prasannāḥ prabhavo yadi
prasannāḥ prabhavo yadi
tathety ukte nimiḥ prāha
mā bhūn me deha-bandhanam
"If you are satisfied with this sacrifice and if you are actually able to do so, kindly bring Mahārāja Nimi’s body back to life." The devatās agreed, but Mahārāja Nimi said, "Please do not imprison me again in a material body."
If you are pleased and capable, then bring his body to life. The devatās said “Let it be so (tathā).”
|| 9.13.9 ||
yasya yogaṁ na vāñchanti
viyoga-bhaya-kātarāḥ
bhajanti caraṇāmbhojaṁ
munayo hari-medhasaḥ
The sages who recognize the Lord, suffering fear of separation from the body, therefore do not desire to attain a material body. Rather they worship the Lord’s lotus feet.
Since it is impossible to worship the lotus feet of the Lord without a body, please give me a spiritual body as an associate of the Lord. This is the esoteric meaning of his request.
|| 9.13.10 ||
dehaṁ nāvarurutse 'haṁ
duḥkha-śoka-bhayāvaham
sarvatrāsya yato mṛtyur
matsyānām udake yathā
I do not wish to accept a material body, for such a body is the source of all distress, lamentation and fear, everywhere in the universe, just a fish in water will die from other aquatics.
I do not desire to accept a body. Even in water the fish dies from other water creatures. Other creatures in other places also die by their very nature.
|| 9.13.11 ||
devā ūcuḥ
videha uṣyatāṁ kāmaṁ
locaneṣu śarīriṇām
unmeṣaṇa-nimeṣābhyāṁ
lakṣito 'dhyātma-saṁsthitaḥ
The devatās said: Let Mahārāja Nimi live without a gross body, and being situated in a subtle body, let him be manifest or unmanifest to common materially embodied people as he wishes.
The sages requested that the King’s body should be revived. The King requested to not have a material body. Since the devatās could not fulfill the third request for a spiritual body, they spoke with a desire to give the first two requests. Let him dwell without a body (videhaḥ). And let him be visible to men, in a subtle body. By these to benedictions he would live and be free from bondage of a material body. Thus the two requests were fulfilled.
|| 9.13.12 ||
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