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Karmani asmin anaswase dhuma dhumratmanam bhavan
Apayayati govinda pada padma asavam madhu.
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Karmani—performance of, Asmin—in this, Anaswase—without any certainty, Dhuma—smoke, Dhumratmanam—tinged body and mind, Bhavan—your goodself, Apayayati—very much pleasing, Govinda—the Personality of Godhead, Pada—feet, Padmasava—nectarine of lotus flower, Madhu—honey.
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The sages said, "we have just begun performance of this fruitive activity namely sacrificial fire without any certainty of its result on account of many frailties in the action. Our body has blackened by the smoke but we are factually pleased by the nectarine, of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead Govinda, administered by you."
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The sacrificial fire kindled by the sages of Naimisaranya was certainly full of smoke and doubts on account of so many flaws in such activity. The first flaw is that there is acute scarcity of expert Brahmins able to carry out such performances successfully in this age of Kali. Any discrepancy in such sacrifices spoils the whole show and the result is uncertain like that in the matter of agricultural enterprises. Good result of tilling the paddy field depends on providential rain and therefore the result is uncertain. Similarly performances of any kind of sacrifice in this age of Kali is also uncertain. Unscrupulous greedy Brahmins of the age of Kali induce innocent public for such uncertain sacrificial show without disclosing the scriptural injunction that in the age of Kali there is no other fruitful sacrifial performance, except the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Suta Goswami was narrating such transcendental name and glories of the Lord before the congregation of sages and they were factually perceiving result of hearing of the transcendental activities of the Lord. One can feel like that practically as much as one can feel the result of eating foodstuff within oneself. spiritual realisation acts in that way.
#$p#The sages of Naimisaranya were practically sufferers from the smoke of a sacrificial fire and were doubtful about the result; but by hearing from a realised person like Suta Goswami they were fully satisfied. In the Brahmavaivarta Puranam it is said by Vishnu to Shiva that in the age of Kali men full with anxieties of various kinds, can vainly labour in the matter of fruitive activity and philosophical speculations but when they are engaged in the matter of devotional service, the result is sure and certain without any loss of energy. In other words anything performed either for spiritual realisaiion or for material benefit, cannot be successful without being accompanied by devotional service of the Lord.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karmaṇi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karmaṇi#/i# — performance of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmin&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asmin#/i# — in this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anāśvāse&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anāśvāse#/i# — without certainty; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dhūma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dhūma#/i# — smoke; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dhūmra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dhūmra-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmanām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmanām#/i# — tinged body and mind; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhavān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhavān#/i# — your good self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āpāyayati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āpāyayati#/i# — very much pleasing; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=govinda&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#govinda#/i# — the Personality of Godhead; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pāda&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pāda#/i# — feet; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=padma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#padma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āsavam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āsavam#/i# — nectar of the lotus flower; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=madhu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#madhu#/i# — honey.
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We have just begun the performance of this fruitive activity, a sacrificial fire, without certainty of its result due to the many imperfections in our action. Our bodies have become black from the smoke, but we are factually pleased by the nectar of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, which you are distributing.
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The sacrificial fire kindled by the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya was certainly full of smoke and doubts because of so many flaws. The first flaw is that there is an acute scarcity of expert #i#brāhmaṇas#/i# able to carry out such performances successfully in this age of Kali. Any discrepancy in such sacrifices spoils the whole show, and the result is uncertain, like agricultural enterprises. The good result of tilling the paddy field depends on providential rain, and therefore the result is uncertain. Similarly, performance of any kind of sacrifice in this age of Kali is also uncertain. Unscrupulous greedy #i#brāhmaṇas#/i# of the age of Kali induce the innocent public to such uncertain sacrificial shows without disclosing the scriptural injunction that in the age of Kali there is no fruitful sacrificial performance but the sacrifice of the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Sūta Gosvāmī was narrating the transcendental activities of the Lord before the congregation of sages, and they were factually perceiving the result of hearing these transcendental activities. One can feel this practically, as one can feel the result of eating food. Spiritual realization acts in that way.
#$p#The sages of Naimiṣāraṇya were practically sufferers from the smoke of a sacrificial fire and were doubtful about the result, but by hearing from a realized person like Sūta Gosvāmī, they were fully satisfied. In the #i#Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa#/i#, Viṣṇu tells Śiva that in the age of Kali, men full of anxieties of various kinds can vainly labor in fruitive activity and philosophical speculations, but when they are engaged in devotional service, the result is sure and certain, and there is no loss of energy. In other words, nothing performed for spiritual realization or for material benefit can be successful without the devotional service to the Lord.
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