Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.20.33
स संराड्लोकपालाख्यमैश्वर्यमधिराट् श्रियम् ।
चक्रं चास्खलितं प्राणान् मृषेत्युपरराम ह ॥ ३३ ॥
sa saṁrāḍ loka-pālākhyam
[sa samraad loka-paalaakhyam]
aiśvaryam adhirāṭ śriyam
[aishvaryam adhiraat shriyam]
cakraṁ cāskhalitaṁ prāṇān
[chakram chaaskhalitam praanaan]
mṛṣety upararāma ha
[mrishety upararaama ha]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
he (Mahārāja Bharata)
saṁrāṭ
—
the emperor
loka-pāla-ākhyam
—
known as the ruler of all the lokas, or planets
aiśvaryam
—
such opulences
adhirāṭ
—
thoroughly in power
śriyam
—
kingdom
cakram
—
soldiers or orders
ca
—
and
askhalitam
—
without failure
prāṇān
—
life or sons and family
mṛṣā
—
all false
iti
—
thus
upararāma
—
ceased to enjoy
ha
—
in the past.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa saṁrāḍ loka-pālākhyam
saḥ
he (Mahārāja Bharata)
saṁrāṭ
the emperor
loka-pāla-ākhyam
known as the ruler of all the lokas, or planets
aiśvaryam adhirāṭ śriyam
aiśvaryam
such opulences
adhirāṭ
thoroughly in power
śriyam
kingdom
cakraṁ cāskhalitaṁ prāṇān
cakram
soldiers or orders
ca
and
askhalitam
without failure
prāṇān
life or sons and family
mṛṣety upararāma ha
mṛṣā
all false
iti
thus
upararāma
ceased to enjoy
ha
in the past.
As the ruler of the entire universe, Emperor Bharata had the opulences of a great kingdom and unconquerable soldiers. His sons and family had seemed to him to be his entire life. But finally he thought of all this as an impediment to spiritual advancement, and therefore he ceased from enjoying it.
Purport
Mahārāja Bharata had incomparable opulence in sovereignty, soldiers, sons, daughters and everything for material enjoyment, but when he realized that all such material opulences were useless for spiritual advancement, he retired from material enjoyment. The Vedic civilization enjoins that after a certain age, following in the footsteps of Mahārāja Bharata, one should cease to enjoy material opulences and should take the order of vānaprastha.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Bharata, the emperor, the supreme king, finally considered his orders and army, which were unfailing because of their power and bravery, as well as his wealth and his dominion which was greater than that of the devatās to be false. He gave them all up.
His dominion was more famous than that of the devatās. He considered his orders and army, unfailing because of their power and bravery (prāṇāt), his wealth, and dominion greater than that of the devatās to be false. Giving it up, he went to the forest and attained the Lord by bhakti.
Personal Guidance
At last, Bharata sees opulence, sons, and family as impediments to spiritual advancement and stops enjoying them. There is a kind of family-attachment that, however lovely, eventually has to be released for the soul's progress.
Reflection Questions
- What family-attachment of mine is, in fact, holding up my spiritual progress?
- How might I love them just as well while loosening the structural attachment?
My note
Source: vedabase.io