Canto & Chapters
Creation of the Fourth Order (31 Chapters)
Chapter 160v
Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
Chapter 234v
Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva
Chapter 323v
Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
Chapter 434v
Satī Quits Her Body
Chapter 526v
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
Chapter 650v
Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
Chapter 761v
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
Chapter 881v
Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
Chapter 963v
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
Chapter 1028v
Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas
Chapter 1135v
Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting
Chapter 1251v
Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
Chapter 1346v
Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
Chapter 1444v
The Story of King Vena
Chapter 1525v
King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation
Chapter 1627v
Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters
Chapter 1734v
Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth
Chapter 1830v
Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
Chapter 1941v
King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
Chapter 2037v
Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu
Chapter 2151v
Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
Chapter 2263v
Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras
Chapter 2337v
Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home
Chapter 2476v
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
Chapter 2558v
The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana
Chapter 2624v
King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry
Chapter 2730v
Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Purañjana; the Character of Kālakanyā
Chapter 2864v
Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
Chapter 2974v
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
Chapter 3049v
The Activities of the Pracetās
Chapter 3131v
Nārada Instructs the Pracetās
Canto 4, Chapter 6

Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva

Verse 45 (SB 4.6.45)
SB 4.6.45 • मूल श्लोक

त्वं कर्मणां मङ्गल मङ्गलानां कर्तु: स्वलोकं तनुषे स्व: परं वा । अमङ्गलानां च तमिस्रमुल्बणं विपर्यय: केन तदेव कस्यचित् ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

tvaṁ karmaṇāṁ maṅgala maṅgalānāṁ kartuḥ sva-lokaṁ tanuṣe svaḥ paraṁ vā amaṅgalānāṁ ca tamisram ulbaṇaṁ viparyayaḥ kena tad eva kasyacit

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tvam — Your Lordship; karmaṇām — of the prescribed duties; maṅgala — O most auspicious; maṅgalānām — of the auspicious; kartuḥ — of the performer; sva-lokam — respective higher planetary systems; tanuṣe — expand; svaḥ — heavenly planets; param — transcendental world; vā — or; amaṅgalānām — of the inauspicious; ca — and; tamisram — the name of a particular hell; ulbaṇam — ghastly; viparyayaḥ — the opposite; kena — why; tat eva — certainly that; kasyacit — for someone.

Translation

“O most auspicious lord, you have ordained the heavenly planets, the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets and the impersonal Brahman sphere as the respective destinations of the performers of auspicious activities. Similarly, for others, who are miscreants, you have destined different kinds of hells which are horrible and ghastly. Yet sometimes it is found that their destinations are just the opposite. It is very difficult to ascertain the cause of this.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is called the supreme will. It is by the supreme will that everything is happening. It is said, therefore, that not a blade of grass moves without the supreme will. Generally it is prescribed that performers of pious activities are promoted to the higher planetary systems, devotees are promoted to the Vaikuṇṭhas, or spiritual worlds, and impersonal speculators are promoted to the impersonal Brahman effulgence; but it sometimes so happens that a miscreant like Ajāmila is immediately promoted to the Vaikuṇṭhaloka simply by chanting the name of Nārāyaṇa. Although when Ajāmila uttered this vibration he intended to call his son Nārāyaṇa, Lord Nārāyaṇa took it seriously and immediately gave him promotion to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, despite his background, which was full of sinful activities. Similarly King Dakṣa was always engaged in the pious activities of performing sacrifices, yet simply because of creating a little misunderstanding with Lord Śiva, he was severely taken to task. The conclusion, therefore, is that the supreme will is the ultimate judgment; no one can argue upon this. A pure devotee therefore submits in all circumstances to the supreme will of the Lord, accepting it as all-auspicious. tat te ’nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇobhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākamhṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas tejīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk (Bhāg. 10.14.8) The purport of this verse is that when a devotee is in a calamitous condition he takes it as a benediction of the Supreme Lord and takes responsibility himself for his past misdeeds. In such a condition, he offers still more devotional service and is not disturbed. One who lives in such a disposition of mind, engaged in devotional service, is the most eligible candidate for promotion to the spiritual world. In other words, such a devotee’s claim for promotion to the spiritual world is assured in all circumstances.