Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.6.3
रूपाणां तेजसां चक्षुर्दिव: सूर्यस्य चाक्षिणी ।
कर्णौ दिशां च तीर्थानां श्रोत्रमाकाशशब्दयो: ॥ ३ ॥
rūpāṇāṁ tejasāṁ cakṣur
[roopaanaam tejasaam chakshur]
divaḥ sūryasya cākṣiṇī
[divah sooryasya chaakshinee]
karṇau diśāṁ ca tīrthānāṁ
[karnau dishaam cha teerthaanaam]
śrotram ākāśa-śabdayoḥ
[shrotram aakaasha-shabdayoh]
Word-for-word
rūpāṇām
—
for all kinds of forms
tejasām
—
of all that is illuminating
cakṣuḥ
—
the eyes
divaḥ
—
that which glitters
sūryasya
—
of the sun
ca
—
also
akṣiṇī
—
the eyeballs
karṇau
—
the ears
diśām
—
of all directions
ca
—
and
tīrthānām
—
of all the Vedas
śrotram
—
the sense of hearing
ākāśa
—
the sky
śabdayoḥ
—
of all sounds.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rūpāṇāṁ tejasāṁ cakṣur
rūpāṇām
for all kinds of forms
tejasām
of all that is illuminating
cakṣuḥ
the eyes
divaḥ sūryasya cākṣiṇī
divaḥ
that which glitters
sūryasya
of the sun
ca
also
akṣiṇī
the eyeballs
karṇau diśāṁ ca tīrthānāṁ
karṇau
the ears
diśām
of all directions
ca
and
tīrthānām
of all the Vedas
śrotram ākāśa-śabdayoḥ
śrotram
the sense of hearing
ākāśa
the sky
śabdayoḥ
of all sounds.
His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His sense of hearing is the generating center of the sky and of all kinds of sound.
Purport
The word tīrthānām is sometimes interpreted to mean the places of pilgrimage, but Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī says that it means the reception of the Vedic transcendental knowledge. The propounders of the Vedic knowledge are also known as the tīrthas.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
From the Lord’s seeing organ arose form and fire. From his place of seeing, the eye-balls, arose the divine sun deity (and the sense organ of seeing in the universal form). From his place of hearing arose the direction devatās (and the sense organ of hearing in the universal form) and from his organ of hearing arose ether and sound.
Commentary
Cakṣus refers to the Lord’s seeing organ. Akṣinī refers to his eye-balls. Karṇau refers to the Lord’s place of hearing, and śrotram refers to his hearing organ.
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Personal Guidance
All forms, light, sound, and even the carriers of Vedic knowledge originate in the Lord's eyes and ears. Beauty seen and truth heard are reflections of His sensory base. Reverence the bringers of knowledge — they are tīrthas.
Reflection Questions
- Am I reverent toward those who carry knowledge to me, or do I treat them as utilities?
- What forms and sounds in my day could I receive as expressions of His seeing and hearing?
My note
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