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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.48

मैत्रेय उवाच इति दक्ष: कविर्यज्ञं भद्र रुद्राभिमर्शितम् । कीर्त्यमाने हृषीकेशे सन्निन्ये यज्ञभावने ॥ ४८ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
iti dakṣaḥ kavir yajñaṁ
[iti dakshah kavir yajnam]
bhadra rudrābhimarśitam
[bhadra rudraabhimarshitam]
kīrtyamāne hṛṣīkeśe
[keertyamaane hrisheekeshe]
sanninye yajña-bhāvane
[sanninye yajna-bhaavane]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ — Maitreya uvāca — said iti — thus dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa kaviḥ — being purified in consciousness yajñam — the sacrifice bhadra — O Vidura rudra-abhimarśitam — devastated by Vīrabhadra kīrtya-māne — being glorified hṛṣīkeśe — Hṛṣīkeśa (Lord Viṣṇu) sanninye — arranged for restarting yajña-bhāvane — the protector of sacrifice.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ
Maitreya
uvāca
said
iti dakṣaḥ kavir yajñaṁ
iti
thus
dakṣaḥ
Dakṣa
kaviḥ
being purified in consciousness
yajñam
the sacrifice
bhadra rudrābhimarśitam
bhadra
O Vidura
rudra-abhimarśitam
devastated by Vīrabhadra
kīrtyamāne hṛṣīkeśe
kīrtya-māne
being glorified
hṛṣīkeśe
Hṛṣīkeśa (Lord Viṣṇu)
sanninye yajña-bhāvane
sanninye
arranged for restarting
yajña-bhāvane
the protector of sacrifice.
Śrī Maitreya said: After Lord Viṣṇu was glorified by all present, Dakṣa, his consciousness purified, arranged to begin again the yajña which had been devastated by the followers of Lord Śiva.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: O Vidura! After Viṣṇu, the well-wisher of sacrifice, was glorified, the wise Dakṣa restored the sacrifice spoiled by Vīrabhadra. Bhadra can refer to Vidura and can be part of a compound with Rudra. Then it refers to Vīrabhadra who spoiled the sacrifice. Sanninye means “he started the sacrifice.”
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Personal Guidance
With purified consciousness, Dakṣa restarts the yajña. The same activity, performed with a different inner state, becomes essentially a different act; consciousness is the actual ingredient.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of my regular duties would change in meaning entirely if performed in purified consciousness?
  • Where have I been measuring my spiritual progress by the activity rather than by the state behind it?
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