FolioCorpusŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.75

यूयं नृलोके बत भूरिभागा लोकं पुनाना मुनयोऽभियन्ति । येषां गृहानावसतीति साक्षाद् गूढं परं ब्रह्म मनुष्यलिङ्गम् ॥ ७५ ॥
yūyaṁ nṛ-loke bata bhūri-bhāgā
[yooyam nri-loke bata bhoori-bhaagaa]
lokaṁ punānā munayo ’bhiyanti
[lokam punaanaa munayo ’bhiyanti]
yeṣāṁ gṛhān āvasatīti sākṣād
[yeshaam grihaan aavasateeti saakshaad]
gūḍhaṁ paraṁ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam
[goodham param brahma manushya-lingam]
Word-for-word
yūyam — all of you Pāṇḍavas nṛ-loke — in this material world bata — indeed bhūri-bhāgāḥ — extremely fortunate lokam — all the planets of the universe punānāḥ — who can purify munayaḥ — great saintly persons abhiyanti — come to visit (just like ordinary persons) yeṣām — of whom gṛhān — the house of the Pāṇḍavas āvasati — resides iti — thus sākṣāt — directly gūḍham — very confidential param — transcendental brahma — the Parabrahman, Kṛṣṇa manuṣya-liṅgam — as if an ordinary human being.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yūyaṁ nṛ-loke bata bhūri-bhāgā
yūyam
all of you Pāṇḍavas
nṛ-loke
in this material world
bata
indeed
bhūri-bhāgāḥ
extremely fortunate
lokaṁ punānā munayo ’bhiyanti
lokam
all the planets of the universe
punānāḥ
who can purify
munayaḥ
great saintly persons
abhiyanti
come to visit (just like ordinary persons)
yeṣāṁ gṛhān āvasatīti sākṣād
yeṣām
of whom
gṛhān
the house of the Pāṇḍavas
āvasati
resides
iti
thus
sākṣāt
directly
gūḍhaṁ paraṁ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam
gūḍham
very confidential
param
transcendental
brahma
the Parabrahman, Kṛṣṇa
manuṣya-liṅgam
as if an ordinary human being.
My dear Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, you Pāṇḍavas are so very fortunate in this world that many, many great saints, who can purify all the planets of the universe, come to your house just like ordinary visitors. Furthermore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is living confidentially with you in your house, just like your brother.
Purport

Here is a statement exalting a Vaiṣṇava. In human society, a brāhmaṇa is the most respected person. A brāhmaṇa is one who can understand Brahman, the impersonal Brahman, but hardly ever can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is described by Arjuna in Bhagavad-gītā as paraṁ brahma. A brāhmaṇa may be extremely fortunate in having achieved brahma- jñāna, but the Pāṇḍavas were so exalted that the Parabrahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was living in their house like an ordinary human being. The word bhūri-bhāgāḥ indicates that the Pāṇḍavas were in a still higher position than brahmacārīs and brāhmaṇas. In the following verses, Nārada Muni repeatedly glorifies the position of the Pāṇḍavas.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You Pāṇḍavas are most fortunate in this world. Sages who purify the planets come to your houses because the Supreme Brahman personally resides in your houses in a human form. You are better than Prahlāda and others. Definitely you are far superior to all the varṇas including brāhmaṇas and all the āśramas such as brahmacārī. This verse is repeated (see SB 7.10.48).
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Yudhiṣṭhira is told he is fortunate beyond measure: great saints visit, and Kṛṣṇa Himself lives in his house. Devotee company is more valuable than wealth. Recognize the saintly visitors as the real fortune of your life.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'great saint' visits your life that you have been treating as ordinary company?
  • What hospitality of the heart could you offer to those who carry Kṛṣṇa with them?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

← Read full Chapter 15