vena-kalmaṣam ulbaṇam
tasya vaṁśyās tu naiṣādā
giri-kānana-gocarāḥ
yenāharaj jāyamāno
vena-kalmaṣam ulbaṇam
Because accepting the terrible sins of Vena on being born, his descendents, the Naiṣādas, inhabit the mountains and forests.
By being born and taking the sins of Vena, he took low birth as a Niṣāda, and his descendents the Naiṣādas were very low in birth.
Thus ends the commentary on the Fourteenth Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Fifteen
The Appearance of Pṛthu
|| 4.15.1 ||
maitreya uvāca
atha tasya punar viprair
aputrasya mahīpateḥ
bāhubhyāṁ mathyamānābhyāṁ
mithunaṁ samapadyata
Maitreya said: When the sages churned the two arms of the sonless king Vena, a couple appeared.
The Fifteenth Chapter describes the birth of Arci and Pṛthu from churning Vena’s arms, his coronation and theft of the offerings. What should the father’s lineage and the power of the sacrifice to Viṣṇu produce? This verse describes the result.
|| 4.15.2||
tad dṛṣṭvā mithunaṁ jātam
ṛṣayo brahma-vādinaḥ
ūcuḥ parama-santuṣṭā
viditvā bhagavat-kalām
Seeing the couple appear, the sages, knowledgeable of the Vedas, were highly satisfied, and understanding that a portion[10] of the Lord had appeared, they spoke.
|| 4.15.3 ||
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
eṣa viṣṇor bhagavataḥ
kalā bhuvana-pālinī
iyaṁ ca lakṣmyāḥ sambhūtiḥ
puruṣasyānapāyinī
The sages said: He is an expansion of the Supreme Lord and she, maintainer of the world, is an expansion of Lakṣmī, inseparable from the Lord.
Sambhūtiḥ ṁeans “directly wealth,” Lakṣmī.
|| 4.15.4 ||
ayaṁ tu prathamo rājñāṁ
pumān prathayitā yaśaḥ
pṛthur nāma mahārājo
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