Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.25
तं मुष्टिभिर्विनिघ्नन्तं वज्रसारैरधोक्षज: ।
करेण कर्णमूलेऽहन् यथा त्वाष्ट्रं मरुत्पति: ॥ २५ ॥
taṁ muṣṭibhir vinighnantaṁ
[tam mushtibhir vinighnantam]
vajra-sārair adhokṣajaḥ
[vajra-saarair adhokshajah]
kareṇa karṇa-mūle ’han
[karena karna-moole ’han]
yathā tvāṣṭraṁ marut-patiḥ
[yathaa tvaashtram marut-patih]
Word-for-word
tam
—
Hiraṇyākṣa
muṣṭibhiḥ
—
with his fists
vinighnantam
—
striking
vajra-sāraiḥ
—
as hard as a thunderbolt
adhokṣajaḥ
—
Lord Adhokṣaja
kareṇa
—
with the hand
karṇa-mūle
—
at the root of the ear
ahan
—
struck
yathā
—
as
tvāṣṭram
—
the demon Vṛtra (son of Tvaṣṭā)
marut-patiḥ
—
Indra (lord of the Maruts).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
taṁ muṣṭibhir vinighnantaṁ
tam
Hiraṇyākṣa
muṣṭibhiḥ
with his fists
vinighnantam
striking
vajra-sārair adhokṣajaḥ
vajra-sāraiḥ
as hard as a thunderbolt
adhokṣajaḥ
Lord Adhokṣaja
kareṇa karṇa-mūle ’han
kareṇa
with the hand
karṇa-mūle
at the root of the ear
ahan
struck
yathā tvāṣṭraṁ marut-patiḥ
yathā
as
tvāṣṭram
the demon Vṛtra (son of Tvaṣṭā)
marut-patiḥ
Indra (lord of the Maruts).
The demon now began to strike the Lord with his hard fists, but Lord Adhokṣaja slapped him in the root of the ear, even as Indra, the lord of the Maruts, hit the demon Vṛtra.
Purport
The Lord is explained here to be adhokṣaja, beyond the reach of all material calculation. Akṣaja means “the measurement of our senses,” and adhokṣaja means “that which is beyond the measurement of our senses.”
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
When the demon began hitting the Lord with fists hard as thunderbolts, the Lord hit him below the ear with his hand, just as Indra struck Vṛtrāsura.
Tam refers the demon. Vrāstram is Vṛtrāsura and marutpati is Indra.
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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
- Which sense, if you watched it for one day, would surprise you with how often you indulge it?
- Where could you offer the senses a better object instead of merely fighting them?
My note
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