saṁsmṛtya vismita-dhiyo yama-kiṅkarās te
saṁsmṛtya vismita-dhiyo yama-kiṅkarās te
naivācyutāśraya-janaṁ pratiśaṅkamānā
draṣṭuṁ ca bibhyati tataḥ prabhṛti sma rājan
O King! Remembering the extraordinary glories of the Lord told by their master, the hesitant Yamadūtas, struck with wonder, do not approach the devotees and fear even seeing them from that time.
To the phrase naivācyutāśraya-janaṁ the verb gacchanti should be added: “they do not approach the devotees.” Another version has tena acyutāśraya-janam: they became astonished by hearing the glories of the Lord, and fear even seeing his devotees.
|| 6.3.35 ||
itihāsam imaṁ guhyaṁ
bhagavān kumbha-sambhavaḥ
kathayām āsa malaya
āsīno harim arcayan
The sage Agastya, the son of Kumbha, residing in the Malaya Hills and worshiping the Lord, spoke this confidential story to me.
Kumbha-sambhavaḥ means the sage Agastya. “Living on Malaya Mountain” indicates he was undisturbed. “Worshipping the Lord” means he touched the Lord’s feet again and again to show his faith. This is Śrīdhara Svāmī’s explanation.
Thus ends the commentary on the Third Chapter of the Sixth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Haṁsa-guhya Prayers
|| 6.4.1-2 ||
śrī-rājovāca
devāsura-nṛṇāṁ sargo
nāgānāṁ mṛga-pakṣiṇām
sāmāsikas tvayā prokto
yas tu svāyambhuve 'ntare
tasyaiva vyāsam icchāmi
jñātuṁ te bhagavan yathā
anusargaṁ yayā śaktyā
sasarja bhagavān paraḥ
The King said: My dear Lord! I wish to know in detail about the devatās, demons, human beings, Nāgas, beasts and birds created during the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu, which you described briefly in the Third Canto. I also wish to know about the śakti by which Brahmā produces the secondary creation.
Poṣaṇa (protection) concerning Indra, who killed his guru, will be explained. The guru Viśvarūpa was born from the son (Tvaṣṭā) of Dakṣa’s daughter (Aditi). The birth of Dakṣa was described briefly at the end of the Fourth Canto. Now in the Sixth Canto Dakṣa will be described in three chapters. Parīkṣit asks about the creation after hearing about the descendents of Svāyambhuva Manu’s daughters. The present chapter described how Dakṣa, born from the Pracetas, recited the Haṁsa-guhya prayers in praise of the Lord in order to create progeny.
The secondary creation was described briefly in the Third Canto. Now I desire to know about the subsequent creation in detail (vyāsam) from you (te). I wish to know about the śakti and its varieties by which Brahmā creates.
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