SB 11.17.5-6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.17.5-6

वक्ता कर्ताविता नान्यो धर्मस्याच्युत ते भुवि । सभायामपि वैरिञ्च्यां यत्र मूर्तिधरा: कला: ॥ ५ ॥ कर्त्रावित्रा प्रवक्त्रा च भवता मधुसूदन । त्यक्ते महीतले देव विनष्टं क: प्रवक्ष्यति ॥ ६ ॥

vaktā kartāvitā nānyo

[vaktaa kartaavitaa naanyo]

dharmasyācyuta te bhuvi

[dharmasyaachyuta te bhuvi]

sabhāyām api vairiñcyāṁ

[sabhaayaam api vairinchyaam]

yatra mūrti-dharāḥ kalāḥ

[yatra moorti-dharaah kalaah]

kartrāvitrā pravaktrā ca

[kartraavitraa pravaktraa cha]

bhavatā madhusūdana

[bhavataa madhusoodana]

tyakte mahī-tale deva

[tyakte mahee-tale deva]

vinaṣṭaṁ kaḥ pravakṣyati

[vinashtam kah pravakshyati]

Word-for-word

vaktā — speaker kartā — creator avitā — protector na — not anyaḥ — any other dharmasya — of supreme religious principles acyuta — my dear Acyuta te — than You bhuvi — on the earth sabhāyām — in the assembly api — even vairiñcyām — of Lord Brahmā yatra — wherein mūrti-dharāḥ — in the personified form kalāḥ — the Vedas kartrā — by the creator avitrā — by the protector pravaktrā — by the speaker ca — also bhavatā — by Your Lordship madhusūdana — my dear Madhusūdana tyakte — when it is abandoned mahī-tale — the earth deva — my dear Lord vinaṣṭam — those lost principles of religion kaḥ — who pravakṣyati — will speak.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

vaktā kartāvitā nānyo

vaktā

speaker

kartā

creator

avitā

protector

not

anyaḥ

any other

dharmasyācyuta te bhuvi

dharmasya

of supreme religious principles

acyuta

my dear Acyuta

than You

bhuvi

on the earth

sabhāyām api vairiñcyāṁ

sabhāyām

in the assembly

api

even

vairiñcyām

of Lord Brahmā

yatra mūrti-dharāḥ kalāḥ

yatra

wherein

mūrti-dharāḥ

in the personified form

kalāḥ

the Vedas

kartrāvitrā pravaktrā ca

kartrā

by the creator

avitrā

by the protector

pravaktrā

by the speaker

also

bhavatā madhusūdana

bhavatā

by Your Lordship

madhusūdana

my dear Madhusūdana

tyakte mahī-tale deva

tyakte

when it is abandoned

mahī-tale

the earth

deva

my dear Lord

vinaṣṭaṁ kaḥ pravakṣyati

vinaṣṭam

those lost principles of religion

kaḥ

who

pravakṣyati

will speak.

My dear Lord Acyuta, there is no speaker, creator and protector of supreme religious principles other than Your Lordship, either on the earth or even in the assembly of Lord Brahmā, where the personified Vedas reside. Thus, my dear Lord Madhusūdana, when You, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge?

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

O Acyuta! There is no speaker, creator and protector of dharma other than you, either on the earth or even in the assembly of Brahmā, where the personified Vedas reside. O Madhusūdana! When you, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge? Kalā means the eighteen types of knowledge in the Vedas. ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmārthavākhyā vedāś catvāra eva ca | purāṇa-nyāya-mīmāṁsā-dharma-śāstrāṇi cety api || śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṁ niruktaṁ jyotiṣaṁ tathā | chandaś ceti ṣaḍ ity evaṁ vidyāḥ proktāś caturdaśa || āyur dhanur gānārthaiś ca śāstrair aṣṭadaśāpi tāḥ || The eighteen scriptures are the Ṛg, Yajus, Sāma and Arthava Vedas, the Purāṇas, sciptures on logic, Mīmāṁsā, dharma-śāstras, śikṣā (pronunciation), kalpa (rules for ritual), grammar, etyiomology, astronomy, meter, medicine, military arts, music and politics.

Personal Guidance

There is no other speaker, creator, and protector of supreme religious principles than the Lord — even Brahmā's assembly has no other source. The Lord, who is the creator of dharma, is also the only One who can re-speak it.

Reflection Questions

Where am I taking dharma from sources less than the Lord?
How can I bring my reception closer to the Source?

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Source: vedabase.io