nāndhaṁ viviśatus tamaḥ
nāndhaṁ viviśatus tamaḥ
Although these two men—Śiśupāla and Dantavakra—repeatedly blasphemed the indestructible Supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, their tongues were not attacked by white leprosy, nor did they enter the darkest region of hell.
Param brahman means Kṛṣṇa.
|| 7.1.20 ||
kathaṁ tasmin bhagavati
duravagrāhya-dhāmani
paśyatāṁ sarva-lokānāṁ
layam īyatur añjasā
How was it possible for Śiśupāla and Dantavakra in the presence of all persons, to enter easily into the body of Kṛṣṇa, whose body is difficult to attain?
Temporarily they merged into the Lord in the vision of those watching. Sāyujya (verse 14) means that they joined the Lord. For some time they remained with him, and then they attained sārūpypa. Yudhiṣṭhira would hear of Dantavakra’s liberation from Nārada later, but it is expressed in the past tense because he understood Dantavakra would die. “While others watched” indicates that the impossible was proven by the witnesses.
|| 7.1.21 ||
etad bhrāmyati me buddhir
dīpārcir iva vāyunā
brūhy etad adbhutatamaṁ
bhagavān hy atra kāraṇam
My intelligence waivers because of this, like a flame in the wind. O omniscient sage! Please tell me the most astonishing cause of this event.
My intelligence waives as a result of this event. Tell me the most astonishing cause, since you know everything (Bhagavān). “What cases your intelligence to waive?” Tell me the cause of their joining the Lord.
|| 7.1.22 ||
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
rājñas tad vaca ākarṇya
nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
tuṣṭaḥ prāha tam ābhāṣya
śṛṇvatyās tat-sadaḥ kathāḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing the request of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Nārada Muni, the most powerful sage, being pleased, addressing the King, then replied while the assembly listened to the discussion.
Śṛṇvatyās tat-sadaḥ kathāḥ means “while the assembly listened to the talk.” Ābhāsya means “calling to the king.” O King! Please understand this.
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