Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 100 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.100

ধর্মঃ প্রোজ্ঝিতকৈতবো ঽত্র পরমো নির্মত্সরাণাং সতাং বেদ্যং বাস্তবমত্র বস্তু শিবদং তাপত্রযোন্মূলনম্ শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতে মহামুনিকৃতে কিং বা পরৈরীশ্বরঃ সদ্যো হৃদ্যবরুধ্যতে ঽত্র কৃতিভিঃ শুশ্রূষুভিস্তত্ক্ষণাত্

धर्मः प्रोज्झितकैतवो ऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतां वेद्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकृते किं वा परैरीश्वरः सद्यो हृद्यवरुध्यते ऽत्र कृतिभिः शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात्

dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam śrīmad-bhāgavate mahāmuni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate 'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt

Synonyms

dharmaḥreligiosity; projjhitacompletely rejected; kaitavaḥin which fruitive intention; atraherein; paramaḥthe highest; nirmatsarāṇāmof the fully pure in heart; satāmdevotees; vedyamto be understood; vāstavamfactual; atraherein; vastusubstance; śiva-damgiving well-being; tāpa-trayaof threefold miseries; unmūlanamcausing uprooting; śrīmatbeautiful; bhāgavatein the Bhāgavata Purāṇa; mahā-muniby the great sage (Vyāsadeva); kṛtecompiled; kimwhat; indeed; paraiḥwith others; īśvaraḥthe Supreme Lord; sadyaḥat once; hṛdiwithin the heart; avarudhyatebecomes confined; atraherein; kṛtibhiḥby pious men; śuśrūṣubhiḥdesiring to hear; tat-kṣaṇātwithout delay..

Translation

" 'The great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, compiled by Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva from four original verses, describes the most elevated and kindhearted devotees and completely rejects the cheating ways of materially motivated religiosity. It propounds the highest principle of eternal religion, which can factually mitigate the threefold miseries of a living being and award the highest benediction of full prosperity and knowledge. Those willing to hear the message of this scripture in a submissive attitude of service can at once capture the Supreme Lord in their hearts. Therefore there is no need for any scripture other than Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.2). For an explanation see also Ādi-līlā (1.91).

Verse 100 of 355
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