SB 9.21.3-5

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Ninth Canto - Chapter 21: The Dynasty of Bharata

SB 9.21.2 - SB 9.21.6

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 3-5

viyad-vittasya dadato

labdhaṁ labdhaṁ bubhukṣataḥ

niṣkiñcanasya dhīrasya

sakuṭumbasya sīdataḥ

vyatīyur aṣṭa-catvāriṁśad

ahāny apibataḥ kila

ghṛta-pāyasa-saṁyāvaṁ

toyaṁ prātar upasthitam

kṛcchra-prāpta-kuṭumbasya

kṣut-tṛḍbhyāṁ jāta-vepathoḥ

atithir brāhmaṇaḥ kāle

bhoktu-kāmasya cāgamat

SYNONYMS

viyat-vittasya — of Rantideva, who received things sent by providence, just as the cātaka bird receives water from the sky; dadataḥ — who distributed to others; labdham — whatever he got; labdham — such gains; bubhukṣataḥ — he enjoyed; niṣkiñcanasya — always penniless; dhīrasya — yet very sober; sa-kuṭumbasya — even with his family members; sīdataḥ — suffering very much; vyatīyuḥ — passed by; aṣṭa-catvāriṁśat — forty-eight; ahāni — days; apibataḥ — without even drinking water; kila — indeed; ghṛta-pāyasa — food prepared with ghee and milk; saṁyāvam — varieties of food grains; toyam — water; prātaḥ — in the morning; upasthitam — arrived by chance; kṛcchra-prāpta — undergoing suffering; kuṭumbasya — whose family members; kṣut-tṛḍbhyām — by thirst and hunger; jāta — became; vepathoḥ — trembling; atithiḥ — a guest; brāhmaṇaḥ — a brāhmaṇa; kāle — just at that time; bhoktu-kāmasya — of Rantideva, who desired to eat something; ca — also; āgamat — arrived there.

TRANSLATION

Rantideva never endeavored to earn anything. He would enjoy whatever he got by the arrangement of providence, but when guests came he would give them everything. Thus he underwent considerable suffering, along with the members of his family. Indeed, he and his family members shivered for want of food and water, yet Rantideva always remained sober. Once, after fasting for forty-eight days, in the morning Rantideva received some water and some foodstuffs made with milk and ghee, but when he and his family were about to eat, a brāhmaṇa guest arrived.

SB 9.21.2 - SB 9.21.6