Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.40
प्राणिनां हन्यमानानां दीनानामकृतागसाम् ।
स्त्रीणां निगृह्यमाणानां कोपितेषु महात्मसु ॥ ४० ॥
prāṇināṁ hanyamānānāṁ
[praaninaam hanyamaanaanaam]
dīnānām akṛtāgasām
[deenaanaam akritaagasaam]
strīṇāṁ nigṛhyamāṇānāṁ
[streenaam nigrihyamaanaanaam]
kopiteṣu mahātmasu
[kopiteshu mahaatmasu]
Word-for-word
prāṇinām
—
when the living entities
hanyamānānām
—
being killed
dīnānām
—
of the poor
akṛta-āgasām
—
of the faultless
strīṇām
—
of the women
nigṛhyamāṇānām
—
being tortured
kopiteṣu
—
being enraged
mahātmasu
—
when the great souls.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prāṇināṁ hanyamānānāṁ
prāṇinām
when the living entities
hanyamānānām
being killed
dīnānām akṛtāgasām
dīnānām
of the poor
akṛta-āgasām
of the faultless
strīṇāṁ nigṛhyamāṇānāṁ
strīṇām
of the women
nigṛhyamāṇānām
being tortured
kopiteṣu mahātmasu
kopiteṣu
being enraged
mahātmasu
when the great souls.
They will kill poor, faultless living entities, torture women and enrage the great souls.
Purport
Demoniac activities are predominant when innocent, faultless living entities are killed, women are tortured, and the great souls engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are enraged. In a demoniac society, innocent animals are killed to satisfy the tongue, and women are tortured by unnecessary sexual indulgence. Where there are women and meat, there must be liquor and sex indulgence. When these are prominent in society, by God’s grace one can expect a change in the social order by the Lord Himself or by His bona fide representative.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
When the sinless, powerless living entities are killed by these sons, when women are imprisoned by them, and when the great souls become angry, the Supreme Lord of the universe, promoting the world’s welfare, will appear in this world and kill him just as Indra strikes a mountain with his thunderbolt.
How long will they live? Please listen. The words of the verse 40 should all be put in the locative case. Śataparva-dhṛk means holder of the thunderbolt, Indra.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord is named here as the actual proprietor of everything we manage. The verse asks us to relax our grip on what was never ours and let Him hold it again.
Reflection Questions
- Whom do you actually address when you pray — a concept, or a person?
- What single attribute of the Lord, taken seriously today, would reorganize a corner of your life?
My note
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