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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.12

ब्रह्मोवाच मानसा मे सुता युष्मत्पूर्वजा: सनकादय: । चेरुर्विहायसा लोकाल्लोकेषु विगतस्पृहा: ॥ १२ ॥
brahmovāca
[brahmovaacha]
mānasā me sutā yuṣmat-
[maanasaa me sutaa yushmat-]
pūrvajāḥ sanakādayaḥ
[poorvajaah sanakaadayah]
cerur vihāyasā lokāl
[cherur vihaayasaa lokaal]
lokeṣu vigata-spṛhāḥ
[lokeshu vigata-sprihaah]
Word-for-word
brahmā uvāca — Lord Brahmā said mānasāḥ — born from the mind me — my sutāḥ — sons yuṣmat — than you pūrva-jāḥ — born previously sanaka-ādayaḥ — headed by Sanaka ceruḥ — traveled vihāyasā — by traveling in outer space or flying in the sky lokān — to the material and spiritual worlds lokeṣu — among the people vigata-spṛhāḥ — without any desire.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brahmovāca
brahmā uvāca
Lord Brahmā said
mānasā me sutā yuṣmat-
mānasāḥ
born from the mind
me
my
sutāḥ
sons
yuṣmat
than you
pūrvajāḥ sanakādayaḥ
pūrva-jāḥ
born previously
sanaka-ādayaḥ
headed by Sanaka
cerur vihāyasā lokāl
ceruḥ
traveled
vihāyasā
by traveling in outer space or flying in the sky
lokān
to the material and spiritual worlds
lokeṣu vigata-spṛhāḥ
lokeṣu
among the people
vigata-spṛhāḥ
without any desire.
Lord Brahmā said: My four sons Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra, who were born from my mind, are your predecessors. Sometimes they travel throughout the material and spiritual skies without any definite desire.
Purport

When we speak of desire we refer to desire for material sense gratification. Saintly persons like Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra have no material desire, but sometimes they travel all over the universe, out of their own accord, to preach devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Brahmā said: My mental sons born before you, the Kumāras, having given up all desires in this world, were wandering to various planets through the sky. Please listen to an astonishing event that happened long ago related to this present calamity.
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Personal Guidance
The verse treats sense gratification as the path of least resistance, not as evil. The work is to introduce a little resistance — a small rule, kept — and let the soul re-emerge.
Reflection Questions
  • What small rule kept consistently would do more for you than a dramatic vow once broken?
  • What would it look like to lead the mind, gently, the way you would lead a child?
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