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhū-saṁsthānaṁ kṛtaṁ yena\nsarid-giri-vanādibhiḥ\nsīmā ca bhūta-nirvṛtyai\ndvīpe dvīpe vibhāgaśaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhū-saṁsthānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the situation of the earth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"done"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by rivers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "giri",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by hills and mountains"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vana-ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by forests and so on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sīmā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"boundaries"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of different nations"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirvṛtyai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to stop fighting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvīpe dvīpe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the various islands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhāgaśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"separately."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>\"To stop the quarreling among different peoples, Mahārāja Priyavrata marked boundaries at rivers and at the edges of mountains and forests so that no one would trespass upon another's property.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The example set by Mahārāja Priyavrata in marking off different states is still followed. As indicated here, different classes of men are destined to live in different areas, and therefore the boundaries of various tracts of land, which are described here as islands, should be defined by different rivers, forests and hills. This is also mentioned in relation to Mahārāja Pṛthu, who was born from the dead body of his father by the manipulation of great sages. Mahārāja Pṛthu's father was very sinful, and therefore a black man called Niṣāda was first born from his dead body. The Naiṣāda race was given a place in the forest because by nature they are thieves and rogues. As animals are given places in various forests and hills, men who are like animals are also destined to live there. One cannot be promoted to civilized life unless one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for by nature one is destined to live in a particular situation according to one's <i>karma</i> and association with the modes of nature. If men want to live in harmony and peace, they must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for they cannot achieve the highest standard while absorbed in the bodily concept of life. Mahārāja Priyavrata divided the surface of the globe into different islands so that each class of men would live peacefully and not clash with the others. The modern idea of nationhood has gradually developed from the divisions made by Mahārāja Priyavrata."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 1,
|
||||
"verse": 41,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.1.41",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भौमं दिव्यं मानुषं च महित्वं कर्मयोगजम्\nयश्चक्रे निरयौपम्यं पुरुषानुजनप्रियः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhaumaṁ divyaṁ mānuṣaṁ ca\nmahitvaṁ karma-yogajam\nyaś cakre nirayaupamyaṁ\npuruṣānujana-priyaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhaumam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the lower planets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "divyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"heavenly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mānuṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of human beings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahitvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all opulences"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by fruitive activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yoga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by mystic power"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"born"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakre",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"did"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niraya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with hell"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aupamyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"comparison or equality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anujana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "priyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most dear."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>\"As a great follower and devotee of the sage Nārada, Mahārāja Priyavrata considered hellish the opulences he had achieved by dint of fruitive activities and mystic power, whether in the lower or heavenly planetary systems or in human society.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that the position of a devotee is so superexcellent that a devotee does not consider any material opulence worth having. There are different types of opulences on earth, in the heavenly planets and even in the lower planetary system, known as Pātāla. A devotee, however, knows that they are all material, and consequently he is not at all interested in them. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate.</i> Sometimes <i>yogīs</i> and <i>jñānīs</i> voluntarily give up all material opulences to practice their system of liberation and taste spiritual bliss. However, they frequently fall down because artificial renunciation of material opulences cannot endure. One must have a superior taste in spiritual life; then he can give up material opulence. Mahārāja Priyavrata had already tasted spiritual bliss, and therefore he had no interest in any of the material achievements available in the lower, higher or middle planetary systems."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 1,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.1",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच एवं पितरि सम्प्रवृत्ते तदनुशासने वर्तमान आग्नीध्रो \nजम्बूद्वीपौकसः प्रजा औरसवद्धर्मावेक्षमाणः पर्यगोपायत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\nevaṁ pitari sampravṛtte tad-anuśāsane vartamāna āgnīdhro \njambūdvīpaukasaḥ prajā aurasavad dharmāvekṣamāṇaḥ paryagopāyat.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitari",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when his father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sampravṛtte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"took to the path of liberation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-anuśāsane",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to his order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vartamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"situated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"King Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jambū-dvīpa-okasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the inhabitants of Jambūdvīpa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"citizens"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aurasa-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as if they were his sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"religious principles"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avekṣamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"strictly observing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paryagopāyat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely protected."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: </b><b>After his father, Mahārāja Priyavrata, departed to follow the path of spiritual life by undergoing austerities, King Āgnīdhra completely obeyed his order. Strictly observing the principles of religion, he gave full protection to the inhabitants of Jambūdvīpa as if they were his own begotten sons.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Following the instruction of his father, Mahārāja Priyavrata, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra ruled the inhabitants of Jambūdvīpa according to religious principles. These principles are exactly contrary to the modern principles of faithlessness. As clearly stated here, the King protected the citizens the way a father protects his begotten children. How he ruled the citizens is also described here—<i>dharmāvekṣamāṇaḥ,</i> strictly according to religious principles. It is the duty of the executive head of a state to see that the citizens strictly follow religious principles. The Vedic religious principles begin with <i>varṇāśrama-dharma,</i> the duties of the four <i>varṇas</i> and four <i>āśramas.</i> <i>Dharma</i> refers to principles given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The first principle of <i>dharma,</i> or religion, is to observe the duties of the four orders as enjoined by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to people's qualities and activities, society should be divided into <i>brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas</i> and <i>śūdras</i> and then again into <i>brahmacārīs, gṛhasthas, vānaprasthas</i> and <i>sannyāsīs.</i> These are religious principles, and it is the duty of the head of state to see that his citizens strictly follow them. He should not merely act officially; he should be like a father who is always a well-wisher of his sons. Such a father strictly observes whether his sons are performing their duties, and sometimes he also punishes them.",
|
||||
"Just contrary to the principles mentioned here, the presidents and chief executives in the age of Kali are simply tax collectors who do not care whether religious principles are observed. Indeed, the chief executives of the present day introduce all kinds of sinful activity, especially illicit sex, intoxication, animal killing and gambling. These sinful activities are now very prominently manifested in India. Although a hundred years ago these four principles of sinful life were strictly prohibited in the families of India, they have now been introduced into every Indian family; therefore they cannot follow religious principles. In contrast to the principles of the kings of old, the modern state is concerned only with propaganda for levying taxes and is no longer responsible for the spiritual welfare of the citizens. The state is now callous to religious principles. <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> predicts that in Kali-yuga the government will be entrusted with <i>dasyu-dharma,</i> which means the occupational duty of rogues and thieves. Modern heads of state are rogues and thieves who plunder the citizens instead of giving them protection. Rogues and thieves plunder without regard for law, but in this age of Kali, as stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,</i> the lawmakers themselves plunder the citizens. The next prediction to be fulfilled, which is already coming to pass, is that because of the sinful activities of the citizens and the government, rain will become increasingly scarce. Gradually there will be complete drought and no production of food grains. People will be reduced to eating flesh and seeds, and many good, spiritually inclined people will have to forsake their homes because they will be too harassed by drought, taxation and famine. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the only hope to save the world from such devastation. It is the most scientific and authorized movement for the actual welfare of the whole human society."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 2,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.2",
|
||||
"devanagari": "स च कदाचित्पितृलोककामः सुरवरवनिताक्रीडाचलद्रोण्यां \nभगवन्तं विश्वसृजां पतिम् आभृतपरिचर्योपकरण \nआत्मैकाग्र्येण तपस्व्य् आराधयां बभूव.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sa ca kadācit pitṛloka-kāmaḥ sura-vara-vanitākrīḍācala-droṇyāṁ \nbhagavantaṁ viśva-sṛjāṁ patim ābhṛta-paricaryopakaraṇa \nātmaikāgryeṇa tapasvy ārādhayāṁ babhūva.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he (King Āgnīdhra)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kadācit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"once upon a time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitṛloka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Pitṛloka planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sura-vara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great demigods"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vanitā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the women"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ākrīḍā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the place of pastimes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "acala-droṇyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in one valley of the Mandara Hill"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the most powerful (Lord Brahmā)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viśva-sṛjām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of personalities who have created this universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ābhṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having collected"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paricaryā-upakaraṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ingredients for worship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eka-agryeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with full attention"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapasvī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one who executes austerity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārādhayām babhūva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became engaged in worshiping."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Desiring to get a perfect son and become an inhabitant of Pitṛloka, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra once worshiped Lord Brahmā, the master of those in charge of material creation. He went to a valley of Mandara Hill, where the damsels of the heavenly planets come down to stroll. There he collected garden flowers and other necessary paraphernalia and then engaged in severe austerities and worship.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The King became <i>pitṛloka-kāma,</i> or desirous of being transferred to the planet named Pitṛloka. Pitṛloka is mentioned in <i>Bhagavad-gītā </i>(<i>yānti deva-vratā devān pitèn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ</i>). To go to this planet, one needs very good sons who can make offerings to Lord Viṣṇu and then offer the remnants to their forefathers. The purpose of the <i>śrāddha</i> ceremony is to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, so that after pleasing Him one may offer <i>prasāda</i> to one's forefathers and in this way make them happy. The inhabitants of Pitṛloka are generally men of the <i>karma-kāṇḍīya,</i> or fruitive activities category, who have been transferred there because of their pious activities. They can stay there as long as their descendants offer them <i>viṣṇu-prasādam.</i> Everyone in heavenly planets such as Pitṛloka, however, must return to earth after exhausting the effects of his pious acts. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.21), <i>kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśanti:</i> persons who perform pious acts are transferred to higher planets, but when the effects of their pious acts are over, they are again transferred to earth.",
|
||||
"Since Mahārāja Priyavrata was a great devotee, how could he have begotten a son who desired to be transferred to Pitṛloka? Lord Kṛṣṇa says, <i>pitèn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ:</i> persons who desire to go to Pitṛloka are transferred there. Similarly, <i>yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām: </i>persons who desire to be transferred to the spiritual planets, Vaikuṇṭhalokas, can also go there. Since Mahārāja Āgnīdhra was the son of a Vaiṣṇava, he should have desired to be transferred to the spiritual world, Vaikuṇṭhaloka. Why, then, did he desire to be transferred to Pitṛloka? In answer to this, Gosvāmī Giridhara, one of the <i>Bhāgavatam</i> commentators, remarks that Āgnīdhra was born when Mahārāja Priyavrata was infatuated by lusty desires. This may be accepted as a fact because sons are begotten with different mentalities according to the time of their conception. According to the Vedic system, therefore, before a child is conceived, the <i>garbhādhāna-saṁskāra</i> is performed. This ceremony molds the mentality of the father in such a way that when he plants his seed in the womb of his wife, he will beget a child whose mind will be completely saturated with a devotional attitude. At the present moment, however, there are no such <i>garbhādhāna-saṁskāras,</i> and therefore people generally have a lusty attitude when they beget children. Especially in this age of Kali, there are no <i>garbhādhāna</i> ceremonies; everyone enjoys sex with his wife like a cat or dog. Therefore according to śāstric injunctions, almost all the people of this age belong to the <i>śūdra</i> category. Of course, although Mahārāja Āgnīdhra had a desire to be transferred to Pitṛloka, this does not mean that his mentality was that of a <i>śūdra;</i> he was a <i>kṣatriya.</i>",
|
||||
"Mahārāja Āgnīdhra desired to be transferred to Pitṛloka, and therefore he needed a wife because anyone desiring to be transferred to Pitṛloka must leave behind a good son to offer yearly <i>piṇḍa,</i> or <i>prasāda</i> from Lord Viṣṇu. To have a good son, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra wanted a wife from a family of demigods. Therefore he went to Mandara Hill, where the women of the demigods generally come, to worship Lord Brahmā. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.12) it is said, <i>kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ:</i> materialists who want quick results in the material world worship demigods. This is also confirmed in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.</i> <i>Śrī-aiśvarya-prajepsavaḥ:</i> those who desire beautiful wives, substantial wealth and many sons worship the demigods, but an intelligent devotee, instead of being entangled by the happiness of this material world in the form of a beautiful wife, material opulence and children, desires to be immediately transferred back home, back to Godhead. Thus he worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 3,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.3",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तद् उपलभ्य भगवान् आदिपुरुषः सदसि गायन्तीं पूर्वचित्तिं \nनामाप्सरसम् अभियापयाम् आस.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tad upalabhya bhagavān ādi-puruṣaḥ sadasi gāyantīṁ pūrvacittiṁ \nnāmāpsarasam abhiyāpayām āsa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalabhya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"understanding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādi-puruṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the first created being within this universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sadasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in his assembly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gāyantīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dancing girl"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pūrvacittim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Pūrvacitti"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apsarasam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the heavenly dancing girl"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiyāpayām āsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sent down."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Understanding King Āgnīdhra's desire, the first and most powerful created being of this universe, Lord Brahmā, selected the best of the dancing girls in his assembly, whose name was Pūrvacitti, and sent her to the King.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse, the words <i>bhagavān ādi-puruṣaḥ</i> are significant. <i>Bhagavān ādi-puruṣaḥ</i> is Lord Kṛṣṇa. <i>Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.</i> Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original person. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> He is also addressed by Arjuna as <i>puruṣam ādyam,</i> the original person, and He is called Bhagavān. In this verse, however, we see that Lord Brahmā is described as <i>bhagavān ādi-puruṣaḥ.</i> The reason he is called <i>bhagavān</i> is that he fully represents the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is the first-born creature in this universe. Lord Brahmā could understand Mahārāja Āgnīdhra's desire because he is as powerful as Lord Viṣṇu. As Lord Viṣṇu, situated as Paramātmā, can understand the desire of the living entity, so Lord Brahmā can also understand the living entity's desire, for Viṣṇu, as a via medium, informs him. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (<i>1.1.1</i>), <i>tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye:</i> Lord Viṣṇu informs Lord Brahmā of everything from within his heart. Because Mahārāja Āgnīdhra specifically worshiped Lord Brahmā, Lord Brahmā was pleased, and he sent Pūrvacitti, the Apsarā, to satisfy him."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 4,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.4",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सा च तदाश्रमोपवनम् अतिरमणीयं विविधनिबिडविटपिविटप\nनिकरसंश्लिष्टपुरटलतारूढस्थलविहंगममिथुनैः \nप्रोच्यमानश्रुतिभिः प्रतिबोध्यमानसलिलकुक्कुटकारण्डव\nकलहंसादिभिर्विचित्रम् उपकूजितामलजलाशयकमलाकरम् \nउपबभ्राम.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sā ca tad-āśramopavanam ati-ramaṇīyaṁ vividha-nibiḍa-viṭapi-viṭapa-\nnikara-saṁśliṣṭa-puraṭa-latārūḍha-sthala-vihaṅgama-mithunaiḥ \nprocyamāna-śrutibhiḥ pratibodhyamāna-salila-kukkuṭa-kāraṇḍava-\nkalahaṁsādibhir vicitram upakūjitāmala-jalāśaya-kamalākaram \nupababhrāma.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"she (Pūrvacitti)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśrama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the place of meditation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upavanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the park"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ramaṇīyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vividha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"varieties of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nibiḍa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dense"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṭapi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"trees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṭapa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of branches and twigs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nikara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"masses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁśliṣṭa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attached"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puraṭa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"golden"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "latā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with creepers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārūḍha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"going high"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sthala-vihaṅgama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of land birds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mithunaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with pairs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "procyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"vibrating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrutibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasing sounds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratibodhyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"responding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "salila-kukkuṭa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water fowl"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāraṇḍava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ducks"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kala-haṁsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with various kinds of swans"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and so on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vicitram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"variegated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upakūjita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"resounding with the vibration"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"clear"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jala-āśaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the lake"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kamala-ākaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the source of lotus flowers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upababhrāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"began to walk in."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The Apsarā sent by Lord Brahmā began strolling in a beautiful park near the place where the King was meditating and worshiping. The park was beautiful because of its dense green foliage and golden creepers. There were pairs of varied birds such as peacocks, and in a lake there were ducks and swans, all vibrating very sweet sounds. Thus the park was magnificently beautiful because of the foliage, the clear water, the lotus flowers and the sweet singing of various kinds of birds.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 5,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.5",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्याः सुललितगमनपदविन्यासगतिविलासायाश्चानुपदं खणखणायमानरुचिरचरणाभरणस्वनम् उपाकर्ण्य \nनरदेवकुमारः समाधियोगेनामीलितनयननलिनमुकुल\nयुगलम् ईषद्विकचय्य व्यचष्ट.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasyāḥ sulalita-gamana-pada-vinyāsa-gati-vilāsāyāś cānupadaṁ khaṇa-khaṇāyamāna-rucira-caraṇābharaṇa-svanam upākarṇya \nnaradeva-kumāraḥ samādhi-yogenāmīlita-nayana-nalina-mukula-\nyugalam īṣad vikacayya vyacaṣṭa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of her (Pūrvacitti)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sulalita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in a very beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gamana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"movements"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pada-vinyāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with styles of walking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the progression"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vilāsāyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose pastime"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupadam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with every step"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "khaṇa-khaṇāyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"making a tinkling sound"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rucira",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very pleasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa-ābharaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the ornaments on the feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the sound"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upākarṇya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hearing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naradeva-kumāraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Prince"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samādhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in ecstasy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yogena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by controlling the senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āmīlita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"half-open"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nayana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nalina",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of lotus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mukula",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"buds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yugalam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a pair"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īṣat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"slightly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vikacayya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"opening"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vyacaṣṭa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"saw."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>As Pūrvacitti passed by on the road in a very beautiful style and mood of her own, the pleasing ornaments on her ankles tinkled with her every step. Although Prince Āgnīdhra was controlling his senses, practicing yoga with half-open eyes, he could see her with his lotuslike eyes, and when he heard the sweet tinkling of her bangles, he opened his eyes slightly more and could see that she was just nearby.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It is said that <i>yogīs</i> always think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within their hearts. <i>Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ</i> (<i>Bhāg. </i>12.13.1). The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always observed by <i>yogīs</i> who practice controlling the venomous senses. As recommended in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>yogīs</i> should practice <i>samprekṣya nāsikāgram,</i> keeping their eyes half-open. If the eyes are closed completely, there will be a tendency to sleep. So-called <i>yogīs</i> sometimes practice a fashionable form of <i>yoga</i> by closing their eyes and meditating, but we have actually seen such so-called <i>yogīs</i> sleeping and snoring while meditating. This is not the practice of <i>yoga.</i> To actually practice <i>yoga,</i> one should keep his eyes half-open and gaze at the tip of his nose.",
|
||||
"Although Āgnīdhra, the son of Priyavrata, was practicing mystic <i>yoga</i> and trying to control his senses, the tinkling sound of Pūrvacitti's ankle bells disturbed his practice. <i>Yoga indriya-saṁyamaḥ:</i> actual <i>yoga</i> practice means controlling the senses. One must practice mystic <i>yoga,</i> to control the senses, but the sense control of a devotee who fully engages in the service of the Lord with his purified senses (<i>hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam</i>) can never be disturbed. Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī therefore stated, <i>durdāntendriya-kāla-sarpa-paṭalī protkhāta-daṁṣṭra-yate</i> (<i>Caitanya-candrāmṛta</i> 5). The practice of <i>yoga</i> is undoubtedly good because it controls the senses, which are like venomous serpents. When one engages in devotional service, however, completely employing all the activities of the senses in the service of the Lord, the venomous quality of the senses is completely nullified. It is explained that a serpent is to be feared because of its poison fangs, but if those fangs are broken, the serpent, although it seems fearsome, is not at all dangerous. Devotees, therefore, may see hundreds and thousands of beautiful women with fascinating bodily movements and gestures but not be allured, whereas such women would make ordinary <i>yogīs</i> fall. Even the advanced <i>yogī</i> Viśvāmitra broke his mystic practice to unite with Menakā and beget a child known as Śakuntalā. The practice of mystic <i>yoga,</i> therefore, is not sufficiently strong to control the senses. Another example is Prince Āgnīdhra, whose attention was drawn to the movements of Pūrvacitti, the Apsarā, simply because he heard the tinkling of her ankle bells. In the same way that Viśvāmitra Muni was attracted by the tinkling bangles of Menakā, Prince Āgnīdhra, upon hearing the tinkling bangles of Pūrvacitti, immediately opened his eyes to see her beautiful movements as she walked. The prince was also very handsome. As described herein, his eyes were just like the buds of lotus flowers. As he opened his lotuslike eyes, he could immediately see that the Apsarā was present by his side."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 6,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.6",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ताम् एवाविदूरे मधुकरीम् इव सुमनस उपजिघ्रन्तीं दिविजमनुज\nमनोनयनाह्लाददुघैर्गतिविहारव्रीडाविनयावलोक\nसुस्वराक्षरावयवैर्मनसि नृणां कुसुमायुधस्य विदधतीं \nविवरं निजमुखविगलितामृतासवसहासभाषणामोद\nमदान्धमधुकरनिकरोपरोधेन द्रुतपदविन्यासेन वल्गु\nस्पन्दनस्तनकलशकबरभाररशनां देवीं तदवलोकनेन \nविवृतावसरस्य भगवतो मकरध्वजस्य वशम् उपनीतो जडवद् इति \nहोवाच.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tām evāvidūre madhukarīm iva sumanasa upajighrantīṁ divija-manuja-\nmano-nayanāhlāda-dughair gati-vihāra-vrīḍā-vinayāvaloka-\nsusvarākṣarāvayavair manasi nṛṇāṁ kusumāyudhasya vidadhatīṁ \nvivaraṁ nija-mukha-vigalitāmṛtāsava-sahāsa-bhāṣaṇāmoda-\nmadāndha-madhukara-nikaroparodhena druta-pada-vinyāsena valgu-\nspandana-stana-kalaśa-kabara-bhāra-raśanāṁ devīṁ tad-avalokanena \nvivṛtāvasarasya bhagavato makara-dhvajasya vaśam upanīto jaḍavad iti \nhovāca.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avidūre",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nearby"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "madhukarīm iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a honeybee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sumanasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beautiful flowers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upajighrantīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"smelling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "divi-ja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of those born in the heavenly planets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manu-ja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of those born in human society"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nayana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for the eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āhlāda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dughaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"producing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by her movement"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vihāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by pastimes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vrīḍā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by shyness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vinaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by humility"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avaloka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by glancing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-svara-akṣara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by her sweet voice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avayavaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and by the limbs of the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nṛṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of men"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kusuma-āyudhasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Cupid, who has a flower arrow in his hand"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidadhatīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"making"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"aural reception"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nija-mukha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from her own mouth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vigalita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pouring out"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amṛta-āsava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nectar like honey"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-hāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in her smiling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāṣaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and talking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āmoda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the pleasure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mada-andha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"blinded by intoxication"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "madhukara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of bees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nikara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by groups"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uparodhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of being surrounded"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "druta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hasty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pada",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vinyāsena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by stylish stepping"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "valgu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a little"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "spandana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "stana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"breasts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kalaśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like waterpots"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kabara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of her braids of hair"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"weight"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "raśanām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the belt upon the hips"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "devīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the goddess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-avalokanena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"simply by seeing her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivṛta-avasarasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"taking the opportunity of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the greatly powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "makara-dhvajasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Cupid"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vaśam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"under the control"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upanītaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being brought in"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jaḍa-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as if stunned"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he said."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Like a honeybee, the Apsarā smelled the beautiful and attractive flowers. She could attract the minds and vision of both humans and demigods by her playful movements, her shyness and humility, her glances, the very pleasing sounds that poured from her mouth as she spoke, and the motion of her limbs. By all these qualities, she opened for Cupid, who bears an arrow of flowers, a path of aural reception into the minds of men. When she spoke, nectar seemed to flow from her mouth. As she breathed, the bees, mad for the taste of her breath, tried to hover about her beautiful lotuslike eyes. Disturbed by the bees, she tried to move hastily, but as she raised her feet to walk quickly, her hair, the belt on her hips, and her breasts, which were like water jugs, also moved in a way that made her extremely beautiful and attractive. Indeed, she seemed to be making a path for the entrance of Cupid, who is most powerful. Therefore the prince, completely subdued by seeing her, spoke to her as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"How a beautiful woman's movements and gestures, her hair and the structure of her breasts, hips and other bodily features attract the minds not only of men but of demigods also is very finely described in this statement. The words <i>divija</i> and <i>manuja</i> specifically emphasize that the attraction of feminine gestures is powerful everywhere within this material world, both on this planet and in the higher planetary systems. It is said that the standard of living in the higher planetary systems is thousands and thousands of times higher than the standard of living on this planet. Therefore the beautiful bodily features of the women there are also thousands and thousands of times more attractive than the features of the women on earth. The creator has constructed women in such a way that their beautiful voices and movements and the beautiful features of their hips, their breasts, and the other parts of their bodies attract the members of the opposite sex, both on earth and on other planets, and awaken their lusty desires. When one is controlled by Cupid or the beauty of women, he becomes stunned like matter such as stone. Captivated by the material movements of women, he wants to remain in this material world. Thus one's promotion to the spiritual world is checked simply by seeing the beautiful bodily structure and movements of women. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has therefore warned all devotees to beware of the attraction of beautiful women and materialistic civilization. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu even refused to see Pratāparudra Mahārāja because he was a very opulent person in the material world. Lord Caitanya said in this connection, <i>niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya:</i> those who are engaged in the devotional service of the Lord because they are very serious about going back home, back to Godhead, should be very careful to avoid seeing the beautiful gestures of women and should also avoid seeing persons who are very rich.",
|
||||
"<i>niṣkiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya<br/> pāraṁ paraṁ jigamiṣor bhava-sāgarasya<br/> sandarśanaṁ viṣayiṇām atha yoṣitāṁ ca<br/> hā hanta hanta viṣa-bhakṣaṇato 'py asādhu</i>",
|
||||
"\"Alas, for a person who is seriously desiring to cross the material ocean and engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord without material motives, seeing a materialist engaged in sense gratification or seeing a woman who is similarly interested is more abominable than drinking poison willingly.\" (Cc. <i>Madhya</i> 11.8) One who is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, should not contemplate the attractive features of women and the opulence of rich men. Such contemplation will check one's advancement in spiritual life. Once a devotee is fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, these attractions will not agitate his mind."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 7,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.7",
|
||||
"devanagari": "का त्वं चिकीर्षसि च किं मुनिवर्य शैले मायासि कापि भगवत्परदेवतायाः\nविज्ये बिभर्षि धनुषी सुहृदात्मनो ऽर्थे किं वा मृगान्मृगयसे विपिने प्रमत्तान्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kā tvaṁ cikīrṣasi ca kiṁ muni-varya śaile\nmāyāsi kāpi bhagavat-para-devatāyāḥ\nvijye bibharṣi dhanuṣī suhṛd-ātmano 'rthe\nkiṁ vā mṛgān mṛgayase vipine pramattān",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cikīrṣasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are you trying to do"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muni-varya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O best of munis"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śaile",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on this hill"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"illusory potency"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāpi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"some"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-devatāyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the transcendental Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vijye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without strings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bibharṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you are carrying"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhanuṣī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two bows"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "suhṛt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of yourself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arthe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for the sake"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛgān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"forest animals"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛgayase",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are you trying to hunt"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vipine",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in this forest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pramattān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are materially maddened."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The Prince mistakenly addressed the Apsarā: O best of saintly persons, who are you? Why are you on this hill, and what do you want to do? Are you one of the illusory potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You seem to be carrying two bows without strings, What is the reason you carry these bows? Is it for some purpose of your own or for the sake of a friend? Perhaps you carry them to kill the mad animals in this forest.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"While undergoing severe penances in the forest, Āgnīdhra was captivated by the movements of Pūrvacitti, the girl sent by Lord Brahmā. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>kāmais tais tair hṛta jñānāḥ:</i> when one becomes lusty, he loses his intelligence. Therefore Āgnīdhra, having lost his intelligence, could not distinguish whether Pūrvacitti was male or female. He mistook her for a <i>muni-putra,</i> the son of a saintly person in the forest, and addressed her as <i>muni-varya.</i> Because of her personal beauty, however, he could not believe her to be a boy. He therefore began studying her features. First he saw her two eyebrows, which were so expressive that he wondered whether he or she might be the <i>māyā</i> of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The words used in this connection are <i>bhagavat-para-devatāyāḥ.</i> <i>Devatāḥ,</i> the demigods, all belong to this material world, whereas Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is always beyond this material world and is therefore known as <i>para-devatā.</i> The material world is certainly created by <i>māyā,</i> but it is created under the direction of <i>para-devatā,</i> the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā </i>(<i>mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram</i>), <i>māyā</i> is not the ultimate authority for the creation of this material world. <i>Māyā</i> acts on behalf of Kṛṣṇa.",
|
||||
"Pūrvacitti's eyebrows were so beautiful that Āgnīdhra compared them to bows without strings. He therefore asked her whether they were to be used for her own purposes or for the sake of someone else. Her eyebrows were like bows meant to kill animals in the forest. This material world is like a great forest, and its inhabitants are like forest animals such as deer and tigers meant to be killed. The killers are the eyebrows of beautiful women. Captivated by the beauty of the fair sex, all the men of the world are killed by bows without strings, but cannot see how they are killed by <i>māyā.</i> It is a fact, however, that they are being killed (<i>bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate</i>). By dint of his <i>tapasya,</i> Āgnīdhra could understand how <i>māyā</i> acts under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.",
|
||||
"The word <i>pramattān</i> is also significant. <i>Pramatta</i> refers to one who cannot control his senses. The entire material world is being exploited by people who are <i>pramatta,</i> or <i>vimūḍha.</i> Prahlāda Mahārāja therefore said:",
|
||||
"<i>śoce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyārtha-<br/> māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān</i>",
|
||||
"\"They are rotting in material activities for transient material pleasure and spoiling their lives toiling all day and night simply for sense gratification, with no attachment for love of Godhead. I am simply lamenting for them and devising various plans to deliver them from the clutches of <i>māyā.</i>\" (<i>Bhāg.</i> 7.9.43) <i>Karmīs</i> who act very seriously for sense gratification are always referred to in the <i>śāstras</i> by such terms as <i>pramatta, vimukha</i> and <i>vimūḍha.</i> They are killed by <i>māyā.</i> However, one who is <i>apramatta,</i> a sane, sober person, a <i>dhīra,</i> knows very well that a human being's primary duty is to render service to the Supreme Person. <i>Māyā</i> is always ready to kill those who are <i>pramatta</i> with her invisible bows and arrows. Āgnīdhra questioned Pūrvacitti about this."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 8,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.8",
|
||||
"devanagari": "बाणाव् इमौ भगवतः शतपत्रपत्रौ शान्ताव् अपुंखरुचिराव् अतितिग्मदन्तौ\nकस्मै युयुंक्षसि वने विचरन्न विद्मः क्षेमाय नो जडधियां तव विक्रमो ऽस्तु",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bāṇāv imau bhagavataḥ śata-patra-patrau\nśāntāv apuṅkha-rucirāv ati-tigma-dantau\nkasmai yuyuṅkṣasi vane vicaran na vidmaḥ\nkṣemāya no jaḍa-dhiyāṁ tava vikramo 'stu",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bāṇau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two arrows"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "imau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of you, the most powerful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śata-patra-patrau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having feathers like the petals of a lotus flower"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śāntau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"peaceful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apuṅkha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without a shaft"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rucirau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati-tigma-dantau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having a very sharp point"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kasmai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yuyuṅkṣasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you want to pierce"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vane",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the forest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vicaran",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"loitering"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na vidmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we cannot understand"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣemāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for welfare"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jaḍa-dhiyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are dull-headed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vikramaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"prowess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "astu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may be."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Then Āgnīdhra observed the glancing eyes of Pūrvacitti and said: </b><b>My dear friend, you have two very powerful arrows, namely your glancing eyes. Those arrows have feathers like the petals of a lotus flower. Although they have no shafts, they are very beautiful, and they have very sharp, piercing points. They appear very peaceful, and thus it seems that they will not be shot at anyone. You must be loitering in this forest to shoot those arrows at someone, but I cannot understand whom. My intelligence is dull, and I cannot combat you. Indeed, no one can equal you in prowess, and therefore I pray that your prowess will be for my good fortune.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra thus began appreciating Pūrvacitti's powerful glance upon him. He compared her glancing eyes to very sharp arrows. Although her eyes were as beautiful as lotuses, they were simultaneously like shaftless arrows, and Āgnīdhra was therefore afraid of them. He hoped that her glances upon him would be favorable because he was already captivated, and the more captivated he became, the more impossible it would be for him to remain without her. Āgnīdhra therefore prayed to Pūrvacitti that her glances at him would be auspicious, not futile. In other words, he prayed that she would become his wife."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 9,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.9",
|
||||
"devanagari": "शिष्या इमे भगवतः परितः पठन्ति गायन्ति साम सरहस्यम् अजस्रम् ईशम्\nयुष्मच्छिखाविलुलिताः सुमनो ऽभिवृष्टीः सर्वे भजन्त्य् ऋषिगणा इव वेदशाखाः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śiṣyā ime bhagavataḥ paritaḥ paṭhanti\ngāyanti sāma sarahasyam ajasram īśam\nyuṣmac-chikhā-vilulitāḥ sumano 'bhivṛṣṭīḥ\nsarve bhajanty ṛṣi-gaṇā iva veda-śākhāḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śiṣyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disciples, followers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ime",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of your worshipable self"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paritaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"surrounding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paṭhanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are reciting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gāyanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are singing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Sāma Veda"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-rahasyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with the confidential portion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ajasram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"incessantly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yuṣmat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śikhā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from bunches of hair"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vilulitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fallen"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sumanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of flowers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhivṛṣṭīḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"showers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhajanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoy, resort to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣi-gaṇāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "veda-śākhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"branches of Vedic literature."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Seeing the bumblebees following Pūrvacitti, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra said:</b><b> My dear Lord, the bumblebees surrounding your body are like disciples surrounding your worshipable self. They are incessantly chanting the mantras of the Sāma Veda and the Upaniṣads, thus offering prayers to you. Just as great sages resort to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of flowers falling from your hair.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 10,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.10",
|
||||
"devanagari": "वाचं परं चरणपंजरतित्तिरीणां ब्रह्मन्न् अरूपमुखरां शृणवाम तुभ्यम्\nलब्धा कदम्बरुचिर् अंकविटंकबिम्बे यस्याम् अलातपरिधिः क्व च वल्कलं ते",
|
||||
"transliteration": "vācaṁ paraṁ caraṇa-pañjara-tittirīṇāṁ\nbrahmann arūpa-mukharāṁ śṛṇavāma tubhyam\nlabdhā kadamba-rucir aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe\nyasyām alāta-paridhiḥ kva ca valkalaṁ te",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vācam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the resounding vibration"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "param",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇa-pañjara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the ankle bells"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tittirīṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the tittiri birds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahman",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O brāhmaṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arūpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without form"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mukharām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"able to be very distinctly heard"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śṛṇavāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I hear"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tubhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "labdhā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gotten"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kadamba",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like the kadamba flower"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ruciḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lovely color"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the beautiful circular hips"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "alāta-paridhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"encirclement of burning cinders"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"where"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "valkalam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"covering cloth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O brāhmaṇa, I can simply hear the tinkling of your ankle bells. Within those bells, tittiri birds seem to be chirping among themselves. Although I do not see their forms, I can hear how they are chirping. When I look at your beautiful circular hips, I see they are the lovely color of kadamba flowers, and your waist is encircled by a belt of burning cinders. Indeed, you seem to have forgotten to dress yourself.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"With lusty desires to see Pūrvacitti, Āgnīdhra especially gazed upon the girl's attractive hips and waist. When a man looks upon a woman with such lusty desires, he is captivated by her face, her breasts and her waist, for a woman first attracts a man to fulfill his sexual desires by the beautiful features of her face, by the beautiful slope of her breasts and also by her waist. Pūrvacitti was dressed in fine yellow silk, and therefore her hips looked like <i>kadamba</i> flowers. Because of her belt, her waist seemed to be encircled by burning cinders. She was fully dressed, but Āgnīdhra had become so lusty that he asked, \"Why have you come naked?\""
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 11,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.11",
|
||||
"devanagari": "किं सम्भृतं रुचिरयोर्द्विज शृंगयोस्ते मध्ये कृशो वहसि यत्र दृशिः श्रिता मे\nपंको ऽरुणः सुरभीर् आत्मविषाण ईदृग्येनाश्रमं सुभग मे सुरभीकरोषि",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kiṁ sambhṛtaṁ rucirayor dvija śṛṅgayos te\nmadhye kṛśo vahasi yatra dṛśiḥ śritā me\npaṅko 'ruṇaḥ surabhīr ātma-viṣāṇa īdṛg\nyenāśramaṁ subhaga me surabhī-karoṣi",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sambhṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"filled"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rucirayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvija",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O brāhmaṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śṛṅgayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within two horns"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "madhye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the middle"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thin"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vahasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you are carrying"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wherein"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dṛśiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śritā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attached"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paṅkaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"powder"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aruṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"red"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "surabhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fragrant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-viṣāṇe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the two horns"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īdṛk",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"such"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśramam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"place of residence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-bhaga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O most fortunate one"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "surabhī-karoṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you are perfuming."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Āgnīdhra then praised Pūrvacitti's raised breasts. He said:</b><b> My dear brāhmaṇa your waist is very thin, yet with great difficulty you are carefully carrying two horns, to which my eyes have become attracted. What is filling those two beautiful horns? You seem to have spread fragrant red powder upon them, powder that is like the rising morning sun. O most fortunate one, I beg to inquire where you have gotten this fragrant powder that is perfuming my āśrama, my place of residence.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra appreciated Pūrvacitti's raised breasts. After seeing the girl's breasts, he became almost mad. Nevertheless, he could not recognize whether Pūrvacitti was a boy or a girl, for as a result of his austerity, he saw no distinction between the two. He therefore addressed her with the word <i>dvija,</i> \"O <i>brāhmaṇa.</i>\" Yet why should a <i>dvija,</i> a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> boy, have horns on his chest? Because the boy's waist was thin, Āgnīdhra thought, he was carrying the horns with great difficulty, and therefore they must be filled with something very valuable. Otherwise why would he carry them? When a woman's waist is thin and her breasts are full, she looks very attractive. Āgnīdhra, his eyes attracted, contemplated the heavy breasts on the girl's thin body and imagined how her back must sustain them. Āgnīdhra imagined that her raised breasts were two horns she had covered with cloth so that others would not see the valuables within them. Āgnīdhra, however, was very anxious to see them. Therefore he requested, \"Please uncover them so that I can see what you are carrying. Rest assured that I shall not take it away. If you feel an inconvenience in removing the covering, I can help you; I myself can uncover them to see what valuable things those raised horns contain.\" He was also surprised to see the red dust of perfumed <i>kuṅkuma</i> spread over her breasts. Nevertheless, still considering Pūrvacitti a boy, Āgnīdhra addressed her as <i>subhaga,</i> most fortunate <i>muni.</i> The boy must have been fortunate; otherwise how simply by standing there could he perfume Āgnīdhra's entire <i>āśrama?</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 12,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.12",
|
||||
"devanagari": "लोकं प्रदर्शय सुहृत्तम तावकं मे यत्रत्य इत्थम् उरसावयवाव् अपूर्वौ\nअस्मद्विधस्य मनौन्नयनौ बिभर्ति बह्व् अद्भुतं सरसराससुधादि वक्त्रे",
|
||||
"transliteration": "lokaṁ pradarśaya suhṛttama tāvakaṁ me\nyatratya ittham urasāvayavāv apūrvau\nasmad-vidhasya mana-unnayanau bibharti\nbahv adbhutaṁ sarasa-rāsa-sudhādi vaktre",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lokam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"residential place"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pradarśaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"please show"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "suhṛt-tama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O best of friends"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāvakam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yatratyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a person born wherein"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ittham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "urasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the chest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avayavau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two limbs (breasts)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apūrvau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wonderful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asmat-vidhasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a person like me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manaḥ-unnayanau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very agitating to the mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bibharti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sustains"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bahu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"many"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adbhutam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wonderful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarasa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sweet words"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"amorous gestures like smiling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sudhā-ādi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"such as nectar"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vaktre",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the mouth."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O best friend, will you kindly show me the place where you reside? I cannot imagine how the residents of that place have gotten such wonderful bodily features as your raised breasts, which agitate the mind and eyes of a person like me who sees them. Judging by the sweet speech and kind smiles of those residents, I think that their mouths must contain nectar.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Still bewildered, Āgnīdhra wanted to see the place from which the <i>brāhmaṇa</i> boy had come, where the men had such raised breasts. Such attractive features, he thought, must be due to the severe austerities performed there. Āgnīdhra addressed the girl as <i>suhṛttama,</i> the best friend, so that she would not refuse to take him there. Not only was Āgnīdhra captivated by the girl's raised breasts; he was also attracted by her sweet speech. Nectar seemed to emanate from her mouth, and therefore he was increasingly surprised."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 13,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.13",
|
||||
"devanagari": "का वात्मवृत्तिर् अदनाद्धविर् अंग वाति विष्णोः कलास्य् अनिमिषोन्मकरौ च कर्णौ\nउद्विग्नमीनयुगलं द्विजपंक्तिशोचिर् आसन्नभृंगनिकरं सर इन्मुखं ते",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kā vātma-vṛttir adanād dhavir aṅga vāti\nviṣṇoḥ kalāsy animiṣonmakarau ca karṇau\nudvigna-mīna-yugalaṁ dvija-paṅkti-śocir\nāsanna-bhṛṅga-nikaraṁ sara in mukhaṁ te",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-vṛttiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"food for maintenance of the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adanāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the chewing (of betel)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "haviḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pure sacrificial ingredients"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"emanate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Lord Viṣṇu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kalā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"expansion of the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you are"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "animiṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without blinking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "unmakarau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two brilliant sharks"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karṇau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two ears"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udvigna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"restless"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mīna-yugalam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing two fish"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvija-paṅkti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of lines of teeth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śociḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beauty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsanna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nearby"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhṛṅga-nikaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing swarms of bumblebees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saraḥ it",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a lake"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mukham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"face"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear friend, what do you eat to maintain your body? Because you are chewing betel, a pleasing scent is emanating from your mouth. This proves that you always eat the remnants of food offered to Viṣṇu. Indeed, you must also be an expansion of Lord Viṣṇu's body. Your face is as beautiful as a pleasing lake. Your jeweled earrings resemble two brilliant sharks with unblinking eyes like those of Viṣṇu, and your own eyes resemble two restless fish. Simultaneously, therefore, two sharks and two restless fish are swimming in the lake of your face. Besides them, the white rows of your teeth seem like rows of very beautiful swans in the water, and your scattered hair resembles swarms of bumblebees following the beauty of your face.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The devotees of Lord Viṣṇu are also His expansions. They are called <i>vibhinnāṁśa.</i> Lord Viṣṇu is offered all kinds of sacrificial ingredients, and because devotees always eat <i>prasāda,</i> the remnants of His food, the scent of sacrificial ingredients emanates not only from Viṣṇu but also from the devotees who eat the remnants of His food or the food of His devotees. Āgnīdhra considered Pūrvacitti an expansion of Lord Viṣṇu because of the pleasing scent of her body. Aside from that, because of her jeweled earrings, shaped like sharks, because of her scattered hair, resembling bumblebees mad after the scent of her body, and because of the white rows of her teeth, which resembled swans, Āgnīdhra compared Pūrvacitti's face to a beautiful lake decorated with lotus flowers, fish, swans and bumblebees."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 14,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.14",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यो ऽसौ त्वया करसरोजहतः पतंगो दिक्षु भ्रमन्भ्रमत एजयते ऽक्षिणी मे\nमुक्तं न ते स्मरसि वक्रजटावरूथं कष्टो ऽनिलो हरति लम्पट एष नीवीम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yo 'sau tvayā kara-saroja-hataḥ pataṅgo\ndikṣu bhraman bhramata ejayate 'kṣiṇī me\nmuktaṁ na te smarasi vakra-jaṭā-varūthaṁ\nkaṣṭo 'nilo harati lampaṭa eṣa nīvīm",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tvayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kara-saroja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with the lotus palm"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"struck"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pataṅgaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the ball"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dikṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in all directions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhraman",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhramataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"restless"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ejayate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disturbs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akṣiṇī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muktam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"scattered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "smarasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are you mindful of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vakra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"curling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jaṭā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of hair"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varūtham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bunches"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṣṭaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"giving trouble"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anilaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "harati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"takes away"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lampaṭaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a man attached to women"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nīvīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lower garment."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My mind is already restless, and by playing with a ball, moving it all about with your lotuslike palm, you are also agitating my eyes. Your curling black hair is now scattered, but you are not attentive to arranging it. Are you not going to arrange it? Like a man attached to women, the most cunning wind is trying to take off your lower garment. Are you not mindful of it?</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The girl Pūrvacitti was playing with a ball in her hand, and the ball seemed like nothing but another lotus flower captured by her lotuslike palm. Because of her movements, her hair was loose, and the belt holding her cloth was giving way, as if the cunning wind were trying to make her naked. Yet she paid no attention to arranging her hair or fixing her dress. As Āgnīdhra tried to see the girl's naked beauty, his eyes were very agitated by her movements."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 15,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.15",
|
||||
"devanagari": "रूपं तपोधन तपश्चरतां तपोघ्नं ह्य् एतत्तु केन तपसा भवतोपलब्धम्\nचर्तुं तपो ऽर्हसि मया सह मित्र मह्यं किं वा प्रसीदति स वै भवभावनो मे",
|
||||
"transliteration": "rūpaṁ tapodhana tapaś caratāṁ tapoghnaṁ\nhy etat tu kena tapasā bhavatopalabdham\ncartuṁ tapo 'rhasi mayā saha mitra mahyaṁ\nkiṁ vā prasīdati sa vai bhava-bhāvano me",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rūpam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beauty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapaḥ-dhana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O best of the sages performing austerity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapaḥ caratām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of persons engaged in executing austerities and penances"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapaḥ-ghnam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which dismantles the austerities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"austerity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalabdham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"achieved"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cartum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to execute"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"austerity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you ought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mayā saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mitra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or maybe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prasīdati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is pleased"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhava-bhāvanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the creator of this universe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with me."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O best among those performing austerities, where did you get this wonderful beauty that dismantles the austerities performed by others? Where have you learned this art? What austerity have you undergone to achieve this beauty, my dear friend? I desire that you join me to perform austerity and penance, for it may be that the creator of the universe, Lord Brahmā, being pleased with me, has sent you to become my wife.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra appreciated the wonderful beauty of Pūrvacitti. Indeed, he was surprised to see such exceptional beauty, which must have been the result of past austerities and penances. He therefore asked the girl whether she had achieved such beauty just to break the penances and austerities of others. He thought that Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe, might have been pleased with him and might therefore have sent her to become his wife. He requested Pūrvacitti to become his wife so that together they could perform austerities and penances in family life. In other words, a suitable wife helps her husband perform penances and austerities in household life if both of them are on the same elevated platform of spiritual understanding. Without spiritual understanding, husband and wife cannot be equally situated. Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe, is interested in good progeny. Therefore unless he is pleased, one cannot get a suitable wife. In fact, Lord Brahmā is worshiped in marriage ceremonies. In India even today, wedding invitations are still issued with a picture of Lord Brahmā on the face of the card."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 16,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.16",
|
||||
"devanagari": "न त्वां त्यजामि दयितं द्विजदेवदत्तं यस्मिन्मनो दृग् अपि नो न वियाति लग्नम्\nमां चारुशृंग्य् अर्हसि नेतुम् अनुव्रतं ते चित्तं यतः प्रतिसरन्तु शिवाः सचिव्यः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "na tvāṁ tyajāmi dayitaṁ dvija-deva-dattaṁ\nyasmin mano dṛg api no na viyāti lagnam\nmāṁ cāru-śṛṅgy arhasi netum anuvrataṁ te\ncittaṁ yataḥ pratisarantu śivāḥ sacivyaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tvām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tyajāmi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I shall give up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dayitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very dear"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvija-deva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Lord Brahmā, the demigod worshiped by the brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dattam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"given"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dṛk",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na viyāti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"do not go away"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lagnam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"tightly attached"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cāru-śṛṅgi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O woman with beautiful raised breasts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"you ought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "netum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to lead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuvratam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"follower"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cittam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wherever"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratisarantu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may follow"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śivāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"favorable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sacivyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"friends."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Brahmā, who is worshiped by the brāhmaṇas, has very mercifully given you to me, and that is why I have met you. I do not want to give up your company, for my mind and eyes are fixed upon you and cannot be drawn away. O woman with beautiful raised breasts, I am your follower. You may take me wherever you like, and your friends may also follow me.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Now Āgnīdhra frankly admits his weakness. He was attracted to Pūrvacitti, and therefore before she could say, \"But I have no business with you,\" he expressed his desire to be united with her. He was so attracted that he was ready to go anywhere, hell or heaven, in her company. When one is absorbed in lust and the influence of sex, one surrenders to the feet of a woman without reservations. Śrīla Madhvācārya remarks in this connection that when one engages in joking and talking like a crazy person, one may say anything and everything, but his words will be meaningless."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 17,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.17",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच इति ललनानुनयातिविशारदो ग्राम्यवैदग्ध्यया परिभाषया तां \nविबुधवधूं विबुधमतिर् अधिसभाजयाम् आस.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\niti lalanānunayāti-viśārado grāmya-vaidagdhyayā paribhāṣayā tāṁ \nvibudha-vadhūṁ vibudha-matir adhisabhājayām āsa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lalanā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"women"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anunaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in winning over"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati-viśāradaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very expert"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "grāmya-vaidagdhyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"expert in fulfilling one's material desires"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paribhāṣayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by selected words"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibudha-vadhūm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the celestial girl"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibudha-matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra, who possessed intelligence like that of the demigods"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhisabhājayām āsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gained the favor of."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:</b><b> Mahārāja Āgnīdhra, whose intelligence was like that of a demigod, knew the art of flattering women to win them to his side. He therefore pleased that celestial girl with his lusty words and gained her favor.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Since King Āgnīdhra was a devotee, he actually had no attraction for material enjoyment, but because he wanted a wife for progeny and Lord Brahmā had sent Pūrvacitti for this purpose, he expertly pleased her with flattering words. Women are attracted by a man's flattering words. One who is expert in this art of flattery is called <i>vidagdha.</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 18,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.18",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सा च ततस्तस्य वीरयूथपतेर्बुद्धिशीलरूपवयः\nश्रियौदार्येण पराक्षिप्तमनास्तेन सहायुतायुत\nपरिवत्सरोपलक्षणं कालं जम्बूद्वीपपतिना भौमस्वर्ग\nभोगान्बुभुजे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sā ca tatas tasya vīra-yūtha-pater buddhi-śīla-rūpa-vayaḥ-\nśriyaudāryeṇa parākṣipta-manās tena sahāyutāyuta-\nparivatsaropalakṣaṇaṁ kālaṁ jambūdvīpa-patinā bhauma-svarga-\nbhogān bubhuje.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"she"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vīra-yūtha-pateḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the master of heroes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "buddhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śīla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"behavior"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rūpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beauty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"youth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śriyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"opulence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "audāryeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and by the magnanimity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parākṣipta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attracted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"her mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tena saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayuta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ten thousand"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayuta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ten thousand"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parivatsara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"years"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalakṣaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"extending"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kālam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jambūdvīpa-patinā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with the King of Jambūdvīpa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhauma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"earthly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svarga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"heavenly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhogān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasures"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bubhuje",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enjoyed."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Attracted by the intelligence, learning, youth, beauty, behavior, opulence and magnanimity of Āgnīdhra, the King of Jambūdvīpa and master of all heroes, Pūrvacitti lived with him for many thousands of years and luxuriously enjoyed both worldly and heavenly happiness.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"By the grace of Lord Brahmā, King Āgnīdhra and the heavenly girl, Pūrvacitti, found their union quite suitable. Thus they enjoyed worldly and heavenly happiness for many thousands of years."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 19,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.19",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्याम् उ ह वा आत्मजान्स राजवर आग्नीध्रो नाभिकिम्पुरुष\nहरिवर्षेलावृतरम्यकहिरण्मयकुरुभद्राश्वकेतुमाल\nसंज्ञान्नव पुत्रान् अजनयत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasyām u ha vā ātmajān sa rāja-vara āgnīdhro nābhi-kimpuruṣa-\nharivarṣelāvṛta-ramyaka-hiraṇmaya-kuru-bhadrāśva-ketumāla-\nsaṁjñān nava putrān ajanayat.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "u ha vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-jān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-varaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the best of kings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kiṁpuruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kiṁpuruṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hari-varṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Harivarṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ilāvṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ilāvṛta"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ramyaka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ramyaka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇmaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇmaya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kuru",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kuru"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhadrāśva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Bhadrāśva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ketu-māla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ketumāla"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁjñān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "putrān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ajanayat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"begot."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In the womb of Pūrvacitti, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra, the best of kings, begot nine sons, named Nābhi, Kiṁpuruṣa, Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛta, Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Kuru, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 20,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.20",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सा सूत्वाथ सुतान्नवानुवत्सरं गृह एवापहाय पूर्वचित्तिर्भूय \nएवाजं देवम् उपतस्थे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sā sūtvātha sutān navānuvatsaraṁ gṛha evāpahāya pūrvacittir bhūya \nevājaṁ devam upatasthe.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"she"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sūtvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"after giving birth to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sutān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuvatsaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"year after year"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛhe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at home"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apahāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"leaving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pūrvacittiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Pūrvacitti"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ajam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "devam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demigod"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upatasthe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"approached."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Pūrvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but after they grew up, she left them at home and again approached Lord Brahmā to worship him.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"There are many instances in which Apsarās, heavenly angels, have descended to this earth by the order of a superior demigod like Lord Brahmā or Lord Indra, have followed the demigod's order by marrying someone and giving birth to children, and have then returned to their celestial homes. For example, after Menakā, the celestial woman who had come to delude Viśvāmitra Muni, gave birth to the child Śakuntalā, she left both the child and her husband and returned to the heavenly planets. Pūrvacitti did not remain permanently with Mahārāja Āgnīdhra. After cooperating in his household affairs, she left Mahārāja Āgnīdhra and all nine sons and returned to Brahmā to worship him."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 21,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.21",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आग्नीध्रसुतास्ते मातुर् अनुग्रहाद् औत्पत्तिकेनैव संहनन\nबलोपेताः पित्रा विभक्ता आत्मतुल्यनामानि यथाभागं \nजम्बूद्वीपवर्षाणि बुभुजुः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "āgnīdhra-sutās te mātur anugrahād autpattikenaiva saṁhanana-\nbalopetāḥ pitrā vibhaktā ātma-tulya-nāmāni yathā-bhāgaṁ \njambūdvīpa-varṣāṇi bubhujuḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhra-sutāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the sons of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mātuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the mother"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anugrahāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the mercy or by drinking the breast milk"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "autpattikena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"naturally"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁhanana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"well-built body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"strength"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upetāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtained"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitrā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhaktāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"divided"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-tulya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"following their own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāmāni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing names"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-bhāgam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"divided properly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jambūdvīpa-varṣāṇi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"different parts of Jambūdvīpa (probably Asia and Europe combined together)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bubhujuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ruled."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Because of drinking the breast milk of their mother, the nine sons of Āgnīdhra naturally had strong, well-built bodies. Their father gave them each a kingdom in a different part of Jambūdvīpa. The kingdoms were named according to the names of the sons. Thus the sons of Āgnīdhra ruled the kingdoms they received from their father.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The <i>ācāryas</i> specifically mention that in this verse the words <i>mātuḥ anugrahāt</i> (\"by the mercy of their mother\") refer to the breast milk of their mother. In India it is a common belief that if a baby is fed his mother's milk for at least six months, his body will be very strong. Besides that, it is mentioned herein that all the sons of Āgnīdhra were endowed with the nature of their mother. <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (1.40) also declares, <i>strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ:</i> when women are polluted, <i>varṇa-saṅkara,</i> unqualified children, are generated, and when the <i>varṇa-saṅkara</i> population increases, the entire world becomes hellish. Therefore, according to <i>Manu-saṁhitā,</i> a woman needs a great deal of protection in order to remain pure and chaste so that her children can be fully engaged for the benefit of human society."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 22,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.22",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आग्नीध्रो राजातृप्तः कामानाम् अप्सरसम् एवानुदिनम् अधि\nमन्यमानस्तस्याः सलोकतां श्रुतिभिर् अवारुन्ध यत्र पितरो \nमादयन्ते.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "āgnīdhro rājātṛptaḥ kāmānām apsarasam evānudinam adhi-\nmanyamānas tasyāḥ salokatāṁ śrutibhir avārundha yatra pitaro \nmādayante.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atṛptaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not satisfied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāmānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with sense gratification"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apsarasam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the celestial woman (Pūrvacitti)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anudinam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"day after day"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exceedingly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thinking of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of her"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-lokatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"promotion to the same planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrutibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the Vedas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avārundha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"got"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"where"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the forefathers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mādayante",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"take pleasure."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After Pūrvacitti's departure, King Āgnīdhra, his lusty desires not at all satisfied, always thought of her. Therefore, in accordance with the Vedic injunctions, the King, after his death, was promoted to the same planet as his celestial wife. That planet, which is called Pitṛloka, is where the pitās, the forefathers, live in great delight.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"If one always thinks of something, he certainly gets a related body after death. Mahārāja Āgnīdhra was always thinking of Pitṛloka, the place where his wife had returned. Therefore after his death he achieved that same planet, probably to live with her again. <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> also says:",
|
||||
"<i>yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ<br/> tyajaty ante kalevaram<br/> taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya<br/> sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.\" (Bg. 8.6) We can naturally conclude that if we always think of Kṛṣṇa or become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, we can be promoted to the planet of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa eternally lives."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 2,
|
||||
"verse": 23,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.2.23",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सम्परेते पितरि नव भ्रातरो मेरुदुहिते᳙र्मेरुदेवीं प्रतिरूपाम् \nउग्रदंष्ट्रीं लतां रम्यां श्यामां नारीं भद्रां देववीतिम् इति \nसंज्ञा नवोदवहन्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "samparete pitari nava bhrātaro meru-duhitèr merudevīṁ pratirūpām \nugradaṁṣṭrīṁ latāṁ ramyāṁ śyāmāṁ nārīṁ bhadrāṁ devavītim iti \nsaṁjñā navodavahan.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samparete pitari",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"after the departure of their father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhrātaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"brothers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "meru-duhitèḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the daughters of Meru"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "merudevīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Merudevī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prati-rūpām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Pratirūpā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ugra-daṁṣṭrīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ugradaṁṣṭrī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "latām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Latā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ramyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ramyā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śyāmām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śyāmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nārīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nārī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhadrām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Bhadrā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deva-vītim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Devavīti"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁjñāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the names"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udavahan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"married."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After the departure of their father, the nine brothers married the nine daughters of Meru named Merudevī, Pratirūpā, Ugradaṁṣṭrī, Latā, Ramyā, Śyāmā, Nārī, Bhadrā and Devavīti.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 1,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.1",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच नाभिर् अपत्यकामो ऽप्रजया मेरुदेव्या भगवन्तं \nयज्ञपुरुषम् अवहितात्मायजत.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\nnābhir apatya-kāmo 'prajayā merudevyā bhagavantaṁ \nyajña-puruṣam avahitātmāyajata.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the son of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apatya-kāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to have sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aprajayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who had not given birth to any children"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "merudevyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with Merudevī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yajña-puruṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all performances of sacrifice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avahita-ātmā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great attention"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayajata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offered prayers and worshiped."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak:</b><b> Mahārāja Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra, wished to have sons, and therefore he attentively began to offer prayers and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Mahārāja Nābhi's wife, Merudevī, who had not given birth to any children at that time, also worshiped Lord Viṣṇu along with her husband.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 2,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.2",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्य ह वाव श्रद्धया विशुद्धभावेन यजतः प्रवर्ग्येषु \nप्रचरत्सु द्रव्यदेशकालमन्त्रर्त्विग्दक्षिणाविधान\nयोगोपपत्त्या दुरधिगमो ऽपि भगवान्भागवतवात्सल्यतया \nसुप्रतीक आत्मानम् अपराजितं निजजनाभिप्रेतार्थविधित्सया गृहीत\nहृदयो हृदयंगमं मनोनयनानन्दनावयवाभिरामम् \nआविश्चकार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasya ha vāva śraddhayā viśuddha-bhāvena yajataḥ pravargyeṣu \npracaratsu dravya-deśa-kāla-mantrartvig-dakṣiṇā-vidhāna-\nyogopapattyā duradhigamo 'pi bhagavān bhāgavata-vātsalyatayā \nsupratīka ātmānam aparājitaṁ nija-janābhipretārtha-vidhitsayā gṛhīta-\nhṛdayo hṛdayaṅgamaṁ mano-nayanānandanāvayavābhirāmam \nāviścakāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when he (Nābhi)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha vāva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śraddhayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great faith and devotion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viśuddha-bhāvena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with a pure, uncontaminated mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yajataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"was worshiping"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pravargyeṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"while the fruitive activities called pravargya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pracaratsu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"were being performed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dravya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the ingredients"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"place"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mantra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hymns"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛtvik",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"priests conducting the ceremony"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dakṣiṇā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gifts to the priests"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidhāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"regulative principles"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yoga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and of the means"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upapattyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the performance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duradhigamaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not obtainable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāgavata-vātsalyatayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of His being very affectionate to His devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-pratīkaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing a very beautiful form"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aparājitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not to be conquered by anyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nija-jana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of His devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhipreta-artha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the desire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidhitsayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to fulfill"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛhīta-hṛdayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"His heart being attracted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hṛdayaṅgamam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"captivating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manaḥ-nayana-ānandana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pleasing to the mind and eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avayava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the limbs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhirāmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āviścakāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"manifested."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In the performance of a sacrifice, there are seven transcendental means to obtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: (1) by sacrificing valuable things or eatables, (2) by acting in terms of place, (3) by acting in terms of time, (4) by offering hymns, (5) by going through the priest, (6) by offering gifts to the priests and (7) by observing the regulative principles. However, one cannot always obtain the Supreme Lord through this paraphernalia. Nonetheless, the Lord is affectionate to His devotee; therefore when Mahārāja Nābhi, who was a devotee, worshiped and offered prayers to the Lord with great faith and devotion and with a pure uncontaminated mind, superficially performing some yajña in the line of pravargya, the kind Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to His affection for His devotees, appeared before King Nābhi in His unconquerable and captivating form with four hands. In this way, to fulfill the desire of His devotee, the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifested Himself in His beautiful body before His devotee. This body pleases the mind and eyes of the devotees.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> it is clearly said:",
|
||||
"<i>bhaktyā mām abhijānāti<br/> yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ<br/> tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā<br/> viśate tad-anantaram</i>",
|
||||
"\"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.\" (Bg. 18.55)",
|
||||
"One can understand and see the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the process of devotional service, and not in any other way. Although Mahārāja Nābhi performed prescribed duties and sacrifices, it should still be considered that the Lord appeared before him not due to his sacrifices but because of his devotional service. It was for this reason that the Lord agreed to appear before him in His beautiful bodily features. As stated in <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.30), the Supreme Lord in His original nature is very beautiful. <i>Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam:</i> the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although blackish, is very, very beautiful."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 3,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.3",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ ह तम् आविष्कृतभुजयुगलद्वयं हिरण्मयं पुरुष\nविशेषं कपिशकौशेयाम्बरधरम् उरसि विलसच्छ्रीवत्सललामं दरवरवनरुहवनमालाच्छूर्यमृतमणिगदादिभिर् \nउपलक्षितं स्फुटकिरणप्रवरमुकुटकुण्डलकटककटि\nसूत्रहारकेयूरनूपुराद्यंगभूषणविभूषितम् ऋत्विक्सदस्य\nगृहपतयो ऽधना इवोत्तमधनम् उपलभ्य सबहुमानम् \nअर्हणेनावनतशीर्षाण उपतस्थुः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha ha tam āviṣkṛta-bhuja-yugala-dvayaṁ hiraṇmayaṁ puruṣa-\nviśeṣaṁ kapiśa-kauśeyāmbara-dharam urasi vilasac-chrīvatsa-lalāmaṁ daravara-vanaruha-vana-mālācchūry-amṛta-maṇi-gadādibhir \nupalakṣitaṁ sphuṭa-kiraṇa-pravara-mukuṭa-kuṇḍala-kaṭaka-kaṭi-\nsūtra-hāra-keyūra-nūpurādy-aṅga-bhūṣaṇa-vibhūṣitam ṛtvik-sadasya-\ngṛha-patayo 'dhanā ivottama-dhanam upalabhya sabahu-mānam \narhaṇenāvanata-śīrṣāṇa upatasthuḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āviṣkṛta-bhuja-yugala-dvayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who manifested Himself with four arms"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇmayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very bright"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa-viśeṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the topmost of all living beings, Puruṣottama"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kapiśa-kauśeya-ambara-dharam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wearing a yellow silk garment"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "urasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the chest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vilasat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beautiful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrīvatsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"called Śrīvatsa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lalāmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing the mark"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dara-vara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by a conchshell"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vana-ruha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lotus flower"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vana-mālā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"garland of forest flowers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "acchūri",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disc"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amṛta-maṇi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Kaustubha gem"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gadā-ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and by a club and other symbols"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalakṣitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"symptomized"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sphuṭa-kiraṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"radiant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pravara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"excellent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mukuṭa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"helmet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kuṇḍala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"earrings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṭaka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bracelets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṭi-sūtra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"girdle"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"necklace"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "keyūra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"armlets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nūpura",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ankle bells"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and so on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūṣaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with ornaments"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhūṣitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"decorated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛtvik",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the priests"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sadasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"associates"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-patayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and King Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhanāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"poor persons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uttama-dhanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a great treasure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalabhya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having achieved"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-bahu-mānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great regard"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhaṇena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with ingredients for worship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avanata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śīrṣāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"their heads"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upatasthuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshiped."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Viṣṇu appeared before King Nābhi with four arms. He was very bright, and He appeared to be the best of all personalities. Around the lower portion of His body, He wore a yellow silken garment. On His chest was the mark of Śrīvatsa, which always displays beauty. He carried a conchshell, lotus flower, disc and club, and He wore a garland of forest flowers and the Kaustubha gem. He was beautifully decorated with a helmet, earrings, bangles, belt, pearl necklace, armlets, ankle bells and other bodily ornaments bedecked with radiant jewels. Seeing the Lord present before them, King Nābhi and his priests and associates felt just like poor people who have suddenly attained great riches. They received the Lord and respectfully bent their heads and offered Him things in worship.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It is distinctly mentioned here that the Supreme Personality of Godhead did not appear as an ordinary human being. He appeared before King Nābhi and his associates as the best of all personalities (Puruṣottama). As stated in the <i>Vedas:</i> <i>Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām.</i> The Supreme Personality of Godhead is also a living being, but He is the supreme living being. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.7), Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says, <i>mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya:</i> \"O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me.\" No one is more attractive or more authoritative than Lord Kṛṣṇa. That is one of the differences between God and an ordinary living being. According to this description of the transcendental body of Lord Viṣṇu, the Lord can easily be distinguished from all other living beings. Consequently Mahārāja Nābhi and his priests and associates all offered the Lord obeisances and began to worship Him with various things. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (6.22), <i>yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ.</i> That is, \"Upon gaining this, one thinks that there is no greater gain.\" When one realizes God and sees the Lord face to face, one certainly thinks that he has gained the best of all things. <i>Raso 'py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate: </i>when one experiences a higher taste, his consciousness is fixed. After seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one ceases to be attracted by anything material. One then remains steady in his worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 4,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.4-5",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ऋत्विज ऊचुः अर्हसि मुहुर् अर्हत्तमार्हणम् अस्माकम् अनुपथानां नमो \nनम इत्य् एतावत्सदुपशिक्षितं को ऽर्हति पुमान्प्रकृतिगुण\nव्यतिकरमतिर् अनीश ईश्वरस्य परस्य प्रकृतिपुरुषयोर् \nअर्वाक्तनाभिर्नामरूपाकृतिभी रूपनिरूपणम्. सकलजन\nनिकायवृजिननिरसनशिवतमप्रवरगुणगणैकदेश\nकथनाद् ऋते.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ṛtvija ūcuḥ\narhasi muhur arhattamārhaṇam asmākam anupathānāṁ namo \nnama ity etāvat sad-upaśikṣitaṁ ko 'rhati pumān prakṛti-guṇa-\nvyatikara-matir anīśa īśvarasya parasya prakṛti-puruṣayor \narvāktanābhir nāma-rūpākṛtibhī rūpa-nirūpaṇam. sakala-jana-\nnikāya-vṛjina-nirasana-śivatama-pravara-guṇa-gaṇaika-deśa-\nkathanād ṛte.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛtvijaḥ ūcuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the priests said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"please (accept)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muhuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again and again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhat-tama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O most exalted, worshipable person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offering of worship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asmākam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupathānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are Your servants"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "namaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"respectful obeisances"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "namaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"respectful obeisances"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so far"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by exalted personalities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśikṣitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"instructed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is able (to make)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pumān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakṛti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of material nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the modes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vyatikara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the transformations"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose mind (is absorbed)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anīśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is most incapable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvarasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"beyond"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakṛti-puruṣayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the jurisdiction of the three modes of material nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arvāktanābhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which do not reach up to, or which are of this material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma-rūpa-ākṛtibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by names, forms and qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rūpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Your nature or position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirūpaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ascertainment, perception"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jana-nikāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of mankind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vṛjina",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sinful actions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirasana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which wipe out"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śivatama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most auspicious"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pravara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"excellent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-gaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the transcendental qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eka-deśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one part"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kathanāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by speaking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"except."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The priests began to offer prayers to the Lord, saying: O most worshipable one, we are simply Your servants. Although You are full in Yourself, please, out of Your causeless mercy, accept a little service from us, Your eternal servants. We are not actually aware of Your transcendental form, but we can simply offer our respectful obeisances again and again, as instructed by the Vedic literatures and authorized ācāryas. Materialistic living entities are very much attracted to the modes of material nature, and therefore they are never perfect, but You are above the jurisdiction of all material conceptions. Your name, form and qualities are all transcendental and beyond the conception of experimental knowledge. Indeed, who can conceive of You? In the material world we can perceive only material names and qualities. We have no other power than to offer our respectful obeisances and prayers unto You, the transcendental person. The chanting of Your auspicious transcendental qualities will wipe out the sins of all mankind. That is the most auspicious activity for us, and we can thus partially understand Your supernatural position.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead has nothing to do with material perception. Even the impersonalist Śaṅkarācārya says, <i>nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyaktāt:</i> \"Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material conception.\" We cannot concoct the form and attributes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We must simply accept the description given in Vedic literatures about the Lord's form and activities. As stated in <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.29):",
|
||||
"<i>cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-<br/> lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam<br/> lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ<br/> govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi</i>",
|
||||
"\"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.\" We can have some conception of the Absolute Truth, His form and His attributes simply by reading the descriptions given in Vedic literatures and authoritative statements given by exalted personalities like Brahmā, Nārada, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and others. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says, <i>ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ: </i>\"We cannot conceive the name, form and qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through our material senses.\" Because of this, other names for the Lord are <i>adhokṣaja</i> and <i>aprākṛta,</i> which indicate that He is beyond any material senses. Out of His causeless mercy upon His devotees, the Lord appeared before Mahārāja Nābhi. Similarly, when we are engaged in the Lord's devotional service, the Lord reveals Himself to us. <i>Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ.</i> This is the only way to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ:</i> one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead through devotional service. There is no other way. We have to hear from the authorities and from the <i>śāstras</i> and consider the Supreme Lord in terms of their statements. We cannot imagine or concoct forms and attributes of the Lord."
|
||||
],
|
||||
"verse_end": 5
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 6,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.6",
|
||||
"devanagari": "परिजनानुरागविरचितशबलसंशब्दसलिलसितकिसलयतुलसिका\nदूर्वांकुरैर् अपि सम्भृतया सपर्यया किल परम परितुष्यसि.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "parijanānurāga-viracita-śabala-saṁśabda-salila-sita-kisalaya-tulasikā-\ndūrvāṅkurair api sambhṛtayā saparyayā kila parama parituṣyasi.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parijana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Your servants"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anurāga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in great ecstasy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viracita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"executed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śabala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with a faltering voice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁśabda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with prayers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "salila",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sita-kisalaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"twigs bearing new leaves"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tulasikā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"tulasī leaves"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dūrvā-aṅkuraiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and with newly grown grass"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sambhṛtayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"performed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saparyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by worship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kila",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Supreme Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parituṣyasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"You become satisfied."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O Supreme Lord, You are full in every respect. You are certainly very satisfied when Your devotees offer You prayers with faltering voices and in ecstasy bring You tulasī leaves, water, twigs bearing new leaves, and newly grown grass. This surely makes You satisfied.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"One does not need great wealth, education or opulence to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is fully absorbed in love and ecstasy, he need offer only a flower and a little water. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati:</i> \"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.\" (Bg. 9.26)",
|
||||
"The Supreme Lord can be pleased only by devotional service: therefore it is said here that the Lord is surely satisfied by devotion and nothing else. Quoting from the <i>Gautamīya-tantra,</i> the <i>Hari-bhakti-vilāsa</i> states:",
|
||||
"<i>tulasī-dala-mātreṇa<br/> jalasya culukena vā<br/> vikrīṇīte svam ātmānaṁ<br/> bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers merely a <i>tulasī</i> leaf and a palmful of water.\" The Supreme Lord is causelessly merciful upon His devotee, so much so that even the poorest of men can offer Him a little water and a flower in devotion and thus please Him. This is due to His affectionate dealings with His devotees."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 7,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.7",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथानयापि न भवत इज्ययोरुभारभरया समुचितम् अर्थम् \nइहोपलभामहे.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "athānayāpi na bhavata ijyayoru-bhāra-bharayā samucitam artham \nihopalabhāmahe.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"otherwise"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"even"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Your exalted personality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ijyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by performance of sacrifice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "urubhāra-bharayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"encumbered by much paraphernalia"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samucitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"required"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"use"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"here"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalabhāmahe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we can see."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>We have engaged in Your worship with many things and have offered sacrifices unto You, but we think that there is no need for so many arrangements to please Your Lordship.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that if one is offered varied foods but has no appetite, the offering has no value. In a big sacrificial ceremony there may be many things accumulated to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but if there is no devotion, attachment or love for the Lord, the arrangement is useless. The Lord is complete in Himself, and He does not need anything from us. However, if we offer Him a little water, a flower and a <i>tulasī</i> leaf, He will accept them. <i>Bhakti,</i> devotional service, is the main way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not a question of arranging huge sacrifices. The priests were regretful, thinking that they were not on the path of devotional service and that their sacrifice was not pleasing to the Lord."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 8,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.8",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आत्मन एवानुसवनम् अंजसाव्यतिरेकेण बोभूयमानाशेष\nपुरुषार्थस्वरूपस्य किन्तु नाथाशिष आशासानानाम् एतद् \nअभिसंराधनमात्रं भवितुम् अर्हति.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ātmana evānusavanam añjasāvyatirekeṇa bobhūyamānāśeṣa-\npuruṣārtha-svarūpasya kintu nāthāśiṣa āśāsānānām etad \nabhisaṁrādhana-mātraṁ bhavitum arhati.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"self-sufficiently"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anusavanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at every moment"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "añjasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"directly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avyatirekeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without stopping"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bobhūyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"increasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aśeṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unlimitedly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣa-artha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the goals of life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-rūpasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Your actual identity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kintu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"but"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nātha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśiṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"benedictions for material enjoyment"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśāsānānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us, who are always desiring"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhisaṁrādhana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for getting Your mercy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mātram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavitum arhati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"can be."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>All of life's goals and opulences are directly, self-sufficiently, unceasingly and unlimitedly increasing in You at every moment. Indeed, You are unlimited enjoyment and blissful existence itself. As far as we are concerned, O Lord, we are always after material enjoyment. You do not need all these sacrificial arrangements, but they are meant for us so that we may be benedicted by Your Lordship. All these sacrifices are performed for our fruitive results, and they are not actually needed by You.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Being self-sufficient, the Supreme Lord does not need huge sacrifices. Fruitive activity for a more opulent life is for those who desire such material opulence for their interest. <i>Yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ:</i> if we do not act to satisfy the Supreme Lord, we engage in <i>māyā's</i> activities. We may construct a gorgeous temple and spend thousands of dollars, but such a temple is not required by the Lord. The Lord has many millions of temples for His residence, and He does not need our attempt. He does not require opulent activity at all. Such engagement is meant for our benefit. If we engage our money in constructing a gorgeous temple, we are freed from the reactions of our endeavors. This is for our benefit. In addition, if we attempt to do something nice for the Supreme Lord, He is pleased with us and gives us His benediction. In conclusion, the gorgeous arrangements are not for the Lord's sake but for our own. If we somehow or other receive blessings and benedictions from the Lord, our consciousness can be purified and we can become eligible to return home, back to Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 9,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.9",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तद्यथा बालिशानां स्वयम् आत्मनः श्रेयः परम् अविदुषां परम\nपरमपुरुष प्रकर्षकरुणया स्वमहिमानं चापवर्गाख्यम् उपकल्पयिष्यन्स्वयं नापचित एवेतरवद् इहोपलक्षितः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tad yathā bāliśānāṁ svayam ātmanaḥ śreyaḥ param aviduṣāṁ parama-\nparama-puruṣa prakarṣa-karuṇayā sva-mahimānaṁ cāpavargākhyam\nupakalpayiṣyan svayaṁ nāpacita evetaravad ihopalakṣitaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bāliśānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the fools"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by Yourself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śreyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"welfare"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "param",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ultimate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aviduṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of persons who do not know"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama-parama-puruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Lord of lords"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakarṣa-karuṇayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by abundant causeless mercy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-mahimānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Your personal glory"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apavarga-ākhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"called apavarga (liberation)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upakalpayiṣyan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to give"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"personally"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na apacitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not properly worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "itara-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like an ordinary person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"here"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalakṣitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"(You are) present and seen (by us)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O Lord of lords, we are completely ignorant of the execution of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa, the process of liberation, because we do not actually know the goal of life. You have appeared personally before us like a person soliciting worship, but actually You are present here just so we can see You. You have come out of Your abundant and causeless mercy in order to serve our purpose, our interest, and give us the benefit of Your personal glory called apavarga, liberation. You have come, although You are not properly worshiped by us due to our ignorance.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Lord Viṣṇu was personally present at the sacrificial arena, but this does not mean that He had any interest in His own personal benefit. Similarly, the <i>arcā-vigraha,</i> the Deity in the temple, is present for the same purpose. Out of His causeless mercy, the Supreme Personality of Godhead presents Himself before us so that we can see Him. Since we have no transcendental vision, we cannot see the spiritual <i>sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha </i>of the Lord; therefore, out of His causeless mercy He comes in a form we can see. We can only see material things like stone and wood, and therefore He accepts a form of stone and wood and thus accepts our service in the temple. This is an exhibition of the Lord's causeless mercy. Although He has no interest in such things, in order to receive our loving service, He agrees to act as He does. We cannot actually offer suitable paraphernalia for the Lord's worship because we are completely ignorant. It was out of His causeless mercy that the Lord appeared in the sacrificial arena of Mahārāja Nābhi."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 10,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.10",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथायम् एव वरो ह्य् अर्हत्तम यर्हि बर्हिषि राजर्षेर्वरदर्षभो \nभवान्निजपुरुषेक्षणविषय आसीत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "athāyam eva varo hy arhattama yarhi barhiṣi rājarṣer varadarṣabho \nbhavān nija-puruṣekṣaṇa-viṣaya āsīt.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"benediction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhat-tama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O most worshipable of the worshipable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yarhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the sacrifice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-ṛṣeḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of King Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varada-ṛṣabhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the best of the benefactors"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Your Lordship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nija-puruṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Your devotees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īkṣaṇa-viṣayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the object of the sight"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsīt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"has become."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O most worshipable of all, You are the best of all benefactors, and Your appearance at saintly King Nābhi's sacrificial arena is meant for our benediction. Because You have been seen by us, You have bestowed upon us the most valuable benediction.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"<i>Nija-puruṣa-īkṣaṇa-viṣaya.</i> In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.29) Kṛṣṇa says, <i>samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu:</i> \"I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.\"",
|
||||
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is equal to everyone. In that sense, He has no enemies and no friends. Everyone is enjoying the fruitive reactions of his own work, and the Lord, within everyone's heart, is observing and giving everyone the desired result. However, just as the devotees are always anxious to see the Supreme Lord satisfied in every way, similarly the Supreme Lord is very anxious to present Himself before His devotees. Śrī Kṛṣṇa says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.8):",
|
||||
"<i>paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ<br/> vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām<br/> dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya<br/> sambhavāmi yuge yuge</i>",
|
||||
"\"To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.\"",
|
||||
"Thus Kṛṣṇa's appearance is for the deliverance and satisfaction of His devotees. Actually He does not advent Himself simply to kill the demons, for that can be done by His agents. Lord Viṣṇu's appearance at the sacrificial arena of Mahārāja Nābhi was just to please the King and his assistants. Otherwise there was no reason for His being present there."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 11,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.11",
|
||||
"devanagari": "असंगनिशितज्ञानानलविधूताशेषमलानां भवत्स्वभावानाम् \nआत्मारामाणां मुनीनाम् अनवरतपरिगुणितगुणगण परम\nमंगलायनगुणगणकथनो ऽसि.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "asaṅga-niśita-jñānānala-vidhūtāśeṣa-malānāṁ bhavat-svabhāvānām \nātmārāmāṇāṁ munīnām anavarata-pariguṇita-guṇa-gaṇa parama-\nmaṅgalāyana-guṇa-gaṇa-kathano 'si.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asaṅga",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by detachment"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niśita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"strengthened"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jñāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of knowledge"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the fire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidhūta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"removed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aśeṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unlimited"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "malānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose dirty things"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavat-svabhāvānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who have attained Your qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-ārāmāṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are self-satisfied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "munīnām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of great sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anavarata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"incessantly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pariguṇita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"recounted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-gaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Lord, whose spiritual qualities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama-maṅgala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"supreme bliss"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āyana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"produces"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-gaṇa-kathanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He, the chanting of whose attributes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"You are."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Dear Lord, all the great sages who are thoughtful and saintly persons incessantly recount Your spiritual qualities. These sages have already burned up all the unlimited dirty things and, by the fire of knowledge, strengthened their detachment from the material world. Thus they have attained Your qualities and are self-satisfied. Yet even for those who feel spiritual bliss in chanting Your attributes, Your personal presence is very rare.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The priests in Mahārāja Nābhi's sacrificial arena appreciated the personal presence of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, and they considered themselves very much obliged. The Lord's appearance is rare even for great saintly persons who have become completely detached from this material world and whose hearts are clean due to constantly chanting the glories of the Lord. Such people are satisfied by chanting the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The Lord's personal presence is not actually required. The priests are pointing out that the Lord's personal presence is very rare even for such elevated sages but that He was so kind to them that now He was personally present. Therefore the priests were very much obliged."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 12,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.12",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ कथंचित्स्खलनक्षुत्पतनजृम्भणदुरवस्थानादिषु \nविवशानां नः स्मरणाय ज्वरमरणदशायाम् अपि सकलकश्मल\nनिरसनानि तव गुणकृतनामधेयानि वचनगोचराणि भवन्तु.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha kathañcit skhalana-kṣut-patana-jṛmbhaṇa-duravasthānādiṣu \nvivaśānāṁ naḥ smaraṇāya jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām api sakala-kaśmala-\nnirasanāni tava guṇa-kṛta-nāmadheyāni vacana-gocarāṇi bhavantu.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"still"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kathañcit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"somehow or other"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "skhalana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"stumbling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṣut",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hunger"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"falling down"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jṛmbhaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"yawning"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duravasthāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of being placed in an undesirable position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādiṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and so on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivaśānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of ourselves"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "smaraṇāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to remember"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jvara-maraṇa-daśāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the case of having a high fever at the time of death"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaśmala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sins"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirasanāni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which can dispel"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attributes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāmadheyāni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"names"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vacana-gocarāṇi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possible to be uttered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavantu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let them become."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Dear Lord, we may not be able to remember Your name, form and qualities due to stumbling, hunger, falling down, yawning or being in a miserable diseased condition at the time of death when there is a high fever. We therefore pray unto You, O Lord, for You are very affectionate to Your devotees. Please help us remember You and utter Your holy names, attributes and activities, which can dispel all the reactions of our sinful lives.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The real success in life is <i>ante nārāyaṇa-smṛti</i>—remembering the holy name, attributes, activities and form of the Lord at the time of death. Although we may be engaged in the Lord's devotional service in the temple, material conditions are so tough and inevitable that we may forget the Lord at the time of death due to a diseased condition or mental derangement. Therefore we should pray to the Lord to be able to remember His lotus feet without fail at the time of death, when we are in such a precarious condition. In this regard, one may also see <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (6.2.9-10 and 14-15)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 13,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.13",
|
||||
"devanagari": "किंचायं राजर्षिर् अपत्यकामः प्रजां भवादृशीम् आशासान \nईश्वरम् आशिषां स्वर्गापवर्गयोर् अपि भवन्तम् उपधावति प्रजायाम् \nअर्थप्रत्ययो धनदम् इवाधनः फलीकरणम्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kiñcāyaṁ rājarṣir apatya-kāmaḥ prajāṁ bhavādṛśīm āśāsāna \nīśvaram āśiṣāṁ svargāpavargayor api bhavantam upadhāvati prajāyām \nartha-pratyayo dhanadam ivādhanaḥ phalīkaraṇam.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kiñca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moreover"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-ṛṣiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pious King (Nābhi)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apatya-kāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring offspring"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavādṛśīm",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly like You"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśāsānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hoping for"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvaram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the supreme controller"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśiṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of benedictions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svarga-apavargayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the heavenly planets and liberation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"You"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upadhāvati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worships"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"children"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artha-pratyayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"regarding as the ultimate goal of life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhana-dam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto a person who can give immense wealth as charity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a poor man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "phalīkaraṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a little husk."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Dear Lord, here is the great King Nābhi, whose ultimate goal in life is to have a son like You. Your Lordship, his position is like that of a person approaching a very rich man and begging for a little grain. Mahārāja Nābhi is so desirous of having a son that he is worshiping You for a son, although You can offer him any exalted position, including elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation back to Godhead.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The priests were a little ashamed that King Nābhi was performing a great sacrifice just to ask the Lord's benediction for a son. The Lord could offer him promotion to the heavenly planets or the Vaikuṇṭha planets. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has taught us how to approach the Supreme Lord and ask Him for the ultimate benediction. He said: <i>na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye.</i> He did not want to ask the Supreme Lord for anything material. Material opulence means riches, a nice family, a good wife and many followers, but an intelligent devotee doesn't ask the Supreme Lord for anything material. His only prayer is: <i>mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi.</i> He wants to be engaged perpetually in the loving service of the Lord. He does not want promotion to the heavenly planets or <i>mukti,</i> liberation from material bondage. If this were the case, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not have said, <i>mama janmani janmani.</i> It doesn't matter to a devotee whether or not he takes birth life after life, as long as he remains a devotee. Actually eternal liberty means returning home, back to Godhead. A devotee is never concerned about anything material. Although Nābhi Mahārāja wanted a son like Viṣṇu, wanting a son like God is also a form of sense gratification. A pure devotee wants only to engage in the Lord's loving service."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 14,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.14",
|
||||
"devanagari": "को वा इह ते ऽपराजितो ऽपराजितया माययानवसितपदव्यानावृतमतिर् \nविषयविषरयानावृतप्रकृतिर् अनुपासितमहच्चरणः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ko vā iha te 'parājito 'parājitayā māyayānavasita-padavyānāvṛta-matir \nviṣaya-viṣa-rayānāvṛta-prakṛtir anupāsita-mahac-caraṇaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaḥ vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is that person"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within this material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Your Lordship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aparājitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not conquered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aparājitayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the unconquerable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"illusory energy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anavasita-padavya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose path cannot be ascertained"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anāvṛta-matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose intelligence is not bewildered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣaya-viṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of material enjoyment, which is like poison"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "raya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the course"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anāvṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not covered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakṛtiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupāsita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without worshiping"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahat-caraṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the lotus feet of great devotees."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Dear Lord, unless one worships the lotus feet of great devotees, one will be conquered by the illusory energy, and his intelligence will be bewildered. Indeed, who has not been carried away by the waves of material enjoyment, which are like poison? Your illusory energy is unconquerable. No one can see the path of this material energy or tell how it is working.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Mahārāja Nābhi was inclined to performing great sacrifices for begetting a son. The son might be as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but such a material desire—be it great or insignificant—is brought about by the influence of <i>māyā.</i> A devotee does not at all desire anything for sense gratification. Devotion is therefore explained as devoid of material desires (<i>anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya</i>). Everyone is subjected to the influence of <i>māyā</i> and entangled in all kinds of material desire, and Mahārāja Nābhi was no exception. Freedom from <i>māyā's</i> influence is possible when one engages in the service of the great devotees (<i>mahac-caraṇa-sevā</i>). Without worshiping the lotus feet of a great devotee, one cannot be freed from <i>māyā's</i> influence. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura therefore says, <i>chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā:</i> \"Who has been freed from <i>māyā's</i> clutches without serving the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava?\" <i>Māyā</i> is <i>aparājita,</i> and her influence is also <i>aparājita.</i> As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.14):",
|
||||
"<i>daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī<br/> mama māyā duratyayā</i>",
|
||||
"\"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome.\"",
|
||||
"Only a devotee can surpass <i>māyā's</i> great influence. It was no fault on Mahārāja Nābhi's part that he wanted a son. He wanted a son like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the best of all sons. By the association of the Lord's devotee, one no longer desires material opulence. This is confirmed in <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i> (<i>Madhya</i> 22.54):",
|
||||
"<i>\"sādhu-saṅga\", \"sādhu-saṅga\" sarva-śāstre kaya<br/> lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya</i>",
|
||||
"and <i>Madhya </i>22.51:",
|
||||
"<i>mahat-kṛpā vinā kona karme 'bhakti' naya<br/> kṛṣṇa-bhakti dūre rahu, saṁsāra nahe kṣaya</i>",
|
||||
"If one is serious about escaping <i>māyā's</i> influence and returning home, back to Godhead, one must associate with a <i>sādhu</i> (devotee). That is the verdict of all scriptures. By the slight association of a devotee, one can be freed from the clutches of <i>māyā.</i> Without the mercy of the pure devotee, one cannot get freedom by any means. Certainly a pure devotee's association is necessary in order to obtain the loving service of the Lord. One cannot be freed from <i>māyā's</i> clutches without <i>sādhu-saṅga,</i> the benediction of a great devotee. In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (7.5.32) Prahlāda Mahārāja says:",
|
||||
"<i>naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ<br/> spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad arthaḥ<br/> mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekaṁ<br/> niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat</i>",
|
||||
"One cannot become the Lord's pure devotee without taking the dust of a great devotee on his head (<i>pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekam</i>). A pure devotee is <i>niṣkiñcana;</i> he has no material desire to enjoy the material world. One has to take shelter of such a pure devotee in order to attain his qualities. The pure devotee is always free from the clutches of <i>māyā</i> and her influence."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 15,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.15",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यद् उ ह वाव तव पुनर् अदभ्रकर्तर् इह समाहूतस्तत्रार्थ\nधियां मन्दानां नस्तद्यद्देवहेलनं देवदेवार्हसि साम्येन \nसर्वान्प्रतिवोढुम् अविदुषाम्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yad u ha vāva tava punar adabhra-kartar iha samāhūtas tatrārtha-\ndhiyāṁ mandānāṁ nas tad yad deva-helanaṁ deva-devārhasi sāmyena \nsarvān prativoḍhum aviduṣām.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "u ha vāva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "punaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adabhra-kartaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Lord, who performs many activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"here, in this arena of sacrifice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samāhūtaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"invited"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"therefore"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artha-dhiyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who aspire to fulfill material desires"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mandānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not very intelligent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deva-helanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disrespect of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deva-deva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord of lords"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhasi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"please"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāmyena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of Your equipoised position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarvān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"everything"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prativoḍhum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"tolerate"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aviduṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us, who are all ignorant."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O Lord, You perform many wonderful activities. Our only aim was to acquire a son by performing this great sacrifice; therefore our intelligence is not very sharp. We are not experienced in ascertaining life's goal. By inviting You to this negligible sacrifice for some material motive, we have certainly committed a great offense at Your lotus feet. Therefore, O Lord of lords, please excuse our offense because of Your causeless mercy and equal mind.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The priests were certainly unhappy to have called the Supreme Lord from Vaikuṇṭha for such an insignificant reason. A pure devotee never wants to see the Lord unnecessarily. The Lord is engaged in various activities, and the pure devotee does not want to see Him whimsically, for his own sense gratification. The pure devotee simply depends on the Lord's mercy, and when the Lord is pleased, he can see Him face to face. The Lord is unseen even by demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. By calling on the Supreme Lord, the priests of Nābhi Mahārāja proved themselves unintelligent; nonetheless, the Lord came out of His causeless mercy. All of them therefore wanted to be excused by the Lord.",
|
||||
"Worship of the Supreme Lord for material gain is not approved by authorities. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.16):",
|
||||
"<i>catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ<br/> janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna<br/> ārto jijñāsur arthārthī<br/> jñānī ca bharatarṣabha</i>",
|
||||
"\"O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.\"",
|
||||
"Initiation into <i>bhakti</i> begins when one is in a distressed condition or in want of money, or when one is inquisitive to understand the Absolute Truth. Nonetheless, people who approach the Supreme Lord in this way are not actually devotees. They are accepted as pious (<i>sukṛtinaḥ</i>) due to their inquiring about the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Not knowing the various activities and engagements of the Lord, such people unnecessarily disturb the Lord for material gain. However, the Lord is so kind that even though disturbed, He fulfills the desires of such beggars. The pure devotee is <i>anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya;</i> he has no motive behind his worship. He is not conducted by the influence of <i>māyā</i> in the form of <i>karma</i> or <i>jñāna.</i> The pure devotee is always prepared to execute the order of the Lord without personal consideration. The <i>ṛtvijaḥ,</i> the priests at the sacrifice, knew very well the distinction between <i>karma</i> and <i>bhakti,</i> and because they considered themselves under the influence of <i>karma,</i> fruitive activity, they begged the Lord's pardon. They knew that the Lord had been invited to come for some paltry reason."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 16,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.16",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच इति निगदेनाभिष्टूयमानो भगवान् अनिमिषर्षभो वर्ष\nधराभिवादिताभिवन्दितचरणः सदयम् इदम् आह.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\niti nigadenābhiṣṭūyamāno bhagavān animiṣarṣabho varṣa-\ndharābhivāditābhivandita-caraṇaḥ sadayam idam āha.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nigadena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by prayers in prose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiṣṭūyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "animiṣa-ṛṣabhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the chief of all the demigods"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣa-dhara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by King Nābhi, the Emperor of Bhārata-varṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhivādita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshiped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhivandita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"were bowed down to"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caraṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sadayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"kindly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: </b><b>The priests, who were even worshiped by King Nābhi, the Emperor of Bhārata-varṣa, offered prayers in prose </b><b>[generally they were in poetry]</b><b> and bowed down at the Lord's lotus feet. The Lord of lords, the ruler of the demigods, was very pleased with them, and He began to speak as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 17,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.17",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीभगवान् उवाच अहो बताहम् ऋषयो भवद्भिर् अवितथगीर्भिर्वरम् असुलभम् \nअभियाचितो यद् अमुष्यात्मजो मया सदृशो भूयाद् इति ममाहम् \nएवाभिरूपः कैवल्याद् अथापि ब्रह्मवादो न मृषा भवितुम् अर्हति \nममैव हि मुखं यद्द्विजदेवकुलम्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca\naho batāham ṛṣayo bhavadbhir avitatha-gīrbhir varam asulabham \nabhiyācito yad amuṣyātmajo mayā sadṛśo bhūyād iti mamāham \nevābhirūpaḥ kaivalyād athāpi brahma-vādo na mṛṣā bhavitum arhati \nmamaiva hi mukhaṁ yad dvija-deva-kulam.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-bhagavān uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aho",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"alas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly I am pleased"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O great sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavadbhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avitatha-gīrbhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose words are all true"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for a benediction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asulabham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very difficult to achieve"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiyācitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"have been requested"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amuṣya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of King Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-jaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mayā sadṛśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like Me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūyāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there may be"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"My"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhirūpaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"equal"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaivalyāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of being without a second"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "athāpi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nevertheless"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahma-vādaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the words spoken by exalted brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛṣā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"false"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavitum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to become"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arhati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"My"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mukham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"mouth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvija-deva-kulam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the class of pure brāhmaṇas."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied: </b><b>O great sages, I am certainly very pleased with your prayers. You are all truthful. You have prayed for the benediction of a son like Me for King Nābhi, but this is very difficult to obtain. Since I am the Supreme Person without a second and since no one is equal to Me, another personality like Me is not possible to find. In any case, because you are all qualified brāhmaṇas, your vibrations should not prove untrue. I consider the brāhmaṇas who are well qualified with brahminical qualities to be as good as My own mouth.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The word <i>avitatha-gīrbhiḥ</i> means \"they whose spoken vibrations cannot be nullified.\" The <i>brāhmaṇas</i> (<i>dvija,</i> the twice-born), are given a chance by the śāstric regulations to become almost as powerful as the Supreme Lord. Whatever a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> speaks cannot be nullified or changed in any circumstance. According to the Vedic injunctions, a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore in all rituals a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is offered food (<i>brāhmaṇa-bhojana</i>) because when a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> eats, it is considered that the Supreme Lord Himself eats. Similarly, whatever a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> speaks cannot be changed. It must act. The learned sages who were priests at Mahārāja Nābhi's sacrifice were not only <i>brāhmaṇas</i> but were so qualified that they were like <i>devas,</i> demigods, or God Himself. If this were not the case, how could they invite Lord Viṣṇu to come to the sacrificial arena? God is one, and God does not belong to this or that religion. In Kali-yuga, different religious sects consider their God to be different from the God of others, but that is not possible. God is one, and He is appreciated according to different angles of vision. In this verse the word <i>kaivalyāt</i> means that God has no competitor. There is only one God. In the <i>Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad</i> (6.8) it is said, <i>na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate:</i> \"No one is found to be equal to Him or greater than Him.\" That is the definition of God."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 18,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.18",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तत आग्नीध्रीये ऽंशकलयावतरिष्याम्य् आत्मतुल्यम् \nअनुपलभमानः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tata āgnīdhrīye 'ṁśa-kalayāvatariṣyāmy ātma-tulyam \nanupalabhamānaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"therefore"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgnīdhrīye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the wife of Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṁśa-kalayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by an expansion of My personal form"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avatariṣyāmi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I shall advent Myself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-tulyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"My equal"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupalabhamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not finding."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Since I cannot find anyone equal to Me, I shall personally expand Myself into a plenary portion and thus advent Myself in the womb of Merudevī, the wife of Mahārāja Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"This is an example of the omnipotence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although He is one without a second, He expands Himself by <i>svāṁśa,</i> His personal expansion, and sometimes by <i>vibhinnāṁśa,</i> or His separated expansion. Lord Viṣṇu herein agrees to send His personal expansion as the son of Merudevī, the wife of Mahārāja Nābhi, who is the son of Āgnīdhra. The <i>ṛtvijaḥ,</i> the priests, knew that God is one, yet they prayed for the Supreme Lord to become the son of Mahārāja Nābhi to let the world know that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is one without a second. When He incarnates, He expands Himself in different potencies."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 19,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.19",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच इति निशामयन्त्या मेरुदेव्याः पतिम् अभिधायान्तर्दधे भगवान्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\niti niśāmayantyā merudevyāḥ patim abhidhāyāntardadhe bhagavān.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niśāmayantyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who was listening"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "merudevyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the presence of Merudevī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto her husband"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhidhāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having spoken"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "antardadhe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disappeared"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:</b><b> After saying this, the Lord disappeared. The wife of King Nābhi, Queen Merudevī, was sitting by the side of her husband, and consequently she could hear everything the Supreme Lord had spoken.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"According to the Vedic injunctions, one should perform sacrifices in the company of one's own wife. <i>Sapatnīko dharmam ācaret:</i> religious rituals should be performed with one's wife; therefore Mahārāja Nābhi conducted his great sacrifice with his wife by his side."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 3,
|
||||
"verse": 20,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.3.20",
|
||||
"devanagari": "बर्हिषि तस्मिन्न् एव विष्णुदत्त भगवान्परमर्षिभिः प्रसादितो \nनाभेः प्रियचिकीर्षया तदवरोधायने मेरुदेव्यां धर्मान् \nदर्शयितुकामो वातरशनानां श्रमणानाम् ऋषीणाम् ऊर्ध्व\nमन्थिनां शुक्लया तनुवावततार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "barhiṣi tasminn eva viṣṇudatta bhagavān paramarṣibhiḥ prasādito \nnābheḥ priya-cikīrṣayā tad-avarodhāyane merudevyāṁ dharmān \ndarśayitu-kāmo vāta-raśanānāṁ śramaṇānām ṛṣīṇām ūrdhva-\nmanthināṁ śuklayā tanuvāvatatāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the arena of sacrifice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in this way"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇu-datta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Mahārāja Parīkṣit"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parama-ṛṣibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the great ṛṣis"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prasāditaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being pleased"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābheḥ priya-cikīrṣayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to please King Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-avarodhāyane",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in his wife"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "merudevyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Merudevī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the principles of religion"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "darśayitu-kāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to exhibit how to perform"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāta-raśanānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the sannyāsīs (who have almost no cloth)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śramaṇānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the vānaprasthas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣīṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great sages"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūrdhva-manthinām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the brahmacārīs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śuklayā tanuvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in His original spiritual form, which is above the modes of material nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avatatāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"appeared as an incarnation."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O Viṣṇudatta, Parīkṣit Mahārāja, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was pleased by the great sages at that sacrifice. Consequently the Lord decided to personally exhibit the method of executing religious principles [as observed by brahmacārīs, sannyāsīs, vānaprasthas and gṛhasthas engaged in rituals] and also satisfy Mahārāja Nābhi's desire. Consequently He appeared as the son of Merudevī in His original spiritual form, which is above the modes of material nature.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"When the Supreme Lord appears or descends as an incarnation within this material world, He does not accept a body made of the three modes of material nature (<i>sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa</i> and <i>tamo-guṇa</i>). Māyāvādī philosophers say that the impersonal God appears in this material world by accepting a body in the <i>sattva-guṇa.</i> Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that the word <i>śukla</i> means \"consisting of <i>śuddha-sattva.</i>\" Lord Viṣṇu descends in His <i>śuddha-sattva</i> form. <i>Śuddha-sattva</i> refers to the <i>sattva-guṇa</i> which is never contaminated. In this material world, even the mode of goodness (<i>sattva-guṇa</i>) is contaminated by tinges of <i>rajo-guṇa</i> and <i>tamo-guṇa.</i> When <i>sattva-guṇa</i> is never contaminated by <i>rajo-guṇa</i> and <i>tamo-guṇa,</i> it is called <i>śuddha-sattva.</i> <i>Sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ vasudeva-śabditam</i> (<i>Bhāg.</i> 4.3.23). That is the platform of <i>vasudeva,</i> whereby the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, can be experienced. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (4.7) Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself says:",
|
||||
"<i>yadā yadā hi dharmasya<br/> glānir bhavati bhārata<br/> abhyutthānam adharmasya<br/> tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham</i>",
|
||||
"\"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.\"",
|
||||
"Unlike ordinary living entities, the Supreme Lord is not forced by the modes of material nature to appear. He appears <i>dharmān darśayitu-kāma</i>—to show how to execute the functions of a human being. The word <i>dharma</i> is meant for human beings and is never used in connection with beings inferior to human beings, such as animals. Unfortunately, without being guided by the Supreme Lord, human beings sometimes manufacture a process of <i>dharma</i> by concoction. Actually <i>dharma</i> cannot be made by man. <i>Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam.</i> (<i>Bhāg. </i>6.3.19) <i>Dharma</i> is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as the law is given by the state government. Man-made <i>dharma</i> has no meaning. <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> refers to man-made <i>dharma</i> as <i>kaitava-dharma,</i> cheating religion. The Supreme Lord sends an <i>avatāra</i> (incarnation) to teach human society the proper way to execute religious principles. Such religious principles are <i>bhakti-mārga.</i> As the Supreme Lord Himself says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i> <i>sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja.</i> The son of Mahārāja Nābhi, Ṛṣabhadeva, appeared on this earth to preach the principles of religion. That will be explained in the Fifth Chapter of this Fifth Canto."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 1,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.1",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीशुक उवाच अथ ह तम् उत्पत्त्यैवाभिव्यज्यमानभगवल्लक्षणं \nसाम्योपशमवैराग्यैश्वर्यमहाविभूतिभिर् अनुदिनम् \nएधमानानुभावं प्रकृतयः प्रजा ब्राह्मणा देवताश्चावनितल\nसमवनायातितरां जगृधुः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-śuka uvāca\natha ha tam utpattyaivābhivyajyamāna-bhagaval-lakṣaṇaṁ \nsāmyopaśama-vairāgyaiśvarya-mahā-vibhūtibhir anudinam \nedhamānānubhāvaṁ prakṛtayaḥ prajā brāhmaṇā devatāś cāvani-tala-\nsamavanāyātitarāṁ jagṛdhuḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-śukaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus (after the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "utpattyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from the beginning of His appearance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"even"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhivyajyamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"distinctly manifested"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavat-lakṣaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing the symptoms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāmya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"equal to everyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśama",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely peaceful, in control of the senses and mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vairāgya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"renunciation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aiśvarya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"opulences"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-vibhūtibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great attributes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anudinam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"day after day"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "edhamāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"increasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhāvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"His power"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prakṛtayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the ministers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the citizens"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmaṇāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the learned scholars in full knowledge of Brahman"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "devatāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demigods"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avani-tala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the surface of the globe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samavanāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to rule"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atitarām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"greatly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagṛdhuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desired."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: </b><b>As soon as the Lord was born as the son of Mahārāja Nābhi, He manifested symptoms of the Supreme Lord, such as marks on the bottoms of His feet </b><b>[the flag, thunderbolt, etc.]</b><b>. This son was equal to everyone and very peaceful. He could control His senses and His mind, and, possessing all opulence, He did not hanker for material enjoyment. Endowed with all these attributes, the son of Mahārāja Nābhi became more powerful day after day. Due to this, the citizens, learned brāhmaṇas, demigods and ministers wanted Ṛṣabhadeva to be appointed ruler of the earth.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In these days of cheap incarnations, it is very interesting to note the bodily symptoms found in an incarnation. From the very beginning of His birth, it was observed that Ṛṣabhadeva's feet were marked with the transcendental signs (a flag, thunderbolt, lotus flower, etc.). In addition to this, as the Lord began to grow, He became very prominent. He was equal to everyone. He did not favor one person and neglect another. An incarnation of God must have the six opulences—wealth, strength, knowledge, beauty, fame and renunciation. It is said that although Ṛṣabhadeva was endowed with all opulences, He was not at all attached to material enjoyment. He was self-controlled and therefore liked by everyone. Due to His superexcellent qualities, everyone wanted Him to rule the earth. An incarnation of God has to be accepted by experienced people and by the symptoms described in the <i>śāstras.</i> An incarnation is not accepted simply by the adulation of foolish people."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 2,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.2",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तस्य ह वा इत्थं वर्ष्मणा वरीयसा बृहच्छ्लोकेन चौजसा बलेन \nश्रिया यशसा वीर्यशौर्याभ्यां च पिता ऋषभ इतीदं नाम चकार.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tasya ha vā itthaṁ varṣmaṇā varīyasā bṛhac-chlokena caujasā balena \nśriyā yaśasā vīrya-śauryābhyāṁ ca pitā ṛṣabha itīdaṁ nāma cakāra.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ittham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣmaṇā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the bodily features"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varīyasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most exalted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bṛhat-ślokena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"decorated with all the high qualities described by poets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ojasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by prowess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "balena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by strength"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śriyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by beauty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaśasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by fame"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vīrya-śauryābhyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by influence and heroism"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the father (Mahārāja Nābhi)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣabhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the best"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"name"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gave."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When the son of Mahārāja Nābhi became visible, He evinced all good qualities described by the great poets—namely, a well-built body with all the symptoms of the Godhead, prowess, strength, beauty, name, fame, influence and enthusiasm. When the father, Mahārāja Nābhi, saw all these qualities, he thought his son to be the best of human beings or the supreme being. Therefore he gave Him the name Ṛṣabha.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"To accept someone as God or an incarnation of God, one must observe the symptoms of God in his body. All the symptoms were found in the body of Mahārāja Nābhi's extraordinarily powerful son. His body was well structured, and He displayed all the transcendental qualities. He showed great influence, and He could control His mind and senses. Consequently He was named Ṛṣabha, which indicates that He was the supreme living being."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 3,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.3",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यस्य हीन्द्रः स्पर्धमानो भगवान्वर्षे न ववर्ष तद् \nअवधार्य भगवान् ऋषभदेवो योगेश्वरः प्रहस्यात्म\nयोगमायया स्ववर्षम् अजनाभं नामाभ्यवर्षत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yasya hīndraḥ spardhamāno bhagavān varṣe na vavarṣa tad \navadhārya bhagavān ṛṣabhadevo yogeśvaraḥ prahasyātma-\nyogamāyayā sva-varṣam ajanābhaṁ nāmābhyavarṣat.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"King Indra of heaven"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "spardhamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being envious"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very opulent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on Bhārata-varṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na vavarṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"did not pour water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avadhārya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"knowing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣabhadevaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ṛṣabhadeva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yoga-īśvaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the master of all mystic power"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"smiling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-yoga-māyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by His own spiritual potency"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-varṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on His place"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ajanābham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ajanābha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhyavarṣat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He poured water."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Indra, the King of heaven, who is very materially opulent, became envious of King Ṛṣabhadeva. Consequently he stopped pouring water on the planet known as Bhārata-varṣa. At that time the Supreme Lord, Ṛṣabhadeva, the master of all mystic power, understood King Indra's purpose and smiled a little. Then, by His own prowess, through yogamāyā [His internal potency], He profusely poured water upon His own place, which was known as Ajanābha.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"We find the word <i>bhagavān</i> used twice in this verse. Both King Indra and Ṛṣabhadeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Lord, are described as <i>bhagavān.</i> Sometimes Nārada and Lord Brahmā are also addressed as <i>bhagavān.</i> The word <i>bhagavān</i> means that one is a very opulent and powerful person like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Nārada or Indra. They are all addressed as <i>bhagavān</i> due to their extraordinary opulence. King Ṛṣabhadeva is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and therefore He was the original Bhagavān. Consequently He is described herein as <i>yogeśvara,</i> which indicates that He has the most powerful spiritual potency. He is not dependent on King Indra for water. He can supply water Himself, and He did so in this case. In <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> it is stated: <i>yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ.</i> Due to the performance of <i>yajña,</i> clouds of water are manifest in the sky. Clouds and rainfall are under the management of Indra, the heavenly King, but when Indra is neglectful, the Supreme Lord Himself, who is also known as <i>yajña</i> or <i>yajña-pati,</i> takes the task upon Himself. Consequently there was sufficient rainfall in the place named Ajanābha. When <i>yajña-pati</i> wants to, He can do anything without the help of any subordinate. Therefore the Supreme Lord is known as almighty. In the present age of Kali there will eventually be a great scarcity of water (<i>anāvṛṣṭi</i>), for the general populace, due to ignorance and the scarcity of yajñic ingredients, will neglect to perform <i>yajñas.</i> <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> therefore advises: <i>yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyaiḥ yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ.</i> After all, <i>yajña</i> is meant to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this age of Kali, there is great scarcity and ignorance; nonetheless, everyone can perform <i>saṅkīrtana-yajña.</i> Every family in every society can conduct <i>saṅkīrtana-yajña</i> at least every evening. In this way there will be no disturbance or scarcity of rain. It is essential for the people in this age to perform the <i>saṅkīrtana-yajña</i> in order to be materially happy and to advance spiritually."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 4,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.4",
|
||||
"devanagari": "नाभिस्तु यथाभिलषितं सुप्रजस्त्वम् अवरुध्यातिप्रमोदभर\nविह्वलो गद्गदाक्षरया गिरा स्वैरं गृहीतनरलोकसधर्मं \nभगवन्तं पुराणपुरुषं मायाविलसितमतिर्वत्स तातेति \nसानुरागम् उपलालयन्परां निर्वृतिम् उपगतः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "nābhis tu yathābhilaṣitaṁ suprajastvam avarudhyāti-pramoda-bhara-\nvihvalo gadgadākṣarayā girā svairaṁ gṛhīta-naraloka-sadharmaṁ \nbhagavantaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ māyā-vilasita-matir vatsa tāteti \nsānurāgam upalālayan parāṁ nirvṛtim upagataḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"King Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-abhilaṣitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to his desire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-prajastvam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the most beautiful son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avarudhya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"getting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ati-pramoda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of great jubilation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhara",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by an excess"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vihvalaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being overwhelmed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gadgada-akṣarayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"faltering in ecstasy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "girā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with a voice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svairam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by His independent will"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛhīta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nara-loka-sadharmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"acting as if a human being"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "purāṇa-puruṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the oldest among living beings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by yogamāyā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vilasita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bewildered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his mentality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vatsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my darling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sa-anurāgam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great affection"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upalālayan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"raising"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"transcendental"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirvṛtim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bliss"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upagataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"achieved."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Due to getting a perfect son according to his desire, King Nābhi was always overwhelmed with transcendental bliss and was very affectionate to his son. It was with ecstasy and a faltering voice that he addressed Him, \"My dear son, my darling.\" This mentality was brought about by yogamāyā, whereby he accepted the Supreme Lord, the supreme father, as his own son. Out of His supreme good will, the Lord became his son and dealt with everyone as if He were an ordinary human being. Thus King Nābhi began to raise his transcendental son with great affection, and he was overwhelmed with transcendental bliss, joy and devotion.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The word <i>māyā</i> is used in the sense of illusion. Considering the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be his own son, Mahārāja Nābhi was certainly in illusion, but this was transcendental illusion. This illusion is required; otherwise how can one accept the supreme father as his own son? The Supreme Lord appears as the son of one of His devotees, just as Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja. These devotees could never think of their son as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for such appreciation would hamper their relationship of paternal love."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 5,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.5",
|
||||
"devanagari": "विदितानुरागम् आपौरप्रकृति जनपदो राजा नाभिर् आत्मजं \nसमयसेतुरक्षायाम् अभिषिच्य ब्राह्मणेषूपनिधाय सह \nमेरुदेव्या विशालायां प्रसन्ननिपुणेन तपसा समाधियोगेन \nनरनारायणाख्यं भगवन्तं वासुदेवम् उपासीनः कालेन तन्\nमहिमानम् अवाप.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "viditānurāgam āpaura-prakṛti jana-pado rājā nābhir ātmajaṁ \nsamaya-setu-rakṣāyām abhiṣicya brāhmaṇeṣūpanidhāya saha \nmerudevyā viśālāyāṁ prasanna-nipuṇena tapasā samādhi-yogena \nnara-nārāyaṇākhyaṁ bhagavantaṁ vāsudevam upāsīnaḥ kālena tan-\nmahimānam avāpa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"known very well"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anurāgam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"popularity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āpaura-prakṛti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"among all the citizens and government officers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jana-padaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desiring to serve the people in general"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmajam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samaya-setu-rakṣāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to protect the people strictly according to the Vedic principles of religious life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiṣicya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enthroning"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmaṇeṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the learned brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upanidhāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"entrusting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "merudevyā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his wife. Merudevī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viśālāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in Badarikāśrama"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prasanna-nipuṇena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"performed with great satisfaction and expertise"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tapasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by austerities and penances"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samādhi-yogena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by full samādhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nara-nārāyaṇa-ākhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named Nara-Nārāyaṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavantam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāsudevam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kṛṣṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upāsīnaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshiping"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kālena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in due course of time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-mahimānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"His glorious abode, the spiritual world, Vaikuṇṭha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avāpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"achieved."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>King Nābhi understood that his son, Ṛṣabhadeva, was very popular among the citizens and among government officers and ministers. Understanding the popularity of his son, Mahārāja Nābhi enthroned Him as the emperor of the world to give protection to the general populace in terms of the Vedic religious system. To do this, he entrusted Him into the hands of learned brāhmaṇas, who would guide Him in administrating the government. Then Mahārāja Nābhi and his wife, Merudevī, went to Badarikāśrama in the Himalaya Mountains, where the King engaged Himself very expertly in austerities and penances with great jubilation. In full samādhi he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, who is Kṛṣṇa in His plenary expansion. By doing so, in course of time Mahārāja Nābhi was elevated to the spiritual world known as Vaikuṇṭha.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"When Mahārāja Nābhi saw that his son Ṛṣabhadeva was popular with the general populace and the governmental servants, he chose to install Him on the imperial throne. In addition, he wanted to entrust his son into the hands of the learned <i>brāhmaṇas.</i> This means that a monarch was supposed to govern strictly according to Vedic principles under the guidance of learned <i>brāhmaṇas,</i> who could advise Him according to the standard Vedic scriptures like <i>Manu-smṛti</i> and similar <i>śāstras.</i> It is the duty of the king to rule the citizens according to Vedic principles. According to Vedic principles, society is divided into four categories—<i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra.</i> <i>Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ.</i> After dividing society in this way, it is the king's duty to see that everyone executes Vedic principles according to his caste. A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> must perform the duty of a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> without cheating the public. It is not that one attains the name of a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> without the qualifications. It is the king's duty to see that everyone engages in his occupational duty according to Vedic principles. In addition, retirement at the end of life is compulsory. Mahārāja Nābhi, although still a king, retired from family life and went with his wife to a place called Badarikāśrama in the Himalayas, where the Deity Nara-Nārāyaṇa is worshiped. The words <i>prasanna-nipuṇena tapasā</i> indicate that the King accepted all kinds of austerity very expertly and jubilantly. He did not at all mind leaving his comfortable life at home, although he was the emperor. Despite undergoing severe austerities and penances, he felt very pleased at Badarikāśrama, and he did everything there expertly. In this way, being fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness (<i>samādhi-yoga</i>), always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, Mahārāja Nābhi attained success at the end of his life and was promoted to the spiritual world, Vaikuṇṭhaloka.",
|
||||
"This is the way of Vedic life. One must stop the process of repeated birth and death and return home, back to Godhead. The words <i>tan-mahimānam avāpa</i> are significant in this regard. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī says that <i>mahimā</i> means liberation in this life. We should act in such a way in this life that after giving up this body, we will become liberated from the bondage of repeated birth and death. This is called <i>jīvan-mukti.</i> Śrīla Vīrarāghava Ācārya states that in the <i>Chāndogya Upaniṣad</i> there are eight symptoms of a <i>jīvan-mukta,</i> a person who is already liberated even when living in this body. The first symptom of one so liberated is that he is freed from all sinful activity (<i>apahata-pāpa</i>). As long as one is under the clutches of <i>māyā</i> in the material energy, one has to engage in sinful activity. <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> describes such people as <i>duṣkṛtinaḥ,</i> which indicates that they are always engaged in sinful activity. One who is liberated in this life does not commit any sinful activities. Sinful activity involves illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. Another symptom of a liberated person is <i>vijara,</i> which indicates that he is not subjected to the miseries of old age. Another symptom is <i>vimṛtyu.</i> A liberated person prepares himself in such a way that he does not take on any more material bodies, which are destined to die. In other words, he does not fall down again to repeat birth and death. Another symptom is <i>viśoka,</i> which indicates that he is callous to material distress and happiness. Another is <i>vijighatsa,</i> which indicates that he no longer desires material enjoyment. Another symptom is <i>apipātā,</i> which means that he has no desire other than to engage in the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, his dearmost pursuable Lord. A further symptom is <i>satya-kāma,</i> which indicates that all his desires are directed to the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa. He does not want anything else. He is <i>satya-saṅkalpa.</i> Whatever he desires is fulfilled by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. First of all, he does not desire anything for his material benefit, and secondly if he desires anything at all, he simply desires to serve the Supreme Lord. That desire is fulfilled by the Lord's grace. That is called <i>satya-saṅkalpa.</i> Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word <i>mahimā</i> means returning to the spiritual world, back home, back to Vaikuṇṭha. Śrī Śukadeva says that the word <i>mahimā</i> means that the devotee attains the qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called <i>sadharma,</i> or \"the same quality.\" Just as Kṛṣṇa is never born and never dies, His devotees who return to Godhead never die and never take birth within the material world."
|
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]
|
||||
}
|
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 6,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.6",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यस्य ह पाण्डवेय श्लोकाव् उदाहरन्ति—\nको नु तत्कर्म राजर्षेर्नाभेर् अन्व् आचरेत्पुमान्\nअपत्यताम् अगाद्यस्य हरिः शुद्धेन कर्मणा",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yasya ha pāṇḍaveya ślokāv udāharanti—\nko nu tat karma rājarṣer\nnābher anv ācaret pumān\napatyatām agād yasya\nhariḥ śuddhena karmaṇā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pāṇḍaveya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Mahārāja Parīkṣit"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ślokau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"two verses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udāharanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"recite"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"work"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-ṛṣeḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the pious King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābheḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"following"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ācaret",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"could execute"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pumān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apatyatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sonhood"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "agāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hariḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śuddhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pure, executed in devotional service"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karmaṇā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by activities."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, to glorify Mahārāja Nābhi, the old sages composed two verses. One of them is this: \"Who can attain the perfection of Mahārāja Nābhi? Who can attain his activities? Because of his devotional service, the Supreme Personality of Godhead agreed to become his son.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The words <i>śuddhena karmaṇā</i> are significant in this verse. If work is not carried out in devotional service, it is contaminated by the modes of material nature. That is explained in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i> <i>yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ.</i> Activities performed only for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord are pure and are not contaminated by the modes of material nature. All other activities are contaminated by the modes of ignorance and passion, as well as goodness. All material activities meant for satisfying the senses are contaminated, and Mahārāja Nābhi did not perform anything contaminated. He simply executed his transcendental activities even when performing <i>yajña.</i> Consequently he obtained the Supreme Lord as his son."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 7,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.7",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ब्रह्मण्यो ऽन्यः कुतो नाभेर्विप्रा मंगलपूजिताः\nयस्य बर्हिषि यज्ञेशं दर्शयाम् आसुर् ओजसा",
|
||||
"transliteration": "brahmaṇyo 'nyaḥ kuto nābher\nviprā maṅgala-pūjitāḥ\nyasya barhiṣi yajñeśaṁ\ndarśayām āsur ojasā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahmaṇyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a devotee of the brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"any other"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kutaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"where is"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nābheḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"besides Mahārāja Nābhi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viprāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "maṅgala-pūjitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"well worshiped and satisfied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "barhiṣi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the sacrificial arena"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yajña-īśam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the enjoyer of all sacrificial ceremonies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "darśayām āsuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"showed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ojasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by their brahminical prowess."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>[The second prayer is this.] \"Who is a better worshiper of brāhmaṇas than Mahārāja Nābhi? Because he worshiped the qualified brāhmaṇas to their full satisfaction, the brāhmaṇas, by their brahminical prowess, showed Mahārāja Nābhi the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, in person.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The <i>brāhmaṇas</i> engaged as priests in the sacrificial ceremony were not ordinary <i>brāhmaṇas.</i> They were so powerful that they could bring forth the Supreme Personality of Godhead by their prayers. Thus Mahārāja Nābhi was able to see the Lord face to face. Unless one is a Vaiṣṇava, he cannot call forth the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord does not accept an invitation unless one is a Vaiṣṇava. Therefore it is said in <i>Padma Purāṇa:</i>",
|
||||
"<i>ṣaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro<br/> mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ<br/> avaiṣṇavo gurur na syād<br/> vaiṣṇavaḥ śva-paco guruḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"A scholarly <i>brāhmaṇa</i> expert in all subjects of Vedic knowledge is unfit to become a spiritual master without being a Vaiṣṇava, but a person born in a family of a lower caste can become a spiritual master if he is a Vaiṣṇava.\" These <i>brāhmaṇas</i> were certainly very expert in chanting the Vedic <i>mantras.</i> They were competent in the performance of the Vedic rituals, and over and above this they were Vaiṣṇavas. Therefore by their spiritual powers they could call on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and enable their disciple, Mahārāja Nābhi, to see the Lord face to face. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that the word <i>ojasā</i> means \"by dint of devotional service.\""
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 8,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.8",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ ह भगवान् ऋषभदेवः स्ववर्षं कर्मक्षेत्रम् \nअनुमन्यमानः प्रदर्शितगुरुकुलवासो लब्धवरैर्गुरुभिर् \nअनुज्ञातो गृहमेधिनां धर्मान् अनुशिक्षमाणो जयन्त्याम् इन्द्रदत्तायाम् \nउभयलक्षणं कर्म समाम्नायाम्नातम् अभियुंजन्न् आत्मजानाम् \nआत्मसमानानां शतं जनयाम् आस.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha ha bhagavān ṛṣabhadevaḥ sva-varṣaṁ karma-kṣetram \nanumanyamānaḥ pradarśita-gurukula-vāso labdha-varair gurubhir \nanujñāto gṛhamedhināṁ dharmān anuśikṣamāṇo jayantyām indra-dattāyām \nubhaya-lakṣaṇaṁ karma samāmnāyāmnātam abhiyuñjann ātmajānām \nātma-samānānāṁ śataṁ janayām āsa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereupon (after the departure of his father)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣabha-devaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ṛṣabhadeva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"His own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"kingdom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma-kṣetram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the field of activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anumanyamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepting as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pradarśita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"shown as an example"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guru-kula-vāsaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lived at the gurukula"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "labdha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having achieved"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gifts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gurubhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the spiritual masters"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anujñātaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being ordered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-medhinām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the householders"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"duties"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuśikṣamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"teaching by example"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jayantyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in His wife, Jayantī"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indra-dattāyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offered by Lord Indra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ubhaya-lakṣaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of both types"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samāmnāyāmnātam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"mentioned in the scriptures"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiyuñjan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"performing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmajānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-samānānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly like Himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śatam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one hundred"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "janayām āsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"begot."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After Nābhi Mahārāja departed for Badarikāśrama, the Supreme Lord, Ṛṣabhadeva, understood that His kingdom was His field of activities. He therefore showed Himself as an example and taught the duties of a householder by first accepting brahmacarya under the direction of spiritual masters. He also went to live at the spiritual masters' place, gurukula. After His education was finished, He gave gifts (guru-dakṣiṇā) to His spiritual masters and then accepted the life of a householder. He took a wife named Jayantī and begot one hundred sons who were as powerful and qualified as He Himself. His wife Jayantī had been offered to Him by Indra, the King of heaven. Ṛṣabhadeva and Jayantī performed householder life in an exemplary way, carrying out ritualistic activities ordained by the śruti and smṛti śāstra.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Being an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ṛṣabhadeva had nothing to do with material affairs. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> <i>paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām:</i> the purpose of an incarnation is to liberate His devotees and to stop the demoniac activities of nondevotees. These are the two functions of the Supreme Lord when He incarnates. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said that in order to preach, one must live a practical life and show people how to do things. <i>Āpani ācari' bhakti śikhāimu sabāre.</i> One cannot teach others unless he behaves the same way himself. Ṛṣabhadeva was an ideal king, and He took His education in the <i>gurukula,</i> although He was already educated because the Supreme Lord is omniscient. Although Ṛṣabhadeva had nothing to learn from <i>gurukula,</i> He went there just to teach the people in general how to take an education from the right source, from Vedic teachers. He then entered householder life and lived according to the principles of Vedic knowledge—<i>śruti</i> and <i>smṛti.</i> In his <i>Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu</i> (1.2.101) Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, quoting the <i>Skanda Purāṇa,</i> states:",
|
||||
"<i>śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-<br/> pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā<br/> aikāntikī harer bhaktir<br/> utpātāyaiva kalpate</i>",
|
||||
"Human society must follow the instructions received from <i>śruti</i> and <i>smṛti,</i> Vedic literature. Practically applied in life this is worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the <i>pāñcarātrika-vidhi.</i> Every human being must advance his spiritual life and at the end return home, back to Godhead. Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva strictly followed all these principles. He remained an ideal <i>gṛhastha</i> and taught His sons how to become perfect in spiritual life. These are some examples of how He ruled the earth and completed His mission as an incarnation."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 9,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.9",
|
||||
"devanagari": "येषां खलु महायोगी भरतो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठगुण आसीद्येनेदं \nवर्षं भारतम् इति व्यपदिशन्ति.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yeṣāṁ khalu mahā-yogī bharato jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭha-guṇa āsīd yenedaṁ \nvarṣaṁ bhāratam iti vyapadiśanti.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yeṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "khalu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-yogī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a very highly exalted devotee of the Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bharataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Bharata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jyeṣṭhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the eldest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śreṣṭha-guṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"qualified with the best attributes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsīt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"was"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāratam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Bhārata"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vyapadiśanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"people call."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Of Ṛṣabhadeva's one hundred sons, the eldest, named Bharata, was a great, exalted devotee qualified with the best attributes. In his honor, this planet has become known as Bhārata-varṣa.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"This planet known as Bhārata-varṣa is also called <i>puṇya-bhūmi,</i> the pious land. At the present moment Bhārata-bhūmi, or Bhārata-varṣa, is a small piece of land extending from the Himalaya Mountains to Cape Comorin. Sometimes this peninsula is called <i>puṇya-bhūmi.</i> Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given special importance to the people of this land.",
|
||||
"<i>bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra<br/> janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India (Bhārata-varṣa) should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.\" (<i>Cc. Ādi</i> 9.41) The inhabitants of this piece of land are very fortunate. They can purify their existence by accepting this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and go outside Bhārata-bhūmi (India) and preach this cult to benefit the whole world."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 10,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.10",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तम् अनु कुशावर्त इलावर्तो ब्रह्मावर्तो मलयः केतुर्भद्रसेन \nइन्द्रस्पृग्विदर्भः कीकट इति नव नवति प्रधानाः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tam anu kuśāvarta ilāvarto brahmāvarto malayaḥ ketur bhadrasena \nindraspṛg vidarbhaḥ kīkaṭa iti nava navati pradhānāḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"following"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kuśāvarta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kuśāvarta"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ilāvartaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ilāvarta"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahmāvartaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Brahmāvarta"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "malayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Malaya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ketuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ketu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhadra-senaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Bhadrasena"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indra-spṛk",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Indraspṛk"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidarbhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Vidarbha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kīkaṭaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kīkaṭa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "navati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ninety"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pradhānāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"older than."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Following Bharata, there were ninety-nine other sons. Among these were nine elderly sons, named Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha and Kīkaṭa.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 11,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.11-12",
|
||||
"devanagari": "कविर्हविर् अन्तरिक्षः\nप्रबुद्धः पिप्पलायनः आविर्होत्रो ऽथ द्रुमिलश्\nचमसः करभाजनः इति भागवतधर्मदर्शना नव महाभगवतास्तेषाम् \nसुचरितम्भगवन्महिमोपबृंहितम्वसुदेवनारदसम्वादम् \nउपशमायनम् उपरिष्टाद्वर्णयिष्यामः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "kavir havir antarikṣaḥ\nprabuddhaḥ pippalāyanaḥ\nāvirhotro 'tha drumilaś\ncamasaḥ karabhājanaḥ\niti bhāgavata-dharma-darśanā nava mahā-bhagavatās teṣām \nsucaritam bhagavan-mahimopabṛṁhitam vasudeva-nārada-samvādam \nupaśamāyanam upariṣṭād varṇayiṣyāmaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaviḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Kavi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "haviḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Havi"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "antarikṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Antarikṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prabuddhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prabuddha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pippalāyanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Pippalāyana"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āvirhotraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Avirhotra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "drumilaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Drumila"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "camasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Camasa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karabhājanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Karabhājana"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhāgavata-dharma-darśanāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"authorized preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nine"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-bhāgavatāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"highly advanced devotees"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "teṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sucaritam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"good characteristics"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavat-mahimā-upabṛṁhitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accompanied by the glories of the Supreme Lord"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vasudeva-nārada-saṁvādam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within the conversation between Vasudeva and Nārada"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśamāyanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which gives full satisfaction to the mind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upariṣṭāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hereafter (in the Eleventh Canto)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṇayiṣyāmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I shall vividly explain."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In addition to these sons were Kavi, Havi, Antarikṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Drumila, Camasa and Karabhājana. These were all very exalted, advanced devotees and authorized preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These devotees were glorified due to their strong devotion to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore they were very exalted. To satisfy the mind perfectly, I [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] shall hereafter describe the characteristics of these nine devotees when I discuss the conversation between Nārada and Vasudeva.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [],
|
||||
"verse_end": 12
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 13,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.13",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यवीयांस एकाशीतिर्जायन्तेयाः पितुर् आदेशकरा महाशालीना महा\nश्रोत्रिया यज्ञशीलाः कर्मविशुद्धा ब्राह्मणा बभूवुः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yavīyāṁsa ekāśītir jāyanteyāḥ pitur ādeśakarā mahā-śālīnā mahā-\nśrotriyā yajña-śīlāḥ karma-viśuddhā brāhmaṇā babhūvuḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yavīyāṁsaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"younger"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekāśītiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"numbering eighty-one"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jāyanteyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the sons of Jayantī, the wife of Ṛṣabhadeva"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pituḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of their father"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ādeśakarāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"following the order"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-śālīnāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"well behaved, well cultured"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-śrotriyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"extremely learned in Vedic knowledge"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yajña-śīlāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karma-viśuddhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very pure in their activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmaṇāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"qualified brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "babhūvuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In addition to these nineteen sons mentioned above, there were eighty-one younger ones, all born of Ṛṣabhadeva and Jayantī. According to the order of their father, they became well cultured, well behaved, very pure in their activities and expert in Vedic knowledge and the performance of Vedic rituals. Thus they all became perfectly qualified brāhmaṇas.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"From this verse we have good information of how the castes are qualified according to quality and work. Ṛṣabhadeva, a king, was certainly a <i>kṣatriya.</i> He had a hundred sons, and out of these, ten were engaged as <i>kṣatriyas</i> and ruled the planet. Nine sons became good preachers of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (<i>mahā-bhāgavatas</i>), and this indicates that they were above the position of <i>brāhmaṇas.</i> The other eighty-one sons became highly qualified <i>brāhmaṇas.</i> These are some practical examples of how one can become fit for a certain type of activity by qualification, not by birth. All the sons of Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva were <i>kṣatriyas</i> by birth, but by quality some of them became <i>kṣatriyas,</i> and some became <i>brāhmaṇas.</i> Nine became preachers of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (<i>bhāgavata-dharma-darśanāḥ</i>), which means that they were above the categories of <i>kṣatriya</i> and <i>brāhmaṇa.</i>"
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 14,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.14",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भगवान् ऋषभसंज्ञ आत्मतन्त्रः स्वयं नित्यनिवृत्तानर्थ\nपरम्परः केवलानन्दानुभव ईश्वर एव विपरीतवत्कर्माण्य् \nआरभमाणः कालेनानुगतं धर्मम् आचरणेनोपशिक्षयन्न् अतद्\nविदां सम उपशान्तो मैत्रः कारुणिको धर्मार्थयशःप्रजानन्\nदामृतावरोधेन गृहेषु लोकं नियमयत्.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhagavān ṛṣabha-saṁjña ātma-tantraḥ svayaṁ nitya-nivṛttānartha-\nparamparaḥ kevalānandānubhava īśvara eva viparītavat karmāṇy \nārabhamāṇaḥ kālenānugataṁ dharmam ācaraṇenopaśikṣayann atad-\nvidāṁ sama upaśānto maitraḥ kāruṇiko dharmārtha-yaśaḥ-prajānan-\ndāmṛtāvarodhena gṛheṣu lokaṁ niyamayat.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣabha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ṛṣabha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saṁjñaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"named"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-tantraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fully independent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"personally"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nitya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eternally"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nivṛtta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"free from"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anartha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of things not wanted (birth, old age, disease and death)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paramparaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the continual succession, one after another"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kevala",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ānanda-anubhavaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"full of transcendental bliss"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśvaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Lord, the controller"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viparīta-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just like the opposite"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karmāṇi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārabhamāṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"performing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kālena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in course of time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anugatam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"neglected"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the varṇāśrama-dharma"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ācaraṇena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by executing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśikṣayan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"teaching"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "a-tat-vidām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"persons who are in ignorance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"equipoised"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśāntaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"undisturbed by the material senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "maitraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very friendly to everyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāruṇikaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very merciful to all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"religious principles"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"economic development"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"reputation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prajā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons and daughters"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ānanda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material pleasure"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amṛta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"eternal life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avarodhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for achieving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛheṣu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in household life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lokam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the people in general"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niyamayat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He regulated."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Being an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva was fully independent because His form was spiritual, eternal and full of transcendental bliss. He eternally had nothing to do with the four principles of material misery [birth, death, old age and disease]. Nor was He materially attached. He was always equipoised, and He saw everyone on the same level. He was unhappy to see others unhappy, and He was the well-wisher of all living entities. Although He was a perfect personality, the Supreme Lord and controller of all, He nonetheless acted as if He were an ordinary conditioned soul. Therefore He strictly followed the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma and acted accordingly. In due course of time, the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma had become neglected; therefore through His personal characteristics and behavior, He taught the ignorant public how to perform duties within the varṇāśrama-dharma. In this way He regulated the general populace in householder life, enabling them to develop religion and economic well-being and to attain reputations, sons and daughters, material pleasure and finally eternal life. By His instructions, He showed how people could remain householders and at the same time become perfect by following the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> is meant for imperfect, conditioned souls. It trains them to become spiritually advanced in order to return home, back to Godhead. A civilization that does not know the highest aim of life is no better than an animal society. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:</i> <i>na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum.</i> A human society is meant for elevation to spiritual knowledge so that all of the people can be freed from the clutches of birth, death, old age and disease. The <i>varṇāśrama-dharma</i> enables human society to become perfectly fit for getting out of the clutches of <i>māyā,</i> and by following the regulative principles of <i>varṇāśrama-dharma,</i> one can become successful. In this regard, see <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (3.21-24)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 15,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.15",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यद्यच्छीर्षण्याचरितं तत्तद् अनुवर्तते लोकः.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yad yac chīrṣaṇyācaritaṁ tat tad anuvartate lokaḥ.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whatever"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śīrṣaṇya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the leading personalities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ācaritam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"performed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuvartate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"follow"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "lokaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the people in general."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"A similar verse is also found in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (3.21). It is essential for human society to have a section of men perfectly trained as qualified <i>brāhmaṇas</i> according to the instructions of Vedic knowledge. Those below the brahminical qualification—administrators, merchants and workers—should take instructions from those ideal people who are considered to be intellectuals. In this way, everyone can be elevated to the highest transcendental position and be freed from material attachment. The material world is described by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself as <i>duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam,</i> a temporary place of misery. No one can stay here, even if he makes a compromise with misery. One has to give up this body and accept another, which may not even be a human body. As soon as one gets a material body, he becomes <i>deha-bhṛt,</i> or <i>dehī.</i> In other words, he is subjected to all the material conditions. The leaders of society must be so ideal that by following them one can be relieved from the clutches of material existence."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 16,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.16",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यद्यपि स्वविदितं सकलधर्मं ब्राह्मं गुह्यं ब्राह्मणैर् \nदर्शितमार्गेण सामादिभिर् उपायैर्जनताम् अनुशशास.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yadyapi sva-viditaṁ sakala-dharmaṁ brāhmaṁ guhyaṁ brāhmaṇair \ndarśita-mārgeṇa sāmādibhir upāyair janatām anuśaśāsa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadyapi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-viditam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"known by Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakala-dharmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which includes all different types of occupational duties"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Vedic instruction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very confidential"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmaṇaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "darśita-mārgeṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the path showed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāma-ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sāma, dama, titikṣā (controlling the mind, controlling the senses, practicing tolerance) and so on"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upāyaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the means"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "janatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the people in general"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuśaśāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he ruled over."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Although Lord Ṛṣabhadeva knew everything about confidential Vedic knowledge, which includes information about all types of occupational duties, He still maintained Himself as a kṣatriya and followed the instructions of the brāhmaṇas as they related to mind control, sense control, tolerance and so forth. Thus He ruled the people according to the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, which enjoins that the brāhmaṇas instruct the kṣatriyas and the kṣatriyas administer to the state through the vaiśyas and śūdras.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Although Ṛṣabhadeva knew all the Vedic instructions perfectly well, He nonetheless followed the instructions of the <i>brāhmaṇas</i> in order to perfectly maintain the social order. The <i>brāhmaṇas</i> would give advice according to the <i>śāstras,</i> and all the other castes would follow. The word <i>brahma</i> means \"perfect knowledge of all activities,\" and this knowledge is very confidentially described in the Vedic literatures. Men trained perfectly as <i>brāhmaṇas</i> should know all Vedic literature, and the benefit derived from this literature should be distributed to the general populace. The general populace should follow the perfect <i>brāhmaṇa.</i> In this way, one can learn how to control the mind and senses and thus gradually advance to spiritual perfection."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 17,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.17",
|
||||
"devanagari": "द्रव्यदेशकालवयःश्रद्धर्त्विग्विविधोद्देशोपचितैः सर्वैर् अपि \nक्रतुभिर्यथोपदेशं शतकृत्व इयाज.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "dravya-deśa-kāla-vayaḥ-śraddhartvig-vividhoddeśopacitaiḥ sarvair api \nkratubhir yathopadeśaṁ śata-kṛtva iyāja.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dravya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the ingredients for performing yajña"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "deśa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the particular place, a holy place or a temple"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the suitable time, such as springtime"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the age, especially youth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śraddhā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"faith in goodness, not in passion and ignorance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛtvik",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the priests"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vividha-uddeśa",
|
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"meanings": [
|
||||
"worshiping different demigods for different purposes"
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||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upacitaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"enriched by"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarvaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all kinds of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"certainly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kratubhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by sacrificial ceremonies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā-upadeśam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to the instruction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śata-kṛtvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one hundred times"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iyāja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He worshiped."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Lord Ṛṣabhadeva performed all kinds of sacrifices one hundred times according to the instructions of the Vedic literatures. Thus He satisfied Lord Viṣṇu in every respect. All the rituals were enriched by first-class ingredients. They were executed in holy places according to the proper time by priests who were all young and faithful. In this way Lord Viṣṇu was worshiped, and the prasāda was offered to all the demigods. Thus the functions and festivals were all successful.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It is said, <i>kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha</i> (<i>Bhāg. </i>7.6.1). A ritual should be performed by young men, even boys, at a tender age in order for the ritual to be performed successfully. From childhood, people should be trained in Vedic culture, especially in devotional service. In this way, one can perfect one's life. A Vaiṣṇava does not disrespect the demigods, but on the other hand he is not so foolish that he accepts each and every demigod as the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is master of all demigods; therefore the demigods are His servants. The Vaiṣṇava accepts them as servants of the Supreme Lord, and he worships them directly. In the <i>Brahma-saṁhitā,</i> the important demigods—Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and even the incarnations and expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa like Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and all the other <i>viṣṇu-tattvas,</i> as well as the <i>śakti-tattvas</i> like Durgādevī—are all worshiped by the process of worshiping Govinda with the words <i>govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.</i> A Vaiṣṇava worships the demigods in relation to Govinda, not independently. Vaiṣṇavas are not so foolish that they consider the demigods independent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta.</i> <i>Ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya:</i> the supreme master is Kṛṣṇa, and all others are His servants."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 5,
|
||||
"chapter": 4,
|
||||
"verse": 18,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 5.4.18",
|
||||
"devanagari": "भगवतर्षभेण परिरक्ष्यमाण एतस्मिन्वर्षे न कश्चन पुरुषो \nवांछत्य् अविद्यमानम् इवात्मनो ऽन्यस्मात्कथंचन किमपि \nकर्हिचिद् अवेक्षते भर्तर्य् अनुसवनं विजृम्भितस्नेहातिशयम् अन्तरेण.",
|
||||
"transliteration": "bhagavatarṣabheṇa parirakṣyamāṇa etasmin varṣe na kaścana puruṣo \nvāñchaty avidyamānam ivātmano 'nyasmāt kathañcana kimapi \nkarhicid avekṣate bhartary anusavanaṁ vijṛmbhita-snehātiśayam antareṇa.",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ṛṣabheṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"King Ṛṣabha"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parirakṣyamāṇe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being protected"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varṣe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaścana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"anyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puruṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"even a common man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāñchati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"desires"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avidyamānam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not existing in reality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as if"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for himself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyasmāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from anyone else"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kathañcana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by any means"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kimapi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"anything"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karhicit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at any time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avekṣate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"does care to see"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhartari",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"toward the master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anusavanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"always"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vijṛmbhita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"expanding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sneha-atiśayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very great affection"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "antareṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within one's self."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>No one likes to possess anything that is like a will-o'-the-wisp or a flower in the sky, for everyone knows very well that such things do not exist. When Lord Ṛṣabhadeva ruled this planet of Bhāratavarṣa, even common men did not want to ask for anything, at any time or by any means. No one ever asks for a will-o'-the-wisp. In other words, everyone was completely satisfied, and therefore there was no chance of anyone's asking for anything. The people were absorbed in great affection for the King. Since this affection was always expanding, they were not inclined to ask for anything.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In Bengal the word <i>ghoḍā-ḍimba</i> is used, which means \"the egg of a horse.\" Since a horse never lays an egg, the word <i>ghoḍā-ḍimba</i> actually has no meaning. In Sanskrit there is a word <i>kha-puṣpa,</i> which means \"the flower in the sky.\" No flower grows in the sky; therefore no one is interested in asking for <i>kha-puṣpa</i> or <i>ghoḍā-ḍimba.</i> During the reign of Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva, people were so well equipped that they did not want to ask for anything. They were immensely supplied with all necessities for life due to King Ṛṣabhadeva's good government. Consequently everyone felt full satisfaction and did not want anything. This is the perfection of government. If the citizens are unhappy due to bad government, the heads of government are condemned. During these democratic days, monarchy is disliked by the people, but here is an example of how an emperor of the whole world kept all the citizens fully satisfied by supplying the necessities of life and following the Vedic principles. Thus everyone was happy during the reign of Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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