SB 4.5.7 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.5.7

अथर्त्विजो यजमान: सदस्या: ककुभ्युदीच्यां प्रसमीक्ष्य रेणुम् । तम: किमेतत्कुत एतद्रजोऽभू- दिति द्विजा द्विजपत्‍न्यश्च दध्यु: ॥ ७ ॥

athartvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyāḥ

[athartvijo yajamaanah sadasyaah]

kakubhy udīcyāṁ prasamīkṣya reṇum

[kakubhy udeechyaam prasameekshya renum]

tamaḥ kim etat kuta etad rajo ’bhūd

[tamah kim etat kuta etad rajo ’bhood]

iti dvijā dvija-patnyaś ca dadhyuḥ

[iti dvijaa dvija-patnyash cha dadhyuh]

Word-for-word

atha — at that time ṛtvijaḥ — the priests yajamānaḥ — the chief person performing the sacrifice (Dakṣa) sadasyāḥ — all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena kakubhi udīcyām — in the northern direction prasamīkṣya — seeing reṇum — the dust storm tamaḥ — darkness kim — what etat — this kutaḥ — from where etat — this rajaḥ — dust abhūt — has come iti — thus dvijāḥ — the brāhmaṇas dvija-patnyaḥ — the wives of the brāhmaṇas ca — and dadhyuḥ — began to speculate.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

athartvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyāḥ

atha

at that time

ṛtvijaḥ

the priests

yajamānaḥ

the chief person performing the sacrifice (Dakṣa)

sadasyāḥ

all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena

kakubhy udīcyāṁ prasamīkṣya reṇum

kakubhi udīcyām

in the northern direction

prasamīkṣya

seeing

reṇum

the dust storm

tamaḥ kim etat kuta etad rajo ’bhūd

tamaḥ

darkness

kim

what

etat

this

kutaḥ

from where

etat

this

rajaḥ

dust

abhūt

has come

iti dvijā dvija-patnyaś ca dadhyuḥ

iti

thus

dvijāḥ

the brāhmaṇas

dvija-patnyaḥ

the wives of the brāhmaṇas

and

dadhyuḥ

began to speculate.

At that time, all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena — the priests, the chief of the sacrificial performance, and the brāhmaṇas and their wives — wondered where the darkness was coming from. Later they could understand that it was a dust storm, and all of them were full of anxiety.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Seeing the darkness in the northern direction, the priests, sponsors and assembled guests understood it was dust. The brāhmaṇas and their wives then thought, “Where has this dust come from? When it became dark, they thought that it was impossible. Then they understood it was dust. “But where has this dust come from?”

Personal Guidance

The assembly wondered about the sudden darkness — they did not recognize what their own offense had summoned. Often we cannot read the storms we ourselves have called down. Develop the diagnostic of cause and effect.

Reflection Questions

What storm in my life am I mystified by that I may have actually summoned?
Where am I refusing to trace the present darkness to my past action?

📝 My note

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