rāddhasya ca vidhiṁ brahman
śrāddhasya ca vidhiṁ brahman
pitṝṇāṁ sargam eva ca
graha-nakṣatra-tārāṇāṁ
kālāvayava-saṁsthitim
O brāhmaṇa! Describe the rules for death rites, the creation of the Pitṛs, and the positions of the planets, constellations and stars in divisions of time.
Kālāvayava-saṁsthitim means the position of the planets, constellations and stars according to days, nights, months and years.
|| 3.7.34||
dānasya tapaso vāpi
yac ceṣṭā-pūrtayoḥ phalam
pravāsa-sthasya yo dharmo
yaś ca puṁsa utāpadi
Please describe the results of charity, austerity, agniṣṭoma sacrifice, community services, and the authorized actions prescribed for a man in distress while traveling.
|| 3.7.35 ||
yena vā bhagavāṁs tuṣyed
dharma-yonir janārdanaḥ
samprasīdati vā yeṣām
etad ākhyāhi me ’nagha
O sinless one! Please tell by what acts the Lord, the cause of dharma, who gives to his sa-kāma devotees what they want, is satisfied, and please describe the sādhana for pleasing the Lord who gives prema?
Vidura has already said:
parāvareṣāṁ bhagavan vratāni
śrutāni me vyāsa-mukhād abhīkṣṇam
atṛpnuma kṣulla-sukhāvahānāṁ
teṣām ṛte kṛṣṇa-kathāmṛtaughāt
O my lord! I have repeatedly heard about these higher and lower statuses of human society from the mouth of Vyāsadeva, and I am quite satiated with all these lesser subject matters and their happiness. They have not satisfied me with the nectar of topics about Kṛṣṇa. SB 3.5.10
He has already understood these things from Vyāsa. However, now he wants to hear again from the mouth of Maitreya the necessary knowledge in order to become detached. Having completed those questions, now he asks what he really wants to know. Vā here means “but.” But, Janārdana, he who bestows things to his sa-kāma-bhaktas, is the cause of all dharmas. Or Janārdana can mean “he who gives suffering to his pure devotees by the pain of increased prema.” What is the method for pleasing this Lord? Please describe the type of qualification of such devotees.
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