Puffed Up Knowledge Leads To Maryada Vyatikaran

2010-11-20
Srimad Bhagavatam 09.08.01-11 - Puffed Up Knowledge Leads To Maryada Vyatikaran (download mp3)
by Rohini Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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 SB 9.8.1
sri-suka uvaca
harito rohita-sutas
campas tasmad vinirmita
campapuri sudevo 'to
vijayo yasya catmajah

Translation:
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The son of Rohita was Harita, and Harita's son was Campa, who constructed the town of Campapuri. The son of Campa was Sudeva, and his son was Vijaya.


SB 9.8.2
bharukas tat-sutas tasmad
vrkas tasyapi bahukah
so 'ribhir hrta-bhu raja
sabharyo vanam avisat

Translation:
The son of Vijaya was Bharuka, Bharuka's son was Vrka, and Vrka's son was Bahuka. The enemies of King Bahuka took away all his possessions, and therefore the King entered the order of vanaprastha and went to the forest with his wife.

SB 9.8.3
vrddham tam pañcatam praptam
mahisy anumarisyati
aurvena janatatmanam
prajavantam nivarita

Translation:
Bahuka died when he was old, and one of his wives wanted to die with him, following the sati rite. At that time, however, Aurva Muni, knowing her to be pregnant, forbade her to die.
SB 9.8.4
ajñayasyai sapatnibhir
garo datto 'ndhasa saha
saha tenaiva sañjatah
sagarakhyo maha-yasah
sagaras cakravarty asit
sagaro yat-sutaih krtah


Translation:
Knowing that she was pregnant, the co-wives of the wife of Bahuka conspired to give her poison with her food, but it did not act. Instead, the son was born along with the poison. Therefore he became famous as Sagara ["one who is born with poison"]. Sagara later became the emperor. The place known as Gangasagara was excavated by his sons.

SB 9.8.5-6
yas talajanghan yavanañ
chakan haihaya-barbaran
navadhid guru-vakyena
cakre vikrta-vesinah
mundañ chmasru-dharan kamscin
mukta-kesardha-munditan
anantar-vasasah kamscid
abahir-vasaso 'paran

Translation:
Sagara Maharaja, following the order of his spiritual master, Aurva, did not kill the uncivilized men like the Talajanghas, Yavanas, Sakas, Haihayas and Barbaras. Instead, some of them he made dress awkwardly, some of them he shaved clean but allowed to wear mustaches, some of them he left wearing loose hair, some he half shaved, some he left without underwear, and some without external garments. Thus these different clans were made to dress differently, but King Sagara did not kill them.

SB 9.8.7
so 'svamedhair ayajata
sarva-veda-suratmakam
aurvopadista-yogena
harim atmanam isvaram
tasyotsrstam pasum yajñe
jaharasvam purandarah

Translation:
Following the instructions of the great sage Aurva, Sagara Maharaja performed asvamedha sacrifices and thus satisfied the Supreme Lord, who is the supreme controller, the Supersoul of all learned scholars, and the knower of all Vedic knowledge, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But Indra, the King of heaven, stole the horse meant to be offered at the sacrifice.

SB 9.8.8
sumatyas tanaya drptah
pitur adesa-karinah
hayam anvesamanas te
samantan nyakhanan mahim

Translation:
[King Sagara had two wives, Sumati and Kesini.] The sons of Sumati, who were very proud of their prowess and influence, following the order of their father, searched for the lost horse. While doing so, they dug into the earth very extensively.

SB 9.8.9-10
prag-udicyam disi hayam
dadrsuh kapilantike
esa vaji-haras caura
aste milita-locanah
hanyatam hanyatam papa
iti sasti-sahasrinah
udayudha abhiyayur
unmimesa tada munih

Translation:
Thereafter, in the northeastern direction, they saw the horse near the asrama of Kapila Muni. "Here is the man who has stolen the horse," they said. "He is staying there with closed eyes. Certainly he is very sinful. Kill him! Kill him!" Shouting like this, the sons of Sagara, sixty thousand all together, raised their weapons. When they approached the sage, the sage opened His eyes.

SB 9.8.11
sva-sariragnina tavan
mahendra-hrta-cetasah
mahad-vyatikrama-hata
bhasmasad abhavan ksanat

Translation:
By the influence of Indra, the King of heaven, the sons of Sagara had lost their intelligence and disrespected a great personality. Consequently, fire emanated from their own bodies, and they were immediately burned to ashes.

Purport:
The material body is a combination of earth, water, fire, air and ether. There is already fire within the body, and our practical experience is that the heat of this fire sometimes increases and sometimes decreases. The fire within the bodies of the sons of Sagara Maharaja became so much hotter that all of them burned to ashes. The fire's increased heat was due to their misbehavior toward a great personality. Such misbehavior is called mahad-vyatikrama. They were killed by the fire of their own bodies because of insulting a great personality.