Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.33
हेलनं गिरिशभ्रातुर्धनदस्य त्वया कृतम् ।
यज्जघ्निवान् पुण्यजनान् भ्रातृघ्नानित्यमर्षित: ॥ ३३ ॥
helanaṁ giriśa-bhrātur
[helanam girisha-bhraatur]
dhanadasya tvayā kṛtam
[dhanadasya tvayaa kritam]
yaj jaghnivān puṇya-janān
[yaj jaghnivaan punya-janaan]
bhrātṛ-ghnān ity amarṣitaḥ
[bhraatri-ghnaan ity amarshitah]
Word-for-word
helanam
—
disrespectful behavior
giriśa
—
of Lord Śiva
bhrātuḥ
—
the brother
dhanadasya
—
to Kuvera
tvayā
—
by you
kṛtam
—
was performed
yat
—
because
jaghnivān
—
you have killed
puṇya-janān
—
the Yakṣas
bhrātṛ
—
of your brother
ghnān
—
killers
iti
—
thus (thinking)
amarṣitaḥ
—
angry.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
helanaṁ giriśa-bhrātur
helanam
disrespectful behavior
giriśa
of Lord Śiva
bhrātuḥ
the brother
dhanadasya tvayā kṛtam
dhanadasya
to Kuvera
tvayā
by you
kṛtam
was performed
yaj jaghnivān puṇya-janān
yat
because
jaghnivān
you have killed
puṇya-janān
the Yakṣas
bhrātṛ-ghnān ity amarṣitaḥ
bhrātṛ
of your brother
ghnān
killers
iti
thus (thinking)
amarṣitaḥ
angry.
My dear Dhruva, you thought that the Yakṣas killed your brother, and therefore you have killed great numbers of them. But by this action you have agitated the mind of Lord Śiva’s brother Kuvera, who is the treasurer of the demigods. Please note that your actions have been very disrespectful to Kuvera and Lord Śiva.
Purport
Lord Manu stated that Dhruva Mahārāja had been offensive to Lord Śiva and his brother Kuvera because the Yakṣas belonged to Kuvera’s family. They were not ordinary persons. As such, they have been described as puṇya-janān, pious men. Somehow or other the mind of Kuvera had been agitated, and Dhruva Mahārāja was advised to pacify him.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Because you have in anger killed many Yakṣas, killers your brother, you have offended Kuvera, the brother of Śiva.
You have done what is not proper for a Vaiṣṇava. Please listen. The killing of the Yakṣas (yat) is the offense (helanam). Iti indicates a conclusion, or the ending of the chapter.
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Personal Guidance
By killing the Yakṣas you've offended Kuvera, brother of Śiva. Even a justified action can produce collateral relational damage with figures of cosmic weight; widen your view of consequences.
Reflection Questions
- Whose relationship am I damaging as collateral while pursuing a 'justified' fight?
- Where could naming the wider stakeholders before acting change the action itself?
My note
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