SB 6.8.40 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.8.40

गगनान्न्यपतत् सद्य: सविमानो ह्यवाक् शिरा: । स वालिखिल्यवचनादस्थीन्यादाय विस्मित: । प्रास्य प्राचीसरस्वत्यां स्‍नात्वा धाम स्वमन्वगात् ॥ ४० ॥

gaganān nyapatat sadyaḥ

[gaganaan nyapatat sadyah]

savimāno hy avāk-śirāḥ

[savimaano hy avaak-shiraah]

sa vālikhilya-vacanād

[sa vaalikhilya-vachanaad]

asthīny ādāya vismitaḥ

[astheeny aadaaya vismitah]

prāsya prācī-sarasvatyāṁ

[praasya praachee-sarasvatyaam]

snātvā dhāma svam anvagāt

[snaatvaa dhaama svam anvagaat]

Word-for-word

gaganāt — from the sky nyapatat — fell sadyaḥ — suddenly sa-vimānaḥ — with his airplane hi — certainly avāk-śirāḥ — with his head downward saḥ — he vālikhilya — of the great sages named the Vālikhilyas vacanāt — by the instructions asthīni — all the bones ādāya — taking vismitaḥ — struck with wonder prāsya — throwing prācī-sarasvatyām — in the river Sarasvatī, which flows to the east snātvā — bathing in that river dhāma — to the abode svam — his own anvagāt — returned.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

gaganān nyapatat sadyaḥ

gaganāt

from the sky

nyapatat

fell

sadyaḥ

suddenly

savimāno hy avāk-śirāḥ

sa-vimānaḥ

with his airplane

sa vālikhilya-vacanād

certainly

avāk-śirāḥ

with his head downward

asthīny ādāya vismitaḥ

prāsya prācī-sarasvatyāṁ

saḥ

vālikhilya

of the great sages named the Vālikhilyas

snātvā dhāma svam anvagāt

vacanāt

by the instructions

asthīni

all the bones

ādāya

taking

vismitaḥ

struck with wonder

prāsya

throwing

prācī-sarasvatyām

in the river Sarasvatī, which flows to the east

snātvā

bathing in that river

dhāma

to the abode

svam

his own

anvagāt

returned.

Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his airplane. Struck with wonder, he was ordered by the great sages named the Vālikhilyas to throw the brāhmaṇa’s bones in the nearby river Sarasvatī. He had to do this and bathe in the river before returning to his own abode.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his airplane. Struck with wonder and ordered by the great sages named the Vālikhilyas, he took the bones of the brāhmaṇa and threw them River Sarasvatī flowing east. After bathing, he then returned to his abode. Prācī not being in the masculine is poetic license. He was not able to go anywhere else using his airplane. Thus he went home.

Personal Guidance

Citraratha was suddenly forced down headfirst; the Vālikhilya sages directed him to throw the brāhmaṇa's bones into the Sarasvatī. Even the remnants of a kavaca-empowered devotee command respect.

Reflection Questions

What relics or remnants of past devotion am I treating casually?
Where might a 'fall' in my life be a redirection to honor something I had ignored?

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