Canto 11, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 10 (SB 11.23.10)
SB 11.23.10 • मूल श्लोक

तदवध्यानविस्रस्तपुण्यस्कन्धस्य भूरिद । अर्थोऽप्यगच्छन्निधनं बह्वायासपरिश्रम: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

tad-avadhyāna-visrasta- puṇya-skandhasya bhūri-da artho ’py agacchan nidhanaṁ bahv-āyāsa-pariśramaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tat — of them; avadhyāna — because of his neglect; visrasta — depleted; puṇya — of piety; skandhasya — whose portion; bhūri-da — O magnanimous Uddhava; arthaḥ — the wealth; api — indeed; agacchat nidhanam — became lost; bahu — much; āyāsa — of endeavor; pariśramaḥ — which consisted only of the labor.

Translation

“O magnanimous Uddhava, by his neglect of these demigods he depleted his stock of piety and all his wealth. The accumulation of his repeated exhaustive endeavors was totally lost.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The brāhmaṇa’s stock of piety became like a withered branch that no longer gives fruits or flowers. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī comments that the brāhmaṇa had a trace of piety directed at the Supreme Lord with hopes of liberation. That pure portion of the branch of his piety remained unwithered, eventually giving the fruit of knowledge.