Strategic Positions of Enemy

2020-02-04
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.26.10-13 - Strategic Positions of Enemy (download mp3)
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SB 11.26.10

sa-paricchadam ātmānaṁ

hitvā tṛṇam iveśvaram

yāntīṁ striyaṁ cānvagamaṁ

nagna unmatta-vad rudan

Translation:

Although I was a powerful lord with great opulence, that woman gave me up as if I were no more than an insignificant blade of grass. And still, naked and without shame, I followed her, crying out to her like a madman.

SB 11.26.11
kutas tasyānubhāvaḥ syāt
teja īśatvam eva vā
yo ’nvagacchaṁ striyaṁ yāntīṁ
khara-vat pāda-tāḍitaḥ

Translation:

Where are my so-called great influence, power and sovereignty? Just like an ass being kicked in the face by his she-ass, I ran after that woman, who had already given me up.

SB 11.26.12

kiṁ vidyayā kiṁ tapasā

kiṁ tyāgena śrutena vā

kiṁ viviktena maunena

strībhir yasya mano hṛtam

Translation:

What is the use of a big education or the practice of austerities and renunciation, and what is the use of studying religious scriptures, of living in solitude and silence, if, after all that, one’s mind is stolen by a woman?

Purport:

All of the above-mentioned processes are useless if one’s heart and mind are stolen by an insignificant woman. One who hankers after a woman’s association certainly spoils his spiritual progress. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that if one worships the example of the liberated gopīs of Vṛndāvana, who accepted Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their paramour, one can free one’s mental activities from the contamination of lust.

SB 11.26.13

svārthasyākovidaṁ dhiṅ māṁ

mūrkhaṁ paṇḍita-māninam

yo ’ham īśvaratāṁ prāpya

strībhir go-khara-vaj jitaḥ

Translation:

To hell with me! I am such a fool that I didn’t even know what was good for me, although I arrogantly thought I was highly intelligent. Although I achieved the exalted position of a lord, I allowed myself to be conquered by women as if I were a bullock or a jackass.

Purport:

All the fools of this world consider themselves very wise scholars even though, intoxicated by sense gratification and maddened by their lust for women’s association, they become just like bullocks and jackasses. By the mercy of a saintly spiritual master, this lusty propensity can gradually be removed and one can understand the terrible, contemptible nature of material sense gratification. In this verse King Purūravā is coming to his senses in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.