SB 4.14.25 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.14.25

को यज्ञपुरुषो नाम यत्र वो भक्तिरीद‍ृशी । भर्तृस्‍नेहविदूराणां यथा जारे कुयोषिताम् ॥ २५ ॥

ko yajña-puruṣo nāma

[ko yajna-purusho naama]

yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī

[yatra vo bhaktir eedrishee]

bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāṁ

[bhartri-sneha-vidooraanaam]

yathā jāre kuyoṣitām

[yathaa jaare kuyoshitaam]

Word-for-word

kaḥ — who (is) yajña-puruṣaḥ — the enjoyer of all sacrifices nāma — by name yatra — unto whom vaḥ — your bhaktiḥ — devotional service īdṛśī — so great bhartṛ — for the husband sneha — affection vidūrāṇām — bereft of yathā — like jāre — unto the paramour ku-yoṣitām — of unchaste women.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

ko yajña-puruṣo nāma

kaḥ

who (is)

yajña-puruṣaḥ

the enjoyer of all sacrifices

nāma

by name

yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī

yatra

unto whom

vaḥ

your

bhaktiḥ

devotional service

īdṛśī

so great

bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāṁ

bhartṛ

for the husband

sneha

affection

vidūrāṇām

bereft of

yathā jāre kuyoṣitām

yathā

jāre

unto the paramour

ku-yoṣitām

of unchaste women.

You are so much devoted to the demigods, but who are they? Indeed, your affection for these demigods is exactly like the affection of an unchaste woman who neglects her married life and gives all attention to her paramour.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Who is the master of sacrifice for whom you show devotion, like the devotion of unchaste women who give up affection for their husbands for a paramour?

Personal Guidance

Your devotion to the demigods is like an unchaste wife giving all attention to her paramour while neglecting her real husband — me. Don't be deceived by sophisticated speech-acts in the mouth of a demoniac claimant.

Reflection Questions

Where am I being persuaded by an articulate but inverted argument?
What helps me detect when an analogy is doing the work of a fundamentally false claim?

📝 My note

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