Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.9
शाकमूलामिषक्षौद्रफलपुष्पाष्टिभोजना: ।
अनावृष्टया विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति दुर्भिक्षकरपीडिता: ॥ ९ ॥
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
[shaaka-moolaamisha-kshaudra-]
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
[phala-pushpaashti-bhojanaah]
anāvṛṣṭyā vinaṅkṣyanti
[anaavrishtyaa vinankshyanti]
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
[durbhiksha-kara-peeditaah]
Word-for-word
śāka
—
leaves
mūla
—
roots
āmiṣa
—
meat
kṣaudra
—
wild honey
phala
—
fruits
puṣpa
—
flowers
aṣṭi
—
and seeds
bhojanāḥ
—
eating
anāvṛṣṭyā
—
because of drought
vinaṅkṣyanti
—
they will become ruined
durbhikṣa
—
by famine
kara
—
and taxation
pīḍitāḥ
—
tormented.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
śāka
leaves
mūla
roots
āmiṣa
meat
kṣaudra
wild honey
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
phala
fruits
puṣpa
flowers
aṣṭi
and seeds
bhojanāḥ
eating
anāvṛṣṭyā vinaṅkṣyanti
anāvṛṣṭyā
because of drought
vinaṅkṣyanti
they will become ruined
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
durbhikṣa
by famine
kara
and taxation
pīḍitāḥ
tormented.
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
Purport
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam authoritatively describes the future of our planet. Just as a leaf disconnected from a plant or tree dries up, withers and disintegrates, when human society is disconnected from the Supreme Lord it withers up and disintegrates in violence and chaos. Despite our computers and rockets, if the Supreme Lord does not send rain we shall all starve.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
Personal Guidance
Disconnection from the Supreme Lord parches a civilization the way a cut leaf withers. Real abundance flows from connection; even our computers and rockets cannot manufacture rain. So we tend the connection daily, not as a fallback but as the source.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I trusting human cleverness to substitute for divine grace?
- What act of daily reconnection (japa, prayer, service) am I willing to commit to?
My note
Source: vedabase.io