mahendra-hṛta-cetasaḥ
mahendra-hṛta-cetasaḥ
mahad-vyatikrama-hatā
bhasmasād abhavan kṣaṇāt
The sons of Sagara had lost their intelligence because of Indra, and disrespected a great person. Consequently, by fire emanating from their own bodies, they were immediately burned to ashes.
The third material element fire increased in their bodies because of their offense and burned them. Because they thought that Kapila was Indra, they became bewildered.
|| 9.8.12 ||
na sādhu-vādo muni-kopa-bharjitā
nṛpendra-putrā iti sattva-dhāmani
kathaṁ tamo roṣamayaṁ vibhāvyate
jagat-pavitrātmani khe rajo bhuvaḥ
That the sons were burned by Kapila’s anger is not accepted by the wise. How can tamas filled with anger exist in the body of Kapila which is śuddha-sattva and which purifies the universe? It is like saying that earthly dust contaminates the sky.
Those who say that Kapila became angry are ignorant. To say that the sons were burned by the anger of Kapila is not accepted by the wise. It is said by the ignorant, since his body is śuddha-sattva, and thus by seeing, it the world becomes purified. Tamas cannot exist in him. An example is given to show the impossibility. How is it possible for dust to exist in sky? The ignorant say the sky is dirty. Similarly they say Kapila got angry.
|| 9.8.13 ||
yasyeritā sāṅkhyamayī dṛḍheha naur
yayā mumukṣus tarate duratyayam
bhavārṇavaṁ mṛtyu-pathaṁ vipaścitaḥ
parātma-bhūtasya kathaṁ pṛthaṅ-matiḥ
In this material world Kapila enunciated the Sāṅkhya philosophy, which is a boat by which persons eager for liberation cross the path of death, ocean of the material world, which is difficult to cross. In such an omniscient person, who is Paramātmā, how can there be any distinction between enemy and friend?
Sāṅkhya philosophy is propagated by him. How can material conceptions exist in Kapila who is omniscient (vipaścitaḥ), a form of Paramātmā.
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