Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.1.29
श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदा गिरिशं द्रष्टुमृषयस्तत्र सुव्रता: ।
दिशो वितिमिराभासा: कुर्वन्त: समुपागमन् ॥ २९ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ekadā giriśaṁ draṣṭum
[ekadaa girisham drashtum]
ṛṣayas tatra suvratāḥ
[rishayas tatra suvrataah]
diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ
[disho vitimiraabhaasaah]
kurvantaḥ samupāgaman
[kurvantah samupaagaman]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ekadā
—
once upon a time
giriśam
—
Lord Śiva
draṣṭum
—
to see
ṛṣayaḥ
—
very saintly persons
tatra
—
in that forest
su-vratāḥ
—
highly elevated in spiritual power
diśaḥ
—
all directions
vitimira-ābhāsāḥ
—
having been cleared of all darkness whatsoever
kurvantaḥ
—
doing so
samupāgaman
—
arrived.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ekadā giriśaṁ draṣṭum
ekadā
once upon a time
giriśam
Lord Śiva
draṣṭum
to see
ṛṣayas tatra suvratāḥ
ṛṣayaḥ
very saintly persons
tatra
in that forest
su-vratāḥ
highly elevated in spiritual power
diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ
diśaḥ
all directions
vitimira-ābhāsāḥ
having been cleared of all darkness whatsoever
kurvantaḥ samupāgaman
kurvantaḥ
doing so
samupāgaman
arrived.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: Great saintly persons who strictly observed the spiritual rules and regulations and whose own effulgence dissipated all the darkness of all directions once came to see Lord Śiva in that forest.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: Some sages of fixed vows and whose own effulgence dissipated the darkness of all directions once came to see Lord Śiva in that forest.
Vitimirābhāsāḥ means “having effulgence which destroyed darkness.”
Personal Guidance
Effulgent sages once entered to see Śiva — pure souls move toward higher darśana naturally, lighting up wherever they go.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I drawn to go for darśana, and how does that direction shape my day?
- What 'darkness' around me would lift if I cultivated even a fraction of such tapasya?
My note
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