Srimad Bhagavatam 08.16.01-04 - Struggle In The Material World (download mp3)
by Baladeva Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 8.16.1
sri-suka uvaca
evam putresu nastesu
deva-mataditis tada
hrte tri-vistape daityaih
paryatapyad anathavat
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, when Aditi's sons, the demigods, had thus disappeared from heaven and the demons had occupied their places, Aditi began lamenting, as if she had no protector.
SB 8.16.2
ekada kasyapas tasya
asramam bhagavan agat
nirutsavam niranandam
samadher viratas cirat
After many, many days, the great powerful sage Kasyapa Muni arose from a trance of meditation and returned home to see the asrama of Aditi neither jubilant nor festive.
SB 8.16.3
sa patnim dina-vadanam
krtasana-parigrahah
sabhajito yatha-nyayam
idam aha kurudvaha
O best of the Kurus, when Kasyapa Muni had been properly received and welcomed, he took his seat and then spoke as follows to his wife, Aditi, who was very morose.
SB 8.16.4
apy abhadram na vipranam
bhadre loke 'dhunagatam
na dharmasya na lokasya
mrtyos chandanuvartinah
O most gentle one, I wonder whether anything inauspicious has now taken place in regard to religious principles, the brahmanas or the people in general, who are subject to the whims of death.
There are prescribed duties for all the inhabitants of this material world, especially for the brahmanas but also for the people in general, who are subject to the whims of death. Kasyapa Muni wondered whether the regulative principles, which are meant for the well-being of everyone, had been disobeyed. He accordingly continued his inquiries for seven verses.
