Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.7.10
यत्राश्रमपदान्युभयतोनाभिभिर्दृषच्चक्रैश्चक्रनदी नाम सरित्प्रवरा सर्वत: पवित्रीकरोति ॥ १० ॥
yatrāśrama-padāny ubhayato nābhibhir dṛṣac-cakraiś cakra-nadī nāma sarit-pravarā sarvataḥ pavitrī-karoti.
[yatraashrama-padaany ubhayato naabhibhir drishach-chakraish chakra-nadee naama sarit-pravaraa sarvatah pavitree-karoti.]
Word-for-word
yatra
—
where
āśrama-padāni
—
all hermitages
ubhayataḥ
—
both on top and below
nābhibhiḥ
—
like the symbolic mark of a navel
dṛṣat
—
visible
cakraiḥ
—
with the circles
cakra-nadī
—
the Cakranadī River (generally known as the Gaṇḍakī)
nāma
—
of the name
sarit-pravarā
—
the most important river of all
sarvataḥ
—
everywhere
pavitrī-karoti
—
sanctifies.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yatrāśrama-padāny ubhayato nābhibhir dṛṣac-cakraiś cakra-nadī nāma sarit-pravarā sarvataḥ pavitrī-karoti.
yatra
where
āśrama-padāni
all hermitages
ubhayataḥ
both on top and below
nābhibhiḥ
like the symbolic mark of a navel
dṛṣat
visible
cakraiḥ
with the circles
cakra-nadī
the Cakranadī River (generally known as the Gaṇḍakī)
nāma
of the name
sarit-pravarā
the most important river of all
sarvataḥ
everywhere
pavitrī-karoti
sanctifies.
In Pulaha-āśrama is the Gaṇḍakī River, which is the best of all rivers. The śālagrāma-śilā, the marble pebbles, purify all those places. On each and every marble pebble, up and down, circles like navels are visible.
Purport
Śālagrāma-śilā refers to pebbles that appear like stones with circles marked up and down. These are available in the river known as Gaṇḍakī-nadī. Wherever the waters of this river flow, the place becomes immediately sanctified.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In that place, the Gaṇḍakī, the best of rivers, purifies the hermitages with śilas marked with cakras and holes on both sides.
The Gaṇḍakī (cakranadī) purifies the hermitages by the cakras on the śilas with holes on the upper and lower surface.
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Personal Guidance
Wherever sacred waters flow, the land becomes purified. Holiness has a quiet way of saturating an entire region. Be near what you want to be shaped by — proximity is itself a discipline.
Reflection Questions
- What streams of holiness — books, kīrtana, devotee company — are you living near enough to be saturated by?
- Where are you choosing to live near streams that pollute rather than purify?
My note
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