Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.31
अथ ते क्व गता: सिद्धाश्चत्वारश्चारुदर्शना: ।
व्यामोचयन्नीयमानं बद्ध्वा पाशैरधो भुव: ॥ ३१ ॥
atha te kva gatāḥ siddhāś
[atha te kva gataah siddhaash]
catvāraś cāru-darśanāḥ
[chatvaarash chaaru-darshanaah]
vyāmocayan nīyamānaṁ
[vyaamochayan neeyamaanam]
baddhvā pāśair adho bhuvaḥ
[baddhvaa paashair adho bhuvah]
Word-for-word
atha
—
thereafter
te
—
those persons
kva
—
where
gatāḥ
—
went
siddhāḥ
—
liberated
catvāraḥ
—
four personalities
cāru-darśanāḥ
—
extremely beautiful to see
vyāmocayan
—
they released
nīyamānam
—
me, who was being carried away
baddhvā
—
being arrested
pāśaiḥ
—
by ropes
adhaḥ bhuvaḥ
—
downward to the hellish region.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha te kva gatāḥ siddhāś
atha
thereafter
te
those persons
kva
where
gatāḥ
went
siddhāḥ
liberated
catvāraś cāru-darśanāḥ
catvāraḥ
four personalities
cāru-darśanāḥ
extremely beautiful to see
vyāmocayan nīyamānaṁ
vyāmocayan
they released
nīyamānam
me, who was being carried away
baddhvā pāśair adho bhuvaḥ
baddhvā
being arrested
pāśaiḥ
by ropes
adhaḥ bhuvaḥ
downward to the hellish region.
And where have those four liberated and very beautiful persons gone who released me from arrest and saved me from being dragged down to the hellish regions?
Purport
As we have learned from the descriptions in the Fifth Canto, the hellish planets are situated in the lower portions of this universe. Therefore they are called adho bhuvaḥ. Ajāmila could understand that the Yamadūtas had come from that region.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Where have the four perfect persons, pleasing to see, gone? They released me when I was bound up with ropes and was being led away to hell.
I was being led to hell (adhaḥ bhuvaḥ).
Personal Guidance
He asks where the four beautiful liberated ones went. Once the Lord's servants have done their work, the question they leave behind is itself a kind of grace.
Reflection Questions
- What unanswered question has a holy encounter left in me?
- Am I willing to sit with that question rather than rush to fill it?
My note
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