Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.12.33
यत्र यत्रापतन्मह्यां रेतस्तस्य महात्मन:
तानि रूप्यस्य हेम्नश्च क्षेत्राण्यासन्महीपते ॥ ३३ ॥
yatra yatrāpatan mahyāṁ
[yatra yatraapatan mahyaam]
retas tasya mahātmanaḥ
[retas tasya mahaatmanah]
tāni rūpyasya hemnaś ca
[taani roopyasya hemnash cha]
kṣetrāṇy āsan mahī-pate
[kshetraany aasan mahee-pate]
Word-for-word
yatra
—
wherever
yatra
—
and wherever
apatat
—
fell
mahyām
—
on the surface of the world
retaḥ
—
the semen
tasya
—
of him
mahā-ātmanaḥ
—
of the great personality (Lord Śiva)
tāni
—
all those places
rūpyasya
—
of silver
hemnaḥ
—
of gold
ca
—
and
kṣetrāṇi
—
mines
āsan
—
became
mahī-pate
—
O King.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yatra yatrāpatan mahyāṁ
yatra
wherever
yatra
and wherever
apatat
fell
mahyām
on the surface of the world
retas tasya mahātmanaḥ
retaḥ
the semen
tasya
of him
mahā-ātmanaḥ
of the great personality (Lord Śiva)
tāni rūpyasya hemnaś ca
tāni
all those places
rūpyasya
of silver
hemnaḥ
of gold
ca
and
kṣetrāṇy āsan mahī-pate
kṣetrāṇi
mines
āsan
became
mahī-pate
O King.
O King, wheresoever on the surface of the globe fell the semen of the great personality of Lord Śiva, mines of gold and silver later appeared.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that those who seek gold and silver can worship Lord Śiva for material opulences. Lord Śiva lives under a bael tree and does not even construct a house in which to dwell, but although he is apparently poverty-stricken, his devotees are sometimes opulently endowed with large quantities of silver and gold. Parīkṣit Mahārāja later asks about this, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī replies.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! Wherever the semen of the great personality of Lord Śiva fell on the surface of the earth became places for mining gold and silver.
These mines appeared by the grace of Śiva. Thus persons desiring gold first please Śiva.
Personal Guidance
Wherever Śiva's semen fell, mines of gold and silver later appeared. Even from breakdown comes wealth. The Lord makes opulence from what Śiva spent in confusion. Nothing is wasted in cosmic economy.
Reflection Questions
- What 'mines of gold' have appeared at the sites of my past breakdowns?
- Where do I write off broken episodes as worthless when they may have seeded future wealth?
My note
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