SB 9.4.51 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.51

दिशो नभ: क्ष्मां विवरान्समुद्रान् लोकान् सपालांस्त्रिदिवं गत: स: । यतो यतो धावति तत्र तत्र सुदर्शनं दुष्प्रसहं ददर्श ॥ ५१ ॥

diśo nabhaḥ kṣmāṁ vivarān samudrān

[disho nabhah kshmaam vivaraan samudraan]

lokān sapālāṁs tridivaṁ gataḥ saḥ

[lokaan sapaalaams tridivam gatah sah]

yato yato dhāvati tatra tatra

[yato yato dhaavati tatra tatra]

sudarśanaṁ duṣprasahaṁ dadarśa

[sudarshanam dushprasaham dadarsha]

Word-for-word

diśaḥ — all directions nabhaḥ — in the sky kṣmām — on the surface of the earth vivarān — within the holes samudrān — within the seas lokān — all places sa-pālān — as well as their rulers tridivam — the heavenly planets gataḥ — gone saḥ — Durvāsā Muni yataḥ yataḥ — wheresoever dhāvati — he went tatra tatra — there, everywhere sudarśanam — the disc of the Lord duṣprasaham — extremely fearful dadarśa — Durvāsā Muni saw.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

diśo nabhaḥ kṣmāṁ vivarān samudrān

diśaḥ

all directions

nabhaḥ

in the sky

kṣmām

on the surface of the earth

vivarān

within the holes

samudrān

within the seas

lokān sapālāṁs tridivaṁ gataḥ saḥ

lokān

all places

sa-pālān

as well as their rulers

tridivam

the heavenly planets

gataḥ

gone

saḥ

Durvāsā Muni

yato yato dhāvati tatra tatra

yataḥ yataḥ

wheresoever

dhāvati

he went

tatra tatra

there, everywhere

sudarśanaṁ duṣprasahaṁ dadarśa

sudarśanam

the disc of the Lord

duṣprasaham

extremely fearful

dadarśa

Durvāsā Muni saw.

Just to protect himself, Durvāsā Muni fled everywhere, in all directions — in the sky, on the surface of the earth, in caves, in the ocean, on different planets of the rulers of the three worlds, and even on the heavenly planets — but wherever he went he immediately saw following him the unbearable fire of the Sudarśana cakra.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Durvāsā fled everywhere, in all directions—in the sky, on the surface of the earth, in space, in the ocean, on different planets of the rulers of the three worlds, and even on Svarga—but wherever he went he saw the unbearable fire of the Sudarśana cakra.

Personal Guidance

Sky, earth, ocean, planets — Durvāsā tries them all, but Sudarśana follows everywhere. There is no location-based escape from a consequence the Lord Himself has authorized.

Reflection Questions

Where have I tried to 'change my scenery' to escape a moral debt?
What single act of facing what I fled would end the chase?

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io