SB 4.13.46: Difference between revisions
m (1 revision(s)) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{info | {{info | ||
|speaker=King | |speaker=King Aṅga | ||
|listener=King | |listener=King Aṅga thinking to himself | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 04 Chapter 13]] | |||
[[Category:Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by Anga Maharaja - Vanisource|041346]] | |||
<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 4|Fourth Canto]] - [[SB 4.13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja|Chapter 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja]]'''</div> | |||
<div style="float:right">[[File:Go-previous.png|link=SB 4.13.45]] '''[[SB 4.13.45]] - [[SB 4.13.47]]''' [[File:Go-next.png|link=SB 4.13.47]]</div> | |||
{{RandomImage}} | |||
==== TEXT 46 ==== | ==== TEXT 46 ==== | ||
<div | <div class="verse"> | ||
kad-apatyaṁ varaṁ manye | :kad-apatyaṁ varaṁ manye | ||
sad-apatyāc chucāṁ padāt | :sad-apatyāc chucāṁ padāt | ||
nirvidyeta gṛhān martyo | :nirvidyeta gṛhān martyo | ||
yat-kleśa-nivahā gṛhāḥ | :yat-kleśa-nivahā gṛhāḥ | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
| Line 16: | Line 22: | ||
==== SYNONYMS ==== | ==== SYNONYMS ==== | ||
<div | <div class="synonyms"> | ||
kad- | ''kad-apatyam''—bad son; ''varam''—better; ''manye''—I think; ''sat-apatyāt''—than a good son; ''śucām''—of grief; ''padāt''—the source; ''nirvidyeta''—becomes detached; ''gṛhāt''—from home; ''martyaḥ''—a mortal man; ''yat''—because of whom; ''kleśa-nivahāḥ''—hellish; ''gṛhāḥ''—home. | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
| Line 23: | Line 29: | ||
==== TRANSLATION ==== | ==== TRANSLATION ==== | ||
<div | <div class="translation"> | ||
Then the King thought: A bad son is better than a good son because a good son creates an attachment for home, whereas a bad son does not. A bad son creates a hellish home from which an intelligent man naturally becomes very easily detached. | Then the King thought: A bad son is better than a good son because a good son creates an attachment for home, whereas a bad son does not. A bad son creates a hellish home from which an intelligent man naturally becomes very easily detached. | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
| Line 30: | Line 36: | ||
==== PURPORT ==== | ==== PURPORT ==== | ||
<div | <div class="purport"> | ||
The King began to think in terms of attachment and detachment from one's material home. According to Prahlāda Mahārāja, the material home is compared to a blind well. If a man falls down into a blind well, it is very difficult to get out of it and begin life again. Prahlāda Mahārāja has advised that one give up this blind well of home life as soon as possible and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Vedic civilization, this giving up of home by vānaprastha and sannyāsa is compulsory. But people are so attached to their homes that even up to the point of death they do not like to retire from home life. King Aṅga, therefore, thinking in terms of detachment, accepted his bad son as a good impetus for detachment from home life. He therefore considered his bad son his friend since he was helping him become detached from his home. Ultimately one has to learn how to detach oneself from attachment to material life; therefore, if a bad son, by his bad behavior, helps a householder to go away from home, it is a boon. | The King began to think in terms of attachment and detachment from one's material home. According to Prahlāda Mahārāja, the material home is compared to a blind well. If a man falls down into a blind well, it is very difficult to get out of it and begin life again. Prahlāda Mahārāja has advised that one give up this blind well of home life as soon as possible and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Vedic civilization, this giving up of home by ''vānaprastha'' and ''sannyāsa'' is compulsory. But people are so attached to their homes that even up to the point of death they do not like to retire from home life. King Aṅga, therefore, thinking in terms of detachment, accepted his bad son as a good impetus for detachment from home life. He therefore considered his bad son his friend since he was helping him become detached from his home. Ultimately one has to learn how to detach oneself from attachment to material life; therefore, if a bad son, by his bad behavior, helps a householder to go away from home, it is a boon. | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
__NOTOC__ | |||
<div style="float:right; clear:both;">[[File:Go-previous.png|link=SB 4.13.45]] '''[[SB 4.13.45]] - [[SB 4.13.47]]''' [[File:Go-next.png|link=SB 4.13.47]]</div> | |||
__NOTOC__ | |||
__NOEDITSECTION__ | |||
Revision as of 10:37, 17 May 2021
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 46
- kad-apatyaṁ varaṁ manye
- sad-apatyāc chucāṁ padāt
- nirvidyeta gṛhān martyo
- yat-kleśa-nivahā gṛhāḥ
SYNONYMS
kad-apatyam—bad son; varam—better; manye—I think; sat-apatyāt—than a good son; śucām—of grief; padāt—the source; nirvidyeta—becomes detached; gṛhāt—from home; martyaḥ—a mortal man; yat—because of whom; kleśa-nivahāḥ—hellish; gṛhāḥ—home.
TRANSLATION
Then the King thought: A bad son is better than a good son because a good son creates an attachment for home, whereas a bad son does not. A bad son creates a hellish home from which an intelligent man naturally becomes very easily detached.
PURPORT
The King began to think in terms of attachment and detachment from one's material home. According to Prahlāda Mahārāja, the material home is compared to a blind well. If a man falls down into a blind well, it is very difficult to get out of it and begin life again. Prahlāda Mahārāja has advised that one give up this blind well of home life as soon as possible and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Vedic civilization, this giving up of home by vānaprastha and sannyāsa is compulsory. But people are so attached to their homes that even up to the point of death they do not like to retire from home life. King Aṅga, therefore, thinking in terms of detachment, accepted his bad son as a good impetus for detachment from home life. He therefore considered his bad son his friend since he was helping him become detached from his home. Ultimately one has to learn how to detach oneself from attachment to material life; therefore, if a bad son, by his bad behavior, helps a householder to go away from home, it is a boon.