SB 11.7.33-35
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 33-35
- pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam
- āpo 'gniś candramā raviḥ
- kapoto 'jagaraḥ sindhuḥ
- pataṅgo madhukṛd gajaḥ
- madhu-hā hariṇo mīnaḥ
- piṅgalā kuraro 'rbhakaḥ
- kumārī śara-kṛt sarpa
- ūrṇanābhiḥ supeśakṛt
- ete me guravo rājan
- catur-viṁśatir āśritāḥ
- śikṣā vṛttibhir eteṣām
- anvaśikṣam ihātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS
pṛthivī—the earth; vāyuḥ—the air; ākāśam—the sky; āpaḥ—the water; agniḥ—the fire; candramāḥ—the moon; raviḥ—the sun; kapotaḥ—the pigeon; ajagaraḥ—the python; sindhuḥ—the sea; pataṅgaḥ—the moth; madhu-kṛt—the honeybee; gajaḥ—the elephant; madhu-hā—the honey thief; hariṇaḥ—the deer; mīnaḥ—the fish; piṅgalā—the prostitute named Piṅgalā; kuraraḥ—the kurara bird; arbhakaḥ—the child; kumārī—the young girl; śara-kṛt—the arrow maker; sarpaḥ—the serpent; ūrṇa-nābhiḥ—the spider; supeśa-kṛt—the wasp; ete—these; me—me; guravaḥ—spiritual masters; rājan—O King; catuḥ-viṁśatiḥ—twenty-four; āśritāḥ—taken shelter of; śikṣā—instruction; vṛttibhiḥ—from the activities; eteṣām—of them; anvaśikṣam—I have properly learned; iha—in this life; ātmanaḥ—about the self.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
O King, I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following: the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Piṅgalā, the kurara bird and the child; and the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp. My dear King, by studying their activities I have learned the science of the self.
PURPORT
The wasp is known as supeśa-kṛt because it causes the insect that it kills to take a beautiful form in the next life.