VEDABASEAI Bhagavad Gita

Canto & Chapters

Creation of the Fourth Order (31 Chapters)

Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī

Satī Quits Her Body

Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa

Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva

The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa

Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home

Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas

Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead

Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja

The Story of King Vena

King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation

Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters

Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth

Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu

Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu

Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras

Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home

Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva

The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana

King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry

Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Purañjana; the Character of Kālakanyā

Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life

Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi

The Activities of the Pracetās

Nārada Instructs the Pracetās

SB 4.21 Verses

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Canto 4, Chapter 21

Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu

Verse 51 (SB 4.21.51)

SB 4.21.51 • मूल श्लोक

अद्य नस्तमस: पारस्त्वयोपासादित: प्रभो । भ्राम्यतां नष्टद‍ृष्टीनां कर्मभिर्दैवसंज्ञितै: ॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration

adya nas tamasaḥ pāras tvayopāsāditaḥ prabho bhrāmyatāṁ naṣṭa-dṛṣṭīnāṁ karmabhir daiva-saṁjñitaiḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

adya — today; naḥ — of us; tamasaḥ — of the darkness of material existence; pāraḥ — the other side; tvayā — by you; upāsāditaḥ — increased; prabho — O lord; bhrāmyatām — who are wandering; naṣṭa-dṛṣṭīnām — who have lost their goal of life; karmabhiḥ — on account of past deeds; daiva-saṁjñitaiḥ — arranged by superior authority.

Translation

“The citizens continued: Today you have opened our eyes and revealed how to cross to the other side of the ocean of darkness. By our past deeds and by the arrangement of superior authority, we are entangled in a network of fruitive activities and have lost sight of the destination of life; thus we have been wandering within the universe.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

In this verse, the words karmabhir daiva-saṁjñitaiḥ are very significant. Due to the quality of our actions, we come to the association of the modes of material nature, and by superior arrangement we are given a chance to enjoy the fruitive results of such activities in different types of bodies. In this way, having lost sight of their destination in life, all living entities are wandering in different species throughout the universe, sometimes getting birth in a lower species and sometimes existence in higher planetary systems; thus we are all wandering since time immemorial. It is by the grace of the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead that we get the clue of devotional life, and thus progressive success in our life begins. Here this is admitted by the citizens of King Pṛthu; in full consciousness they admit the benefit they have derived from the activities of Mahārāja Pṛthu.