Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.2.25
गिर: श्रुताया: पुष्पिण्या मधुगन्धेन भूरिणा ।
मथ्ना चोन्मथितात्मान: सम्मुह्यन्तु हरद्विष: ॥ २५ ॥
giraḥ śrutāyāḥ puṣpiṇyā
[girah shrutaayaah pushpinyaa]
madhu-gandhena bhūriṇā
[madhu-gandhena bhoorinaa]
mathnā conmathitātmānaḥ
[mathnaa chonmathitaatmaanah]
sammuhyantu hara-dviṣaḥ
[sammuhyantu hara-dvishah]
Word-for-word
giraḥ
—
words
śrutāyāḥ
—
of the Vedas
puṣpiṇyāḥ
—
flowery
madhu-gandhena
—
with the scent of honey
bhūriṇā
—
profuse
mathnā
—
enchanting
ca
—
and
unmathita-ātmānaḥ
—
whose minds have become dull
sammuhyantu
—
let them remain attached
hara-dviṣaḥ
—
envious of Lord Śiva.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
giraḥ śrutāyāḥ puṣpiṇyā
giraḥ
words
śrutāyāḥ
of the Vedas
puṣpiṇyāḥ
flowery
madhu-gandhena bhūriṇā
madhu-gandhena
with the scent of honey
bhūriṇā
profuse
mathnā conmathitātmānaḥ
mathnā
enchanting
ca
and
unmathita-ātmānaḥ
whose minds have become dull
sammuhyantu hara-dviṣaḥ
sammuhyantu
let them remain attached
hara-dviṣaḥ
envious of Lord Śiva.
May those who are envious of Lord Śiva, being attracted by the flowery language of the enchanting Vedic promises, and who have thus become dull, always remain attached to fruitive activities.
Purport
The Vedic promises of elevation to higher planets for a better standard of materialistic life are compared to flowery language because in a flower there is certainly an aroma but that aroma does not last for a very long time. In a flower there is honey, but that honey is not eternal.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Let those who hate Śiva and whose minds are agitated by the strong, stimulating sweet fragrance of the words of the Vedas, flowering with promises of material enjoyment, become complete attached to karmas.
Let those whose minds (ātmanaḥ) are agitated by the agitating (mathnā) and inciting profuse, sweet fragrance of the words of the Vedas, which have excessive praise for material enjoyment like flowers (puṣpiṇyāḥ), become attached to karmas. This is the second curse of the brāhmaṇas.
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Personal Guidance
The 'flowery language' of Vedic promises seduces some into endless fruitive activity — even scripture, misread, becomes a cage. Read the Vedas for liberation, not for licensed enjoyment.
Reflection Questions
- What scriptural passages am I reading to license my enjoyment instead of to liberate?
- Where does flowery promise distract me from the simple ask of surrender?
My note
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