2010-06-23Srimad Bhagavatam 08.21.01-04 - Realising The Transient Nature Of Matter (download mp3)
by Yugal Kishor Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
SB 8.21.1
sri-suka uvaca
satyam samiksyabja-bhavo nakhendubhir
hata-svadhama-dyutir avrto 'bhyagat
marici-misra rsayo brhad-vratah
sanandanadya nara-deva yoginah
sri-suka uvaca
satyam samiksyabja-bhavo nakhendubhir
hata-svadhama-dyutir avrto 'bhyagat
marici-misra rsayo brhad-vratah
sanandanadya nara-deva yoginah
Translation:
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When Lord Brahma, who was born of a lotus flower, saw that the effulgence of his residence, Brahmaloka, had been reduced by the glaring effulgence from the toenails of Lord Vamanadeva, he approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Brahma was accompanied by all the great sages, headed by Marici, and by yogis like Sanandana, but in the presence of that glaring effulgence, O King, even Lord Brahma and his associates seemed insignificant.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When Lord Brahma, who was born of a lotus flower, saw that the effulgence of his residence, Brahmaloka, had been reduced by the glaring effulgence from the toenails of Lord Vamanadeva, he approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Brahma was accompanied by all the great sages, headed by Marici, and by yogis like Sanandana, but in the presence of that glaring effulgence, O King, even Lord Brahma and his associates seemed insignificant.
SB 8.21.2-3
vedopaveda niyama yamanvitas
tarketihasanga-purana-samhitah
ye capare yoga-samira-dipita-
jñanagnina randhita-karma-kalmasah
vavandire yat-smarananubhavatah
svayambhuvam dhama gata akarmakam
athanghraye pronnamitaya visnor
upaharat padma-bhavo 'rhanodakam
samarcya bhaktyabhyagrnac chuci-srava
yan-nabhi-pankeruha-sambhavah svayam
vedopaveda niyama yamanvitas
tarketihasanga-purana-samhitah
ye capare yoga-samira-dipita-
jñanagnina randhita-karma-kalmasah
vavandire yat-smarananubhavatah
svayambhuvam dhama gata akarmakam
athanghraye pronnamitaya visnor
upaharat padma-bhavo 'rhanodakam
samarcya bhaktyabhyagrnac chuci-srava
yan-nabhi-pankeruha-sambhavah svayam
Translation:
Among the great personalities who came to worship the lotus feet of the Lord were those who had attained perfection in self-control and regulative principles, as well as experts in logic, history, general education and the Vedic literature known as kalpe [dealing with old historical incidents]. Others were experts in the Vedic corollaries like Brahma-samhita, all the other knowledge of the Vedas [Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva], and also the supplementary Vedic knowledge [Ayur-veda, Dhanur-veda, etc.]. Others were those who had been freed of the reactions to fruitive activities by transcendental knowledge awakened by practice of yoga. And still others were those who had attained residence in Brahmaloka not by ordinary karma but by advanced Vedic knowledge. After devotedly worshiping the upraised lotus feet of the Supreme Lord with oblations of water, Lord Brahma, who was born of the lotus emanating from Lord Visnu's navel, offered prayers to the Lord.
Among the great personalities who came to worship the lotus feet of the Lord were those who had attained perfection in self-control and regulative principles, as well as experts in logic, history, general education and the Vedic literature known as kalpe [dealing with old historical incidents]. Others were experts in the Vedic corollaries like Brahma-samhita, all the other knowledge of the Vedas [Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva], and also the supplementary Vedic knowledge [Ayur-veda, Dhanur-veda, etc.]. Others were those who had been freed of the reactions to fruitive activities by transcendental knowledge awakened by practice of yoga. And still others were those who had attained residence in Brahmaloka not by ordinary karma but by advanced Vedic knowledge. After devotedly worshiping the upraised lotus feet of the Supreme Lord with oblations of water, Lord Brahma, who was born of the lotus emanating from Lord Visnu's navel, offered prayers to the Lord.
SB 8.21.4
dhatuh kamandalu-jalam tad urukramasya
padavanejana-pavitrataya narendra
svardhuny abhun nabhasi sa patati nimarsti
loka-trayam bhagavato visadeva kirtih
dhatuh kamandalu-jalam tad urukramasya
padavanejana-pavitrataya narendra
svardhuny abhun nabhasi sa patati nimarsti
loka-trayam bhagavato visadeva kirtih
Translation:
O King, the water from Lord Brahma's kamandalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vamanadeva, who is known as Urukrama, the wonderful actor. Thus that water became so pure that it was transformed into the water of the Ganges, which went flowing down from the sky, purifying the three worlds like the pure fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
O King, the water from Lord Brahma's kamandalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vamanadeva, who is known as Urukrama, the wonderful actor. Thus that water became so pure that it was transformed into the water of the Ganges, which went flowing down from the sky, purifying the three worlds like the pure fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport:
Here we understand that the Ganges began when the water from Lord Brahma's kamandalu washed the lotus feet of Lord Vamanadeva. But in the Fifth Canto it is stated that the Ganges began when Vamanadeva's left foot pierced the covering of the universe so that the transcendental water of the Causal Ocean leaked through. And elsewhere it is also stated that Lord Narayana appeared as the water of the Ganges. The water of the Ganges, therefore, is a combination of three transcendental waters, and thus the Ganges is able to purify the three worlds. This is the description given by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.
