> Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 6
> Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> Canto 6

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> Chapter Five: Nârada Muni Cursed by Prajâpati Daksa

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> TEXT 1

> srî-suka uvâca

> tasyâm sa pâncajanyâm vai

> visnu-mâyopabrmhitah

> haryasva-samjnân ayutam

> putrân ajanayad vibhuh

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; tasyâm--in her; sah--Prajâpati Daksa; pâncajanyâm--his wife named Pâncajanî; vai--indeed; visnu-mâyâ-upabrmhitah--being made capable by the illusory energy of Lord Visnu; haryasva-samjnân--named the Haryasvas; ayutam--ten thousand; putrân--sons; ajanayat--begot; vibhuh--being powerful.

> TRANSLATION

> Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Impelled by the illusory energy of Lord Visnu, Prajapati Daksa begot ten thousand sons in the womb of Pancajani [Asikni]. My dear King, these sons were called the Haryasvas.

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> TEXT 2

> aprthag-dharma-sîlâs te

> sarve dâksâyanâ nrpa

> pitrâ proktâh prajâ-sarge

> pratîcîm prayayur disam

> aprthak--alike in; dharma-sîlâh--good character and behavior; te--they; sarve--all; dâksâyanâh--the sons of Daksa; nrpa--O King; pitrâ--by their father; proktâh--ordered; prajâ-sarge--to increase the population; pratîcîm--western; prayayuh--they went to; disam--the direction.

> TRANSLATION

> My dear King, all the sons of Prajapati Daksa were alike in being very gentle and obedient to the orders of their father. When their father ordered them to beget children, they all went in the western direction.

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> TEXT 3

> tatra nârâyana-saras

> tîrtham sindhu-samudrayoh

> sangamo yatra sumahan

> muni-siddha-nisevitam

> tatra--in that direction; narayana-sarah--the lake named Narayanasaras; tirtham--very holy place; sindhu-samudrayoh--of the River Sindhu and the sea; sangamah--confluence; yatra--where: sumahat--very great; muni--by sages; siddha--and perfected human beings; nisevitam--frequented.

> TRANSLATION

> In the west, where the River Sindhu meets the sea, there is a great place of pilgrimage known as Narayana-saras. Many sages and others advanced in spiritual consciousness live there.

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> TEXT 4-5

> tad-upasparsanâd eva

> vinirdhûta-malâsayâh

> dharme pâramahamsye ca

> protpanna-matayo 'py uta

> tepire tapa evogram

> pitrâdesena yantritâh

> prajâ-vivrddhaye yattân

> devarsis tân dadarsa ha

> tat--of that holy place; upasparsanât--from bathing in that water or touching it; eva--only; vinirdhûta--completely washed away; mala-âsayâh--whose impure desires; dharme--to the practices; pâramahamsye--executed by the topmost class of sannyâsîs; ca--also; protpanna--highly inclined; matayah--whose minds: api uta--although;

> tepire--they executed; tapah--penances; eva--certainly; ugram--severe; pitr-âdesena--by the order of their father; yantritâh--engaged; prajâ-vivrddhaye--for the purpose of increasing the population; yattân--ready; devarsih--the great sage Nârada; tân--them; dadarsa--visited; ha--indeed.

> TRANSLATION

> In that holy place, the Haryasvas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahamsas. Nevertheless, because their father had ordered them to increase the population, they performed severe austerities to fulfill his desires. One day, when the great sage Narada saw those boys performing such fine austerities to increase the population, Narada approached them.

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> TEXT 6-8

> uvâca câtha haryasvâh

> katham sraksyatha vai prajâh

> adrstvântam bhuvo yûyam

> bâlisâ bata pâlakâh

> tathaika-purusam râstram

> bilam câdrsta-nirgamam

> bahu-rûpâm striyam câpi

> pumâmsam pumscalî-patim

> nadîm ubhayato vâhâm

> panca-pancâdbhutam grham

> kvacid dhamsam citra-katham

> ksaura-pavyam svayam bhrami

> uvâca--he said; ca--also; atha--thus; haryasvâh--O Haryasvas, sons of Prajâpati Daksa; katham--why; sraksyatha--you will beget; vai--indeed; prajâh--progeny; adrstvâ--having not seen; antam--the end; bhuvah--of this earth; yûyam--all of you; bâlisâh--inexperienced; bata--alas; pâlakâh--although ruling princes;

> tathâ--so also; eka--one; purusam--man; râstram--kingdom; bilam--the hole; ca--also; adrsta-nirgamam--from which there is no coming out; bahu-rûpâm--taking many forms; striyam--the woman; ca--and; api--even; pumâmsam--the man; pumscalî-patim--the husband of a prostitute;

> nadîm--a river; ubhayatah--in both ways; vâhâm--which flows; panca-panca--of five multiplied by five (twenty-five): adbhutam--a wonder; grham--the house; kvacit--somewhere: hamsam--a swan; citra-katham--whose story is wonderful; ksaura-pavyam--made of sharp razors and thunderbolts; svayam--itself: bhrami--revolving.

> TRANSLATION

> The great sage Narada said: My dear Haryasvas, you have not seen the extremities of the earth. There is a kingdom where only one man lives and where there is a hole from which, having entered, no one emerges. A woman there who is extremely unchaste adorns herself with various attractive dresses, and the man who lives there is her husband. In that kingdom, there is a river flowing in both directions, a wonderful home made of twenty-five materials, a swan that vibrates various sounds, and an automatically revolving object made of sharp razors and thunderbolts. You have not seen all this, and therefore you are inexperienced boys without advanced knowledge. How, then, will you create progeny?

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> TEXT 9

> katham sva-pitur âdesam

> avidvâmso vipascitah

> anurûpam avijnâya

> aho sargam karisyatha

> katham--how; sva-pituh--of your own father; âdesam--the order; avidvâmsah--ignorant; vipascitah--who knows everything; anurûpam--suitable for you; avijnâya--without knowing; aho--alas; sargam--the creation; karisyatha--you will perform.

> TRANSLATION

> Alas, your father is omniscient, but you do not know his actual order. Without knowing the actual purpose of your father, how will you create progeny?

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> TEXT 10

> srî-suka uvâca

> tan nisamyâtha haryasvâ

> autpattika-manîsayâ

> vâcah kûtam tu devarseh

> svayam vimamrsur dhiyâ

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; tat--that; nisamya--hearing; atha--thereafter; haryasvâh--all the sons of Prajâpati Daksa; autpattika--naturally awakened; manîsayâ--by possessing the power to consider; vâcah--of the speech; kûtam--the enigma; tu--but; devarseh--of Nârada Muni; svayam--themselves; vimamrsuh--reflected upon; dhiyâ--with full intelligence.

> TRANSLATION

> Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing these enigmatic words of Narada Muni, the Haryasvas considered them with their natural intelligence, without help from others.

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> TEXT 11

> bhûh ksetram jîva-samjnam yad

> anâdi nija-bandhanam

> adrstvâ tasya nirvânam

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> bhûh--the earth; ksetram--the field of activities; jîva-samjnam--the designation of the spiritual living being who is bound by different results of activity; yat--which; anâdi--existing since time immemorial; nija-bandhanam--causing his own bondage; adrstvâ--without seeing; tasya--of this; nirvânam--the cessation; kim--what benefit; asat-karmabhih--with temporary fruitive activities; bhavet--there can be.

> TRANSLATION

> [The Haryasvas understood the meaning of Narada's words as follows.] The word "bhuh" ["the earth"] refers to the field of activities. The material body, which is a result of the living being's actions, is his field of activities, and it gives him false designations. Since time immemorial, he has received various types of material bodies, which are the roots of bondage to the material world. If one foolishly engages in temporary fruitive activities and does not look toward the cessation of this bondage, what will be the benefit of his actions?

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> TEXT 12

> eka evesvaras turyo

> bhagavân svâsrayah parah

> tam adrstvâbhavam pumsah

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> ekah--one; eva--indeed; îsvarah--supreme controller; turyah--the fourth transcendental category; bhagavân--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sva-âsrayah--independent, being His own shelter; parah--beyond this material creation; tam--Him; adrstvâ--not seeing; abhavam--who is not born or created; pumsah--of a man; kim--what benefit; asat-karmabhih--with temporary fruitive activities; bhavet--there can be.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had said that there is a kingdom where there is only one male. The Haryasvas realized the purport of this statement.] The only enjoyer is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who observes everything, everywhere. He is full of six opulences and fully independent of everyone else. He is never subject to the three modes of material nature, for He is always transcendental to this material creation. If the members of human society do not understand Him, the Supreme, through their advancement in knowledge and activities, but simply work very hard like cats and dogs all day and night for temporary happiness, what will be the benefit of their activities?

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> TEXT 13

> pumân naivaiti yad gatvâ

> bila-svargam gato yathâ

> pratyag-dhâmâvida iha

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> pumân--a human being; na--not; eva--indeed; eti--comes back; yat--to which; gatvâ--having gone; bila-svargam--to the region of the lower planetary system known as Pâtâla; gatah--gone; yathâ--like; pratyak-dhâma--the effulgent spiritual world; avidah--of the unintelligent man; iha--in this material world; kim--what benefit; asat-karmabhih--with temporary fruitive activities; bhavet--there can be.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had described that there is a bila, or hole, from which, having entered, one does not return. The Haryasvas understood the meaning of this allegory.] Hardly once has a person who has entered the lower planetary system called Patala been seen to return. Similarly, if one enters the Vaikuntha-dhama [pratyag-dhama], he does not return to this material world. If there is such a place, from which, having gone, one does not return to the miserable material condition of life, what is the use of jumping like monkeys in the temporary material world and not seeing or understanding that place? What will be the profit?

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> TEXT 14

> nânâ-rûpâtmano buddhih

> svairinîva gunânvitâ

> tan-nisthâm agatasyeha

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> nânâ--various; rûpâ--who has forms or dresses; âtmanah--of the living entity; buddhih--the intelligence; svairinî--a prostitute who freely decorates herself with different types of cloths and ornaments; iva--like; guna-anvitâ--endowed with the mode of passion, and so on; tat-nisthâm--the cessation of that; agatasya--of one who has not obtained; iha--in this material world; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what is the use of performing temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had described a woman who is a professional prostitute. The Haryasvas understood the identity of this woman.] Mixed with the mode of passion, the unsteady intelligence of every living entity is like a prostitute who changes dresses just to attract one's attention. If one fully engages in temporary fruitive activities, not understanding how this is taking place, what does he actually gain?

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> TEXT 15

> tat-sanga-bhramsitaisvaryam

> samsarantam kubhâryavat

> tad-gatîr abudhasyeha

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> tat-sanga--by association with the prostitute of intelligence; bhramsita--taken away; aisvaryam--the opulence of independence; samsarantam--undergoing the material way of life; ku-bhârya-vat--exactly like a person who has a polluted wife; tat-gatîh--the movements of the polluted intelligence; abudhasya--of one who does not know; iha--in this world; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what can be the benefit of performing temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had also spoken of a man who is the husband of the prostitute. The Haryasvas understood this as follows.] If one becomes the husband of a prostitute, he loses all independence. Similarly, if a living entity has polluted intelligence, he prolongs his materialistic life. Frustrated by material nature, he must follow the movements of the intelligence, which brings various conditions of happiness and distress. If one performs fruitive activities under such conditions, what will be the benefit?

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> TEXT 16

> srsty-apyaya-karîm mâyâm

> velâ-kûlânta-vegitâm

> mattasya tâm avijnasya

> him asat-karmabhir bhavet

> srsti--creation; apyaya--dissolution; karîm--one who causes; mâyâm--the illusory energy; velâ-kûla-anta--near the banks; vegitâm--being very rapid; mattasya--of one who is mad; tâm--that material nature; avijnasya--who does not know; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what benefit can there be by performing temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had said that there is a river flowing in both directions. The Haryasvas understood the purport of this statement.] Material nature functions in two ways--by creation and dissolution. Thus the river of material nature flows both ways. A living entity who unknowingly falls in this river is submerged in its waves, and since the current is swifter near the banks of the river, he is unable to get out. What will be the benefit of performing fruitive activities in that river of maya?

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> TEXT 17

> panca-vimsati-tattvânâm

> puruso 'dbhuta-darpanah

> adhyâtmam abudhasyeha

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> panca-vimsati--twenty-five; tattvânâm--of the elements; purusah--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adbhuta-darpanah--the wonderful manifester; adhyâtmam--the overseer of all causes and effects; abudhasya--of one who does not know; iha--in this world; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what can be the benefit of engaging in temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had said that there is a house made of twenty-five elements. The Haryasvas understood this analogy.] The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of the twenty-five elements, and as the Supreme Being, the conductor of cause and effect, He causes their manifestation. If one engages in temporary fruitive activities, not knowing that Supreme Person, what benefit will he derive?

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> TEXT 18

> aisvaram sâstram utsrjya

> bandha-moksânudarsanam

> vivikta-padam ajnâya

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> aisvaram--bringing understanding of God, or Krsna consciousness; sâstram--the Vedic literature; utsrjya--giving up; bandha--of bondage; moksa--and of liberation; anudarsanam--informing about the ways; vivikta-padam--distinguishing spirit from matter; ajnâya--not knowing; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what can be the use of temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had spoken of a swan. That swan is explained in this verse.] The Vedic literatures [sastras] vividly describe how to understand the Supreme Lord, the source of all material and spiritual energy. Indeed, they elaborately explain these two energies. The swan [hamsa] is one who discriminates between matter and spirit, who accepts the essence of everything, and who explains the means of bondage and the means of liberation. The words of scriptures consist of variegated vibrations. If a foolish rascal leaves aside the study of these sastras to engage in temporary activities, what will be the result?

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> TEXT 19

> kâla-cakram bhrami tîksnam

> sarvam niskarsayaj jagat

> svatantram abudhasyeha

> kim asat-karmabhir bhavet

> kâla-cakram--the wheel of eternal time; bhrami--revolving automatically; tîksnam--very sharp; sarvam--all; niskarsayat--driving; jagat--the world; sva-tantram--independent, not caring for the so-called scientists and philosophers; abudhasya--of one who does not know (this principle of time); iha--in this material world; kim asat-karmabhih bhavet--what is the use of engaging in temporary fruitive activities.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had spoken of a physical object made of sharp blades and thunderbolts. The Haryasvas understood this allegory as follows.] Eternal time moves very sharply, as if made of razors and thunderbolts. Uninterrupted and fully independent, it drives the activities of the entire world. If one does not try to study the eternal element of time, what benefit can he derive from performing temporary material activities?

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> TEXT 20

> sâstrasya pitur âdesam

> yo na veda nivartakam

> katham tad-anurûpâya

> guna-visrambhy upakramet

> sâstrasya--of the scriptures; pituh--of the father; âdesam--the instruction; yah--one who; na--not; veda--understands; nivarta-kam--which brings about the cessation of the material way of life; katham--how; tat-anurûpâya--to follow the instruction of the sâstras; guna-visrambhî--a person entangled in the three modes of material nature; upakramet--can engage in the creation of progeny.

> TRANSLATION

> [Narada Muni had asked how one could ignorantly defy one's own father. The Haryasvas understood the meaning of this question.] One must accept the original instructions of the sastra. According to Vedic civilization, one is offered a sacred thread as a sign of second birth. One takes his second birth by dint of having received instructions in the sastra from a bona fide spiritual master. Therefore, sastra, scripture, is the real father. All the sastras instruct that one should end his material way of life. If one does not know the purpose of the father's orders, the sastras, he is ignorant. The words of a material father who endeavors to engage his son in material activities are not the real instructions of the father.

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> TEXT 21

> iti vyavasitâ râjan

> haryasvâ eka-cetasah

> prayayus tam parikramya

> panthânam anivartanam

> iti--thus; vyavasitâh--being fully convinced by the instructions of Nârada Muni; râjan--O King; haryasvâh--the sons of Prajâpati Daksa; eka-cetasah--all being of the same opinion; prayayuh--left; tam--Nârada Muni; parikramya--circumambulating; panthânam--on the path; anivartanam--which does not bring one back again to this material world.

> TRANSLATION

> Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, after hearing the instructions of Narada, the Haryasvas, the sons of Prajapati Daksa, were firmly convinced. They all believed in his instructions and reached the same conclusion. Having accepted him as their spiritual master, they circumambulated that great sage and followed the path by which one never returns to this world.

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> TEXT 22

> svara-brahmani nirbhâta-

> hrsîkesa-padâmbuje

> akhandam cittam âvesya

> lokân anucaran munih

> svara-brahmani--in spiritual sound; nirbhâta--placing clearly before the mind; hrsîkesa--of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the master of the senses; padâmbuje--the lotus feet; akhandam--unbroken; cittam--consciousness; âvesya--engaging; lokân--all the planetary systems; anucarat--traveled around; munih--the great sage Nârada Muni.

> TRANSLATION

> The seven musical notes--sa, r, ga, ma, pa, dha and ni--are used in musical instruments, but originally they come from the Sama Veda. The great sage Narada vibrates sounds describing the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. By such transcendental vibrations, such as Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, he fixes his mind at the lotus feet of the Lord. Thus he directly perceives Hrsikesa, the master of the senses. After delivering the Haryasvas, Narada Muni continued traveling throughout the planetary systems, his mind always fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord.

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> TEXT 23

> nâsam nisamya putrânâm

> nâradâc chîla-sâlinâm

> anvatapyata kah socan

> suprajastvam sucâm padam

> nâsam--the loss; nisamya--hearing of; putrânâm--of his sons; nâradât--from Nârada; sîla-sâlinâm--who were the best of well-behaved persons; anvatapyata--suffered; kah--Prajâpati Daksa; socan--lamenting; su-prajastvam--having ten thousand well-behaved sons; sucâm--of lamentation; padam--position.

> TRANSLATION

> The Haryasvas, the sons of Prajapati Daksa, were very well behaved, cultured sons, but unfortunately, because of the instructions of Narada Muni, they deviated from the order of their father. When Daksa heard this news, which was brought to him by Narada Muni, he began to lament. Although he was the father of such good sons, he had lost them all. Certainly this was lamentable.

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> TEXT 24

> sa bhûyah pâncajanyâyâm

> ajena parisântvitah

> putrân ajanayad daksah

> savalâsvân sahasrinah

> sah--Prajâpati Daksa; bhûyah--again; pâncajanyâyâm--in the womb of his wife Asiknî, or Pâncajanî; ajena--by Lord Brahmâ; parisântvitah--being pacified; putrân--sons; ajanayat--begot; daksah--Prajâpati Daksa; savalâsvan--named the Savalâsvas; sahasrinah--numbering one thousand.

> TRANSLATION

> When Prajapati Daksa was lamenting for his lost children, Lord Brahma pacified him with instructions, and thereafter Daksa begot one thousand more children in the womb of his wife, Pancajani. This time his sons were known as the Savalasvas.

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> TEXT 25

> te ca pitrâ samâdistâh

> prajâ-sarge dhrta-vratâh

> nârâyana-saro jagmur

> yatra siddhâh sva-pûrvajâh

> te--these sons (the Savalâsvas); ca--and; pitrâ--by their father; samâdistâh--being ordered; prajâ-sarge--in increasing progeny or population; dhrta-vratâh--accepted vows; nârâyana-sarah--the holy lake named Nârâyana-saras; jagmuh--went to; yatra--where; siddhâh--perfected; sva-pûrva jâh--their older brothers, who had previously gone there.

> TRANSLATION

> In accordance with their father's order to beget children, the second group of sons also went to Narayana-saras, the same place where their brothers had previously attained perfection by following the instructions of Narada. Undertaking great vows of austerity, the Savalasvas remained at that holy place.

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> TEXT 26

> tad-upasparsanâd eva

> vinirdhûta-malâsayâh

> japanto brahma paramam

> tepus tatra mahat tapah

> tat--of that holy place; upasparsanât--by bathing regularly in the water; eva--indeed; vinirdhûta--completely purified; mala-âsayâh--of all the dirt within the heart; japantah--chanting or murmuring; brahma--mantras beginning with om (such as om tad visnoh paramam padam sadâ pasyanti sûrayah); paramam--the ultimate goal; tepuh--performed; tatra--there; mahat--great; tapah--penances.

> TRANSLATION

> At Narayana-saras, the second group of sons performed penances in the same way as the first. They bathed in the holy water, and by its touch all the dirty material desires in their hearts were cleansed away. They murmured mantras beginning with omkara and underwent a severe course of austerities.

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> TEXT 27-28

> ab-bhaksâh katicin mâsân

> katicid vâyu-bhojanâh

> ârâdhayan mantram imam

> abhyasyanta idaspatim

> om namo nârâyanâya

> purusâya mahâtmane

> visuddha-sattva-dhisnyâya

> mahâ-hamsâya dhîmahi

> ap-bhaksâh--drinking only water; katicit mâsân--for some months; katicit--for some; vâyu-bhojanâh--merely breathing, or eating air; ârâdhayan--worshiped; mantram imam--this mantra, which is nondifferent from Nârâyana; abhyasyantah--practicing; idah-patim--the master of all mantras, Lord Visnu;

> om--O Lord; namah--respectful obeisances; nârâyanâya--unto Lord Nârâyana; purusâya--the Supreme Person; mahâ-âtmane--the exalted Supersoul; visuddha-sattva-dhisnyâya--who is always situated in the transcendental abode; mahâ-hamsâya--the great swanlike Personality of Godhead; dhîmahi--we always offer.

> TRANSLATION

> For a few months the sons of Prajapati Daksa drank only water and ate only air. Thus undergoing great austerities, they recited this mantra: "Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always situated in His transcendental abode. Since He is the Supreme Person [paramahamsa], let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Him."

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> TEXT 29

> iti tân api râjendra

> prajâ-sarga-dhiyo munih

> upetya nâradah prâha

> vâcah kûtâni pûrvavat

> iti--thus; tân--them (the sons of Prajâpati Daksa known as the Savalâsvas); api--also; râjendra--O King Parîksit; prajâ-sarga-dhiyah--who were under the impression that begetting children was the most important duty; munih--the great sage; upetya--approaching; nâradah--Nârada; prâha--said; vâcah--words; kûtâni--enigmatic; pûrva-vat--as he had done previously.

> TRANSLATION

> O King Pariksit, Narada Muni approached these sons of Prajapati Daksa, who were engaged in tapasya to beget children, and spoke enigmatic words to them just as he had spoken to their elder brothers.

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> TEXT 30

> dâksâyanâh samsrnuta

> gadato nigamam mama

> anvicchatânupadavîm

> bhrâtrnâm bhrâtr-vatsalâh

> dâksâyanâh--O sons of Prajâpati Daksa; samsrnuta--please hear with attention; gadatah--who am speaking; nigamam--instruction; mama--my; anvicchata--follow; anupadavîm--the path; bhrâtrnâm--of your brothers; bhrâtr-vatsalâh--O you who are very much affectionate to your brothers.

> TRANSLATION

> O sons of Daksa, please hear my words of instruction attentively. You are all very affectionate to your elder brothers, the Haryasvas. Therefore you should follow their path.

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> TEXT 31

> bhrâtrnâm prâyanam bhrâtâ

> yo 'nutisthati dharmavit

> sa punya-bandhuh puruso

> marudbhih saha madate

> bhrâtrnâm--of elder brothers; prâyanam--the path; bhrâtâ--a faithful brother; yah--one who; anutisthati--follows; dharma-vit--knowing the religious principles; sah--that; punya-bandhuh--highly pious; purusah--person; marudbhih--the demigods of the winds; saha--with; modate--enjoys life.

> TRANSLATION

> A brother aware of the principles of religion follows in the footsteps of his elder brothers. Because of being highly elevated, such a pious brother gets the opportunity to associate and enjoy with demigods like the Maruts, who are all affectionate to their brothers.

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> TEXT 32

> etâvad uktvâ prayayau

> nârado 'mogha-darsanah

> te 'pi cânvagaman mârgam

> bhrâtrnâm eva mârisa

> etâvat--this much; uktvâ--speaking; prayayau--departed from that place; nâradah--the great sage Nârada; amogha-darsanah--whose glance is all-auspicious; te--they; api--also; ca--and; anvagaman--followed; mârgam--the path; bhrâtrnâm--of their previous brothers; eva--indeed; mârisa--O great Aryan king.

> TRANSLATION

> Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O best of the advanced Aryans, after saying this much to the sons of Prajapati Daksa, Narada Muni, whose merciful glance never goes in vain, left as he had planned. The sons of Daksa followed their elder brothers. Not attempting to produce children, they engaged themselves in Krsna consciousness.

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> TEXT 33

> sadhrîcînam pratîcînam

> parasyânupatham gatâh

> nâdyâpi te nivartante

> pascimâ yâminîr iva

> sadhrîcînam--completely correct; pratîcînam--obtainable by adopting a mode of life aimed at the highest goal, devotional service; parasya--of the Supreme Lord; anupatham--the pathway; gatâh--taking to; na--not; adya api--even until today; te--they (the sons of Prajâpati Daksa); nivartante--have come back; pascimâh--western (those that have past); yâminîh--nights; iva--like.

> TRANSLATION

> The Savalasvas took to the correct path, which is obtainable by a mode of life meant to achieve devotional service, or the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Like nights that have gone to the west, they have not returned even until now.

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> TEXT 34

> etasmin kâla utpâtân

> bahûn pasyan prajâpatih

> pûrvavan nârada-krtam

> putra-nâsam upâsrnot

> etasmin--at this; kâle--time; utpâtân--disturbances; bahûn--many; pasyan--seeing; prajâpatih--Prajâpati Daksa; pûrva-vat--like before; nârada--by the great sage Nârada Muni; krtam--done; putra-nâsam--the loss of his children; upâsrnot--he heard of.

> TRANSLATION

> At this time, Prajapati Daksa observed many inauspicious signs, and he heard from various sources that his second group of sons, the Savalasvas, had followed the path of their elder brothers in accordance with the instructions of Narada.

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> TEXT 35

> cukrodha nâradâyâsau

> putra-soka-vimûrcchitah

> devarsim upalabhyâha

> rosâd visphuritâdharah

> cukrodha--became very angry; nâradâya--at the great sage Nârada Muni; asau--that one (Daksa); putra-soka--due to lamentation for the loss of his children; vimûrcchitah--almost fainting; devarsim--the great sage Devarsi Nârada; upalabhya--seeing; âha--he said; rosât--out of great anger; visphurita--trembling; adharah--whose lips.

> TRANSLATION

> When he heard that the Savalasvas had also left this world to engage in devotional service, Daksa was angry at Narada, and he almost fainted due to lamentation. When Daksa met Narada, Daksa's lips began trembling in anger, and he spoke as follows.

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> TEXT 36

> srî-daksa uvâca

> aho asâdho sâdhûnâm

> sâdhu-lingena nas tvayâ

> asâdhv akâry arbhakânâm

> bhiksor mârgah pradarsitah

> srî-daksah uvâca--Prajâpati Daksa said; aho asâdho--O greatly dishonest nondevotee; sâdhûnâm--of the society of devotees and great sages; sâdhu-lingena--wearing the dress of a saintly person; nah--unto us; tvayâ--by you; asâdhu--a dishonesty; akâri--has been done; arbhakânâm--of poor boys who were very inexperienced; bhiksoh mârgah--the path of a beggar or mendicant sannyâsî; pradarsitah--shown.

> TRANSLATION

> Prajapati Daksa said: Alas, Narada Muni, you wear the dress of a saintly person, but you are not actually a saint. Indeed, although I am now in grhastha life, I am a saintly person. By showing my sons the path of renunciation, you have done me an abominable injustice.

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> TEXT 37

> rnais tribhir amuktânâm

> amîmâmsita-karmanâm

> vighâtah sreyasah pâpa

> lokayor ubhayoh krtah

> rnaih--from the debts; tribhih--three; amuktânâm--of persons not freed; amîmâmsita--not considering; karmanâm--the path of duty; vighâtah--ruin; sreyasah--of the path of good fortune; pâpa--O most sinful (Nârada Muni); lokayoh--of the worlds; ubhayoh--both; krtah--done.

> TRANSLATION

> Prajapati Daksa said: My sons were not at all freed from their three debts. Indeed, they did not properly consider their obligations. O Narada Muni, O personality of sinful action, you have obstructed their progress toward good fortune in this world and the next because they are still indebted to the saintly persons, the demigods and their father.

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> TEXT 38

> evam tvam niranukroso

> bâlânâm mati-bhid dhareh

> pârsada-madhye carasi

> yaso-hâ nirapatrapah

> evam--thus; tvam--you (Nârada); niranukrosah--without compassion; bâlânâm--of innocent, inexperienced boys; mati-bhit--contaminating the consciousness; hareh--of the Supreme personality of Godhead; pârsada-madhye--among the personal associates; carasi--travel; yasah-hâ--defaming the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nirapatrapah--(although you do not know what you are doing, you are executing sinful activities) without shame.

> TRANSLATION

> Prajapati Daksa continued: Thus committing violence against other living entities and yet claiming to be an associate of Lord Visnu, you are defaming the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You needlessly created a mentality of renunciation in innocent boys, and therefore you are shameless and devoid of compassion. How could you travel with the personal associates of the Supreme Lord ?

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> TEXT 39

> nanu bhâgavatâ nityam

> bhûtânugraha-kâtarâh

> rte tvâm sauhrda-ghnam vai

> vairan-karam avairinâm

> nanu--now; bhâgavatâh--devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nityam--eternally; bhûta-anugraha-kâtarâh--very much anxious to bestow benedictions upon the fallen conditioned souls; rte--except; tvâm--yourself; sauhrda-ghnam--a breaker of friendship (therefore not countable among the bhâgavatas, or devotees of the Lord); vai--indeed; vairam-karam--you create enmity; avairinâm--toward persons who are not enemies.

> TRANSLATION

> All the devotees of the Lord but you are very kind to the conditioned souls and are eager to benefit others. Although you wear the dress of a devotee, you create enmity with people who are not your enemies, or you break friendship and create enmity between friends. Are you not ashamed of posing as a devotee while performing these abominable actions?

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> TEXT 40

> nettham pumsâm virâgah syât

> tvayâ kevalinâ mrsâ

> manyase yady upasamam

> sneha-pâsa-nikrntanam

> na--not; ittham--in this way; pumsâm--of persons; virâgah--renunciation; syât--is possible; tvayâ--by you; kevalinâ mrsâ--possessing knowledge falsely; manyase--you think; yadi--if; upasamam--renunciation of material enjoyment; sneha-pâsa--the bonds of affection; nikrntanam--cutting.

> TRANSLATION

> Prajapati Daksa continued: If you think that simply awakening the sense of renunciation will detach one from the material world, I must say that unless full knowledge is awakened, simply changing dresses as you have done cannot possibly bring detachment.

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> TEXT 41

> nânubhûya na jânâti

> pumân visaya-tîksnatâm

> nirvidyate svayam tasmân

> na tathâ bhinna-dhîh paraih

> na--not; anubhûya--experiencing; na--not; jânâti--knows; pumân--a person; visaya-tîksnatâm--the sharpness of material enjoyment; nirvidyate--becomes aloof; svayam--himself; tasmât--from that; na tathâ--not like that; bhinna-dhîh--whose intelligence is changed; paraih--by others.

> TRANSLATION

> Material enjoyment is indeed the cause of all unhappiness, but one cannot give it up unless one has personally experienced how much suffering it is. Therefore one should be allowed to remain in so-called material enjoyment while simultaneously advancing in knowledge to experience the misery of this false material happiness. Then, without help from others, one will find material enjoyment detestful. Those whose minds are changed by others do not become as renounced as those who have personal experience.

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> TEXT 42

> yan nas tvam karma-sandhânâm

> sâdhûnâm grhamedhinâm

> krtavân asi durmarsam

> vipriyam tava marsitam

> yat--which; nah--unto us; tvam--you; karma-sandhânâm--who strictly follow the fruitive ritualistic ceremonies according to Vedic injunctions; sâdhûnâm--who are honest (because we honestly seek elevated social standards and bodily comfort); grha-medhinâm--although situated with a wife and children; krtavân asi--have created; durmarsam--unbearable; vipriyam--wrong; tava--your; marsitam--forgiven.

> TRANSLATION

> Although I live in household life with my wife and children, I honestly follow the Vedic injunctions by engaging in fruitive activities to enjoy life without sinful reactions. I have performed all kinds of yajnas, including the deva-yajna, rsi-yajna, pitr-yajna and nr-yajna. Because these yajnas are called vratas [vows], I am known as a grhavrata. Unfortunately, you have given me great displeasure by misguiding my sons, for no reason, to the path of renunciation. This can be tolerated once

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> TEXT 43

> tantu-krntana yan nas tvam

> abhadram acarah punah

> tasmâl lokesu te mûdha

> na bhaved bhramatah padam

> tantu-krntana--O mischief-monger who have mercilessly separated my sons from me; yat--which; nah--unto us; tvam--you; abhadram--an inauspicious thing; acarah--have done; punah--again; tasmât--therefore; lokesu--in all the planetary systems within the universe; te--of you; mûdha--O rascal not knowing how to act; na--not; bhavet--there may be; bhramatah--who are wandering; padam--an abode.

> TRANSLATION

> You have made me lose my sons once, and now you have again done the same inauspicious thing. Therefore you are a rascal who does not know how to behave toward others. You may travel all over the universe, but I curse you to have no residence anywhere.

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> TEXT 44

> srî-suka uvâca

> pratijagrâha tad bâdham

> nâradah sâdhu-sammatah

> etâvân sâdhu-vâdo hi

> titiksetesvarah svayam

> srî-sukah uvâca--Srî Sukadeva Gosvâmî said; pratijagrâha--accepted; tat--that; bâdham--so be it; nâradah--Nârada Muni; sâdhu-sammatah--who is an approved sâdhu; etâvân--this much; sâdhu-vâdah--appropriate for a saintly person; hi--indeed; titikseta--he may tolerate; îsvarah--although able to curse Prajâpati Daksa; svayam--himself.

> TRANSLATION

> Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, since Narada Muni is an approved saintly person, when cursed by Prajapati Daksa he replied, "tad badham: Yes, what you have said is good. I accept this curse." He could have cursed Prajapati Daksa in return, but because he is a tolerant and merciful sadhu, he took no action.

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