SB 9.6.41-42

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

SB 9.6.39-40 - SB 9.6.43

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 41-42

sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁ

jaraṭho 'ham asan-mataḥ

valī-palita ejat-ka

ity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ

sādhayiṣye tathātmānaṁ

sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam

kiṁ punar manujendrāṇām

iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he, Saubhari Muni; vicintya — thinking to himself; apriyam — not liked; strīṇām — by the women; jaraṭhaḥ — being infirm because of old age; aham — I; asat-mataḥ — not desired by them; valī — wrinkled; palitaḥ — grey-haired; ejat-kaḥ — with the head always trembling; iti — in this way; aham — I; pratyudāhṛtaḥ — rejected (by them); sādhayiṣye — I shall act in such a way; tathā — as; ātmānam — my body; sura-strīṇām — to the celestial women of the heavenly planets; abhīpsitam — desirable; kim — what to speak of; punaḥ — yet; manuja-indrāṇām — of the daughters of worldly kings; iti — in this way; vyavasitaḥ — determined; prabhuḥ — Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.

TRANSLATION

Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings.

SB 9.6.39-40 - SB 9.6.43