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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 1,
"reference": "SB 7.12.1",
"devanagari": "श्रीनारद उवाच\nब्रह्मचारी गुरुकुले वसन्दान्तो गुरोर्हितम्\nआचरन्दासवन्नीचो गुरौ सुदृढसौहृदः",
"transliteration": "śrī-nārada uvāca\nbrahmacārī guru-kule\nvasan dānto guror hitam\nācaran dāsavan nīco\ngurau sudṛḍha-sauhṛdaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca",
"meanings": [
"Śrī Nārada Muni said"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmacārī",
"meanings": [
"a brahmacārī, a student living at the residence of the guru"
]
},
{
"word": "guru-kule",
"meanings": [
"at the residence of the guru"
]
},
{
"word": "vasan",
"meanings": [
"by living"
]
},
{
"word": "dāntaḥ",
"meanings": [
"continuously practicing control of the senses"
]
},
{
"word": "guroḥ hitam",
"meanings": [
"only for the benefit of the guru (not for one's personal benefit)"
]
},
{
"word": "ācaran",
"meanings": [
"practicing"
]
},
{
"word": "dāsa-vat",
"meanings": [
"very humbly, like a slave"
]
},
{
"word": "nīcaḥ",
"meanings": [
"submissive, obedient"
]
},
{
"word": "gurau",
"meanings": [
"unto the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "su-dṛḍha",
"meanings": [
"firmly"
]
},
{
"word": "sauhṛdaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in friendship or good will."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Nārada Muni said: </b><b>A student should practice completely controlling his senses. He should be submissive and should have an attitude of firm friendship for the spiritual master. With a great vow, the brahmacārī should live at the guru-kula, only for the benefit of the guru.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 2,
"reference": "SB 7.12.2",
"devanagari": "सायं प्रातर् उपासीत गुर्वग्न्यर्कसुरोत्तमान्\nसन्ध्ये उभे च यतवाग्जपन्ब्रह्म समाहितः",
"transliteration": "sāyaṁ prātar upāsīta\ngurv-agny-arka-surottamān\nsandhye ubhe ca yata-vāg\njapan brahma samāhitaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sāyam",
"meanings": [
"in the evening"
]
},
{
"word": "prātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in the morning"
]
},
{
"word": "upāsīta",
"meanings": [
"he should worship"
]
},
{
"word": "guru",
"meanings": [
"the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"the fire (by a fire sacrifice)"
]
},
{
"word": "arka",
"meanings": [
"the sun"
]
},
{
"word": "sura-uttamān",
"meanings": [
"and Lord Viṣṇu, Puruṣottama, the best of personalities"
]
},
{
"word": "sandhye",
"meanings": [
"morning and evening"
]
},
{
"word": "ubhe",
"meanings": [
"both"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "yata-vāk",
"meanings": [
"without talking, being silent"
]
},
{
"word": "japan",
"meanings": [
"murmuring"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"the Gāyatrī mantra"
]
},
{
"word": "samāhitaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being fully absorbed."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>At both junctions of day and night, namely, in the early morning and in the evening, he should be fully absorbed in thoughts of the spiritual master, fire, the sun-god and Lord Viṣṇu and by chanting the Gāyatrī mantra he should worship them.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 3,
"reference": "SB 7.12.3",
"devanagari": "छन्दांस्य् अधीयीत गुरोर् आहूतश्चेत्सुयन्त्रितः\nउपक्रमे ऽवसाने च चरणौ शिरसा नमेत्",
"transliteration": "chandāṁsy adhīyīta guror\nāhūtaś cet suyantritaḥ\nupakrame 'vasāne ca\ncaraṇau śirasā namet",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chandāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"mantras in the Vedas, like the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and the Gāyatrī mantra"
]
},
{
"word": "adhīyīta",
"meanings": [
"one should chant or read regularly"
]
},
{
"word": "guroḥ",
"meanings": [
"from the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "āhūtaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being addressed or called (by him)"
]
},
{
"word": "cet",
"meanings": [
"if"
]
},
{
"word": "su-yantritaḥ",
"meanings": [
"faithful, well behaved"
]
},
{
"word": "upakrame",
"meanings": [
"in the beginning"
]
},
{
"word": "avasāne",
"meanings": [
"at the end (of reading Vedic mantras)"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "caraṇau",
"meanings": [
"at the lotus feet"
]
},
{
"word": "śirasā",
"meanings": [
"by the head"
]
},
{
"word": "namet",
"meanings": [
"one should offer obeisances."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Being called by the spiritual master, the student should study the Vedic mantras regularly. Every day, before beginning his studies and at the end of his studies, the disciple should respectfully offer obeisances unto the spiritual master.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 4,
"reference": "SB 7.12.4",
"devanagari": "मेखलाजिनवासांसि जटादण्डकमण्डलून्\nबिभृयाद् उपवीतं च दर्भपाणिर्यथोदितम्",
"transliteration": "mekhalājina-vāsāṁsi\njaṭā-daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalūn\nbibhṛyād upavītaṁ ca\ndarbha-pāṇir yathoditam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mekhalā",
"meanings": [
"a belt made of straw"
]
},
{
"word": "ajina-vāsāṁsi",
"meanings": [
"garments made of deerskin"
]
},
{
"word": "jaṭā",
"meanings": [
"matted hair"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍa",
"meanings": [
"a rod"
]
},
{
"word": "kamaṇḍalūn",
"meanings": [
"and a water-pot known as a kamaṇḍalu"
]
},
{
"word": "bibhṛyāt",
"meanings": [
"he (the brahmacārī) should regularly carry or wear"
]
},
{
"word": "upavītam ca",
"meanings": [
"and a sacred thread"
]
},
{
"word": "darbha-pāṇiḥ",
"meanings": [
"taking purified kuśa in his hand"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā uditam",
"meanings": [
"as recommended in the śāstras."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Carrying pure kuśa grass in his hand, the brahmacārī should dress regularly with a belt of straw and with deerskin garments. He should wear matted hair, carry a rod and waterpot and be decorated with a sacred thread, as recommended in the śāstras.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 5,
"reference": "SB 7.12.5",
"devanagari": "सायं प्रातश्चरेद्भैक्ष्यं गुरवे तन्निवेदयेत्\nभुंजीत यद्य् अनुज्ञातो नो चेद् उपवसेत्क्वचित्",
"transliteration": "sāyaṁ prātaś cared bhaikṣyaṁ\ngurave tan nivedayet\nbhuñjīta yady anujñāto\nno ced upavaset kvacit",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sāyam",
"meanings": [
"in the evening"
]
},
{
"word": "prātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in the morning"
]
},
{
"word": "caret",
"meanings": [
"should go out"
]
},
{
"word": "bhaikṣyam",
"meanings": [
"to collect alms"
]
},
{
"word": "gurave",
"meanings": [
"unto the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"all that he collects"
]
},
{
"word": "nivedayet",
"meanings": [
"should offer"
]
},
{
"word": "bhuñjīta",
"meanings": [
"he should eat"
]
},
{
"word": "yadi",
"meanings": [
"if"
]
},
{
"word": "anujñātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"ordered (by the spiritual master)"
]
},
{
"word": "no",
"meanings": [
"otherwise"
]
},
{
"word": "cet",
"meanings": [
"if"
]
},
{
"word": "upavaset",
"meanings": [
"should observe fasting"
]
},
{
"word": "kvacit",
"meanings": [
"sometimes."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The brahmacārī should go out morning and evening to collect alms, and he should offer all that he collects to the spiritual master. He should eat only if ordered to take food by the spiritual master; otherwise, if the spiritual master does not give this order, he may sometimes have to fast.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 6,
"reference": "SB 7.12.6",
"devanagari": "सुशीलो मितभुग्दक्षः श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः\nयावदर्थं व्यवहरेत्स्त्रीषु स्त्रीनिर्जितेषु च",
"transliteration": "suśīlo mita-bhug dakṣaḥ\nśraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ\nyāvad-arthaṁ vyavaharet\nstrīṣu strī-nirjiteṣu ca",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "su-śīlaḥ",
"meanings": [
"very polite and well behaved"
]
},
{
"word": "mita-bhuk",
"meanings": [
"eating only exactly what he needs, neither more nor less"
]
},
{
"word": "dakṣaḥ",
"meanings": [
"expert or without laziness, always busy"
]
},
{
"word": "śraddadhānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"possessing full faith in the instructions of the śāstra and the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "jita-indriyaḥ",
"meanings": [
"having full control over the senses"
]
},
{
"word": "yāvat-artham",
"meanings": [
"as much as necessary"
]
},
{
"word": "vyavaharet",
"meanings": [
"should behave externally"
]
},
{
"word": "strīṣu",
"meanings": [
"unto women"
]
},
{
"word": "strī-nirjiteṣu",
"meanings": [
"men who are henpecked, controlled by women"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A brahmacārī should be quite well behaved and gentle and should not eat or collect more than necessary. He must always be active and expert, fully believing in the instructions of the spiritual master and the śāstra. Fully controlling his senses, he should associate only as much as necessary with women or those controlled by women.</b>",
"purport": [
"A <i>brahmacārī</i> should be very careful not to mix with women or with men addicted to women. Although when he goes out to beg alms it is necessary to talk with women and with men very much attached to women, this association should be very short, and he should talk with them only about begging alms, and not more. A <i>brahmacārī</i> should be very careful in associating with men who are attached to women."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 7,
"reference": "SB 7.12.7",
"devanagari": "वर्जयेत्प्रमदागाथाम् अगृहस्थो बृहद्व्रतः\nइन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्त्य् अपि यतेर्मनः",
"transliteration": "varjayet pramadā-gāthām\nagṛhastho bṛhad-vrataḥ\nindriyāṇi pramāthīni\nharanty api yater manaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "varjayet",
"meanings": [
"must give up"
]
},
{
"word": "pramadā-gāthām",
"meanings": [
"talking with women"
]
},
{
"word": "agṛhasthaḥ",
"meanings": [
"a person who has not accepted the gṛhastha-āśrama (a brahmacārī or sannyāsī)"
]
},
{
"word": "bṛhat-vrataḥ",
"meanings": [
"invariably observing the vow of celibacy"
]
},
{
"word": "indriyāṇi",
"meanings": [
"the senses"
]
},
{
"word": "pramāthīni",
"meanings": [
"almost always unconquerable"
]
},
{
"word": "haranti",
"meanings": [
"take away"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"even"
]
},
{
"word": "yateḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the sannyāsī"
]
},
{
"word": "manaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the mind."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A brahmacārī, or one who has not accepted the gṛhastha-āśrama [family life], must rigidly avoid talking with women or about women, for the senses are so powerful that they may agitate even the mind of a sannyāsī, a member of the renounced order of life.</b>",
"purport": [
"<i>Brahmacarya</i> essentially means the vow not to marry but to observe strict celibacy (<i>bṛhad-vrata</i>). A <i>brahmacārī</i> or <i>sannyāsī</i> should avoid talking with women or reading literature concerning talks between man and woman. The injunction restricting association with women is the basic principle of spiritual life. Associating or talking with women is never advised in any of the Vedic literatures. The entire Vedic system teaches one to avoid sex life so that one may gradually progress from <i>brahmacarya</i> to <i>gṛhastha,</i> from <i>gṛhastha</i> to <i>vānaprastha,</i> and from <i>vānaprastha</i> to <i>sannyāsa</i> and thus give up material enjoyment, which is the original cause of bondage to this material world. The word <i>bṛhad-vrata</i> refers to one who has decided not to marry, or in other words, not to indulge in sex life throughout his entire life."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 8,
"reference": "SB 7.12.8",
"devanagari": "केशप्रसाधनोन्मर्द स्नपनाभ्यंजनादिकम्\nगुरुस्त्रीभिर्युवतिभिः कारयेन्नात्मनो युवा",
"transliteration": "keśa-prasādhanonmarda-\nsnapanābhyañjanādikam\nguru-strībhir yuvatibhiḥ\nkārayen nātmano yuvā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "keśa-prasādhana",
"meanings": [
"brushing the hair"
]
},
{
"word": "unmarda",
"meanings": [
"massaging the body"
]
},
{
"word": "snapana",
"meanings": [
"bathing"
]
},
{
"word": "abhyañjana-ādikam",
"meanings": [
"massaging the body with oil and so on"
]
},
{
"word": "guru-strībhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by the wife of the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "yuvatibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"very young"
]
},
{
"word": "kārayet",
"meanings": [
"should allow to do"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"never"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanaḥ",
"meanings": [
"for personal service"
]
},
{
"word": "yuvā",
"meanings": [
"if the student is a young man."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>If the wife of the spiritual master is young, a young brahmacārī should not allow her to care for his hair, massage his body with oil, or bathe him with affection like a mother.</b>",
"purport": [
"The relationship between the student or disciple and the wife of the spiritual master or teacher is like that between son and mother. A mother sometimes cares for her son by combing his hair, massaging his body with oil, or bathing him. Similarly, the wife of the teacher is also a mother (<i>guru-patnī</i>), and therefore she may also care for the disciple in a motherly way. If the wife of the teacher is a young woman, however, a young <i>brahmacārī</i> should not allow such a mother to touch him. This is strictly prohibited. There are seven kinds of mothers:",
"<i>ātma-mātā guroḥ patnī<br/> brāhmaṇī rāja-patnikā<br/> dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī<br/> saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ<br/> </i>[<i>Nīti Śāstra</i>]",
"These mothers are the original mother, the wife of the teacher or spiritual master, the wife of a <i>brāhmaṇa,</i> the king's wife, the cow, the nurse and the earth. Unnecessary association with women, even with one's mother, sister or daughter, is strictly prohibited. This is human civilization. A civilization that allows men to mix unrestrictedly with women is an animal civilization. In Kali-yuga, people are extremely liberal, but mixing with women and talking with them as equals actually constitutes an uncivilized way of life."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 9,
"reference": "SB 7.12.9",
"devanagari": "नन्व् अग्निः प्रमदा नाम घृतकुम्भसमः पुमान्\nसुताम् अपि रहो जह्याद् अन्यदा यावदर्थकृत्",
"transliteration": "nanv agniḥ pramadā nāma\nghṛta-kumbha-samaḥ pumān\nsutām api raho jahyād\nanyadā yāvad-artha-kṛt",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nanu",
"meanings": [
"certainly"
]
},
{
"word": "agniḥ",
"meanings": [
"the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "pramadā",
"meanings": [
"the woman (one who bewilders the mind of man)"
]
},
{
"word": "nāma",
"meanings": [
"the very name"
]
},
{
"word": "ghṛta-kumbha",
"meanings": [
"a pot of butter"
]
},
{
"word": "samaḥ",
"meanings": [
"like"
]
},
{
"word": "pumān",
"meanings": [
"a man"
]
},
{
"word": "sutām api",
"meanings": [
"even one's daughter"
]
},
{
"word": "rahaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in a secluded place"
]
},
{
"word": "jahyāt",
"meanings": [
"one must not associate with"
]
},
{
"word": "anyadā",
"meanings": [
"with other women also"
]
},
{
"word": "yāvat",
"meanings": [
"as much as"
]
},
{
"word": "artha-kṛt",
"meanings": [
"required."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Woman is compared to fire, and man is compared to a butter pot. Therefore a man should avoid associating even with his own daughter in a secluded place. Similarly, he should also avoid association with other women. One should associate with women only for important business and not otherwise.</b>",
"purport": [
"If a butter pot and fire are kept together, the butter within the pot will certainly melt. Woman is compared to fire, and man is compared to a butter pot. However advanced one may be in restraining the senses, it is almost impossible for a man to keep himself controlled in the presence of a woman, even if she is his own daughter, mother or sister. Indeed, his mind is agitated even if one is in the renounced order of life. Therefore, Vedic civilization carefully restricts mingling between men and women. If one cannot understand the basic principle of restraining association between man and woman, he is to be considered an animal. That is the purport of this verse."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 10,
"reference": "SB 7.12.10",
"devanagari": "कल्पयित्वात्मना यावद् आभासम् इदम् ईश्वरः\nद्वैतं तावन्न विरमेत्ततो ह्य् अस्य विपर्ययः",
"transliteration": "kalpayitvātmanā yāvad\nābhāsam idam īśvaraḥ\ndvaitaṁ tāvan na viramet\ntato hy asya viparyayaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kalpayitvā",
"meanings": [
"ascertaining positively"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmanā",
"meanings": [
"by self-realization"
]
},
{
"word": "yāvat",
"meanings": [
"as long as"
]
},
{
"word": "ābhāsam",
"meanings": [
"reflection (of the original body and senses)"
]
},
{
"word": "idam",
"meanings": [
"this (the body and senses)"
]
},
{
"word": "īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"completely independent of illusion"
]
},
{
"word": "dvaitam",
"meanings": [
"duality"
]
},
{
"word": "tāvat",
"meanings": [
"for that long"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"does not"
]
},
{
"word": "viramet",
"meanings": [
"see"
]
},
{
"word": "tataḥ",
"meanings": [
"by such duality"
]
},
{
"word": "hi",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "asya",
"meanings": [
"of the person"
]
},
{
"word": "viparyayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"counteraction."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>As long as a living entity is not completely self-realized—as long as he is not independent of the misconception of identifying with his body, which is nothing but a reflection of the original body and senses—he cannot be relieved of the conception of duality, which is epitomized by the duality between man and woman. Thus there is every chance that he will fall down because his intelligence is bewildered.</b>",
"purport": [
"Here is another important warning that a man must save himself from attraction to woman. Until one is self-realized, fully independent of the illusory conception of the material body, the duality of man and woman must undoubtedly continue, but when one is actually self-realized this distinction ceases.",
"<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].\" (Bg. 5.18) On the spiritual platform, the learned person not only gives up the duality of man and woman, but also gives up the duality of man and animal. This is the test of self-realization. One must realize perfectly that the living being is spirit soul but is tasting various types of material bodies. One may theoretically understand this, but when one has practical realization, then he actually becomes a <i>paṇḍita,</i> one who knows. Until that time, the duality continues, and the conception of man and woman also continues. In this stage, one should be extremely careful about mixing with women. No one should think himself perfect and forget the śāstric instruction that one should be very careful about associating even with his daughter, mother or sister, not to speak of other women. Śrīla Madhvācārya cites the following <i>ślokas</i> in this regard:",
"<i>bahutvenaiva vastūnāṁ<br/> yathārtha-jñānam ucyate<br/> advaita-jñānam ity etad<br/> dvaita-jñānaṁ tad-anyathā</i>",
"<i>yathā jñānaṁ tathā vastu<br/> yathā vastus tathā matiḥ<br/> naiva jñānārthayor bhedas<br/> tata ekatva-vedanam</i>",
"Unity in variety is real knowledge, and therefore giving up variety artificially does not reflect perfect knowledge of monism. According to the <i>acintya-bhedābheda</i> philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, there are varieties, but all of them constitute one unit. Such knowledge is knowledge of perfect oneness."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 11,
"reference": "SB 7.12.11",
"devanagari": "एतत्सर्वं गृहस्थस्य समाम्नातं यतेर् अपि\nगुरुवृत्तिर्विकल्पेन गृहस्थस्यर्तुगामिनः",
"transliteration": "etat sarvaṁ gṛhasthasya\nsamāmnātaṁ yater api\nguru-vṛttir vikalpena\ngṛhasthasyartu-gāminaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "etat",
"meanings": [
"this"
]
},
{
"word": "sarvam",
"meanings": [
"all"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhasthasya",
"meanings": [
"of a householder"
]
},
{
"word": "samāmnātam",
"meanings": [
"described"
]
},
{
"word": "yateḥ api",
"meanings": [
"even of the person in the renounced order"
]
},
{
"word": "guru-vṛttiḥ vikalpena",
"meanings": [
"to follow the orders of the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhasthasya",
"meanings": [
"of the householder"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛtu-gāminaḥ",
"meanings": [
"accepting sex only during the period favorable for procreation."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>All the rules and regulations apply equally to the householder and the sannyāsī, the member of the renounced order of life. The gṛhastha, however, is given permission by the spiritual master to indulge in sex during the period favorable for procreation.</b>",
"purport": [
"It is sometimes misunderstood that a <i>gṛhastha,</i> a householder, is permitted to indulge in sex at any time. This is a wrong conception of <i>gṛhastha</i> life. In spiritual life, whether one is a <i>gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsī</i> or <i>brahmacārī,</i> everyone is under the control of the spiritual master. For <i>brahmacārīs</i> and <i>sannyāsīs</i> there are strong restrictions on sexual indulgence. Similarly, there are strong restrictions for <i>gṛhasthas.</i> <i>Gṛhasthas</i> should indulge in sex life only in accordance with the order of the <i>guru.</i> Therefore it is mentioned here that one must follow the orders of the spiritual master (<i>guru-vṛttir vikalpena</i>). When the spiritual master orders, the <i>gṛhastha</i> may accept sex life. This is confirmed in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (7.11). <i>Dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi:</i> indulgence in sex life without disobedience to the religious rules and regulations constitutes a religious principle. The <i>gṛhastha</i> is allowed to indulge in sex life during the period favorable for procreation and in accordance with the spiritual master's order. If the spiritual master's orders allow a <i>gṛhastha</i> to engage in sex life at a particular time, then the <i>gṛhastha</i> may do so; otherwise, if the spiritual master orders against it, the <i>gṛhastha</i> should abstain. The <i>gṛhastha</i> must obtain permission from the spiritual master to observe the ritualistic ceremony of <i>garbhādhāna-saṁskāra.</i> Then he may approach his wife to beget children, otherwise not. A <i>brāhmaṇa</i> generally remains a <i>brahmacārī</i> throughout his entire life, but although some <i>brāhmaṇas</i> become <i>gṛhasthas</i> and indulge in sex life, they do so under the complete control of the spiritual master. The <i>kṣatriya</i> is allowed to marry more than one wife, but this also must be in accordance with the instructions of the spiritual master. It is not that because one is a <i>gṛhastha</i> he may marry as many times as he likes and indulge in sex life as he likes. This is not spiritual life. In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the <i>guru.</i> Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. <i>Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ.</i> If one desires to advance in spiritual life but he acts whimsically, not following the orders of the spiritual master, he has no shelter. <i>Yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi.</i> Without the spiritual master's order, even the <i>gṛhastha</i> should not indulge in sex life."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 12,
"reference": "SB 7.12.12",
"devanagari": "अंजनाभ्यंजनोन्मर्द स्त्र्यवलेखामिषं मधु\nस्रग्गन्धलेपालंकारांस्त्यजेयुर्ये बृहद्व्रताः",
"transliteration": "añjanābhyañjanonmarda-\nstry-avalekhāmiṣaṁ madhu\nsrag-gandha-lepālaṅkārāṁs\ntyajeyur ye bṛhad-vratāḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "añjana",
"meanings": [
"ointment or powder for decorating the eyes"
]
},
{
"word": "abhyañjana",
"meanings": [
"massaging the head"
]
},
{
"word": "unmarda",
"meanings": [
"massaging the body"
]
},
{
"word": "strī-avalekha",
"meanings": [
"to glance over a woman or to paint a woman's picture"
]
},
{
"word": "āmiṣam",
"meanings": [
"meat-eating"
]
},
{
"word": "madhu",
"meanings": [
"drinking liquor or honey"
]
},
{
"word": "srak",
"meanings": [
"decorating the body with garlands of flowers"
]
},
{
"word": "gandha-lepa",
"meanings": [
"smearing the body with scented ointment"
]
},
{
"word": "alaṅkārān",
"meanings": [
"decorating the body with ornaments"
]
},
{
"word": "tyajeyuḥ",
"meanings": [
"must give up"
]
},
{
"word": "ye",
"meanings": [
"those who"
]
},
{
"word": "bṛhat-vratāḥ",
"meanings": [
"have taken the vow of celibacy."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Brahmacārīs or gṛhasthas who have taken the vow of celibacy as described above should not indulge in the following: applying powder or ointment to the eyes, massaging the head with oil, massaging the body with the hands, seeing a woman or painting a woman's picture, eating meat, drinking wine, decorating the body with flower garlands, smearing scented ointment on the body, or decorating the body with ornaments. These they should give up.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 13,
"reference": "SB 7.12.13-14",
"devanagari": "उषित्वैवं गुरुकुले द्विजो ऽधीत्यावबुध्य च\nत्रयीं सांगोपनिषदं यावदर्थं यथाबलम्\nदत्त्वा वरम् अनुज्ञातो गुरोः कामं यदीश्वरः\nगृहं वनं वा प्रविशेत्प्रव्रजेत्तत्र वा वसेत्",
"transliteration": "uṣitvaivaṁ guru-kule\ndvijo 'dhītyāvabudhya ca\ntrayīṁ sāṅgopaniṣadaṁ\nyāvad-arthaṁ yathā-balam\ndattvā varam anujñāto\nguroḥ kāmaṁ yadīśvaraḥ\ngṛhaṁ vanaṁ vā praviśet\npravrajet tatra vā vaset",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "uṣitvā",
"meanings": [
"residing"
]
},
{
"word": "evam",
"meanings": [
"in this way"
]
},
{
"word": "guru-kule",
"meanings": [
"under the care of the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "dvi-jaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the twiceborn, namely the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas"
]
},
{
"word": "adhītya",
"meanings": [
"studying Vedic literature"
]
},
{
"word": "avabudhya",
"meanings": [
"understanding it properly"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "trayīm",
"meanings": [
"the Vedic literatures"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-aṅga",
"meanings": [
"along with supplementary parts"
]
},
{
"word": "upaniṣadam",
"meanings": [
"as well as the Upaniṣads"
]
},
{
"word": "yāvat-artham",
"meanings": [
"as far as possible"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā-balam",
"meanings": [
"as far as one can, according to one's ability"
]
},
{
"word": "dattvā",
"meanings": [
"giving"
]
},
{
"word": "varam",
"meanings": [
"remuneration"
]
},
{
"word": "anujñātaḥ",
"meanings": [
"being asked"
]
},
{
"word": "guroḥ",
"meanings": [
"of the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "kāmam",
"meanings": [
"desires"
]
},
{
"word": "yadi",
"meanings": [
"if"
]
},
{
"word": "īśvaraḥ",
"meanings": [
"capable"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛham",
"meanings": [
"household life"
]
},
{
"word": "vanam",
"meanings": [
"retired life"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "praviśet",
"meanings": [
"one should enter"
]
},
{
"word": "pravrajet",
"meanings": [
"or get out of"
]
},
{
"word": "tatra",
"meanings": [
"there"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "vaset",
"meanings": [
"should reside."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>According to the rules and regulations mentioned above, one who is twiceborn, namely a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya or vaiśya, should reside in the guru-kula under the care of the spiritual master. There he should study and learn all the Vedic literatures along with their supplements and the Upaniṣads, according to his ability and power to study. If possible, the student or disciple should reward the spiritual master with the remuneration the spiritual master requests, and then, following the master's order, the disciple should leave and accept one of the other āśramas, namely the gṛhastha-āśrama, vānaprastha-āśrama or sannyāsa-āśrama, as he desires.</b>",
"purport": [
"To study the <i>Vedas</i> and understand them, of course, requires some special intelligence, but the members of the three higher sections of society—namely the <i>brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas</i> and <i>vaiśyas</i>—must learn the Vedic literatures according to their capability and power to understand. In other words, studying the Vedic literatures is compulsory for everyone but the <i>śūdras</i> and <i>antyajas.</i> The Vedic literature gives the knowledge that can lead one to understand the Absolute Truth—Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān. <i>Guru-kula,</i> or the reformatory educational institution, should be used only to understand Vedic knowledge. At the present time there are many educational institutions for training and technology, but such knowledge has nothing to do with understanding of the Absolute Truth. Technology, therefore, is meant for the <i>śūdras,</i> whereas the <i>Vedas</i> are meant for the <i>dvijas.</i> Consequently this verse states, <i>dvijo 'dhītyāvabudhya ca trayīṁ sāṅgopaniṣadam.</i> At the present time, in the age of Kali, practically everyone is a <i>śūdra,</i> and no one is a <i>dvija.</i> Therefore the condition of society has very much deteriorated.",
"Another point to be observed from this verse is that from the <i>brahmacārī-āśrama</i> one may accept the <i>sannyāsa-āśrama, vānaprastha-āśrama</i> or <i>gṛhastha-āśrama.</i> It is not compulsory for a <i>brahmacārī</i> to become a <i>gṛhastha.</i> Because the ultimate aim is to understand the Absolute Truth, there is no necessity of going through all the different <i>āśramas.</i> Thus one may proceed to the <i>sannyāsa-āśrama</i> directly from the <i>brahmacārī-āśrama.</i> Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura accepted the <i>sannyāsa-āśrama</i> directly from the <i>brahmacārī-āśrama.</i> In other words, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura did not think it compulsory to accept the <i>gṛhastha-āśrama</i> or <i>vānaprastha-āśrama.</i>"
],
"verse_end": 14
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 15,
"reference": "SB 7.12.15",
"devanagari": "अग्नौ गुराव् आत्मनि च सर्वभूतेष्व् अधोक्षजम्\nभूतैः स्वधामभिः पश्येद् अप्रविष्टं प्रविष्टवत्",
"transliteration": "agnau gurāv ātmani ca\nsarva-bhūteṣv adhokṣajam\nbhūtaiḥ sva-dhāmabhiḥ paśyed\napraviṣṭaṁ praviṣṭavat",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agnau",
"meanings": [
"in the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "gurau",
"meanings": [
"in the spiritual master"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmani",
"meanings": [
"in one's self"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "sarva-bhūteṣu",
"meanings": [
"in every living entity"
]
},
{
"word": "adhokṣajam",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who cannot be seen or perceived with the material eyes or other material senses"
]
},
{
"word": "bhūtaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with all living entities"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-dhāmabhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"along with His Lordship's paraphernalia"
]
},
{
"word": "paśyet",
"meanings": [
"one should see"
]
},
{
"word": "apraviṣṭam",
"meanings": [
"not entered"
]
},
{
"word": "praviṣṭa-vat",
"meanings": [
"also entered."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>One should realize that in the fire, in the spiritual master, in one's self and in all living entities—in all circumstances and conditions—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, has simultaneously entered and not entered. He is situated externally and internally as the full controller of everything.</b>",
"purport": [
"Realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's omnipresence is the perfect realization of the Absolute Truth to be attained through the study of the Vedic literatures. As stated in the <i>Brahma-saṁhitā</i> (5.35), <i>aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham:</i> the Lord is situated within the universe, within the heart of every living entity and also within the atom. We should understand that whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead is present, He is present with all His paraphernalia, including His name, form, associates and servants. The living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus one should understand that since the Supreme Lord has entered the atom, the living entities are also there. One must accept the inconceivable quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for no one can understand from the material point of view how the Lord is all-pervasive and yet is situated in His own abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana. This realization is possible if one strictly follows the regulative principles of <i>āśrama</i> (<i>brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha</i> and <i>sannyāsa</i>). Śrīla Madhvācārya says in this regard:",
"<i>apraviṣṭaḥ sarva-gataḥ<br/> praviṣṭas tv anurūpavān<br/> evaṁ dvi-rūpo bhagavān<br/> harir eko janārdanaḥ</i>",
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His original form, has not entered everything (<i>apraviṣṭaḥ</i>), but in His impersonal form He has entered (<i>praviṣṭaḥ</i>). Thus He has entered and not entered simultaneously. This is also explained in <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i> (9.4), wherein the Lord says:",
"<i>mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ<br/> jagad avyakta-mūrtinā<br/> mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni<br/> na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ</i>",
"\"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.\" The Lord can defy Himself. Thus there is variety in unity (<i>ekatvaṁ bahutvam</i>)."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 16,
"reference": "SB 7.12.16",
"devanagari": "एवं विधो ब्रह्मचारी वानप्रस्थो यतिर्गृही\nचरन्विदितविज्ञानः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति",
"transliteration": "evaṁ vidho brahmacārī\nvānaprastho yatir gṛhī\ncaran vidita-vijñānaḥ\nparaṁ brahmādhigacchati",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "evam vidhaḥ",
"meanings": [
"in this way"
]
},
{
"word": "brahmacārī",
"meanings": [
"whether one is a brahmacārī"
]
},
{
"word": "vānaprasthaḥ",
"meanings": [
"or one is in the vānaprastha-āśrama"
]
},
{
"word": "yatiḥ",
"meanings": [
"or in the sannyāsa-āśrama"
]
},
{
"word": "gṛhī",
"meanings": [
"or in the gṛhastha-āśrama"
]
},
{
"word": "caran",
"meanings": [
"by practice of self-realization and understanding of the Absolute Truth"
]
},
{
"word": "vidita-vijñānaḥ",
"meanings": [
"fully conversant with the science of the Absolute Truth"
]
},
{
"word": "param",
"meanings": [
"the Supreme"
]
},
{
"word": "brahma",
"meanings": [
"the Absolute Truth"
]
},
{
"word": "adhigacchati",
"meanings": [
"one can understand."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>By practicing in this way, whether one be in the brahmacārī-āśrama, gṛhastha-āśrama, vānaprastha-āśrama or sannyāsa-āśrama, one must always realize the all-pervading presence of the Supreme Lord, for in this way it is possible to understand the Absolute Truth.</b>",
"purport": [
"This is the beginning of self-realization. One must first understand how Brahman is present everywhere and how He is acting. This education is called <i>brahma-jijñāsā</i> and is the real concern of human life. Without such knowledge, one cannot claim to be a human being; rather, he remains in the animal kingdom. As it is said, <i>sa eva go-kharaḥ:</i> without such knowledge, one is no better than a cow or an ass."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 17,
"reference": "SB 7.12.17",
"devanagari": "वानप्रस्थस्य वक्ष्यामि नियमान्मुनिसम्मतान्\nयान् आस्थाय मुनिर्गच्छेद् ऋषिलोकम् उहांजसा",
"transliteration": "vānaprasthasya vakṣyāmi\nniyamān muni-sammatān\nyān āsthāya munir gacched\nṛṣi-lokam uhāñjasā",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vānaprasthasya",
"meanings": [
"of a person in the vānaprastha-āśrama (retired life)"
]
},
{
"word": "vakṣyāmi",
"meanings": [
"I shall now explain"
]
},
{
"word": "niyamān",
"meanings": [
"the rules and regulations"
]
},
{
"word": "muni-sammatān",
"meanings": [
"which are recognized by great munis, philosophers and saintly persons"
]
},
{
"word": "yān",
"meanings": [
"which"
]
},
{
"word": "āsthāya",
"meanings": [
"being situated in, or practicing"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"a saintly person"
]
},
{
"word": "gacchet",
"meanings": [
"is promoted"
]
},
{
"word": "ṛṣi-lokam",
"meanings": [
"to the planetary system where the seers and munis go (Maharloka)"
]
},
{
"word": "uha",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "añjasā",
"meanings": [
"without difficulty."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>O King, I shall now describe the qualifications for a vānaprastha, one who has retired from family life. By rigidly following the rules and regulations for the vānaprastha, one can easily be elevated to the upper planetary system known as Maharloka.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 18,
"reference": "SB 7.12.18",
"devanagari": "न कृष्टपच्यम् अश्नीयाद् अकृष्टं चाप्य् अकालतः\nअग्निपक्वम् अथामं वा अर्कपक्वम् उताहरेत्",
"transliteration": "na kṛṣṭa-pacyam aśnīyād\nakṛṣṭaṁ cāpy akālataḥ\nagni-pakvam athāmaṁ vā\narka-pakvam utāharet",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛṣṭa-pacyam",
"meanings": [
"grains grown by tilling of the field"
]
},
{
"word": "aśnīyāt",
"meanings": [
"one should eat"
]
},
{
"word": "akṛṣṭam",
"meanings": [
"grains that have grown without tilling of the field"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "akālataḥ",
"meanings": [
"ripened untimely"
]
},
{
"word": "agni-pakvam",
"meanings": [
"grains prepared by being cooked in fire"
]
},
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"as well as"
]
},
{
"word": "āmam",
"meanings": [
"mango"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "arka-pakvam",
"meanings": [
"food ripened naturally by the sunshine"
]
},
{
"word": "uta",
"meanings": [
"it is so enjoined"
]
},
{
"word": "āharet",
"meanings": [
"the vānaprastha should eat."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A person in vānaprastha life should not eat grains grown by tilling of the fields. He should also not eat grains that have grown without tilling of the field but are not fully ripe. Nor should a vānaprastha eat grains cooked in fire. Indeed, he should eat only fruit ripened by the sunshine.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 19,
"reference": "SB 7.12.19",
"devanagari": "वन्यैश्चरुपुरोडाशान्निर्वपेत्कालचोदितान्\nलब्धे नवे नवे ऽन्नाद्ये पुराणं च परित्यजेत्",
"transliteration": "vanyaiś caru-puroḍāśān\nnirvapet kāla-coditān\nlabdhe nave nave 'nnādye\npurāṇaṁ ca parityajet",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vanyaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"by fruits and grains produced in the forest without cultivation"
]
},
{
"word": "caru",
"meanings": [
"grains to be offered in a fire sacrifice"
]
},
{
"word": "puroḍāśān",
"meanings": [
"the cakes prepared from caru"
]
},
{
"word": "nirvapet",
"meanings": [
"one should execute"
]
},
{
"word": "kāla-coditān",
"meanings": [
"that which has grown naturally"
]
},
{
"word": "labdhe",
"meanings": [
"on obtaining"
]
},
{
"word": "nave",
"meanings": [
"new"
]
},
{
"word": "nave anna-ādye",
"meanings": [
"newly produced food grains"
]
},
{
"word": "purāṇam",
"meanings": [
"the stock of old grains"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"and"
]
},
{
"word": "parityajet",
"meanings": [
"one should give up."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A vānaprastha should prepare cakes to be offered in sacrifice from fruits and grains grown naturally in the forest. When he obtains some new grains, he should give up his old stock of grains.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 20,
"reference": "SB 7.12.20",
"devanagari": "अग्न्यर्थम् एव शरणम् उटजं वाद्रिकन्दरम्\nश्रयेत हिमवाय्वग्नि वर्षार्कातपषाट्स्वयम्",
"transliteration": "agny-artham eva śaraṇam\nuṭajaṁ vādri-kandaram\nśrayeta hima-vāyv-agni-\nvarṣārkātapa-ṣāṭ svayam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"the fire"
]
},
{
"word": "artham",
"meanings": [
"to keep"
]
},
{
"word": "eva",
"meanings": [
"only"
]
},
{
"word": "śaraṇam",
"meanings": [
"a cottage"
]
},
{
"word": "uṭa-jam",
"meanings": [
"made of grass"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"or"
]
},
{
"word": "adri-kandaram",
"meanings": [
"a cave in a mountain"
]
},
{
"word": "śrayeta",
"meanings": [
"the vānaprastha should take shelter of"
]
},
{
"word": "hima",
"meanings": [
"snow"
]
},
{
"word": "vāyu",
"meanings": [
"wind"
]
},
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"fire"
]
},
{
"word": "varṣa",
"meanings": [
"rain"
]
},
{
"word": "arka",
"meanings": [
"of the sun"
]
},
{
"word": "ātapa",
"meanings": [
"shining"
]
},
{
"word": "ṣāṭ",
"meanings": [
"enduring"
]
},
{
"word": "svayam",
"meanings": [
"personally."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A vānaprastha should prepare a thatched cottage or take shelter of a cave in a mountain only to keep the sacred fire, but he should personally practice enduring snowfall, wind, fire, rain and the shining of the sun.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 21,
"reference": "SB 7.12.21",
"devanagari": "केशरोमनखश्मश्रु मलानि जटिलो दधत्\nकमण्डल्वजिने दण्ड वल्कलाग्निपरिच्छदान्",
"transliteration": "keśa-roma-nakha-śmaśru-\nmalāni jaṭilo dadhat\nkamaṇḍalv-ajine daṇḍa-\nvalkalāgni-paricchadān",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "keśa",
"meanings": [
"hair on the head"
]
},
{
"word": "roma",
"meanings": [
"hair on the body"
]
},
{
"word": "nakha",
"meanings": [
"nails"
]
},
{
"word": "śmaśru",
"meanings": [
"moustache"
]
},
{
"word": "malāni",
"meanings": [
"and dirt on the body"
]
},
{
"word": "jaṭilaḥ",
"meanings": [
"with matted locks of hair"
]
},
{
"word": "dadhat",
"meanings": [
"one should keep"
]
},
{
"word": "kamaṇḍalu",
"meanings": [
"a waterpot"
]
},
{
"word": "ajine",
"meanings": [
"and a deerskin"
]
},
{
"word": "daṇḍa",
"meanings": [
"rod"
]
},
{
"word": "valkala",
"meanings": [
"the bark of a tree"
]
},
{
"word": "agni",
"meanings": [
"fire"
]
},
{
"word": "paricchadān",
"meanings": [
"garments."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The vānaprastha should wear matted locks of hair on his head and let his body hair, nails and moustache grow. He should not cleanse his body of dirt. He should keep a waterpot, deerskin and rod, wear the bark of a tree as a covering, and use garments colored like fire.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 22,
"reference": "SB 7.12.22",
"devanagari": "चरेद्वने द्वादशाब्दान् अष्टौ वा चतुरो मुनिः\nद्वाव् एकं वा यथा बुद्धिर्न विपद्येत कृच्छ्रतः",
"transliteration": "cared vane dvādaśābdān\naṣṭau vā caturo muniḥ\ndvāv ekaṁ vā yathā buddhir\nna vipadyeta kṛcchrataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "caret",
"meanings": [
"should remain"
]
},
{
"word": "vane",
"meanings": [
"in the forest"
]
},
{
"word": "dvādaśa-abdān",
"meanings": [
"twelve years"
]
},
{
"word": "aṣṭau",
"meanings": [
"for eight years"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "caturaḥ",
"meanings": [
"four years"
]
},
{
"word": "muniḥ",
"meanings": [
"a saintly, thoughtful man"
]
},
{
"word": "dvau",
"meanings": [
"two"
]
},
{
"word": "ekam",
"meanings": [
"one"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā",
"meanings": [
"as well as"
]
},
{
"word": "buddhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "na",
"meanings": [
"not"
]
},
{
"word": "vipadyeta",
"meanings": [
"bewildered"
]
},
{
"word": "kṛcchrataḥ",
"meanings": [
"because of hard austerities."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Being very thoughtful, a vānaprastha should remain in the forest for twelve years, eight years, four years, two years or at least one year. He should behave in such a way that he will not be disturbed or troubled by too much austerity.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 23,
"reference": "SB 7.12.23",
"devanagari": "यदाकल्पः स्वक्रियायां व्याधिभिर्जरयाथवा\nआन्वीक्षिक्यां वा विद्यायां कुर्याद् अनशनादिकम्",
"transliteration": "yadākalpaḥ sva-kriyāyāṁ\nvyādhibhir jarayāthavā\nānvīkṣikyāṁ vā vidyāyāṁ\nkuryād anaśanādikam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yadā",
"meanings": [
"when"
]
},
{
"word": "akalpaḥ",
"meanings": [
"unable to act"
]
},
{
"word": "sva-kriyāyām",
"meanings": [
"in one's own prescribed duties"
]
},
{
"word": "vyādhibhiḥ",
"meanings": [
"because of disease"
]
},
{
"word": "jarayā",
"meanings": [
"or because of old age"
]
},
{
"word": "athavā",
"meanings": [
"either"
]
},
{
"word": "ānvīkṣikyām",
"meanings": [
"in spiritual advancement"
]
},
{
"word": "vā",
"meanings": [
"or"
]
},
{
"word": "vidyāyām",
"meanings": [
"in the advancement of knowledge"
]
},
{
"word": "kuryāt",
"meanings": [
"one must do"
]
},
{
"word": "anaśana-ādikam",
"meanings": [
"not take sufficient food."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When because of disease or old age one is unable to perform his prescribed duties for advancement in spiritual consciousness or study of the Vedas, he should practice fasting, not taking any food.</b>",
"purport": []
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 24,
"reference": "SB 7.12.24",
"devanagari": "आत्मन्य् अग्नीन्समारोप्य सन्न्यस्याहं ममात्मताम्\nकारणेषु न्यसेत्सम्यक्संघातं तु यथार्हतः",
"transliteration": "ātmany agnīn samāropya\nsannyasyāhaṁ mamātmatām\nkāraṇeṣu nyaset samyak\nsaṅghātaṁ tu yathārhataḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ātmani",
"meanings": [
"in one's self"
]
},
{
"word": "agnīn",
"meanings": [
"the fire elements within the body"
]
},
{
"word": "samāropya",
"meanings": [
"properly placing"
]
},
{
"word": "sannyasya",
"meanings": [
"giving up"
]
},
{
"word": "aham",
"meanings": [
"false identity"
]
},
{
"word": "mama",
"meanings": [
"false conception"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmatām",
"meanings": [
"of the body's being one's self or one's own"
]
},
{
"word": "kāraṇeṣu",
"meanings": [
"in the five elements that cause the material body"
]
},
{
"word": "nyaset",
"meanings": [
"one should merge"
]
},
{
"word": "samyak",
"meanings": [
"completely"
]
},
{
"word": "saṅghātam",
"meanings": [
"combination"
]
},
{
"word": "tu",
"meanings": [
"but"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā-arhataḥ",
"meanings": [
"as it befits."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>He should properly place the fire element in his own self and in this way give up bodily affinity, by which one thinks the body to be one's self or one's own. One should gradually merge the material body into the five elements [earth, water, fire, air and sky].</b>",
"purport": [
"The body is an effect of a cause, namely the five material elements (earth, water, fire, air and sky). In other words, one should know perfectly well that the material body is nothing but a combination of the five elements. This knowledge constitutes merging of the material body and the five material elements. Merging into Brahman in perfect knowledge means understanding perfectly that one is not the body but a spiritual soul."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 25,
"reference": "SB 7.12.25",
"devanagari": "खे खानि वायौ निश्वासांस्तेजःसूष्माणम् आत्मवान्\nअप्स्व् असृक्श्लेष्मपूयानि क्षितौ शेषं यथोद्भवम्",
"transliteration": "khe khāni vāyau niśvāsāṁs\ntejaḥsūṣmāṇam ātmavān\napsv asṛk-śleṣma-pūyāni\nkṣitau śeṣaṁ yathodbhavam",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "khe",
"meanings": [
"in the sky"
]
},
{
"word": "khāni",
"meanings": [
"all the holes of the body"
]
},
{
"word": "vāyau",
"meanings": [
"in the air"
]
},
{
"word": "niśvāsān",
"meanings": [
"all the different airs moving within the body (prāṇa, apāna, etc.)"
]
},
{
"word": "tejaḥsu",
"meanings": [
"in fire"
]
},
{
"word": "uṣmāṇam",
"meanings": [
"the heat of the body"
]
},
{
"word": "ātma-vān",
"meanings": [
"a person who knows the self"
]
},
{
"word": "apsu",
"meanings": [
"in water"
]
},
{
"word": "asṛk",
"meanings": [
"blood"
]
},
{
"word": "śleṣma",
"meanings": [
"mucus"
]
},
{
"word": "pūyāni",
"meanings": [
"and urine"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣitau",
"meanings": [
"in the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "śeṣam",
"meanings": [
"the remaining (namely skin, bones and the other hard things in the body)"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā-udbhavam",
"meanings": [
"wherefrom all of them grew."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>A sober, self-realized person who has full knowledge should merge the various parts of the body in their original sources. The holes in the body are caused by the sky, the process of breathing is caused by the air, the heat of the body is caused by fire, and semen, blood and mucus are caused by water. The hard substances, like skin, muscle and bone, are caused by earth. In this way all the constituents of the body are caused by various elements, and they should be merged again into those elements.</b>",
"purport": [
"To be self-realized, one must understand the original sources of the various elements of the body. The body is a combination of skin, bone, muscle, blood, semen, urine, stool, heat, breath and so on, which all come from earth, water, fire, air and sky. One must be well conversant with the sources of all the bodily constituents. Then one becomes a self-realized person, or <i>ātmavān,</i> one who knows the self."
]
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 26,
"reference": "SB 7.12.26-28",
"devanagari": "वाचम् अग्नौ सवक्तव्याम् इन्द्रे शिल्पं कराव् अपि\nपदानि गत्या वयसि रत्योपस्थं प्रजापतौ\nमृत्यौ पायुं विसर्गं च यथास्थानं विनिर्दिशेत्\nदिक्षु श्रोत्रं सनादेन स्पर्शेनाध्यात्मनि त्वचम्\nरूपाणि चक्षुषा राजन्ज्योतिष्य् अभिनिवेशयेत्\nअप्सु प्रचेतसा जिह्वां घ्रेयैर्घ्राणं क्षितौ न्यसेत्",
"transliteration": "vācam agnau savaktavyām\nindre śilpaṁ karāv api\npadāni gatyā vayasi\nratyopasthaṁ prajāpatau\nmṛtyau pāyuṁ visargaṁ ca\nyathā-sthānaṁ vinirdiśet\ndikṣu śrotraṁ sa-nādena\nsparśenādhyātmani tvacam\nrūpāṇi cakṣuṣā rājan\njyotiṣy abhiniveśayet\napsu pracetasā jihvāṁ\nghreyair ghrāṇaṁ kṣitau nyaset",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vācam",
"meanings": [
"speech"
]
},
{
"word": "agnau",
"meanings": [
"in the fire-god (the personified god controlling fire)"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-vaktavyām",
"meanings": [
"with the subject matter of speaking"
]
},
{
"word": "indre",
"meanings": [
"unto King Indra"
]
},
{
"word": "śilpam",
"meanings": [
"craftsmanship or the capacity to work with the hands"
]
},
{
"word": "karau",
"meanings": [
"as well as the hands"
]
},
{
"word": "api",
"meanings": [
"indeed"
]
},
{
"word": "padāni",
"meanings": [
"the legs"
]
},
{
"word": "gatyā",
"meanings": [
"with the power to move"
]
},
{
"word": "vayasi",
"meanings": [
"unto Lord Viṣṇu"
]
},
{
"word": "ratyā",
"meanings": [
"sexual desire"
]
},
{
"word": "upastham",
"meanings": [
"with the genitals"
]
},
{
"word": "prajāpatau",
"meanings": [
"unto Prajāpati"
]
},
{
"word": "mṛtyau",
"meanings": [
"unto the demigod known as Mṛtyu"
]
},
{
"word": "pāyum",
"meanings": [
"the rectum"
]
},
{
"word": "visargam",
"meanings": [
"with its activity, evacuation"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "yathā-sthānam",
"meanings": [
"in the proper place"
]
},
{
"word": "vinirdiśet",
"meanings": [
"one should indicate"
]
},
{
"word": "dikṣu",
"meanings": [
"unto different directions"
]
},
{
"word": "śrotram",
"meanings": [
"the aural sense"
]
},
{
"word": "sa-nādena",
"meanings": [
"with sound vibration"
]
},
{
"word": "sparśena",
"meanings": [
"with touch"
]
},
{
"word": "adhyātmani",
"meanings": [
"unto the wind-god"
]
},
{
"word": "tvacam",
"meanings": [
"the sense of touch"
]
},
{
"word": "rūpāṇi",
"meanings": [
"form"
]
},
{
"word": "cakṣuṣā",
"meanings": [
"with eyesight"
]
},
{
"word": "rājan",
"meanings": [
"O King"
]
},
{
"word": "jyotiṣi",
"meanings": [
"in the sun"
]
},
{
"word": "abhiniveśayet",
"meanings": [
"one should endow"
]
},
{
"word": "apsu",
"meanings": [
"unto water"
]
},
{
"word": "pracetasā",
"meanings": [
"with the demigod known as Varuṇa"
]
},
{
"word": "jihvām",
"meanings": [
"the tongue"
]
},
{
"word": "ghreyaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with the object of smell"
]
},
{
"word": "ghrāṇam",
"meanings": [
"the power to smell"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣitau",
"meanings": [
"in the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "nyaset",
"meanings": [
"one should give."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>Thereafter, the object of speech, along with the sense of speech [the tongue], should be bestowed upon fire. Craftsmanship and the two hands should be given to the demigod Indra. The power of movement and the legs should be given to Lord Viṣṇu. Sensual pleasure, along with the genitals, should be bestowed upon Prajāpati. The rectum, with the power of evacuation, should be bestowed, in its proper place, unto Mṛtyu. The aural instrument, along with sound vibration, should be given to the deities presiding over the directions. The instrument of touch, along with the sense objects of touch, should be given to Vāyu. Form, with the power of sight, should be bestowed upon the sun. The tongue, along with the demigod Varuṇa, should be bestowed upon water, and the power of smell, along with the two Aśvinī-kumāra demigods, should be bestowed upon the earth.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 28
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 29,
"reference": "SB 7.12.29-30",
"devanagari": "मनो मनोरथैश्चन्द्रे बुद्धिं बोध्यैः कवौ परे\nकर्माण्य् अध्यात्मना रुद्रे यदहं ममताक्रिया\nसत्त्वेन चित्तं क्षेत्रज्ञे गुणैर्वैकारिकं परे\nअप्सु क्षितिम् अपो ज्योतिष्य् अदो वायौ नभस्य् अमुम्\nकूटस्थे तच्च महति तद् अव्यक्ते ऽक्षरे च तत्",
"transliteration": "mano manorathaiś candre\nbuddhiṁ bodhyaiḥ kavau pare\nkarmāṇy adhyātmanā rudre\nyad-ahaṁ mamatā-kriyā\nsattvena cittaṁ kṣetra-jñe\nguṇair vaikārikaṁ pare\napsu kṣitim apo jyotiṣy\nado vāyau nabhasy amum\nkūṭasthe tac ca mahati\ntad avyakte 'kṣare ca tat",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "manaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the mind"
]
},
{
"word": "manorathaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"along with material desires"
]
},
{
"word": "candre",
"meanings": [
"unto Candra, the mood demigod"
]
},
{
"word": "buddhim",
"meanings": [
"intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "bodhyaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"with the subject matter of intelligence"
]
},
{
"word": "kavau pare",
"meanings": [
"unto the supreme learned person, Lord Brahmā"
]
},
{
"word": "karmāṇi",
"meanings": [
"material activities"
]
},
{
"word": "adhyātmanā",
"meanings": [
"with false ego"
]
},
{
"word": "rudre",
"meanings": [
"unto Lord Śiva (Rudra)"
]
},
{
"word": "yat",
"meanings": [
"wherein"
]
},
{
"word": "aham",
"meanings": [
"I am the material body"
]
},
{
"word": "mamatā",
"meanings": [
"everything belonging to the material body is mine"
]
},
{
"word": "kriyā",
"meanings": [
"such activities"
]
},
{
"word": "sattvena",
"meanings": [
"along with the existential conception"
]
},
{
"word": "cittam",
"meanings": [
"consciousness"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣetra-jñe",
"meanings": [
"unto the individual soul"
]
},
{
"word": "guṇaiḥ",
"meanings": [
"along with the material activities conducted by the material qualities"
]
},
{
"word": "vaikārikam",
"meanings": [
"the living entities under the influence of the material modes"
]
},
{
"word": "pare",
"meanings": [
"in the Supreme Being"
]
},
{
"word": "apsu",
"meanings": [
"in the water"
]
},
{
"word": "kṣitim",
"meanings": [
"the earth"
]
},
{
"word": "apaḥ",
"meanings": [
"the water"
]
},
{
"word": "jyotiṣi",
"meanings": [
"in the luminaries, specifically in the sun"
]
},
{
"word": "adaḥ",
"meanings": [
"brightness"
]
},
{
"word": "vāyau",
"meanings": [
"in the air"
]
},
{
"word": "nabhasi",
"meanings": [
"in the sky"
]
},
{
"word": "amum",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "kūṭasthe",
"meanings": [
"in the materialistic conception of life"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "mahati",
"meanings": [
"in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that"
]
},
{
"word": "avyakte",
"meanings": [
"in the nonmanifested"
]
},
{
"word": "akṣare",
"meanings": [
"in the Supersoul"
]
},
{
"word": "ca",
"meanings": [
"also"
]
},
{
"word": "tat",
"meanings": [
"that."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>The mind, along with all material desires, should be merged in the moon demigod. All the subject matters of intelligence, along with the intelligence itself, should be placed in Lord Brahmā. False ego, which is under the influence of the material modes of nature and which induces one to think, \"I am this body, and everything connected with this body is mine,\" should be merged, along with material activities, in Rudra, the predominating deity of false ego. Material consciousness, along with the goal of thought, should be merged in the individual living being, and the demigods acting under the modes of material nature should be merged, along with the perverted living being, into the Supreme Being. The earth should be merged in water, water in the brightness of the sun, this brightness into the air, the air into the sky, the sky into the false ego, the false ego into the total material energy, the total material energy into the unmanifested ingredients [the pradhāna feature of the material energy], and at last the ingredient feature of material manifestation into the Supersoul.</b>",
"purport": [],
"verse_end": 30
}
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{
"book_title": "Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam",
"canto": 7,
"chapter": 12,
"verse": 31,
"reference": "SB 7.12.31",
"devanagari": "इत्य् अक्षरतयात्मानं चिन्मात्रम् अवशेषितम्\nज्ञात्वाद्वयो ऽथ विरमेद्दग्धयोनिर् इवानलः",
"transliteration": "ity akṣaratayātmānaṁ\ncin-mātram avaśeṣitam\njñātvādvayo 'tha viramed\ndagdha-yonir ivānalaḥ",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iti",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "akṣaratayā",
"meanings": [
"because of being spiritual"
]
},
{
"word": "ātmānam",
"meanings": [
"oneself (the individual soul)"
]
},
{
"word": "cit-mātram",
"meanings": [
"completely spiritual"
]
},
{
"word": "avaśeṣitam",
"meanings": [
"the remaining balance (after the material elements are merged, one after another, into the original Supersoul)"
]
},
{
"word": "jñātvā",
"meanings": [
"understanding"
]
},
{
"word": "advayaḥ",
"meanings": [
"without differentiation, or of the same quality as the Paramātmā"
]
},
{
"word": "atha",
"meanings": [
"thus"
]
},
{
"word": "viramet",
"meanings": [
"one should cease from material existence"
]
},
{
"word": "dagdha-yoniḥ",
"meanings": [
"whose source (the wood) has burnt up"
]
},
{
"word": "iva",
"meanings": [
"like"
]
},
{
"word": "analaḥ",
"meanings": [
"flames."
]
}
],
"translation": "<b>When all the material designations have thus merged into their respective material elements, the living beings, who are all ultimately completely spiritual, being one in quality with the Supreme Being, should cease from material existence, as flames cease when the wood in which they are burning is consumed. When the material body is returned to its various material elements, only the spiritual being remains. This spiritual being is Brahman and is equal in quality with Parabrahman.</b>",
"purport": []
}