SB 6.4.20 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.4.20

तमबृंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापति: । विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सोऽचरद्‌दुष्करं तप: ॥ २० ॥

tam abṛṁhitam ālokya

[tam abrimhitam aalokya]

prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ

[prajaa-sargam prajaapatih]

vindhya-pādān upavrajya

[vindhya-paadaan upavrajya]

so ’carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ

[so ’charad dushkaram tapah]

Word-for-word

tam — that abṛṁhitam — not increasing ālokya — seeing prajā-sargam — the creation of the living entities prajāpatiḥ — Dakṣa, the generator of living entities vindhya-pādān — the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range upavrajya — going to saḥ — he acarat — executed duṣkaram — very difficult tapaḥ — austerities.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tam abṛṁhitam ālokya

tam

that

abṛṁhitam

not increasing

ālokya

seeing

prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ

prajā-sargam

the creation of the living entities

prajāpatiḥ

Dakṣa, the generator of living entities

vindhya-pādān upavrajya

vindhya-pādān

the mountains near the Vindhya mountain range

upavrajya

going to

saḥ

acarat

executed

so ’carad duṣkaraṁ tapaḥ

duṣkaram

very difficult

tapaḥ

austerities.

But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that the population was not increasing, he went to the foothills of Vindhya mountain range, and there executed difficult austerities. Vindya-pādān means small hills near the Vindya Mountains.

Personal Guidance

Seeing his creation was insufficient, Dakṣa went to a mountain and undertook severe austerity. When our work isn't working, the prescribed response is not more effort but deeper tapasya.

Reflection Questions

Where am I doing more of what isn't working instead of going to the mountain?
What austerity is mine to take up before I push harder?

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