Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.4.10
यूयं च पित्रान्वादिष्टा देवदेवेन चानघा: ।
प्रजासर्गाय हि कथं वृक्षान्निर्दग्धुमर्हथ ॥ १० ॥
yūyaṁ ca pitrānvādiṣṭā
[yooyam cha pitraanvaadishtaa]
deva-devena cānaghāḥ
[deva-devena chaanaghaah]
prajā-sargāya hi kathaṁ
[prajaa-sargaaya hi katham]
vṛkṣān nirdagdhum arhatha
[vrikshaan nirdagdhum arhatha]
Word-for-word
yūyam
—
you
ca
—
also
pitrā
—
by your father
anvādiṣṭāḥ
—
ordered
deva-devena
—
by the Personality of Godhead, the master of the masters
ca
—
also
anaghāḥ
—
O sinless ones
prajā-sargāya
—
for generating the population
hi
—
indeed
katham
—
how
vṛkṣān
—
the trees
nirdagdhum
—
to burn to ashes
arhatha
—
are able.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yūyaṁ ca pitrānvādiṣṭā
yūyam
you
ca
also
pitrā
by your father
anvādiṣṭāḥ
ordered
deva-devena cānaghāḥ
deva-devena
by the Personality of Godhead, the master of the masters
ca
also
anaghāḥ
O sinless ones
prajā-sargāya hi kathaṁ
prajā-sargāya
for generating the population
hi
indeed
katham
how
vṛkṣān nirdagdhum arhatha
vṛkṣān
the trees
nirdagdhum
to burn to ashes
arhatha
are able.
O pure-hearted ones, your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O sinless ones! Your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Lord have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees?
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Personal Guidance
Your father and the Lord told you to generate population — how can you burn the trees needed to maintain your future subjects? Rage destroys the resources required for our actual mission.
Reflection Questions
- What am I burning today that I will need tomorrow?
- Where is anger consuming the conditions for my actual life-work?
My note
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