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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 1,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.1",
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"devanagari": "श्रीनारद उवाच\nपौरोहित्याय भगवान्वृतः काव्यः किलासुरैः\nषण्डामर्कौ सुतौ तस्य दैत्यराजगृहान्तिके",
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"transliteration": "śrī-nārada uvāca\npaurohityāya bhagavān\nvṛtaḥ kāvyaḥ kilāsuraiḥ\nṣaṇḍāmarkau sutau tasya\ndaitya-rāja-gṛhāntike",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca",
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"meanings": [
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"the great saint Nārada said"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "paurohityāya",
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"meanings": [
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"to work as priest"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bhagavān",
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"meanings": [
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"the most powerful"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "vṛtaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"chosen"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "kāvyaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"Śukrācārya"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "kila",
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"meanings": [
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"indeed"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "asuraiḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"by the demons"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ṣaṇḍa-amarkau",
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"meanings": [
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"Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "sutau",
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"meanings": [
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"sons"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "tasya",
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"meanings": [
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"of him"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "daitya-rāja",
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"meanings": [
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"of the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "gṛha-antike",
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"meanings": [
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"near the residence."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>The great saint Nārada Muni said:</b><b> The demons, headed by Hiraṇyakaśipu, accepted Śukrācārya as their priest for ritualistic ceremonies. Śukrācārya's two sons, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, lived near Hiraṇyakaśipu's palace.</b>",
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"purport": [
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"The beginning of the life story of Prahlāda is recounted as follows. Śukrācārya became the priest of the atheists, especially Hiraṇyakaśipu, and thus his two sons, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, resided near Hiraṇyakaśipu's residence. Śukrācārya should not have become the priest of Hiraṇyakaśipu because Hiraṇyakaśipu and his followers were all atheists. A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> should become the priest of a person interested in the advancement of spiritual culture. The very name Śukrācārya, however, indicates a person interested in obtaining benefits for his sons and descendants, regardless of how the money comes. A real <i>brāhmaṇa</i> would not become a priest for atheistic men."
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]
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}
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{
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 2,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.2",
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"devanagari": "तौ राज्ञा प्रापितं बालं प्रह्लादं नयकोविदम्\nपाठयाम् आसतुः पाठ्यान् अन्यांश्चासुरबालकान्",
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"transliteration": "tau rājñā prāpitaṁ bālaṁ\nprahlādaṁ naya-kovidam\npāṭhayām āsatuḥ pāṭhyān\nanyāṁś cāsura-bālakān",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "tau",
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"meanings": [
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"those two (Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka)"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "rājñā",
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"meanings": [
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"by the King"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "prāpitam",
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"meanings": [
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"sent"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "bālam",
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"meanings": [
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"the boy"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "prahlādam",
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"meanings": [
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"named Prahlāda"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "naya-kovidam",
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"meanings": [
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"who was aware of moral principles"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "pāṭhayām āsatuḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"instructed"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "pāṭhyān",
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"meanings": [
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"books of material knowledge"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "anyān",
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"meanings": [
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"other"
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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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{
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"word": "asura-bālakān",
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"meanings": [
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"sons of the asuras."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja was already educated in devotional life, but when his father sent him to those two sons of Śukrācārya to be educated, they accepted him at their school along with the other sons of the asuras.</b>",
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"purport": []
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}
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{
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 3,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.3",
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"devanagari": "यत्तत्र गुरुणा प्रोक्तं शुश्रुवे ऽनुपपाठ च\nन साधु मनसा मेने स्वपरासद्ग्रहाश्रयम्",
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"transliteration": "yat tatra guruṇā proktaṁ\nśuśruve 'nupapāṭha ca\nna sādhu manasā mene\nsva-parāsad-grahāśrayam",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "yat",
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"meanings": [
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"which"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "tatra",
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"meanings": [
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"there (in the school)"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "guruṇā",
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"meanings": [
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"by the teachers"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "proktam",
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"meanings": [
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"instructed"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "śuśruve",
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"meanings": [
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"heard"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "anupapāṭha",
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"meanings": [
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"recited"
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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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"and"
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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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"not"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "sādhu",
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"meanings": [
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"good"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "manasā",
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"meanings": [
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"by the mind"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "mene",
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"meanings": [
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"considered"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "sva",
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"meanings": [
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"of one's own"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "para",
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"meanings": [
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"and of others"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "asat-graha",
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"meanings": [
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"by the bad philosophy"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "āśrayam",
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"meanings": [
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"which was supported."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>Prahlāda certainly heard and recited the topics of politics and economics taught by the teachers, but he understood that political philosophy involves considering someone a friend and someone else an enemy, and thus he did not like it.</b>",
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"purport": [
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"Politics involves accepting one group of men as enemies and another group as friends. Everything in politics is based on this philosophy, and the entire world, especially at the present, is engrossed in it. The public is concerned with friendly countries and friendly groups or enemy countries and enemy groups, but as stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> a learned person does not make distinctions between enemies and friends. Devotees, especially, do not create friends and enemies. A devotee sees that every living being is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa (<i>mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ</i>). Therefore a devotee treats friends and enemies equally by trying to educate them both in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course, atheistic men do not follow the instructions of pure devotees, but instead consider a devotee their enemy. A devotee, however, never creates a situation of friendship and enmity. Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was obliged to hear the instructions of Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, he did not like the philosophy of friends and enemies, which forms the basis of politics. He was not interested in this philosophy."
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}
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 4,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.4",
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"devanagari": "एकदासुरराट्पुत्रम् अंकम् आरोप्य पाण्डव\nपप्रच्छ कथ्यतां वत्स मन्यते साधु यद्भवान्",
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"transliteration": "ekadāsura-rāṭ putram\naṅkam āropya pāṇḍava\npapraccha kathyatāṁ vatsa\nmanyate sādhu yad bhavān",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "ekadā",
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"meanings": [
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"once upon a time"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "asura-rāṭ",
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"meanings": [
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"the Emperor of the asuras"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "putram",
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"meanings": [
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"his son"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "aṅkam",
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"meanings": [
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"on the lap"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "āropya",
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"meanings": [
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"placing"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "pāṇḍava",
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"meanings": [
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"O Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "papraccha",
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"meanings": [
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"inquired"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "kathyatām",
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"meanings": [
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"let it be told"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "vatsa",
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"meanings": [
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"my dear son"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "manyate",
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"meanings": [
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"considers"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "sādhu",
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"meanings": [
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"the best"
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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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"that which"
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},
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{
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"word": "bhavān",
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"meanings": [
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"your good self."
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, once upon a time the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, took his son Prahlāda on his lap and very affectionately inquired: My dear son, please let me know what you think is the best of all the subjects you have studied from your teachers.</b>",
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"purport": [
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"Hiraṇyakaśipu did not ask his young son anything that would be very difficult for him to answer; instead, he gave the boy a chance to speak plainly about whatever he thought might be best. Prahlāda Mahārāja, of course, being a perfect devotee, knew everything and could say what the best part of life is. In the <i>Vedas</i> it is said, <i>yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati:</i> if one properly understands God, he can understand any subject matter very nicely. Sometimes we have to challenge big scientists and philosophers, but by the grace of Kṛṣṇa we emerge successful. It is impossible, practically speaking, for ordinary men to challenge scientists or philosophers concerning genuine knowledge, but a devotee can challenge them because the best of everything is known to a devotee by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (10.11):",
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"<i>teṣām evānukampārtham<br/> aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ<br/> nāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho<br/> jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā</i>",
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"Kṛṣṇa, who is situated in the core of everyone's heart as the Supersoul, dissipates all the ignorance from the heart of a devotee. As a special favor, He enlightens the devotee with all knowledge by putting before him the torch of light. Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, knew the best of knowledge, and when his father inquired from him, Prahlāda gave him that knowledge. Prahlāda Mahārāja was able to solve the most difficult parts of problems because of his advanced Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore he replied as follows."
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}
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 5,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.5",
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"devanagari": "श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच\nतत्साधु मन्ये ऽसुरवर्य देहिनां सदा समुद्विग्नधियाम् असद्ग्रहात्\nहित्वात्मपातं गृहम् अन्धकूपं वनं गतो यद्धरिम् आश्रयेत",
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"transliteration": "śrī-prahlāda uvāca\ntat sādhu manye 'sura-varya dehināṁ\nsadā samudvigna-dhiyām asad-grahāt\nhitvātma-pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpaṁ\nvanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta",
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "śrī-prahlādaḥ uvāca",
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"meanings": [
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"Prahlāda Mahārāja replied"
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"word": "tat",
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"meanings": [
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"that"
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},
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"word": "sādhu",
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"meanings": [
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"very good, or the best part of life"
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},
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"word": "manye",
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"meanings": [
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"I think"
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"word": "asura-varya",
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"O King of the asuras"
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"word": "dehinām",
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"meanings": [
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"of persons who have accepted the material body"
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},
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"word": "sadā",
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"meanings": [
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"always"
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},
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"word": "samudvigna",
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"meanings": [
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"full of anxieties"
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},
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"word": "dhiyām",
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"meanings": [
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"whose intelligence"
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},
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"word": "asat-grahāt",
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"meanings": [
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"because of accepting the temporary body or bodily relations as real (thinking \"I am this body, and everything belonging to this body is mine\")"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "hitvā",
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"meanings": [
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"giving up"
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},
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{
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"word": "ātma-pātam",
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"meanings": [
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"the place where spiritual culture or self-realization is stopped"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "gṛham",
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"meanings": [
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"the bodily concept of life, or household life"
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]
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},
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{
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||||
"word": "andha-kūpam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which is nothing but a blind well (where there is no water but one nonetheless searches for water)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the forest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"going"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "harim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśrayeta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may take shelter of."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja replied:</b><b> O best of the asuras, King of the demons, as far as I have learned from my spiritual master, any person who has accepted a temporary body and temporary household life is certainly embarrassed by anxiety because of having fallen in a dark well where there is no water but only suffering. One should give up this position and go to the forest [vana]. More clearly, one should go to Vṛndāvana, where only Kṛṣṇa consciousness is prevalent, and should thus take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu thought that Prahlāda, being nothing but a small boy with no actual experience, might reply with something pleasing but nothing practical. Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, being an exalted devotee, had acquired all the qualities of education.",
|
||||
"<i>yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā<br/> sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ<br/> harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā<br/> manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa consistently manifests all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods. However, he who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord.\" (<i>Bhāg. </i>5.18.12) So-called educated philosophers and scientists who are simply on the mental platform cannot distinguish between what is actually <i>sat,</i> eternal, and what is <i>asat,</i> temporary. The Vedic injunction is <i>asato mā jyotir gama:</i> everyone should give up the platform of temporary existence and approach the eternal platform. The soul is eternal, and topics concerning the eternal soul are actually knowledge. Elsewhere it is said, <i>apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām:</i> those who are attached to the bodily conception of life and who thus stick to life as a <i>gṛhastha,</i> or householder, on the platform of material sense enjoyment, cannot see the welfare of the eternal soul. Prahlāda Mahārāja confirmed this by saying that if one wants success in life, he should immediately understand from the right sources what his self-interest is and how he should mold his life in spiritual consciousness. One should understand himself to be part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa and thus completely take shelter of His lotus feet for guaranteed spiritual success. Everyone in the material world is in the bodily conception, struggling hard for existence, life after life. Prahlāda Mahārāja therefore recommended that to stop this material condition of repeated birth and death, one should go to the forest (<i>vana</i>).",
|
||||
"In the <i>varṇāśrama</i> system, one first becomes a <i>brahmacārī,</i> then a <i>gṛhastha,</i> a <i>vānaprastha</i> and finally a <i>sannyāsī.</i> Going to the forest means accepting <i>vānaprastha</i> life, which is between <i>gṛhastha</i> life and <i>sannyāsa.</i> As confirmed in the <i>Viṣṇu Purāṇa</i> (3.8.9), <i>varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān viṣṇur ārādhyate:</i> by accepting the institution of <i>varṇa</i> and <i>āśrama,</i> one can very easily elevate himself to the platform of worshiping Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise, if one remains in the bodily conception, one must rot within this material world, and his life will be a failure. Society must have divisions of <i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra,</i> and for spiritual advancement one must gradually develop as a <i>brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsī.</i> Prahlāda Mahārāja recommended that his father accept <i>vānaprastha</i> life because as a <i>gṛhastha</i> he was becoming increasingly demoniac due to bodily attachment. Prahlāda recommended to his father that accepting <i>vānaprastha</i> life would be better than going deeper and deeper into <i>gṛham andha-kūpam,</i> the blind well of life as a <i>gṛhastha.</i> In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we therefore invite all the elderly persons of the world to come to Vṛndāvana and stay there in retired life, making advancement in spiritual consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 6,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.6",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीनारद उवाच\nश्रुत्वा पुत्रगिरो दैत्यः परपक्षसमाहिताः\nजहास बुद्धिर्बालानां भिद्यते परबुद्धिभिः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-nārada uvāca\nśrutvā putra-giro daityaḥ\npara-pakṣa-samāhitāḥ\njahāsa buddhir bālānāṁ\nbhidyate para-buddhibhiḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nārada Muni said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrutvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hearing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "putra-giraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the instructive words of his son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daityaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-pakṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the side of the enemy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samāhitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"full of faith"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jahāsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"laughed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "buddhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of small boys"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhidyate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is polluted"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-buddhibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by instructions from the enemy's camp."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Nārada Muni continued:</b><b> When Prahlāda Mahārāja spoke about the path of self-realization in devotional service, thus being faithful to the camp of his father's enemies, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the demons, heard Prahlāda's words and he laughingly said, \"Thus is the intelligence of children spoiled by the words of the enemy.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu, being a demon, would always consider Lord Viṣṇu and His devotees to be his enemies. Therefore the word <i>para-pakṣa</i> (\"on the side of the enemy\") is used here. Hiraṇyakaśipu never agreed with the words of Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a Vaiṣṇava. Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Kṛṣṇa, says, <i>sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja</i>—\"Give up all other duties and surrender unto Me\"—but demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu never agree to do this. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says:",
|
||||
"<i>na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ<br/> prapadyante narādhamāḥ<br/> māyayāpahṛta-jñānā<br/> āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.\" (Bg. 7.15) The <i>asura-bhāva,</i> the atheistic nature, is directly represented by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Such persons, being <i>mūḍha</i> and <i>narādhama</i>—fools and rascals, the lowest of men—would never accept Viṣṇu as the Supreme and surrender to Him. Hiraṇyakaśipu naturally became increasingly angry that his son Prahlāda was being influenced by the camp of the enemies. He therefore asked that saintly persons like Nārada not be allowed within the residential quarters of his son, for otherwise Prahlāda would be further spoiled by Vaiṣṇava instructions."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 7,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.7",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सम्यग्विधार्यतां बालो गुरुगेहे द्विजातिभिः\nविष्णुपक्षैः प्रतिच्छन्नैर्न भिद्येतास्य धीर्यथा",
|
||||
"transliteration": "samyag vidhāryatāṁ bālo\nguru-gehe dvi-jātibhiḥ\nviṣṇu-pakṣaiḥ praticchannair\nna bhidyetāsya dhīr yathā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samyak",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"completely"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidhāryatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let him be protected"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this boy of tender age"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guru-gehe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the guru-kula, the place where children are sent to be instructed by the guru"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvi-jātibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇu-pakṣaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are on the side of Viṣṇu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "praticchannaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disguised in different dresses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na bhidyeta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may not be influenced"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhīḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so that."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Hiraṇyakaśipu advised his assistants: My dear demons, give complete protection to this boy at the guru-kula where he is instructed, so that his intelligence will not be further influenced by Vaiṣṇavas who may go there in disguise.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, the tactic of dressing oneself like an ordinary <i>karmī</i> is necessary because everyone in the demoniac kingdom is against the Vaiṣṇava teachings. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not at all to the liking of the demons of the present age. As soon as they see a Vaiṣṇava dressed in saffron garments with beads on his neck and <i>tilaka</i> on his forehead, they are immediately irritated. They criticize the Vaiṣṇavas by sarcastically saying Hare Kṛṣṇa, and some people also chant Hare Kṛṣṇa sincerely. In either case, since Hare Kṛṣṇa is absolute, whether one chants it jokingly or sincerely, it will have its effect. The Vaiṣṇavas are pleased when the demons chant Hare Kṛṣṇa because this shows that the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is taking ground. The greater demons, like Hiraṇyakaśipu, are always prepared to chastise the Vaiṣṇavas, and they try to make arrangements so that Vaiṣṇavas will not come to sell their books and preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus what was done by Hiraṇyakaśipu long, long ago is still being done. That is the way of materialistic life. Demons or materialists do not at all like the advancement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and they try to hinder it in many ways. Yet the preachers of Kṛṣṇa consciousness must go forward—in their Vaiṣṇava dress or any other dress—for the purpose of preaching. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says that if an honest person deals with a great cheater, it is necessary for him to become a cheater also, not for the purpose of cheating but to make his preaching successful."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 8,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.8",
|
||||
"devanagari": "गृहम् आनीतम् आहूय प्रह्रादं दैत्ययाजकाः\nप्रशस्य श्लक्ष्णया वाचा समपृच्छन्त सामभिः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "gṛham ānītam āhūya\nprahrādaṁ daitya-yājakāḥ\npraśasya ślakṣṇayā vācā\nsamapṛcchanta sāmabhiḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the place of the teachers (Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ānītam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"brought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āhūya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"calling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrādam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daitya-yājakāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the priests of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "praśasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by pacifying"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ślakṣṇayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with a very mild"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vācā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"voice"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samapṛcchanta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they questioned"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sāmabhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by very agreeable words."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When Hiraṇyakaśipu's servants brought the boy Prahlāda back to the guru-kula </b><b>[the place where the brāhmaṇas taught the boys]</b><b>, the priests of the demons, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, pacified him. With very mild voices and affectionate words, they inquired from him as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the priests of the demons, were eager to know from Prahlāda Mahārāja who the Vaiṣṇavas were that came to instruct him in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Their purpose was to discover the names of these Vaiṣṇavas. In the beginning they did not threaten the boy because when threatened he might not identify the real culprits. Therefore they very mildly and peacefully inquired as follows."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 9,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.9",
|
||||
"devanagari": "वत्स प्रह्राद भद्रं ते सत्यं कथय मा मृषा\nबालान् अति कुतस्तुभ्यम् एष बुद्धिविपर्ययः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "vatsa prahrāda bhadraṁ te\nsatyaṁ kathaya mā mṛṣā\nbālān ati kutas tubhyam\neṣa buddhi-viparyayaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vatsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O dear son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrāda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhadram te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all blessings and good fortune unto you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "satyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the truth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kathaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"speak"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"do not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛṣā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a lie"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālān ati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"passing over the other demon boys"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kutaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from where"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tubhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "buddhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viparyayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pollution."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
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"translation": "<b>Dear son Prahlāda, all peace and good fortune unto you. Kindly do not speak lies; just reply with the truth. These boys you see are not like you, for they do not speak in a deviant way. How have you learned these instructions? How has your intelligence been spoiled in this way?</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja was still a boy, and therefore his teachers thought that if they pacified the little boy he would immediately speak the truth, revealing the secret of how the Vaiṣṇavas came there to teach him lessons in devotional service. It was surprising, of course, that in the same school the other boys of the Daityas were not polluted; only Prahlāda Mahārāja was supposedly polluted by the instructions of the Vaiṣṇavas. The main duty of the teachers was to inquire who those Vaiṣṇavas were that came to teach Prahlāda and spoil his intelligence."
|
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]
|
||||
}
|
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 10,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.10",
|
||||
"devanagari": "बुद्धिभेदः परकृत उताहो ते स्वतो ऽभवत्\nभण्यतां श्रोतुकामानां गुरूणां कुलनन्दन",
|
||||
"transliteration": "buddhi-bhedaḥ para-kṛta\nutāho te svato 'bhavat\nbhaṇyatāṁ śrotu-kāmānāṁ\ngurūṇāṁ kula-nandana",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "buddhi-bhedaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"pollution of the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-kṛtaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"done by the enemies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "utāho",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by yourself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhavat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"was"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhaṇyatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let it be told"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrotu-kāmānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to us, who are very eager to hear about it"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gurūṇām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all your teachers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kula-nandana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O best of your family."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O best of your family, has this pollution of your intelligence been brought about by you or by the enemies? We are all your teachers and are very eager to hear about this. Please tell us the truth.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja's teachers were astonished that a small boy could speak such exalted Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Therefore they inquired about the Vaiṣṇavas who stealthily taught it to him, in order that these Vaiṣṇavas might be arrested and killed in the presence of Prahlāda's father, Hiraṇyakaśipu."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 11,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.11",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच\nपरः स्वश्चेत्य् असद्ग्राहः पुंसां यन्मायया कृतः\nविमोहितधियां दृष्टस्तस्मै भगवते नमः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-prahrāda uvāca\nparaḥ svaś cety asad-grāhaḥ\npuṁsāṁ yan-māyayā kṛtaḥ\nvimohita-dhiyāṁ dṛṣṭas\ntasmai bhagavate namaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja replied"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"an enemy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a kinsman or friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asat-grāhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"material conception of life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṁsām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of persons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māyayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the external energy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛtaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"created"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vimohita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bewildered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhiyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of those whose intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dṛṣṭaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"practically experienced"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasmai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "namaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my respectful obeisances."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja replied:</b><b> Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose external energy has created the distinctions of \"my friend\" and \"my enemy\" by deluding the intelligence of men. Indeed, I am now actually experiencing this, although I have previously heard of it from authoritative sources.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (5.18):",
|
||||
"<i>vidyā-vinaya-sampanne<br/> brāhmaṇe gavi hastini<br/> śuni caiva śvapāke ca<br/> paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].\" <i>Paṇḍitāḥ,</i> those who are actually learned—the equipoised, advanced devotees who have full knowledge of everything—do not see any living entity as an enemy or friend. Instead, with broader vision, they see that everyone is part of Kṛṣṇa, as confirmed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (<i>jīvera 'svarūpa' haya</i>—<i>kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa</i>'). Every living entity, being part of the Supreme Lord, is meant to serve the Lord, just as every part of the body is meant to serve the whole body.",
|
||||
"As servants of the Supreme Lord, all living entities are one, but a Vaiṣṇava, because of his natural humility, addresses every other living entity as <i>prabhu.</i> A Vaiṣṇava sees other servants to be so advanced that he has much to learn from them. Thus he accepts all other devotees of the Lord as <i>prabhus,</i> masters. Although everyone is a servant of the Lord, one Vaiṣṇava servant, because of humility, sees another servant as his master. Understanding of the master begins from understanding of the spiritual master.",
|
||||
"<i>yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo<br/> yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi <br/> </i>[<i>Gurv-aṣṭaka 8</i>]",
|
||||
"\"By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement.\"",
|
||||
"<i>sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair<br/> uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ<br/> kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya<br/> vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam <br/> </i>[<i>Gurv-aṣṭaka 7</i>]",
|
||||
"\"The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Śrī Hari [Kṛṣṇa].\" The spiritual master, the servant of God, is engaged in the most confidential service of the Lord, namely delivering all the conditioned souls from the clutches of <i>māyā,</i> in which one thinks, \"This person is my enemy, and that one is my friend.\" Actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the friend of all living entities, and all living entities are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord. Oneness is possible through this understanding, not through artificially thinking that every one of us is God or equal to God. The true understanding is that God is the supreme master and that all of us are servants of the Supreme Lord and are therefore on the same platform. This had already been taught to Prahlāda Mahārāja by his spiritual master, Nārada, but Prahlāda was nonetheless surprised by how a bewildered soul thinks one person his enemy and another his friend.",
|
||||
"As long as one adheres to the philosophy of duality, thinking one person a friend and another an enemy, he should be understood to be in the clutches of <i>māyā.</i> The Māyāvādī philosopher who thinks that all living entities are God and are therefore one is also mistaken. No one is equal to God. The servant cannot be equal to the master. According to the Vaiṣṇava philosophy, the master is one, and the servants are also one, but the distinction between the master and servant must continue even in the liberated stage. In the conditioned stage we think that some living beings are our friends whereas others are enemies, and thus we are in duality. In the liberated stage, however, the conception is that God is the master and that all living entities, being servants of God, are one."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 12,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.12",
|
||||
"devanagari": "स यदानुव्रतः पुंसां पशुबुद्धिर्विभिद्यते\nअन्य एष तथान्यो ऽहम् इति भेदगतासती",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sa yadānuvrataḥ puṁsāṁ\npaśu-buddhir vibhidyate\nanya eṣa tathānyo 'ham\niti bheda-gatāsatī",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anuvrataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"favorable or pleased"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṁsām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the conditioned souls"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paśu-buddhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the animalistic conception of life (\"I am the Supreme, and everyone is God\")"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vibhidyate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is destroyed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"another"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as well as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"another"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bheda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"distinction"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asatī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which is disastrous."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased with the living entity because of his devotional service, one becomes a paṇḍita and does not make distinctions between enemies, friends and himself. Intelligently, he then thinks, \"Every one of us is an eternal servant of God, and therefore we are not different from one another.\"</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"When Prahlāda Mahārāja's teachers and demoniac father asked him how his intelligence had been polluted, Prahlāda Mahārāja said, \"As far as I am concerned, my intelligence has not been polluted. Rather, by the grace of my spiritual master and by the grace of my Lord, Kṛṣṇa, I have now learned that no one is my enemy and no one is my friend. We are all actually eternal servants of Kṛṣṇa, but under the influence of the external energy we think that we are separately situated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead as friends and enemies of one another. This mistaken idea has now been corrected, and therefore, unlike ordinary human beings, I no longer think that I am God and that others are my friends and enemies. Now I am rightly thinking that everyone is an eternal servant of God and that our duty is to serve the supreme master, for then we shall stand on the platform of oneness as servants.\"",
|
||||
"Demons think of everyone as a friend or enemy, but Vaiṣṇavas say that since everyone is a servant of the Lord, everyone is on the same platform. Therefore a Vaiṣṇava treats other living entities neither as friends nor as enemies, but instead tries to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, teaching everyone that we are all one as servants of the Supreme Lord but are uselessly wasting our valuable lives by creating nations, communities and other groups of friends and enemies. Everyone should come to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thus feel oneness as a servant of the Lord. Although there are 8,400,000 species of life, a Vaiṣṇava feels this oneness. The <i>Īśopaniṣad</i> advises, <i>ekatvam anupaśyataḥ.</i> A devotee should see the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be situated in everyone's heart and should also see every living entity as an eternal servant of the Lord. This vision is called <i>ekatvam,</i> oneness. Although there is a relationship of master and servant, both master and servant are one because of their spiritual identity. This is also <i>ekatvam.</i> Thus the conception of <i>ekatvam</i> for the Vaiṣṇava is different from that of the Māyāvādī.",
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu asked Prahlāda Mahārāja how he had become antagonistic to his family. When a family member is killed by an enemy, all the members of the family would naturally be inimical to the murderer, but Hiraṇyakaśipu saw that Prahlāda had become friendly with the murderer. Therefore he asked, \"Who has created this kind of intelligence in you? Have you developed this consciousness by yourself? Since you are a small boy, someone must have induced you to think this way.\" Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to reply that an attitude favorable toward Viṣṇu can develop only when the Lord is favorable (<i>sa yadānuvrataḥ</i>). As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā,</i> Kṛṣṇa is the friend of everyone (<i>suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati</i>). The Lord is never an enemy to any of the millions of living entities, but is always a friend to everyone. This is true understanding. If one thinks that the Lord is an enemy, his intelligence is <i>paśu-buddhi,</i> the intelligence of an animal. He falsely thinks, \"I am different from my enemy, and my enemy is different from me. The enemy has done this, and therefore my duty is to kill him.\" This misconception is described in this verse as <i>bheda-gatāsatī.</i> The actual fact is that everyone is a servant of the Lord, as confirmed in <i>Caitanya-caritāmṛta</i> by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (<i>jīvera 'svarūpa' haya—kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa</i>'). As servants of the Lord, we are one, and there can be no questions of enmity or friendship. If one actually understands that every one of us is a servant of the Lord, where is the question of enemy or friend?",
|
||||
"Everyone should be friendly for the service of the Lord. Everyone should praise another's service to the Lord and not be proud of his own service. This is the way of Vaiṣṇava thinking, Vaikuṇṭha thinking. There may be rivalries and apparent competition between servants in performing service, but in the Vaikuṇṭha planets the service of another servant is appreciated, not condemned. This is Vaikuṇṭha competition. There is no question of enmity between servants. Everyone should be allowed to render service to the Lord to the best of his ability, and everyone should appreciate the service of others. Such are the activities of Vaikuṇṭha. Since everyone is a servant, everyone is on the same platform and is allowed to serve the Lord according to his ability. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (15.15), <i>sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca:</i> the Lord is situated in everyone's heart, giving dictation according to the attitude of the servant. However, the Lord gives different dictation to the nondevotees and devotees. The nondevotees challenge the authority of the Supreme Lord, and therefore the Lord dictates in such a way that the nondevotees forget the Lord's service, life after life, and are punished by the laws of nature. But when a devotee very sincerely wants to render service to the Lord, the Lord dictates in a different way. As the Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (10.10):",
|
||||
"<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.\" Everyone is actually a servant, not an enemy or friend, and everyone is working under different directions from the Lord, who directs each living entity according to his mentality."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 13,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.13",
|
||||
"devanagari": "स एष आत्मा स्वपरेत्य् अबुद्धिभिर्दुरत्ययानुक्रमणो निरूप्यते\nमुह्यन्ति यद्वर्त्मनि वेदवादिनो ब्रह्मादयो ह्य् एष भिनत्ति मे मतिम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sa eṣa ātmā sva-parety abuddhibhir\nduratyayānukramaṇo nirūpyate\nmuhyanti yad-vartmani veda-vādino\nbrahmādayo hy eṣa bhinatti me matim",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"He"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Supersoul situated in everyone's heart"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-para",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this is my own business, and that is someone else's"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abuddhibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by those who have such bad intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duratyaya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very difficult to follow"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anukramaṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose devotional service"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirūpyate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is ascertained (by scriptures or the instructions of the spiritual master)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muhyanti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are bewildered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of whom"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vartmani",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the path"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "veda-vādinaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the followers of Vedic instructions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahma-ādayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demigods, beginning from Lord Brahmā"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this one"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhinatti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"changes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"intelligence."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Persons who always think in terms of \"enemy\" and \"friend\" are unable to ascertain the Supersoul within themselves. Not to speak of them, even such exalted persons as Lord Brahmā, who are fully conversant with the Vedic literature, are sometimes bewildered in following the principles of devotional service. The same Supreme Personality of Godhead who has created this situation has certainly given me the intelligence to take the side of your so-called enemy.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja admitted frankly, \"My dear teachers, you wrongly think that Lord Viṣṇu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone. You may think that I have taken the side of your enemy, but factually He has bestowed a great favor upon me.\""
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 14,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.14",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यथा भ्राम्यत्य् अयो ब्रह्मन्स्वयम् आकर्षसन्निधौ\nतथा मे भिद्यते चेतश्चक्रपाणेर्यदृच्छया",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yathā bhrāmyaty ayo brahman\nsvayam ākarṣa-sannidhau\ntathā me bhidyate cetaś\ncakra-pāṇer yadṛcchayā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhrāmyati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moves"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"iron"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahman",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O brāhmaṇas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"itself"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ākarṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a magnet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sannidhau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the proximity"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"similarly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhidyate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is changed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cetaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"consciousness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakra-pāṇeḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Lord Viṣṇu, who has a disc in His hand"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadṛcchayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"simply by the will."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O brāhmaṇas [teachers], as iron attracted by a magnetic stone moves automatically toward the magnet, my consciousness, having been changed by His will, is attracted by Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc in His hand. Thus I have no independence.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"For iron to be attracted by a magnet is natural. Similarly, for all living entities to be attracted toward Kṛṣṇa is natural, and therefore the Lord's real name is Kṛṣṇa, meaning He who attracts everyone and everything. The typical examples of such attraction are found in Vṛndāvana, where everything and everyone is attracted by Kṛṣṇa. The elderly persons like Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodādevī, the friends like Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and the other cowherd boys, the <i>gopīs</i> like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Her associates, and even the birds, beasts, cows and calves are attracted. The flowers and fruits in the gardens are attracted, the waves of the Yamunā are attracted, and the land, sky, trees, plants, animals and all other living beings are attracted by Kṛṣṇa. This is the natural situation of everything in Vṛndāvana.",
|
||||
"Just contrary to the affairs of Vṛndāvana is the material world, where no one is attracted by Kṛṣṇa and everyone is attracted by <i>māyā.</i> This is the difference between the spiritual and material worlds. Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was in the material world, was attracted by women and money, whereas Prahlāda Mahārāja, being in his natural position, was attracted by Kṛṣṇa. In replying to Hiraṇyakaśipu's question about why Prahlāda Mahārāja had a deviant view, Prahlāda said that his view was not deviant, for the natural position of everyone is to be attracted by Kṛṣṇa. Hiraṇyakaśipu found this view deviant, Prahlāda said, because of being unnaturally unattracted by Kṛṣṇa. Hiraṇyakaśipu therefore needed purification.",
|
||||
"As soon as one is purified of material contamination, he is again attracted by Kṛṣṇa. (<i>sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam</i>). In the material world, everyone is contaminated by the dirt of sense gratification and is acting according to different designations, sometimes as a human being, sometimes a beast, sometimes a demigod or tree, and so on. One must be cleansed of all these designations. Then one will be naturally attracted to Kṛṣṇa. The <i>bhakti</i> process purifies the living entity of all unnatural attractions. When one is purified he is attracted by Kṛṣṇa and begins to serve Kṛṣṇa instead of serving <i>māyā.</i> This is his natural position. A devotee is attracted by Kṛṣṇa, whereas a nondevotee, being contaminated by the dirt of material enjoyment, is not. This is confirmed by the Lord in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.28):",
|
||||
"<i>yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ<br/> janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām<br/> te dvandva-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 delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.\" One must be freed from all the sinful dirt of material existence. Everyone in this material world is contaminated by material desire. Unless one is free from all material desire (<i>anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam</i>), one cannot be attracted by Kṛṣṇa."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 15,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.15",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीनारद उवाच\nएतावद्ब्राह्मणायोक्त्वा विरराम महामतिः\nतं सन्निभर्त्स्य कुपितः सुदीनो राजसेवकः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-nārada uvāca\netāvad brāhmaṇāyoktvā\nvirarāma mahā-matiḥ\ntaṁ sannibhartsya kupitaḥ\nsudīno rāja-sevakaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nārada Muni said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this much"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brāhmaṇāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the brāhmaṇas, the sons of Śukrācārya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uktvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"speaking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "virarāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became silent"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who possessed great intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"him (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sannibhartsya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"chastising very harshly"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kupitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being angry"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "su-dīnaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"poor in thought, or very much aggrieved"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-sevakaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the servants of King Hiraṇyakaśipu."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The great saint Nārada Muni continued:</b><b> The great soul Prahlāda Mahārāja became silent after saying this to his teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the seminal sons of Śukrācārya. These so-called brāhmaṇas then became angry at him. Because they were servants of Hiraṇyakaśipu, they were very sorry, and to chastise Prahlāda Mahārāja they spoke as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The word <i>śukra</i> means \"semen.\" The sons of Śukrācārya were <i>brāhmaṇas</i> by birthright, but an actual <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is one who possesses the brahminical qualities. The <i>brāhmaṇas</i> Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, being seminal sons of Śukrācārya, did not actually possess real brahminical qualifications, for they engaged as servants of Hiraṇyakaśipu. An actual <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is very much satisfied to see anyone, not to speak of his disciple, become a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Such <i>brāhmaṇas</i> are meant to satisfy the supreme master. A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> is strictly prohibited from becoming a servant of anyone else, for that is the business of dogs and <i>śūdras.</i> A dog must satisfy his master, but a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> does not have to satisfy anyone; he is simply meant to satisfy Kṛṣṇa (<i>ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam</i>). That is the real qualification of a <i>brāhmaṇa.</i> Because Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka were seminal <i>brāhmaṇas</i> and had become servants of such a master as Hiraṇyakaśipu, they unnecessarily wanted to chastise Prahlāda Mahārāja."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 16,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.16",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आनीयताम् अरे वेत्रम् अस्माकम् अयशस्करः\nकुलांगारस्य दुर्बुद्धेश्चतुर्थो ऽस्योदितो दमः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ānīyatām are vetram\nasmākam ayaśaskaraḥ\nkulāṅgārasya durbuddheś\ncaturtho 'syodito damaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ānīyatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let it be brought"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "are",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"oh"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vetram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the stick"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asmākam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of us"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayaśaskaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is bringing defamation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kula-aṅgārasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of he who is like a cinder in the dynasty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durbuddheḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having bad intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "caturthaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the fourth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uditaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"declared"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "damaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"punishment (the stick, argumentum ad baculum)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Oh, please bring me a stick! This Prahlāda is damaging our name and fame. Because of his bad intelligence, he has become like a cinder in the dynasty of the demons. Now he needs to be treated by the fourth of the four kinds of political diplomacy.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In political affairs, when a person disobediently agitates against the government, four principles are used to suppress him—legal orders, pacification, the offer of a post, or, finally, weapons. When there are no other arguments, he is punished. In logic, this is called <i>argumentum ad baculum.</i> When the two seminal <i>brāhmaṇas</i> Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka failed to extract from Prahlāda Mahārāja the cause for his having opinions different from those of his father, they called for a stick with which to chastise him to satisfy their master, Hiraṇyakaśipu. Because Prahlāda had become a devotee, they considered him to be contaminated by bad intelligence and to be the worst descendant in the family of demons. As it is said, where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. In a society or family in which everyone is a demon, for someone to become a Vaiṣṇava is certainly folly. Thus Prahlāda Mahārāja was charged with bad intelligence because he was among demons, including his teachers, who were supposedly <i>brāhmaṇas.</i>",
|
||||
"The members of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are in a position similar to that of Prahlāda Mahārāja. All over the world, ninety-nine percent of the people are godless demons, and therefore our preaching of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, following in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, is always hampered by many impediments. Because of their fault of being devotees, the American boys who have sacrificed everything for preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness are charged with being members of the CIA. Moreover, the seminal <i>brāhmaṇas</i> in India, who say that one can become a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> only if born in a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> family, charge us with ruining the Hindu system of religion. Of course, the fact is that one becomes a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> by qualification. Because we are training Europeans and Americans to become qualified and are awarding them brahminical status, we are being charged with destroying the Hindu religion. Nonetheless, confronting all kinds of difficulties, we must spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement with great determination, like that of Prahlāda Mahārāja. In spite of being the son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda never feared the chastisements of the seminal <i>brāhmaṇa</i> sons of a demoniac father."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 17,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.17",
|
||||
"devanagari": "दैतेयचन्दनवने जातो ऽयं कण्टकद्रुमः\nयन्मूलोन्मूलपरशोर्विष्णोर्नालायितो ऽर्भकः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "daiteya-candana-vane\njāto 'yaṁ kaṇṭaka-drumaḥ\nyan-mūlonmūla-paraśor\nviṣṇor nālāyito 'rbhakaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daiteya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the demoniac family"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "candana-vane",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the sandalwood forest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jātaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"born"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṇṭaka-drumaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thorn tree"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mūla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the roots"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "unmūla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the cutting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paraśoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is like an axe"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Lord Viṣṇu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nālāyitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the handle"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arbhakaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"boy."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>This rascal Prahlāda has appeared like a thorn tree in a forest of sandalwood. To cut down sandalwood trees, an axe is needed, and the wood of the thorn tree is very suitable for the handle of such an axe. Lord Viṣṇu is the axe for cutting down the sandalwood forest of the family of demons, and this Prahlāda is the handle for that axe.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Thorn trees generally grow in deserted places, not in sandalwood forests, but the seminal <i>brāhmaṇas</i> Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka compared the dynasty of the Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu to a sandalwood forest and compared Prahlāda Mahārāja to a hard, strong thorn tree that could provide the handle of an axe. They compared Lord Viṣṇu to the axe itself. An axe alone cannot cut a thorn tree; it needs a handle, which may be made of the wood of a thorn tree. Thus the thorn tree of demoniac civilization can be cut to pieces by the axe of <i>viṣṇu-bhakti,</i> devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Some of the members of the demoniac civilization, like Prahlāda Mahārāja, may become the handle for the axe, to assist Lord Viṣṇu, and thus the entire forest of demoniac civilization can be cut to pieces."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 18,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.18",
|
||||
"devanagari": "इति तं विविधोपायैर्भीषयंस्तर्जनादिभिः\nप्रह्रादं ग्राहयाम् आस त्रिवर्गस्योपपादनम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "iti taṁ vividhopāyair\nbhīṣayaṁs tarjanādibhiḥ\nprahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa\ntri-vargasyopapādanam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in this way"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"him (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vividha-upāyaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by various means"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhīṣayan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"threatening"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tarjana-ādibhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by chastisement, threats, etc."
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrādam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Prahlāda Mahārāja"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "grāhayām āsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"taught"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tri-vargasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the three goals of life (the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upapādanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"scripture that presents."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the teachers of Prahlāda Mahārāja, chastised and threatened their disciple in various ways and began teaching him about the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification. This is the way they educated him.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse the words <i>prahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa</i> are important. The words <i>grāhayām āsa</i> literally mean that they tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to accept the paths of <i>dharma, artha</i> and <i>kāma</i> (religion, economic development and sense gratification). People are generally preoccupied with these three concerns, without interest in the path of liberation. Hiraṇyakaśipu, the father of Prahlāda Mahārāja, was simply interested in gold and sense enjoyment. The word <i>hiraṇya</i> means \"gold,\" and <i>kaśipu</i> refers to soft cushions and bedding on which people enjoy sense gratification. The word <i>prahlāda,</i> however, refers to one who is always joyful in understanding Brahman (<i>brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā</i>). <i>Prahlāda</i> means <i>prasannātmā,</i> always joyful. Prahlāda was always joyful in worshiping the Lord, but in accordance with the instructions of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the teachers were interested in teaching him about material things. Materialistic persons think that the path of religion is meant for improving their material conditions. The materialist goes to a temple to worship many varieties of demigods just to receive some benediction to improve his material life. He goes to a <i>sādhu</i> or so-called <i>svāmī</i> to take advantage of an easy method for achieving material opulence. In the name of religion, the so-called <i>sādhus</i> try to satisfy the senses of the materialists by showing them shortcuts to material opulence. Sometimes they give some talisman or blessing. Sometimes they attract materialistic persons by producing gold. Then they declare themselves God, and foolish materialists are attracted to them for economic development. As a result of this process of cheating, others are reluctant to accept a religious process, and instead they advise people in general to work for material advancement. This is going on all over the world. Not only now but since time immemorial, no one is interested in <i>mokṣa,</i> liberation. There are four principles—<i>dharma</i> (religion), <i>artha</i> (economic development), <i>kāma</i> (sense gratification) and <i>mokṣa</i> (liberation). People accept religion to become materially opulent. And why should one be materially opulent? For sense gratification. Thus people prefer these three <i>mārgas,</i> the three paths of materialistic life. No one is interested in liberation, and <i>bhagavad-bhakti,</i> devotional service to the Lord, is above even liberation. Therefore the process of devotional service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is extremely difficult to understand. This will be explained later by Prahlāda Mahārāja. The teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to accept the materialistic way of life, but actually their attempt was a failure."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 19,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.19",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तत एनं गुरुर्ज्ञात्वा ज्ञातज्ञेयचतुष्टयम्\nदैत्येन्द्रं दर्शयाम् आस मातृमृष्टम् अलंकृतम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tata enaṁ gurur jñātvā\njñāta-jñeya-catuṣṭayam\ndaityendraṁ darśayām āsa\nmātṛ-mṛṣṭam alaṅkṛtam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thereafter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "enam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"him (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guruḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his teachers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jñātvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"knowing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jñāta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"known"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jñeya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which are to be known"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "catuṣṭayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the four diplomatic principles (sāma, the process of pacifying"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daitya-indram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the Daityas"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "darśayām āsa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"presented"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mātṛ-mṛṣṭam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being bathed by his mother"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "alaṅkṛtam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"decorated with ornaments."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After some time, the teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka thought that Prahlāda Mahārāja was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them, and punishing them in cases of disobedience. Then, one day, after Prahlāda's mother had personally washed the boy and dressed him nicely with sufficient ornaments, they presented him before his father.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"It is essential for a student who is going to be a ruler or king to learn the four diplomatic principles. There is always rivalry between a king and his citizens. Therefore, when a citizen agitates the public against the king, the duty of the king is to call him and try to pacify him with sweet words, saying, \"You are very important in the state. Why should you disturb the public with some new cause for agitation?\" If the citizen is not pacified, the king should then offer him some lucrative post as a governor or minister—any post that draws a high salary—so that he may be agreeable. If the enemy still goes on agitating the public, the king should try to create dissension in the enemy's camp, but if he still continues, the king should employ <i>argumentum ad baculum</i>—severe punishment—by putting him in jail or placing him before a firing squad. The teachers appointed by Hiraṇyakaśipu taught Prahlāda Mahārāja how to be a diplomat so that he could rule over the citizens very nicely."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 20,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.20",
|
||||
"devanagari": "पादयोः पतितं बालं प्रतिनन्द्याशिषासुरः\nपरिष्वज्य चिरं दोर्भ्यां परमाम् आप निर्वृतिम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "pādayoḥ patitaṁ bālaṁ\npratinandyāśiṣāsuraḥ\npariṣvajya ciraṁ dorbhyāṁ\nparamām āpa nirvṛtim",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pādayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at the feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "patitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fallen"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the boy (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratinandya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"encouraging"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśiṣā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with blessings (\"My dear child, may you live long and be happy\" and so on)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asuraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pariṣvajya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"embracing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ciram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for a long time due to affection"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dorbhyām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with his two arms"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paramām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"great"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āpa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtained"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirvṛtim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"jubilation."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When Hiraṇyakaśipu saw that his child had fallen at his feet and was offering obeisances, as an affectionate father he immediately began showering blessings upon the child and embraced him with both arms. A father naturally feels happy to embrace his son, and Hiraṇyakaśipu became very happy in this way.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 21,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.21",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आरोप्यांकम् अवघ्राय मूर्धन्य् अश्रुकलाम्बुभिः\nआसिंचन्विकसद्वक्त्रम् इदम् आह युधिष्ठिर",
|
||||
"transliteration": "āropyāṅkam avaghrāya\nmūrdhany aśru-kalāmbubhiḥ\nāsiñcan vikasad-vaktram\nidam āha yudhiṣṭhira",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āropya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"placing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅkam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the lap"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avaghrāya mūrdhani",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"smelling his head"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aśru",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of tears"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kalā-ambubhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with water from drops"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsiñcan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"moistening"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vikasat-vaktram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his smiling face"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yudhiṣṭhira",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Nārada Muni continued:</b><b> My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, Hiraṇyakaśipu seated Prahlāda Mahārāja on his lap and began smelling his head. With affectionate tears gliding down from his eyes and moistening the child's smiling face, he spoke to his son as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"If a child or disciple falls at the feet of the father or spiritual master, the superior responds by smelling the head of the subordinate."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 22,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.22",
|
||||
"devanagari": "हिरण्यकशिपुर् उवाच\nप्रह्रादानूच्यतां तात स्वधीतं किंचिद् उत्तमम्\nकालेनैतावतायुष्मन्यद् अशिक्षद्गुरोर्भवान्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "hiraṇyakaśipur uvāca\nprahrādānūcyatāṁ tāta\nsvadhītaṁ kiñcid uttamam\nkālenaitāvatāyuṣman\nyad aśikṣad guror bhavān",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇyakaśipuḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"King Hiraṇyakaśipu said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrāda",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear Prahlāda"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anūcyatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let it be told"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my dear son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svadhītam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"well learned"
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]
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},
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{
|
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"word": "kiñcit",
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"meanings": [
|
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"something"
|
||||
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"word": "uttamam",
|
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"meanings": [
|
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"very nice"
|
||||
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"word": "kālena etāvatā",
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"meanings": [
|
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"for so much time"
|
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]
|
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},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āyuṣman",
|
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"meanings": [
|
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"O long-lived one"
|
||||
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
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"which"
|
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]
|
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},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aśikṣat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"has learned"
|
||||
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"word": "guroḥ",
|
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"meanings": [
|
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"from your teachers"
|
||||
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
||||
"word": "bhavān",
|
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"meanings": [
|
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"yourself."
|
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]
|
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}
|
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],
|
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"translation": "<b>Hiraṇyakaśipu said: </b><b>My dear Prahlāda, my dear son, O long-lived one, for so much time you have heard many things from your teachers. Now please repeat to me whatever you think is the best of that knowledge.</b>",
|
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"purport": [
|
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"In this verse, Hiraṇyakaśipu inquires from his son what he has learned from his <i>guru.</i> Prahlāda Mahārāja's <i>gurus</i> were of two kinds—Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of Śukrācārya in the seminal disciplic succession, were the <i>gurus</i> appointed by his father, but his other <i>guru</i> was the exalted Nārada Muni, who had instructed Prahlāda when Prahlāda was within the womb of his mother. Prahlāda Mahārāja responded to the inquiry of his father with the instructions he had received from his spiritual master, Nārada. Thus there was again a difference of opinion because Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to relate the best thing he had learned from his spiritual master, whereas Hiraṇyakaśipu expected to hear about the politics and diplomacy Prahlāda had learned from Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka. Now the dissension between the father and son became increasingly intense as Prahlāda Mahārāja began to say what he had learned from his <i>guru</i> Nārada Muni."
|
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]
|
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}
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 23,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.23-24",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच\nश्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः स्मरणं पादसेवनम्\nअर्चनं वन्दनं दास्यं सख्यम् आत्मनिवेदनम्\nइति पुंसार्पिता विष्णौ भक्तिश्चेन्नवलक्षणा\nक्रियेत भगवत्य् अद्धा तन्मन्ये ऽधीतम् उत्तमम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-prahrāda uvāca\nśravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ\nsmaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam\narcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ\nsakhyam ātma-nivedanam\niti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau\nbhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā\nkriyeta bhagavaty addhā\ntan manye 'dhītam uttamam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śravaṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hearing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kīrtanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"chanting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Lord Viṣṇu (not anyone else)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "smaraṇam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"remembering"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pāda-sevanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"serving the feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arcanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offering worship (with ṣoḍaśopacāra, the sixteen kinds of paraphernalia)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vandanaṁ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offering prayers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dāsyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"becoming the servant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sakhyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"becoming the best friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātma-nivedanam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"surrendering everything, whatever one has"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṁsā arpitā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"offered by the devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Lord Viṣṇu (not to anyone else)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhaktiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"devotional service"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cet",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"if"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nava-lakṣaṇā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"possessing nine different processes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kriyeta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one should perform"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "addhā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"directly or completely"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"I consider"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhītam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"learning"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uttamam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"topmost."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)—these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"When Prahlāda Mahārāja was asked by his father to say something from whatever he had learned, he considered that what he had learned from his spiritual master was the best of all teachings whereas what he had learned about diplomacy from his material teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, was useless. <i>Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra ca</i> (<i>Bhāg. </i>11.2.42). This is the symptom of pure devotional service. A pure devotee is interested only in devotional service, not in material affairs. To execute devotional service, one should always engage in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa, or Lord Viṣṇu. The process of temple worship is called <i>arcana.</i> How to perform <i>arcana</i> will be explained herein. One should have complete faith in the words of Kṛṣṇa, who says that He is the great well-wishing friend of everyone (<i>suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām</i>). A devotee considers Kṛṣṇa the only friend. This is called <i>sakhyam.</i> <i>Puṁsārpitā viṣṇau.</i> The word <i>puṁsā</i> means \"by all living entities.\" There are no distinctions permitting only a man or only a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> to offer devotional service to the Lord. Everyone can do so. As confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.32), <i>striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim:</i> although women, <i>vaiśyas</i> and <i>śūdras</i> are considered less intelligent, they also can become devotees and return home, back to Godhead.",
|
||||
"After performing sacrifices, sometimes a person engaged in fruitive activity customarily offers the results to Viṣṇu. But here it is said, <i>bhagavaty addhā:</i> one must directly offer everything to Viṣṇu. This is called <i>sannyāsa</i> (not merely <i>nyāsa</i>). A <i>tridaṇḍi-sannyāsī</i> carries three <i>daṇḍas,</i> signifying <i>kaya-mano-vākya</i>—body, mind and words. All of these should be offered to Viṣṇu, and then one can begin devotional service. Fruitive workers first perform some pious activities and then formally or officially offer the results to Viṣṇu. The real devotee, however, first offers his surrender to Kṛṣṇa with his body, mind and words and then uses his body, mind and words for the service of Kṛṣṇa as Kṛṣṇa desires.",
|
||||
"Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following explanation in his <i>Tathya.</i> The word <i>śravaṇa</i> refers to giving aural reception to the holy name and descriptions of the Lord's form, qualities, entourage and pastimes as explained in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā</i> and similar authorized scriptures. After aurally receiving such messages, one should memorize these vibrations and repeat them (<i>kīrtanam</i>). <i>Smaraṇam</i> means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord, and <i>pāda-sevanam</i> means engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the time and circumstances. <i>Arcanam</i> means worshiping Lord Viṣṇu as one does in the temple, and <i>vandanam</i> means offering respectful obeisances. <i>Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru.</i> <i>Vandanam</i> means <i>namaskuru</i>—offering obeisances or offering prayers. Thinking oneself to be <i>nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa,</i> everlastingly a servant of Kṛṣṇa, is called <i>dāsyam,</i> and <i>sakhyam</i> means being a well-wisher of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa wants everyone to surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant. Therefore, as a sincere friend of Kṛṣṇa, one should preach this philosophy, requesting everyone to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa. <i>Ātma-nivedanam</i> means offering Kṛṣṇa everything, including one's body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess.",
|
||||
"One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional service is technically called <i>bhakti.</i> The word <i>addhā</i> means \"directly.\" One should not be like the <i>karmīs,</i> who perform pious activities and then formally offer the results to Kṛṣṇa. That is <i>karma-kāṇḍa.</i> One should not aspire for the results of his pious activities, but should dedicate oneself fully and then act piously. In other words, one should act for the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu, not for the satisfaction of his own senses. That is the meaning of the word <i>addhā,</i> \"directly.\"",
|
||||
"<i>anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ<br/> jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam<br/> ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-<br/> śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā<br/> </i>[<i>Brs.</i> <i>1.1.11</i>]",
|
||||
"\"One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.\" One should simply satisfy Kṛṣṇa, without being influenced by fruitive knowledge or fruitive activity.",
|
||||
"The <i>Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad</i> says that the word <i>bhakti</i> means engagement in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not of anyone else. This <i>Upaniṣad</i> describes that <i>bhakti</i> is the offering of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To perform devotional service, one should be relieved of the bodily conception of life and aspirations to be happy through elevation to the higher planetary systems. In other words, work performed simply for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, without any desire for material benefits, is called <i>bhakti.</i> <i>Bhakti</i> is also called <i>niṣkarma,</i> or freedom from the results of fruitive activity. <i>Bhakti</i> and <i>niṣkarma</i> are on the same platform, although devotional service and fruitive activity appear almost the same.",
|
||||
"The nine different processes enunciated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, who learned them from Nārada Muni, may not all be required for the execution of devotional service; if a devotee performs only one of these nine without deviation, he can attain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes it is found that when one performs one of the processes, other processes are mixed with it. That is not improper for a devotee. When a devotee executes any one of the nine processes (<i>nava-lakṣaṇā</i>), this is sufficient; the other eight processes are included. Now let us discuss these nine different processes.",
|
||||
"(1) <i>Śravaṇam.</i> Hearing of the holy name of the Lord (<i>śravaṇam</i>) is the beginning of devotional service. Although any one of the nine processes is sufficient, in chronological order the hearing of the holy name of the Lord is the beginning. Indeed, it is essential. As enunciated by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, <i>ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam:</i> by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is cleansed of the material conception of life, which is due to the dirty modes of material nature. When the dirt is cleansed from the core of one's heart, one can realize the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead—<i>īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ.</i> Thus by hearing the holy name of the Lord, one comes to the platform of understanding the personal form of the Lord. After realizing the Lord's form, one can realize the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and when one can understand His transcendental qualities one can understand the Lord's associates. In this way a devotee advances further and further toward complete understanding of the Lord as he awakens in realization of the Lord's holy name, transcendental form and qualities, His paraphernalia, and everything pertaining to Him. Therefore the chronological process is <i>śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ.</i> This same process of chronological understanding holds true in chanting and remembering. When the chanting of the holy name, form, qualities and paraphernalia is heard from the mouth of a pure devotee, his hearing and chanting are very pleasing. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī has forbidden us to hear the chanting of an artificial devotee or nondevotee.",
|
||||
"Hearing from the text of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> is considered the most important process of hearing. <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> is full of transcendental chanting of the holy name, and therefore the chanting and hearing of <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> are transcendentally full of mellows. The transcendental holy name of the Lord may be heard and chanted accordingly to the attraction of the devotee. One may chant the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, or one may chant the holy name of Lord Rāma or Nṛsiṁhadeva (<i>rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan</i>). The Lord has innumerable forms and names, and devotees may meditate upon a particular form and chant the holy name according to his attraction. The best course is to hear of the holy name, form and so on from a pure devotee of the same standard as oneself. In other words, one who is attached to Kṛṣṇa should chant and hear from other pure devotees who are also attached to Lord Kṛṣṇa. The same principle applies for devotees attracted by Lord Rāma, Lord Nṛsiṁha and other forms of the Lord. Because Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate form of the Lord (<i>kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam</i>), it is best to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa's name, form and pastimes from a realized devotee who is particularly attracted by the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,</i> great devotees like Śukadeva Gosvāmī have specifically described Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name, form and qualities. Unless one hears about the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord, one cannot clearly understand the other processes of devotional service. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends that one chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. <i>Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam.</i> If one is fortunate enough to hear from the mouth of realized devotees, he is very easily successful on the path of devotional service. Therefore hearing of the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord is essential.",
|
||||
"In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (1.5.11) there is this verse:",
|
||||
"<i>tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo<br/> yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api<br/> nāmāny anantasya yaśo-'ṅkitāni yat<br/> śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Verses describing the name, form and qualities of Anantadeva, the unlimited Supreme Lord, are able to vanquish all the sinful reactions of the entire world. Therefore even if such verses are improperly composed, devotees hear them, describe them and accept them as bona fide and authorized.\" In this connection, Śrīdhara Svāmī has remarked that a pure devotee takes advantage of another pure devotee by trying to hear from him about the holy name, form and qualities of the Lord. If there is no such opportunity, he alone chants and hears the Lord's holy name.",
|
||||
"(2) <i>Kīrtanam.</i> The hearing of the holy name has been described above. Now let us try to understand the chanting of the holy name, which is the second item in the consecutive order. It is recommended that such chanting be performed very loudly. In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,</i> Nārada Muni says that without shame he began traveling all over the world, chanting the holy name of the Lord. Similarly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has advised:",
|
||||
"<i>tṛṇād api sunīcena<br/> taror api sahiṣṇunā<br/> amāninā mānadena<br/> kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ<br/> </i>[<i>Śikṣāṣṭaka</i> <i>3</i>]",
|
||||
"A devotee can very peacefully chant the holy name of the Lord by behaving more humbly than the grass, being tolerant like a tree and offering respects to everyone, without expecting honor from anyone else. Such qualifications make it easier to chant the holy name of the Lord. The process of transcendental chanting can be easily performed by anyone. Even if one is physically unfit, classified lower than others, devoid of material qualifications or not at all elevated in terms of pious activities, the chanting of the holy name is beneficial. An aristocratic birth, an advanced education, beautiful bodily features, wealth and similar results of pious activities are all unnecessary for advancement in spiritual life, for one can very easily advance simply by chanting the holy name. It is understood from the authoritative source of Vedic literature that especially in this age, Kali-yuga, people are generally short-living, extremely bad in their habits, and inclined to accept methods of devotional service that are not bona fide. Moreover, they are always disturbed by material conditions, and they are mostly unfortunate. Under the circumstances, the performance of other processes, such as <i>yajña, dāna, tapaḥ</i> and <i>kriyā</i>—sacrifices, charity and so on—are not at all possible. Therefore it is recommended:",
|
||||
"<i>harer nāma harer nāma<br/> harer nāmaiva kevalam<br/> kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva<br/> nāsty eva gatir anyathā<br/> </i>[<i>Ādi 17.21</i>]",
|
||||
"\"In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.\" Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one advances perfectly in spiritual life. This is the best process for success in life. In other ages, the chanting of the holy name is equally powerful, but especially in this age, Kali-yuga, it is most powerful. <i>Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet: </i>simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, one is liberated and returns home, back to Godhead. Therefore, even if one is able to perform other processes of devotional service, one must adopt the chanting of the holy name as the principal method of advancing in spiritual life. <i>Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ:</i> those who are very sharp in their intelligence should adopt this process of chanting the holy names of the Lord. One should not, however, manufacture different types of chanting. One should adhere seriously to the chanting of the holy name as recommended in the scriptures: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.",
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"While chanting the holy name of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid ten offenses. From Sanat-kumāra it is understood that even if a person is a severe offender in many ways, he is freed from offensive life if he takes shelter of the Lord's holy name. Indeed, even if a human being is no better than a two-legged animal, he will be liberated if he takes shelter of the holy name of the Lord. One should therefore be very careful not to commit offenses at the lotus feet of the Lord's holy name. The offenses are described as follows: (<i>a</i>) to blaspheme a devotee, especially a devotee engaged in broadcasting the glories of the holy name, (<i>b</i>) to consider the name of Lord Śiva or any other demigod to be equally as powerful as the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (no one is equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor is anyone superior to Him), (<i>c</i>) to disobey the instructions of the spiritual master, (<i>d</i>) to blaspheme the Vedic literatures and literatures compiled in pursuance of the Vedic literatures, (<i>e</i>) to comment that the glories of the holy name of the Lord are exaggerated, (<i>f</i>) to interpret the holy name in a deviant way, (<i>g</i>) to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, (<i>h</i>) to compare the chanting of the holy name to pious activities, (<i>i</i>) to instruct the glories of the holy name to a person who has no understanding of the chanting of the holy name, (<i>j</i>) not to awaken in transcendental attachment for the chanting of the holy name, even after hearing all these scriptural injunctions.",
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"There is no way to atone for any of these offenses. It is therefore recommended that an offender at the feet of the holy name continue to chant the holy name twenty-four hours a day. Constant chanting of the holy name will make one free of offenses, and then he will gradually be elevated to the transcendental platform on which he can chant the pure holy name and thus become a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.",
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"It is recommended that even if one commits offenses, one should continue chanting the holy name. In other words, the chanting of the holy name makes one offenseless. In the book <i>Nāma-kaumudī</i> it is recommended that if one is an offender at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, he should submit to that Vaiṣṇava and be excused; similarly, if one is an offender in chanting the holy name, he should submit to the holy name and thus be freed from his offenses. In this connection there is the following statement, spoken by Dakṣa to Lord Śiva: \"I did not know the glories of your personality, and therefore I committed an offense at your lotus feet in the open assembly. You are so kind, however, that you did not accept my offense. Instead, when I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me and be satisfied with your own exalted qualities.\"",
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"One should be very humble and meek to offer one's desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such as <i>ayi mukta-kulair upāsya mānam</i> and <i>nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād.</i> One should chant such prayers to become free from offenses at the lotus feet of the holy name.",
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"(3) <i>Smaraṇam.</i> After one regularly performs the processes of hearing and chanting and after the core of one's heart is cleansed, <i>smaraṇam,</i> remembering, is recommended. In <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (2.1.11) Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells King Parīkṣit:",
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"<i>etan nirvidyamānānām<br/> icchatām akuto-bhayam<br/> yogināṁ nṛpa nirṇītaṁ<br/> harer nāmānukīrtanam</i>",
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"\"O King, for great <i>yogīs</i> who have completely renounced all material connections, for those who desire all material enjoyment and for those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord is recommended.\" According to different relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are varieties of <i>nāmānukīrtanam,</i> chanting of the holy name, and thus according to different relationships and mellows there are five kinds of remembering. These are as follows: (<i>a</i>) conducting research into the worship of a particular form of the Lord, (<i>b</i>) concentrating the mind on one subject and withdrawing the mind's activities of thinking, feeling and willing from all other subjects, (<i>c</i>) concentrating upon a particular form of the Lord (this is called meditation), (<i>d</i>) concentrating one's mind continuously on the form of the Lord (this is called <i>dhruvānusmṛti,</i> or perfect meditation), and (<i>e</i>) awakening a likening for concentration upon a particular form (this is called <i>samādhi,</i> or trance). Mental concentration upon particular pastimes of the Lord in particular circumstances is also called remembrance. Therefore <i>samādhi,</i> trance, can be possible in five different ways in terms of one's relationship. Specifically, the trance of devotees on the stage of neutrality is called mental concentration.",
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"(4) <i>Pāda-sevanam.</i> According to one's taste and strength, hearing, chanting and remembrance may be followed by <i>pāda-sevanam.</i> One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord. Being intensely attached to thinking of the Lord's lotus feet is called <i>pāda-sevanam.</i> When one is particularly adherent to the process of <i>pāda-sevanam,</i> this process gradually includes other processes, such as seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord, circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting such places as Jagannātha Purī, Dvārakā and Mathurā to see the Lord's form, and bathing in the Ganges or Yamunā. Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaiṣṇava are also known as <i>tadīya-upāsanam.</i> This is also <i>pāda-sevanam.</i> The word <i>tadīya</i> means \"in relationship with the Lord.\" Service to the Vaiṣṇava, Tulasī, Ganges and Yamunā are included in <i>pāda-sevanam.</i> All these processes of <i>pāda-sevanam</i> help one advance in spiritual life very quickly.",
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"(5) <i>Arcanam.</i> After <i>pāda-sevanam</i> comes the process of <i>arcanam,</i> worship of the Deity. If one is interested in the process of <i>arcanam,</i> one must positively take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the process from him. There are many books for <i>arcana,</i> especially <i>Nārada-pañcarātra.</i> In this age, the <i>Pañcarātra</i> system is particularly recommended for <i>arcana,</i> Deity worship. There are two systems of <i>arcana</i>—the <i>bhāgavata</i> system and <i>pāñcarātrikī</i> system. In the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> there is no recommendation of <i>pāñcarātrikī</i> worship because in this Kali-yuga, even without Deity worship, everything can be perfectly performed simply through hearing, chanting, remembering and worship of the lotus feet of the Lord. Rūpa Gosvāmī states:",
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"<i>śrī-viṣṇoḥ śravaṇe parīkṣid abhavad vaiyāsakiḥ kīrtane<br/> prahlādaḥ smaraṇe tad-aṅghri-bhajane lakṣmīḥ pṛthuḥ pūjane<br/> akrūras tv abhivandane kapi-patir dāsye 'tha sakhye 'rjunaḥ<br/> sarvasvātma-nivedane balir abhūt kṛṣṇāptir eṣāṁ param<br/> </i>[<i>Brs. 1.2.265</i>]",
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"\"Parīkṣit Mahārāja attained salvation simply by hearing, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī attained salvation simply by chanting. Prahlāda Mahārāja attained salvation by remembering the Lord. The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīdevī, attained perfection by worshiping the Lord's lotus feet. Pṛthu Mahārāja attained salvation by worshiping the Deity of the Lord. Akrūra attained salvation by offering prayers, Hanumān by rendering service, Arjuna by establishing friendship with the Lord, and Bali Mahārāja by offering everything to the service of the Lord.\" All these great devotees served the Lord according to a particular process, but every one of them attained salvation and became eligible to return home, back to Godhead. This is explained in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.</i>",
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"It is therefore recommended that initiated devotees follow the principles of <i>Nārada-pañcarātra</i> by worshiping the Deity in the temple. Especially for householder devotees who are opulent in material possessions, the path of Deity worship is strongly recommended. An opulent householder devotee who does not engage his hard-earned money in the service of the Lord is called a miser. One should not engage paid <i>brāhmaṇas</i> to worship the Deity. If one does not personally worship the Deity but engages paid servants instead, he is considered lazy, and his worship of the Deity is called artificial. An opulent householder can collect luxurious paraphernalia for Deity worship, and consequently for householder devotees the worship of the Deity is compulsory. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there are <i>brahmacārīs, gṛhasthas, vānaprasthas</i> and <i>sannyāsīs,</i> but the Deity worship in the temple should be performed especially by the householders. The <i>brahmacārīs</i> can go with the <i>sannyāsīs</i> to preach, and the <i>vānaprasthas</i> should prepare themselves for the next status of renounced life, <i>sannyāsa.</i> <i>Gṛhastha</i> devotees, however, are generally engaged in material activities, and therefore if they do not take to Deity worship, their falling down is positively assured. Deity worship means following the rules and regulations precisely. That will keep one steady in devotional service. Generally householders have children, and then the wives of the householders should be engaged in caring for the children, just as women acting as teachers care for the children in a nursery school.",
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"<i>Gṛhastha</i> devotees must adopt the <i>arcana-vidhi,</i> or Deity worship according to the suitable arrangements and directions given by the spiritual master. Regarding those unable to take to the Deity worship in the temple, there is the following statement in the <i>Agni Purāṇa.</i> Any householder devotee circumstantially unable to worship the Deity must at least see the Deity worship, and in this way he may achieve success also. The special purpose of Deity worship is to keep oneself always pure and clean. <i>Gṛhastha</i> devotees should be actual examples of cleanliness.",
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"Deity worship should be continued along with hearing and chanting. Therefore every <i>mantra</i> is preceded by the word <i>namaḥ.</i> In all the <i>mantras</i> there are specific potencies, of which the <i>gṛhastha</i> devotees must take advantage. There are many <i>mantras</i> preceded by the word <i>namaḥ,</i> but if one chants the holy name of the Lord, he receives the result of chanting <i>namaḥ</i> many times. By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one can reach the platform of love of Godhead. One might ask, then what is the necessity of being initiated? The answer is that even though the chanting of the holy name is sufficient to enable one to progress in spiritual life to the standard of love of Godhead, one is nonetheless susceptible to contamination because of possessing a material body. Consequently, special stress is given to the <i>arcana-vidhi.</i> One should therefore regularly take advantage of both the <i>bhāgavata</i> process and <i>pāñcarātrikī</i> process.",
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"Deity worship has two divisions, namely pure and mixed with fruitive activities. For one who is steady, Deity worship is compulsory. Observing the various types of festivals, such as Śrī Janmāṣṭamī, Rāma-navamī and Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, is also included in the process of Deity worship. In other words, it is compulsory for householder devotees to observe these festivals.",
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"Now let us discuss the offenses in Deity worship. The following are offenses: (<i>a</i>) to enter the temple with shoes or being carried on a palanquin, (<i>b</i>) not to observe the prescribed festivals, (<i>c</i>) to avoid offering obeisances in front of the Deity, (<i>d</i>) to offer prayers in an unclean state, not having washed one's hands after eating, (<i>e</i>) to offer obeisances with one hand, (<i>f</i>) to circumambulate directly in front of the Deity, (<i>g</i>) to spread one's legs before the Deity, (<i>h</i>) to sit before the Deity while holding one's ankles with one's hands, (<i>i</i>) to lie down before the Deity, (<i>j</i>) to eat before the Deity, (<i>k</i>) to speak lies before the Deity, (<i>l</i>) to address someone loudly before the Deity, (<i>m</i>) to talk nonsense before the Deity, (<i>n</i>) to cry before the Deity, (<i>o</i>) to argue before the Deity, (<i>p</i>) to chastise someone before the Deity, (<i>q</i>) to show someone favor before the Deity, (<i>r</i>) to use harsh words before the Deity, (<i>s</i>) to wear a woolen blanket before the Deity, (<i>t</i>) to blaspheme someone before the Deity, (<i>u</i>) to worship someone else before the Deity, (<i>v</i>) to use vulgar language before the Deity, (<i>w</i>) to pass air before the Deity, (<i>x</i>) to avoid very opulent worship of the Deity, even though one is able to perform it, (<i>y</i>) to eat something not offered to the Deity, (<i>z</i>) to avoid offering fresh fruits to the Deity according to the season, (<i>aa</i>) to offer food to the Deity which has already been used or from which has first been given to others (in other words, food should not be distributed to anyone else until it has been offered to the Deity), (<i>bb</i>) to sit with one's back toward the Deity, (<i>cc</i>) to offer obeisances to someone else in front of the Deity, (<i>dd</i>) not to chant proper prayers when offering obeisances to the spiritual master, (<i>ee</i>) to praise oneself before the Deity, and (<i>ff</i>) to blaspheme the demigods. In the worship of the Deity, these thirty-two offenses should be avoided.",
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"In the <i>Varāha Purāṇa</i> the following offenses are mentioned: (<i>a</i>) to eat in the house of a rich man, (<i>b</i>) to enter the Deity's room in the dark, (<i>c</i>) to worship the Deity without following the regulative principles, (<i>d</i>) to enter the temple without vibrating any sound, (<i>e</i>) to collect food that has been seen by a dog, (<i>f</i>) to break silence while offering worship to the Deity, (<i>g</i>) to go to the toilet during the time of worshiping the Deity, (<i>h</i>) to offer incense without offering flowers, (<i>i</i>) to worship the Deity with forbidden flowers, (<i>j</i>) to begin worship without having washed one's teeth, (<i>k</i>) to begin worship after sex, (<i>l</i>) to touch a lamp, dead body or a woman during her menstrual period, or to put on red or bluish clothing, unwashed clothing, the clothing of others or soiled clothing. Other offenses are to worship the Deity after seeing a dead body, to pass air before the Deity, to show anger before the Deity, and to worship the Deity just after returning from a crematorium. After eating, one should not worship the Deity until one has digested his food, nor should one touch the Deity or engage in any Deity worship after eating safflower oil or hing. These are also offenses.",
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"In other places, the following offenses are listed: (<i>a</i>) to be against the scriptural injunctions of the Vedic literature or to disrespect within one's heart the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> while externally falsely accepting its principles, (<i>b</i>) to introduce differing <i>śāstras,</i> (<i>c</i>) to chew pan and betel before the Deity, (<i>d</i>) to keep flowers for worship on the leaf of a castor oil plant, (<i>e</i>) to worship the Deity in the afternoon, (<i>f</i>) to sit on the altar or to sit on the floor to worship the Deity (without a seat), (<i>g</i>) to touch the Deity with the left hand while bathing the Deity, (<i>h</i>) to worship the Deity with a stale or used flower, (<i>i</i>) to spit while worshiping the Deity, (<i>j</i>) to advertise one's glory while worshiping the Deity, (<i>k</i>) to apply <i>tilaka</i> to one's forehead in a curved way, (<i>l</i>) to enter the temple without having washed one's feet, (<i>m</i>) to offer the Deity food cooked by an uninitiated person, (<i>n</i>) to worship the Deity and offer <i>bhoga</i> to the Deity within the vision of an uninitiated person or non-Vaiṣṇava, (<i>o</i>) to offer worship to the Deity without worshiping Vaikuṇṭha deities like Gaṇeśa, (<i>p</i>) to worship the Deity while perspiring, (<i>q</i>) to refuse flowers offered to the Deity, (<i>r</i>) to take a vow or oath in the holy name of the Lord.",
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"If one commits any of the above offenses, one must read at least one chapter of <i>Bhagavad-gītā.</i> This is confirmed in the <i>Skanda-Purāṇa, Avantī-khaṇḍa.</i> Similarly, there is another injunction, stating that one who reads the thousand names of Viṣṇu can be released from all offenses. In the same <i>Skanda-Purāṇa, Revā-khaṇḍa,</i> it is said that one who recites prayers to <i>tulasī</i> or sows a <i>tulasī</i> seed is also freed from all offenses. Similarly, one who worships the <i>śālagrāma-śilā</i> can also be relieved of offenses. In the <i>Brahmaṇḍa Purāṇa</i> it is said that one who worships Lord Viṣṇu, whose four hands bear a conchshell, disc, lotus flower and club, can be relieved from the above offenses. In the <i>Ādi-varāha Purāṇa</i> it is said that a worshiper who has committed offenses may fast for one day at the holy place known as Śaukarava and then bathe in the Ganges.",
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"In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined that one worship the Deity within the mind. In the <i>Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa,</i> it is said, \"All persons can generally worship within the mind.\" The <i>Gautamīya Tantra</i> states, \"For a <i>sannyāsī</i> who has no home, worship of the Deity within the mind is recommended.\" In the <i>Nārada-pañcarātra</i> it is stated by Lord Nārāyaṇa that worship of the Deity within the mind is called <i>mānasa-pūjā.</i> One can become free from the four miseries by this method. Sometimes worship from the mind can be independently executed. According to the instruction of Avirhotra Muni, one of the <i>nava-yogendras,</i> as mentioned in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,</i> one may worship the Deity by chanting all the <i>mantras.</i> Eight kinds of Deities are mentioned in the <i>śāstra,</i> and the mental Deity is one of them. In this regard, the following description is given in the <i>Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa.</i>",
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"In the city of Pratiṣṭhāna-pura, long ago, there resided a <i>brāhmaṇa</i> who was poverty-stricken but innocent and not dissatisfied. One day he heard a discourse in an assembly of <i>brāhmaṇas</i> concerning how to worship the Deity in the temple. In that meeting, he also heard that the Deity may be worshiped within the mind. After this incident, the <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> having bathed in the Godāvarī River, began mentally worshiping the Deity. He would wash the temple within his mind, and then in his imagination he would bring water from all the sacred rivers in golden and silver waterpots. He collected all kinds of valuable paraphernalia for worship, and he worshiped the Deity very gorgeously, beginning from bathing the Deity and ending with offering <i>ārati.</i> Thus he felt great happiness. After many years had passed in this way, one day within his mind he cooked nice sweet rice with ghee to worship the Deity. He placed the sweet rice on a golden dish and offered it to Lord Kṛṣṇa, but he felt that the sweet rice was very hot, and therefore he touched it with his finger. He immediately felt that his finger had been burned by the hot sweet rice, and thus he began to lament. While the <i>brāhmaṇa</i> was in pain, Lord Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha began smiling, and the goddess of fortune inquired from the Lord why He was smiling. Lord Viṣṇu then ordered His associates to bring the <i>brāhmaṇa</i> to Vaikuṇṭha. Thus the <i>brāhmaṇa</i> attained the liberation of <i>sāmīpya,</i> the facility of living near the Supreme Personality of Godhead.",
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"(6) <i>Vandanam.</i> Although prayers are a part of Deity worship, they may be considered separately like the other items, such as hearing and chanting, and therefore separate statements are given herewith. The Lord has unlimited transcendental qualities and opulences, and one who feels influenced by the Lord's qualities in various activities offers prayers to the Lord. In this way he becomes successful. In this connection, the following are some of the offenses to be avoided: (<i>a</i>) to offer obeisances on one hand, (<i>b</i>) to offer obeisances with one's body covered, (<i>c</i>) to show one's back to the Deity, (<i>d</i>) to offer obeisances on the left side of the Deity, (<i>e</i>) to offer obeisances very near the Deity.",
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"(7) <i>Dāsyam.</i> There is the following statement in regard to assisting the Lord as a servant. After many, many thousands of births, when one comes to understand that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, one can deliver others from this universe. If one simply continues to think that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, even without performing any other process of devotional service, he can attain full success, for simply by this feeling one can perform all nine processes of devotional service.",
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"(8) <i>Sakhyam.</i> In regard to worshiping the Lord as a friend, the <i>Agastya-saṁhitā</i> states that a devotee engaged in performing devotional service by <i>śravaṇam</i> and <i>kīrtanam</i> sometimes wants to see the Lord personally, and for this purpose he resides in the temple. Elsewhere there is this statement: \"O my Lord, Supreme Personality and eternal friend, although You are full of bliss and knowledge, You have become the friend of the residents of Vṛndāvana. How fortunate are these devotees!\" In this statement the word \"friend\" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship, therefore, is better than servitude. In the stage above <i>dāsya-rasa,</i> the devotee accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a friend. This is not at all astonishing, for when a devotee is pure in heart the opulence of his worship of the Deity diminishes as spontaneous love for the Personality of Godhead is manifested. In this regard, Śrīdhara Svāmī mentions Śrīdāma Vipra, who expressed to himself his feelings of obligation, thinking, \"Life after life, may I be connected with Kṛṣṇa in this friendly attitude.\"",
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"(9) <i>Ātma-nivedanam.</i> The word <i>ātma-nivedanam</i> refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surrenders everything to the Lord and performs his activities only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a devotee is like a cow that is cared for by its master. When cared for by its master, a cow is not in anxiety over its maintenance. Such a cow is always devoted to its master, and it never acts independently, but only for the master's benefit. Some devotees, therefore, consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be <i>ātma-nivedanam,</i> and as stated in the book known as <i>Bhakti-viveka,</i> sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called <i>ātma-nivedanam.</i> The best examples of <i>ātma-nivedanam</i> are found in Bali Mahārāja and Ambarīṣa Mahārāja. <i>Ātma-nivedanam</i> is also sometimes found in the behavior of Rukmiṇīdevī at Dvārakā."
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],
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}
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{
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"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
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"canto": 7,
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"chapter": 5,
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"verse": 25,
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"reference": "SB 7.5.25",
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"devanagari": "निशम्यैतत्सुतवचो हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा\nगुरुपुत्रम् उवाचेदं रुषा प्रस्फुरिताधरः",
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"transliteration": "niśamyaitat suta-vaco\nhiraṇyakaśipus tadā\nguru-putram uvācedaṁ\nruṣā prasphuritādharaḥ",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "niśamya",
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"meanings": [
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"hearing"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "etat",
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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": "suta-vacaḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"speech from his son"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "hiraṇyakaśipuḥ",
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"meanings": [
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"Hiraṇyakaśipu"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "tadā",
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"meanings": [
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"at that time"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "guru-putram",
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"meanings": [
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"unto the son of Śukrācārya, his spiritual master"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "uvāca",
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"meanings": [
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"spoke"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "idam",
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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": "ruṣā",
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"meanings": [
|
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"with anger"
|
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]
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},
|
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{
|
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"word": "prasphurita",
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"meanings": [
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"trembling"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "adharaḥ",
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"meanings": [
|
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"whose lips."
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]
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}
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],
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"translation": "<b>After hearing these words of devotional service from the mouth of his son Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu was extremely angry. His lips trembling, he spoke as follows to Ṣaṇḍa, the son of his guru, Śukrācārya.</b>",
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"purport": []
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}
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|
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{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 26,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.26",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ब्रह्मबन्धो किम् एतत्ते विपक्षं श्रयतासता\nअसारं ग्राहितो बालो माम् अनादृत्य दुर्मते",
|
||||
"transliteration": "brahma-bandho kim etat te\nvipakṣaṁ śrayatāsatā\nasāraṁ grāhito bālo\nmām anādṛtya durmate",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahma-bandho",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O unqualified son of a brāhmaṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim etat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"what is this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vipakṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the party of my enemies"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrayatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"taking shelter of"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asatā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"most mischievous"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asāram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nonsense"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "grāhitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"taught"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the boy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anādṛtya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not caring for"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durmate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O foolish teacher."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O unqualified, most heinous son of a brāhmaṇa, you have disobeyed my order and taken shelter of the party of my enemies. You have taught this poor boy about devotional service! What is this nonsense?</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse the word <i>asāram,</i> meaning, \"having no substance,\" is significant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotional service, but to a devotee devotional service is the only essential factor in life. Since Hiraṇyakaśipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlāda Mahārāja's teachers with harsh words."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 27,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.27",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सन्ति ह्य् असाधवो लोके दुर्मैत्राश्छद्मवेषिणः\nतेषाम् उदेत्य् अघं काले रोगः पातकिनाम् इव",
|
||||
"transliteration": "santi hy asādhavo loke\ndurmaitrāś chadma-veṣiṇaḥ\nteṣām udety aghaṁ kāle\nrogaḥ pātakinām iva",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "santi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"are"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asādhavaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"dishonest persons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "loke",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"within this world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durmaitrāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"cheating friends"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "chadma-veṣiṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wearing false garbs"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "teṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of all of them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "udeti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"arises"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "agham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the reaction of sinful life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāle",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in due course of time"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rogaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"disease"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pātakinām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of sinful men"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>In due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest in those who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many deceptive friends in false garbs, but eventually, because of their false behavior, their actual enmity becomes manifest.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlāda began teaching about devotional service, Hiraṇyakaśipu immediately regarded the teachers as his enemies in the garb of friends. In this verse the words <i>rogaḥ pātakinām iva</i> refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life (<i>janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi</i>). Disease is the symptom of the body of a sinful person. The <i>smṛti-śāstras</i> say,",
|
||||
"<i>brahma-hā kṣaya-rogī syāt<br/> surāpaḥ śyāvadantakaḥ<br/> svarṇa-hārī tu kunakhī<br/> duścarmā guru-talpagaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"Murderers of <i>brāhmaṇas</i> are later afflicted by tuberculosis, drunkards become toothless, those who have stolen gold are afflicted by diseased nails, and sinful men who have sexual connections with the wife of a superior are afflicted by leprosy and similar skin diseases."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 28,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.28",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीगुरुपुत्र उवाच\nन मत्प्रणीतं न परप्रणीतं सुतो वदत्य् एष तवेन्द्रशत्रो\nनैसर्गिकीयं मतिर् अस्य राजन्नियच्छ मन्युं कद् अदाः स्म मा नः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-guru-putra uvāca\nna mat-praṇītaṁ na para-praṇītaṁ\nsuto vadaty eṣa tavendra-śatro\nnaisargikīyaṁ matir asya rājan\nniyaccha manyuṁ kad adāḥ sma mā naḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-guru-putraḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the son of Śukrācārya, Hiraṇyakaśipu's spiritual master, said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mat-praṇītam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"educated by me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "para-praṇītam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"educated by anyone else"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sutaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the son (Prahlāda)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vadati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"says"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indra-śatro",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O enemy of King Indra"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naisargikī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"natural"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"inclination"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niyaccha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"give up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "manyum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your anger"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kad",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fault"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attribute"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"do not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "naḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto us."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The son of Śukrācārya, Hiraṇyakaśipu's spiritual master, said:</b><b> O enemy of King Indra, O King! Whatever your son Prahlāda has said was not taught to him by me or anyone else. His spontaneous devotional service has naturally developed in him. Therefore, please give up your anger and do not unnecessarily accuse us. It is not good to insult a brāhmaṇa in this way.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 29,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.29",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीनारद उवाच\nगुरुणैवं प्रतिप्रोक्तो भूय आहासुरः सुतम्\nन चेद्गुरुमुखीयं ते कुतो ऽभद्रासती मतिः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-nārada uvāca\nguruṇaivaṁ pratiprokto\nbhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam\nna ced guru-mukhīyaṁ te\nkuto 'bhadrāsatī matiḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Nārada Muni said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guruṇā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the teacher"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "evam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratiproktaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being answered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhūyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asuraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sutam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto his son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cet",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"if"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guru-mukhī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"issued from the mouth of your teacher"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"your"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kutaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from where"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhadra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O inauspicious one"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asatī",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very bad"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"inclination."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Śrī Nārada Muni continued: </b><b>When Hiraṇyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. </b><b>Hiraṇyakaśipu said:</b><b> You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that devotional service is actually <i>bhadrā satī,</i> not <i>abhadra asatī.</i> In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette. To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spontaneous education of Prahlāda Mahārāja is supported as auspicious and perfect."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 30,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.30",
|
||||
"devanagari": "श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच\nमतिर्न कृष्णे परतः स्वतो वा मिथो ऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम्\nअदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुनः पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "śrī-prahrāda uvāca\nmatir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā\nmitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām\nadānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ\npunaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"inclination"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"never"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛṣṇe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Lord Kṛṣṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from the instructions of others"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from their own understanding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"either"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mithaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from combined effort"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhipadyeta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"is developed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-vratānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of persons too addicted to the materialistic, bodily conception of life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adānta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"uncontrolled"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gobhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viśatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"entering"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tamisram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"hellish life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "punaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "punaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"again"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "carvita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"things already chewed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "carvaṇānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are chewing."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja replied:</b><b> Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward hellish conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been chewed. Their inclinations toward Kṛṣṇa are never aroused, either by the instructions of others, by their own efforts, or by a combination of both.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In this verse the words <i>matir na kṛṣṇe</i> refer to devotional service rendered to Kṛṣṇa. So-called politicians, erudite scholars and philosophers who read <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> try to twist some meaning from it to suit their material purposes, but their misunderstandings of Kṛṣṇa will not yield them any profit. Because such politicians, philosophers and scholars are interested in using <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> as a vehicle for adjusting things materially, for them constant thought of Kṛṣṇa, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is impossible (<i>matir na kṛṣṇe</i>). As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (18.55), <i>bhaktyā mām abhijānāti:</i> only through devotional service can one understand Kṛṣṇa as He is. The so-called politicians and scholars think of Kṛṣṇa as fictitious. The politician says that his Kṛṣṇa is different from the Kṛṣṇa depicted in <i>Bhagavad-gītā.</i> Even though he accepts Kṛṣṇa and Rāma as the Supreme he thinks of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa as impersonal because he has no idea of service to Kṛṣṇa. Thus his only business is <i>punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām</i>—chewing the chewed again and again. The aim of such politicians and academic scholars is to enjoy this material world with their bodily senses. Therefore it is clearly stated here that those who are <i>gṛha-vrata,</i> whose only aim is to live comfortably with the body in the material world, cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. The two expressions <i>gṛha-vrata</i> and <i>carvita-carvaṇānām</i> indicate that a materialistic person tries to enjoy sense gratification in different bodily forms, life after life, but is still unsatisfied. In the name of personalism, this ism or that ism, such persons always remain attached to the materialistic way of life. As stated in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (2.44):",
|
||||
"<i>bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ<br/> tayāpahṛta-cetasām<br/> vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ<br/> samādhau na vidhīyate</i>",
|
||||
"\"In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place.\" Those who are attached to material enjoyment cannot be fixed in devotional service to the Lord. They cannot understand Bhagavān, Kṛṣṇa, or His instruction, <i>Bhagavad-gītā.</i> <i>Adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisram:</i> their path actually leads toward hellish life.",
|
||||
"As confirmed by Ṛṣabhadeva, <i>mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ:</i> one must try to understand Kṛṣṇa by serving a devotee. The word <i>mahat</i> refers to a devotee.",
|
||||
"<i>mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha<br/> daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ<br/> bhajanty ananya-manaso<br/> jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam</i>",
|
||||
"\"O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.\" (Bg. 9.13) A <i>mahātmā</i> is one who is constantly engaged in devotional service, twenty-four hours a day. As explained in the following verses, unless one adheres to such a great personality, one cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to know where Prahlāda had gotten this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Who had taught him? Prahlāda sarcastically replied, \"My dear father, persons like you never understand Kṛṣṇa. One can understand Kṛṣṇa only by serving a <i>mahat,</i> a great soul. Those who try to adjust material conditions are said to be chewing the chewed. No one has been able to adjust material conditions, but life after life, generation after generation, people try and repeatedly fail. Unless one is properly trained by a <i>mahat</i>—a <i>mahātmā,</i> or unalloyed devotee of the Lord—there is no possibility of one's understanding Kṛṣṇa and His devotional service.\""
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 31,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.31",
|
||||
"devanagari": "न ते विदुः स्वार्थगतिं हि विष्णुं दुराशया ये बहिरर्थमानिनः\nअन्धा यथान्धैर् उपनीयमानास्ते ऽपीशतन्त्र्याम् उरुदाम्नि बद्धाः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ\ndurāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ\nandhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās\nte 'pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viduḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"know"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-artha-gatim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the ultimate goal of life, or their own real interest"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Lord Viṣṇu and His abode"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "durāśayāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being ambitious to enjoy this material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bahiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"external sense objects"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artha-māninaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"considering as valuable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "andhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"persons who are blind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "andhaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by other blind men"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upanīyamānāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being led"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īśa-tantryām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to the ropes (laws) of material nature"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uru",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having very strong"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dāmni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"cords"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "baddhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bound."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Viṣṇu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right path and fall into a ditch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold miseries.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Since there must always be a difference of opinion between demons and devotees, Hiraṇyakaśipu, when criticized by his son Prahlāda Mahārāja, should not have been surprised that Prahlāda Mahārāja differed from his way of life. Nonetheless, Hiraṇyakaśipu was extremely angry and wanted to rebuke his son for deriding his teacher or spiritual master, who had been born in the <i>brāhmaṇa</i> family of the great <i>ācārya</i> Śukrācārya. The word <i>śukra</i> means \"semen,\" and <i>ācārya</i> refers to a teacher or <i>guru.</i> Hereditary <i>gurus,</i> or spiritual masters, have been accepted everywhere since time immemorial, but Prahlāda Mahārāja declined to accept such a seminal <i>guru</i> or take instruction from him. An actual <i>guru</i> is <i>śrotriya,</i> one who has heard or received perfect knowledge through <i>paramparā,</i> the disciplic succession. Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja did not recognize a seminal spiritual master. Such spiritual masters are not at all interested in Viṣṇu. Indeed, they are hopeful of material success (<i>bahir-artha-māninaḥ</i>). The word <i>bahiḥ</i> means \"external,\" <i>artha</i> means \"interest,\" and <i>mānina</i> means \"taking very seriously.\" Generally speaking, practically everyone is unaware of the spiritual world. The knowledge of the materialists is restricted within the four-billion-mile limit of this material world, which is in the dark portion of the creation; they do not know that beyond the material world is the spiritual world. Unless one is a devotee of the Lord, one cannot understand the existence of the spiritual world. <i>Gurus,</i> teachers, who are simply interested in this material world are described in this verse as <i>andha,</i> blind. Such blind men may lead many other blind followers without true knowledge of material conditions, but they are not accepted by devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja. Such blind teachers, being interested in the external, material world, are always bound by the strong ropes of material nature."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 32,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.32",
|
||||
"devanagari": "नैषां मतिस्तावद् उरुक्रमांघ्रिं स्पृशत्य् अनर्थापगमो यदर्थः\nमहीयसां पादरजोऽभिषेकं निष्किंचनानां न वृणीत यावत्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ\nspṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ\nmahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekaṁ\nniṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of these"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "matiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the consciousness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that long"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "urukrama-aṅghrim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is famous for performing uncommon activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "spṛśati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"does touch"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anartha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of unwanted things"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apagamaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the disappearance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arthaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the purpose"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahīyasām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the great souls (the mahātmās, or devotees)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pāda-rajaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the dust of the lotus feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhiṣekam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"consecration"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niṣkiñcanānām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of devotees who have nothing to do with this material world"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vṛṇīta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may accept"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as long as."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Unless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava completely freed from material contamination, persons very much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord, who is glorified for His uncommon activities. Only by becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious and taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord in this way can one be freed from material contamination.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious brings about <i>anartha-apagamaḥ,</i> the disappearance of all <i>anarthas,</i> the miserable conditions we have unnecessarily accepted. The material body is the basic principle of these unwanted miserable conditions. The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do not know the destination of life. As described in the previous verse, <i>īśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ:</i> they are conditioned by the three strong modes of material nature. The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has explained that materialistic education expands the influence of <i>māyā.</i> Such an education induces the conditioned soul to be increasingly attracted to materialistic life and to stray further and further away from liberation from unwanted miseries.",
|
||||
"One may ask why highly educated persons do not take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The reason is explained in this verse. Unless one takes shelter of a bona fide, fully Kṛṣṇa conscious spiritual master, there is no chance of understanding Kṛṣṇa. The educators, scholars and big political leaders worshiped by millions of people cannot understand the goal of life and take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for they have not accepted a bona fide spiritual master and the <i>Vedas.</i> Therefore in the <i>Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad</i> (3.2.3) it is said, <i>nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena:</i> one cannot become self-realized simply by having an academic education, by presenting lectures in an erudite way (<i>pravacanena labhyaḥ</i>), or by being an intelligent scientist who discovers many wonderful things. One cannot understand Kṛṣṇa unless one is graced by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only one who has surrendered to a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa and taken the dust of his lotus feet can understand Kṛṣṇa. First one must understand how to get out of the clutches of <i>māyā.</i> The only means is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. And to become Kṛṣṇa conscious very easily, one must take shelter of a realized soul—a <i>mahat,</i> or <i>mahātmā</i>—whose only interest is to engage in the service of the Supreme Lord. As the Lord says in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.13):",
|
||||
"<i>mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha<br/> daivīṁ prakṛtiṁ āśritāḥ<br/> bhajanty ananya-manaso<br/> jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam</i>",
|
||||
"\"O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.\" Therefore, to end the unwanted miseries of life, one must become a devotee.",
|
||||
"<i>yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā<br/> sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"One who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa consistently manifests all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods.\" (<i>Bhāg. </i>5.18.12)",
|
||||
"<i>yasya deve parā bhaktir<br/> yathā deve tathā gurau<br/> tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ<br/> prakāśante mahātmanaḥ</i>",
|
||||
"\"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.\" (<i>Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad</i> 6.23)",
|
||||
"<i>yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas<br/> tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṁ svām</i>",
|
||||
"\"The Lord is obtained only by one whom He Himself chooses. To such a person He manifests His own form.\" (<i>Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad</i> 3.2.3)",
|
||||
"These are Vedic injunctions. One must take shelter of a self-realized spiritual master, not a materially educated scholar or politician. One must take shelter of a <i>niṣkiñcana,</i> a person engaged in devotional service and free from material contamination. That is the way to return home, back to Godhead."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 33,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.33",
|
||||
"devanagari": "इत्य् उक्त्वोपरतं पुत्रं हिरण्यकशिपू रुषा\nअन्धीकृतात्मा स्वोत्संगान्निरस्यत महीतले",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ\nhiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā\nandhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān\nnirasyata mahī-tale",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uktvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"speaking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uparatam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"stopped"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "putram",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hiraṇyakaśipuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ruṣā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with great anger"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "andhīkṛta-ātmā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"made blind to self-realization"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-utsaṅgāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from his lap"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirasyata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"threw"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahī-tale",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"upon the ground."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After Prahlāda Mahārāja had spoken in this way and become silent, Hiraṇyakaśipu, blinded by anger, threw him off his lap and onto the ground.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 34,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.34",
|
||||
"devanagari": "आहामर्षरुषाविष्टः कषायीभूतलोचनः\nवध्यताम् आश्व् अयं वध्यो निःसारयत नैरृताः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "āhāmarṣa-ruṣāviṣṭaḥ\nkaṣāyī-bhūta-locanaḥ\nvadhyatām āśv ayaṁ vadhyo\nniḥsārayata nairṛtāḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amarṣa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indignation"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ruṣā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and by severe anger"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āviṣṭaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"overpowered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kaṣāyī-bhūta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"becoming exactly like red-hot copper"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "locanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vadhyatām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"let him be killed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āśu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"immediately"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vadhyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is to be killed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "niḥsārayata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"take away"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nairṛtāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O demons."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Indignant and angry, his reddish eyes like molten copper, </b><b>Hiraṇyakaśipu said to his servants:</b><b> O demons, take this boy away from me! He deserves to be killed. Kill him as soon as possible!</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 35,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.35",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अयं मे भ्रातृहा सो ऽयं हित्वा स्वान्सुहृदो ऽधमः\nपितृव्यहन्तुः पादौ यो विष्णोर्दासवद् अर्चति",
|
||||
"transliteration": "ayaṁ me bhrātṛ-hā so 'yaṁ\nhitvā svān suhṛdo 'dhamaḥ\npitṛvya-hantuḥ pādau yo\nviṣṇor dāsavad arcati",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhrātṛ-hā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"killer of the brother"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hitvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"giving up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "suhṛdaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"well-wishers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhamaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very low"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitṛvya-hantuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of He who killed his uncle Hiraṇyākṣa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pādau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"at the two feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of Lord Viṣṇu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dāsa-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a servant"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "arcati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"serves."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>This boy Prahlāda is the killer of my brother, for he has given up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy, Lord Viṣṇu, like a menial servant.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Viṣṇu. In other words, Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to <i>sārūpya</i> liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Prahlāda was to be killed by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Devotees, Vaiṣṇavas, attain the liberations of <i>sārūpya, sālokya, sārṣṭi</i> and <i>sāmīpya,</i> whereas the Māyāvādīs are supposed to attain the liberation known as <i>sāyujya.</i> <i>Sāyujya-mukti,</i> however, is not very secure, whereas <i>sārūpya-mukti, sālokya-mukti, sārṣṭi-mukti</i> and <i>sāmīpya-mukti</i> are most certain. Although the servants of Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 36,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.36",
|
||||
"devanagari": "विष्णोर्वा साध्व् असौ किं नु करिष्यत्य् असमंजसः\nसौहृदं दुस्त्यजं पित्रोर् अहाद्यः पंचहायनः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "viṣṇor vā sādhv asau kiṁ nu\nkariṣyaty asamañjasaḥ\nsauhṛdaṁ dustyajaṁ pitror\nahād yaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "viṣṇoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Viṣṇu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"either"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sādhu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"good"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kim",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whether"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kariṣyati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"will do"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asamañjasaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not trustworthy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sauhṛdam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"affectionate relationship"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dustyajam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"difficult to relinquish"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pitroḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of his father and mother"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ahāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"gave up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he who"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pañca-hāyanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"only five years old."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Although Prahlāda is only five years old, even at this young age he has given up his affectionate relationship with his father and mother. Therefore, he is certainly untrustworthy. Indeed, it is not at all believable that he will behave well toward Viṣṇu.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 37,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.37",
|
||||
"devanagari": "परो ऽप्य् अपत्यं हितकृद्यथौषधं स्वदेहजो ऽप्य् आमयवत्सुतो ऽहितः\nछिन्द्यात्तद् अंगं यद् उतात्मनो ऽहितं शेषं सुखं जीवति यद्विवर्जनात्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "paro 'py apatyaṁ hita-kṛd yathauṣadhaṁ\nsva-dehajo 'py āmayavat suto 'hitaḥ\nchindyāt tad aṅgaṁ yad utātmano 'hitaṁ\nśeṣaṁ sukhaṁ jīvati yad-vivarjanāt",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not belonging to the same group or family"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apatyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a child"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hita-kṛt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is beneficial"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"just as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "auṣadham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"remedial herb"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sva-deha-jaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"born of one's own body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āmaya-vat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like a disease"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sutaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ahitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is not a well-wisher"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "chindyāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"one should cut off"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aṅgam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"part of the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"for the body"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ahitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not beneficial"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śeṣam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the balance"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sukham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"happily"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jīvati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lives"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivarjanāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by cutting off."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Although a medicinal herb, being born in the forest, does not belong to the same category as a man, if beneficial it is kept very carefully. Similarly, if someone outside one's family is favorable, he should be given protection like a son. On the other hand, if a limb of one's body is poisoned by disease, it must be amputated so that the rest of the body may live happily. Similarly, even one's own son, if unfavorable, must be rejected, although born of one's own body.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has instructed all devotees of the Lord to be humbler than the grass and more tolerant than trees; otherwise there will always be disturbances to their execution of devotional service. Here is a vivid example of how a devotee is disturbed by a nondevotee, even though the nondevotee is an affectionate father. The material world is such that a nondevotee father becomes an enemy of a devotee son. Having determined to kill even his son, Hiraṇyakaśipu gave the example of amputating a part of one's body that has become septic and therefore injurious to the rest of the body. The same example, of course, may also be applied to nondevotees. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita advises, <i>tyaja durjana-saṁsargaṁ bhaja sādhu-samāgamam.</i> Devotees actually serious about advancing in spiritual life should give up the company of nondevotees and always keep company with devotees. To be too attached to material existence is ignorance because material existence is temporary and miserable. Therefore devotees who are determined to perform <i>tapasya</i> (penances and austerities) to realize the self, and who are determined to become advanced in spiritual consciousness, must give up the company of atheistic nondevotees. Prahlāda Mahārāja maintained an attitude of noncooperation with the philosophy of his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, yet he was tolerant and humble. Hiraṇyakaśipu, however, being a nondevotee, was so polluted that he was even prepared to kill his own son. He justified this by putting forward the logic of amputation."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 38,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.38",
|
||||
"devanagari": "सर्वैर् उपायैर्हन्तव्यः सम्भोजशयनासनैः\nसुहृल्लिंगधरः शत्रुर्मुनेर्दुष्टम् इवेन्द्रियम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "sarvair upāyair hantavyaḥ\nsambhoja-śayanāsanaiḥ\nsuhṛl-liṅga-dharaḥ śatrur\nmuner duṣṭam ivendriyam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarvaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upāyaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"means"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hantavyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"must be killed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sambhoja",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by eating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śayana",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lying down"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsanaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by sitting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "suhṛt-liṅga-dharaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who has assumed the role of a friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śatruḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"an enemy"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muneḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a great sage"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "duṣṭam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"uncontrollable"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "indriyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the senses."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Just as uncontrolled senses are the enemies of all yogīs engaged in advancing in spiritual life, this Prahlāda, who appears to be a friend, is an enemy because I cannot control him. Therefore this enemy, whether eating, sitting or sleeping, must be killed by all means.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja. He would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an elephant while he was lying down. Thus Hiraṇyakaśipu decided to kill his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy had become a devotee of the Lord. This is the attitude of nondevotees toward devotees."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 39,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.39-40",
|
||||
"devanagari": "नैरृतास्ते समादिष्टा भर्त्रा वै शूलपाणयः\nतिग्मदंष्ट्रकरालास्यास्ताम्रश्मश्रुशिरोरुहाः\nनदन्तो भैरवं नादं छिन्धि भिन्धीति वादिनः\nआसीनं चाहनञ्शूलैः प्रह्रादं सर्वमर्मसु",
|
||||
"transliteration": "nairṛtās te samādiṣṭā\nbhartrā vai śūla-pāṇayaḥ\ntigma-daṁṣṭra-karālāsyās\ntāmra-śmaśru-śiroruhāḥ\nnadanto bhairavaṁ nādaṁ\nchindhi bhindhīti vādinaḥ\nāsīnaṁ cāhanañ śūlaiḥ\nprahrādaṁ sarva-marmasu",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nairṛtāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samādiṣṭāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being fully advised"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhartrā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by their master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śūla-pāṇayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having tridents in their hands"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tigma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very sharp"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daṁṣṭra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"teeth"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karāla",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and fearful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"faces"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tāmra-śmaśru",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"coppery mustaches"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śiroruhāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and hair on the head"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nadantaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"vibrating"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhairavam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fearful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nādam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sound"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "chindhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"chop"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhindhi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"divide into small parts"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vādinaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"speaking"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsīnam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who was sitting silently"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ahanan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"attacked"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śūlaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with their tridents"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrādam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarva-marmasu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on the tender parts of the body."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The demons [Rākṣasas], the servants of Hiraṇyakaśipu, thus began striking the tender parts of Prahlāda Mahārāja's body with their tridents. The demons all had fearful faces, sharp teeth and reddish, coppery beards and hair, and they appeared extremely threatening. Making a tumultuous sound, shouting, \"Chop him up! Pierce him!\" they began striking Prahlāda Mahārāja, who sat silently, meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [],
|
||||
"verse_end": 40
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 41,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.41",
|
||||
"devanagari": "परे ब्रह्मण्य् अनिर्देश्ये भगवत्य् अखिलात्मनि\nयुक्तात्मन्य् अफला आसन्न् अपुण्यस्येव सत्क्रियाः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "pare brahmaṇy anirdeśye\nbhagavaty akhilātmani\nyuktātmany aphalā āsann\napuṇyasyeva sat-kriyāḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pare",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in the supreme"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "brahmaṇi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"absolute"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anirdeśye",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who is not perceivable by the senses"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhagavati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akhila-ātmani",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the Supersoul of everyone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yukta-ātmani",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"on he whose mind was engaged (Prahlāda)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aphalāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"without effect"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āsan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"were"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apuṇyasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a person who has no assets in pious activities"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sat-kriyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"good activities (like the performance of sacrifices or austerities)."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Even though a person who has no assets in pious activities performs some good deed, it will have no result. Thus the weapons of the demons had no tangible effects upon Prahlāda Mahārāja because he was a devotee undisturbed by material conditions and fully engaged in meditating upon and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is unchangeable, who cannot be realized by the material senses, and who is the soul of the entire universe.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja was constantly and fully engaged in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, <i>govinda-parirambhitaḥ.</i> Prahlāda Mahārāja engaged himself always in meditation, and thus he was protected by Govinda. Just as a small child on the lap of his father or mother is fully protected, a devotee, in all conditions, is protected by the Supreme Lord. Does this mean that when Prahlāda Mahārāja was attacked by the demons, the Rākṣasas, Govinda was also attacked by the demons? This is not possible. There have been many attempts by the demons to hurt or kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He cannot be injured by any material means because He is always in transcendence. Therefore the words <i>pare brahmaṇi</i> are used here. The demons, the Rākṣasas, can neither see nor touch the Supreme Lord, although they may superficially think that they are striking the Lord's transcendental body with their material weapons. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in this verse as <i>anirdeśye.</i> We cannot understand Him to be in a particular place, for He is all-pervasive. Moreover, He is <i>akhilātmā,</i> the active principle of everything, even material weapons. Those who cannot understand the position of the Lord are unfortunate. They may think that they can kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee, but all their attempts will be futile. The Lord knows how to deal with them."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 42,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.42",
|
||||
"devanagari": "प्रयासे ऽपहते तस्मिन्दैत्येन्द्रः परिशंकितः\nचकार तद्वधोपायान्निर्बन्धेन युधिष्ठिर",
|
||||
"transliteration": "prayāse 'pahate tasmin\ndaityendraḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ\ncakāra tad-vadhopāyān\nnirbandhena yudhiṣṭhira",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prayāse",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when the endeavor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apahate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"futile"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasmin",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "daitya-indraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pariśaṅkitaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"executed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-vadha-upāyān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"various means for killing him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirbandhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with determination"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yudhiṣṭhira",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King Yudhiṣṭhira."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 43,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.43-44",
|
||||
"devanagari": "दिग्गजैर्दन्दशूकेन्द्रैर् अभिचारावपातनैः\nमायाभिः सन्निरोधैश्च गरदानैर् अभोजनैः\nहिमवाय्वग्निसलिलैः पर्वताक्रमणैर् अपि\nन शशाक यदा हन्तुम् अपापम् असुरः सुतम्\nचिन्तां दीर्घतमां प्राप्तस्तत्कर्तुं नाभ्यपद्यत",
|
||||
"transliteration": "dig-gajair dandaśūkendrair\nabhicārāvapātanaiḥ\nmāyābhiḥ sannirodhaiś ca\ngara-dānair abhojanaiḥ\nhima-vāyv-agni-salilaiḥ\nparvatākramaṇair api\nna śaśāka yadā hantum\napāpam asuraḥ sutam\ncintāṁ dīrghatamāṁ prāptas\ntat-kartuṁ nābhyapadyata",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dik-gajaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by big elephants trained to smash anything under their feet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "danda-śūka-indraiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the biting of the King's poisonous snakes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhicāra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by destructive spells"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avapātanaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by causing to fall from the top of a mountain"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "māyābhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by conjuring tricks"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sannirodhaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by imprisonment"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as well as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gara-dānaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by administering poison"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhojanaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by starving"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hima",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by cold"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vāyu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"wind"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "agni",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"fire"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "salilaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and water"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parvata-ākramaṇaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by crushing with big stones and hills"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na śaśāka",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"was not able"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hantum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to kill"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apāpam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who was not at all sinful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asuraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sutam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his son"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cintām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"anxiety"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dīrgha-tamām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"long-standing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prāptaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtained"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-kartum",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to do that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abhyapadyata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"achieved."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Hiraṇyakaśipu could not kill his son by throwing him beneath the feet of big elephants, throwing him among huge, fearful snakes, employing destructive spells, hurling him from the top of a hill, conjuring up illusory tricks, administering poison, starving him, exposing him to severe cold, winds, fire and water, or throwing heavy stones to crush him. When Hiraṇyakaśipu found that he could not in any way harm Prahlāda, who was completely sinless, he was in great anxiety about what to do next.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [],
|
||||
"verse_end": 44
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 45,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.45",
|
||||
"devanagari": "एष मे बह्वसाधूक्तो वधोपायाश्च निर्मिताः\nतैस्तैर्द्रोहैर् असद्धर्मैर्मुक्तः स्वेनैव तेजसा",
|
||||
"transliteration": "eṣa me bahv-asādhūkto\nvadhopāyāś ca nirmitāḥ\ntais tair drohair asad-dharmair\nmuktaḥ svenaiva tejasā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eṣaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of me"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bahu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"many"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asādhu-uktaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"ill names"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vadha-upāyāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"many varieties of means to kill him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nirmitāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"devised"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "taiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by those"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "taiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by those"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "drohaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"treacheries"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asat-dharmaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"abominable actions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "muktaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"released"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "svena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his own"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "eva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tejasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by prowess."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Hiraṇyakaśipu thought: I have used many ill names in chastising this boy Prahlāda and have devised many means of killing him, but despite all my endeavors, he could not be killed. Indeed, he saved himself by his own powers, without being affected in the least by these treacheries and abominable actions.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 46,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.46",
|
||||
"devanagari": "वर्तमानो ऽविदूरे वै बालो ऽप्य् अजडधीर् अयम्\nन विस्मरति मे ऽनार्यं शुनः शेप इव प्रभुः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "vartamāno 'vidūre vai\nbālo 'py ajaḍa-dhīr ayam\nna vismarati me 'nāryaṁ\nśunaḥ śepa iva prabhuḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vartamānaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being situated"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avidūre",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not very far away"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a mere child"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "api",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"although"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ajaḍa-dhīḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"complete fearlessness"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vismarati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"forgets"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anāryam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"misbehavior"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śunaḥ śepaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the curved tail of a dog"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"exactly like"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prabhuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being able or potent."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Although he is very near to me and is merely a child, he is situated in complete fearlessness. He resembles a dog's curved tail, which can never be straightened, because he never forgets my misbehavior and his connection with his master, Lord Viṣṇu.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The word <i>śunaḥ</i> means \"of a dog,\" and <i>śepa</i> means \"tail.\" The example is ordinary. However one may try to straighten a dog's tail, it is never straight but always curved. <i>Śunaḥ śepa</i> is also the name of the second son of Ajīgarta. He was sold to Hariścandra, but he later took shelter of Viśvāmitra, Hariścandra's enemy, and never left his side."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 47,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.47",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अप्रमेयानुभावो ऽयम् अकुतश्चिद्भयो ऽमरः\nनूनम् एतद्विरोधेन मृत्युर्मे भविता न वा",
|
||||
"transliteration": "aprameyānubhāvo 'yam\nakutaścid-bhayo 'maraḥ\nnūnam etad-virodhena\nmṛtyur me bhavitā na vā",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "aprameya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unlimited"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anubhāvaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"glory"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "akutaścit-bhayaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having no fear from any quarter"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "amaraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"immortal"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nūnam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"definitely"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "etat-virodhena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"because of going against him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mṛtyuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"death"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "me",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"my"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhavitā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"may be"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"or."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>I can see that this boy's strength is unlimited, for he has not feared any of my punishments. He appears immortal. Therefore, because of my enmity toward him, I shall die. Or maybe this will not take place.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 48,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.48",
|
||||
"devanagari": "इति तच्चिन्तया किंचिन्म्लानश्रियम् अधोमुखम्\nशण्डामर्काव् औशनसौ विविक्त इति होचतुः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "iti tac-cintayā kiñcin\nmlāna-śriyam adho-mukham\nśaṇḍāmarkāv auśanasau\nvivikta iti hocatuḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-cintayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with full anxiety because of Prahlāda Mahārāja's position"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kiñcit",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"somewhat"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mlāna",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"lost"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śriyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"bodily luster"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adhaḥ-mukham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"his face downward"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śaṇḍa-amarkau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "auśanasau",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sons of Śukrācārya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vivikte",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in a secret place"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūcatuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"spoke."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Thinking in this way, the King of the Daityas, morose and bereft of bodily luster, remained silent with his face downward. Then Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the two sons' of Śukrācārya, spoke to him in secret.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 49,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.49",
|
||||
"devanagari": "जितं त्वयैकेन जगत्त्रयं भ्रुवोर्विजृम्भणत्रस्तसमस्तधिष्ण्यपम्\nन तस्य चिन्त्यं तव नाथ चक्ष्वहे न वै शिशूनां गुणदोषयोः पदम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "jitaṁ tvayaikena jagat-trayaṁ bhruvor\nvijṛmbhaṇa-trasta-samasta-dhiṣṇyapam\nna tasya cintyaṁ tava nātha cakṣvahe\nna vai śiśūnāṁ guṇa-doṣayoḥ padam",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"conquered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tvayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ekena",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"alone"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "jagat-trayam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the three worlds"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhruvoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the eyebrows"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vijṛmbhaṇa",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the expanding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "trasta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"become afraid"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "samasta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dhiṣṇyapam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the chief persons in every planet"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cintyam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to be anxious"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tava",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of you"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nātha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "cakṣvahe",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"we find"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"nor"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vai",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "śiśūnām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of children"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guṇa-doṣayoḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a good quality or fault"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "padam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the subject matter."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>O lord, we know that when you simply move your eyebrows, all the commanders of the various planets are most afraid. Without the help of any assistant, you have conquered all the three worlds. Therefore, we do not find any reason for you to be morose and full of anxiety. As for Prahlāda, he is nothing but a child and cannot be a cause of anxiety. After all, his bad or good qualities have no value.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 50,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.50",
|
||||
"devanagari": "इमं तु पाशैर्वरुणस्य बद्ध्वा निधेहि भीतो न पलायते यथा\nबुद्धिश्च पुंसो वयसार्यसेवया यावद्गुरुर्भार्गव आगमिष्यति",
|
||||
"transliteration": "imaṁ tu pāśair varuṇasya baddhvā\nnidhehi bhīto na palāyate yathā\nbuddhiś ca puṁso vayasārya-sevayā\nyāvad gurur bhārgava āgamiṣyati",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "imam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"but"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pāśaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the ropes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "varuṇasya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the demigod known as Varuṇa"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "baddhvā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"binding"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nidhehi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"keep (him)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhītaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being afraid"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "palāyate",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"runs away"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"so that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "buddhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the intelligence"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "puṁsaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of a man"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayasā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by increase of age"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of experienced, advanced persons"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sevayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the service"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yāvat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"until"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guruḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"our spiritual master"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bhārgavaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Śukrācārya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āgamiṣyati",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"will come."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Until the return of our spiritual master, Śukrācārya, arrest this child with the ropes of Varuṇa so that he will not flee in fear. In any case, by the time he is somewhat grown up and has assimilated our instructions or served our spiritual master, he will change in his intelligence. Thus there need be no cause for anxiety.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": []
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 51,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.51",
|
||||
"devanagari": "तथेति गुरुपुत्रोक्तम् अनुज्ञायेदम् अब्रवीत्\nधर्मो ह्य् अस्योपदेष्टव्यो राज्ञां यो गृहमेधिनाम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "tatheti guru-putroktam\nanujñāyedam abravīt\ndharmo hy asyopadeṣṭavyo\nrājñāṁ yo gṛha-medhinām",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in this way"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iti",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"thus"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "guru-putra-uktam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"advised by Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of Śukrācārya"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anujñāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"accepting"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "idam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"this"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "abravīt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the duty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hi",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Prahlāda"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upadeṣṭavyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"to be instructed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājñām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of the kings"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-medhinām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who are interested in householder life."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>After hearing these instructions of Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of his spiritual master, Hiraṇyakaśipu agreed and requested them to instruct Prahlāda in that system of occupational duty which is followed by royal householder families.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted Prahlāda Mahārāja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the kingdom, the country or the world, but not to be advised about renunciation or the renounced order of life. The word <i>dharma</i> here does not refer to some religious faith. As clearly stated, <i>dharmo hy asyopadeṣṭavyo rājñāṁ yo gṛha-medhinām.</i> There are two kinds of royal families—one whose members are simply attached to household life and the other consisting of <i>rājarṣis,</i> kings who govern with ruling power but are as good as great saints. Prahlāda Mahārāja wanted to become a <i>rājarṣi,</i> whereas Hiraṇyakśipu wanted him to become a king attached to sense enjoyment (<i>gṛha-medhinām</i>). Therefore in the Āryan system there is <i>varṇāśrama-dharma,</i> by which everyone should be educated according to his position in society's division of <i>varṇa</i> (<i>brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya</i> and <i>śūdra</i>) and <i>āśrama</i> (<i>brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsa</i>).",
|
||||
"A devotee purified by devotional service is always in the transcendental position above the mundane qualities. Thus the difference between Prahlāda Mahārāja and Hiraṇyakaśipu was that Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted to keep Prahlāda in mundane attachment whereas Prahlāda was above the modes of material nature. As long as one is under the control of material nature, his occupational duty is different from that of a person not under such control. One's real <i>dharma,</i> or occupational duty, is described in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (<i>dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam</i>). As described to his order carriers by Dharmarāja, or Yamarāja, a living being is a spiritual identity, and therefore his occupational duty is also spiritual. The real <i>dharma</i> is that which is advised in <i>Bhagavad-gītā:</i> <i>sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja.</i> One must give up one's material occupational duties, just as one must give up his material body. Whatever one's occupational duty, even according to the <i>varṇāśrama</i> system, one must give it up and engage in one's spiritual function. One's real <i>dharma,</i> or occupational duty, is explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. <i>Jīvera 'svarūpa' haya</i>—<i>kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa': </i>every living being is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. That is one's real occupational duty."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 52,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.52",
|
||||
"devanagari": "धर्मम् अर्थं च कामं च नितरां चानुपूर्वशः\nप्रह्रादायोचतू राजन्प्रश्रितावनताय च",
|
||||
"transliteration": "dharmam arthaṁ ca kāmaṁ ca\nnitarāṁ cānupūrvaśaḥ\nprahrādāyocatū rājan\npraśritāvanatāya ca",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dharmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"mundane occupational duty"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "artham",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"economic development"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kāmam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sense gratification"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nitarām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"always"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "anupūrvaśaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"according to order, or from the beginning to the end"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahrādāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto Prahlāda Mahārāja"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ūcatuḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they spoke"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rājan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "praśrita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"who was humble"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "avanatāya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and submissive"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"also."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka systematically and unceasingly taught Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was very submissive and humble, about mundane religion, economic development and sense gratification.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"There are four processes for human society—<i>dharma, artha, kāma</i> and <i>mokṣa</i>—and they culminate in liberation. Human society must follow a process of religion to advance, and on the basis of religion one should try to develop his economic condition so that he can fulfill his needs for sense gratification according to the religious rules and regulations. Then liberation from material bondage will be easier to attain. That is the Vedic process. When one is above the stages of <i>dharma, artha, kāma</i> and <i>mokṣa,</i> one becomes a devotee. He is then on the platform from which he is guaranteed not to fall again to material existence (<i>yad gatvā na nivartante</i>). As advised in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> if one transcends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in devotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existence again."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 53,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.53",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यथा त्रिवर्गं गुरुभिर् आत्मने उपशिक्षितम्\nन साधु मेने तच्छिक्षां द्वन्द्वारामोपवर्णिताम्",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yathā tri-vargaṁ gurubhir\nātmane upaśikṣitam\nna sādhu mene tac-chikṣāṁ\ndvandvārāmopavarṇitām",
|
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"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yathā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"as"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tri-vargam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the three processes (religion, economic development and sense gratification)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gurubhiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the teachers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ātmane",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto himself (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upaśikṣitam",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"instructed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "na",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"not"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sādhu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"really good"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mene",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he considered"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-śikṣām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the education in that"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvandva-ārāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by persons taking pleasure in duality (in material enmity and friendship)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "upavarṇitām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"which is prescribed."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>The teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka instructed Prahlāda Mahārāja in the three kinds of material advancement called religion, economic development and sense gratification. Prahlāda, however, being situated above such instructions, did not like them, for such instructions are based on the duality of worldly affairs, which involve one in a materialistic way of life marked by birth, death, old age and disease.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The entire world is interested in the materialistic way of life. Indeed, practically 99.9 percent of the people in the three worlds are uninterested in liberation or spiritual education. Only the devotees of the Lord, headed by such great personalities as Prahlāda Mahārāja and Nārada Muni, are interested in the real education of spiritual life. One cannot understand the principles of religion while staying on the material platform. Therefore one must follow these great personalities. As stated in <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i> (6.3.20):",
|
||||
"<i>svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ<br/> kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ<br/> prahlādo janako bhīṣmo<br/> balir vaiyāsakir vayam</i>",
|
||||
"One must follow in the footsteps of such great personalities as Lord Brahmā, Nārada, Lord Śiva, Kapila, Manu, the Kumāras, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Bhīṣma, Janaka, Bali Mahārāja, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Yamarāja. Those interested in spiritual life should follow Prahlāda Mahārāja in rejecting the education of religion, economic development and sense gratification. One should be interested in spiritual education. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spreading all over the world, following in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, who did not like any of the materialistic education he received from his teachers."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 54,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.54",
|
||||
"devanagari": "यदाचार्यः परावृत्तो गृहमेधीयकर्मसु\nवयस्यैर्बालकैस्तत्र सोपहूतः कृतक्षणैः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "yadācāryaḥ parāvṛtto\ngṛhamedhīya-karmasu\nvayasyair bālakais tatra\nsopahūtaḥ kṛta-kṣaṇaiḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "yadā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"when"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ācāryaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the teachers"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "parāvṛttaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"became engaged"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "gṛha-medhīya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of household life"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karmasu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in duties"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vayasyaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by his friends of the same age"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālakaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"boys"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tatra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"there"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "saḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"he (Prahlāda Mahārāja)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "apahūtaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"called"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛta-kṣaṇaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"obtaining an opportune moment."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>When the teachers went home to attend to their household affairs, the students of the same age as Prahlāda Mahārāja would call him to take the opportunity of leisure hours for play.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"In tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from the classroom, the students called Prahlāda Mahārāja, wanting to play with him. As will be seen from the following verses, however, Prahlāda Mahārāja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to utilize every moment for advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, as indicated in this verse by the word <i>kṛta-kṣaṇaiḥ,</i> at the opportune moment when it was possible to preach about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Prahlāda Mahārāja used the time as follows."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 55,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.55",
|
||||
"devanagari": "अथ ताञ्श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्रत्याहूय महाबुधः\nउवाच विद्वांस्तन्निष्ठां कृपया प्रहसन्न् इव",
|
||||
"transliteration": "atha tāñ ślakṣṇayā vācā\npratyāhūya mahā-budhaḥ\nuvāca vidvāṁs tan-niṣṭhāṁ\nkṛpayā prahasann iva",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "atha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"then"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the class friends"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ślakṣṇayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"with very pleasing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vācā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"speech"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "pratyāhūya",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"addressing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-budhaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was highly learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness (mahā means \"great,\" and budha means \"learned\")"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "uvāca",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"said"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "vidvān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very learned"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-niṣṭhām",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the path of God realization"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "kṛpayā",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"being merciful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "prahasan",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"smiling"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "iva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"like."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was truly the supreme learned person, then addressed his class friends in very sweet language. Smiling, he began to teach them about the uselessness of the materialistic way of life. Being very kind to them, he instructed them as follows.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja's smiling is very significant. The other students were very much advanced in enjoying materialistic life through religion, economic development and sense gratification, but Prahlāda Mahārāja laughed at them, knowing that this was not actual happiness, for real happiness is advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The duty of those who follow in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja is to teach the entire world how to be Kṛṣṇa conscious and thus be really happy. Materialistic persons take to so-called religion to get some blessings so that they can improve their economic position and enjoy the material world through sense gratification. But devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja laugh at how foolish they are to be busy in a temporary life without knowledge of the soul's transmigration from one body to another. Materialistic persons are engaged in striving for temporary benefits, whereas persons advanced in spiritual knowledge, such as Prahlāda Mahārāja, are not interested in the materialistic way of life. Instead, they want to be elevated to an eternal life of knowlege and bliss. Therefore, as Kṛṣṇa is always compassionate to the fallen souls, His servants, the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, are also interested in educating the entire populace in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The mistake of materialistic life is understood by devotees, and therefore they smile upon it, considering it insignificant. Out of compassion, however, such devotees preach the gospel of <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> all over the world."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
||||
{
|
||||
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
|
||||
"canto": 7,
|
||||
"chapter": 5,
|
||||
"verse": 56,
|
||||
"reference": "SB 7.5.56-57",
|
||||
"devanagari": "ते तु तद्गौरवात्सर्वे त्यक्तक्रीडापरिच्छदाः\nबाला अदूषितधियो द्वन्द्वारामेरितेहितैः\nपर्युपासत राजेन्द्र तन्न्यस्तहृदयेक्षणाः\nतान् आह करुणो मैत्रो महाभागवतो ऽसुरः",
|
||||
"transliteration": "te tu tad-gauravāt sarve\ntyakta-krīḍā-paricchadāḥ\nbālā adūṣita-dhiyo\ndvandvārāmeritehitaiḥ\nparyupāsata rājendra\ntan-nyasta-hṛdayekṣaṇāḥ\ntān āha karuṇo maitro\nmahā-bhāgavato 'suraḥ",
|
||||
"synonyms": [
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "te",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"they"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tu",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"indeed"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat-gauravāt",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"from great respect for the words of Prahlāda Mahārāja (due to his being a devotee)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "sarve",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"all of them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tyakta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having given up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "krīḍā-paricchadāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"toys for playing"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "bālāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"the boys"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "adūṣita-dhiyaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"whose intelligence was not as polluted (as that of their fathers)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "dvandva",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"in duality"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "ārāma",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"of those taking pleasure (the instructors, namely Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka)"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īrita",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"by the instructions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "īhitaiḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"and actions"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "paryupāsata",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"sat down around"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "rāja-indra",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"O King Yudhiṣṭhira"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tat",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto him"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "nyasta",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"having given up"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "hṛdaya-īkṣaṇāḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"their hearts and eyes"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "tān",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"unto them"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "āha",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"spoke"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "karuṇaḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"very merciful"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "maitraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a real friend"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "mahā-bhāgavataḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"a most exalted devotee"
|
||||
]
|
||||
},
|
||||
{
|
||||
"word": "asuraḥ",
|
||||
"meanings": [
|
||||
"Prahlāda Mahārāja, although born of an asura father."
|
||||
]
|
||||
}
|
||||
],
|
||||
"translation": "<b>My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, all the children were very much affectionate and respectful to Prahlāda Mahārāja, and because of their tender age they were not so polluted by the instructions and actions of their teachers, who were attached to condemned duality and bodily comfort. Thus the boys surrounded Prahlāda Mahārāja, giving up their playthings, and sat down to hear him. Their hearts and eyes being fixed upon him, they looked at him with great earnestness. Prahlāda Mahārāja, although born in a demon family, was an exalted devotee, and he desired their welfare. Thus he began instructing them about the futility of materialistic life.</b>",
|
||||
"purport": [
|
||||
"The words <i>bālā adūṣita-dhiyaḥ</i> indicate that the children, being of a tender age, were not as polluted by materialistic life as their fathers. Prahlāda Mahārāja, therefore, taking advantage of the innocence of his class friends, began teaching them about the importance of spiritual life and the insignificance of materialistic life. Although the teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka were instructing all the boys in the materialistic life of religion, economic development and sense gratification, the boys were not much polluted. Therefore, with great attention they wanted to hear from Prahlāda Mahārāja about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, the <i>guru-kula</i> plays an extremely important part in our activities because right from childhood the boys at the <i>guru-kula</i> are instructed about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus they become steady within the cores of their hearts, and there is very little possibility that they will be conquered by the modes of material nature when they are older."
|
||||
],
|
||||
"verse_end": 57
|
||||
}
|
||||
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