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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.10

स तु विप्रेण संवादं ज्ञापकेन समाचरन् । त्यक्त्वा कलेवरं योगी स तेनावाप यत् परम् ॥ १० ॥
sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ
[sa tu viprena samvaadam]
jñāpakena samācaran
[jnaapakena samaacharan]
tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī
[tyaktvaa kalevaram yogee]
sa tenāvāpa yat param
[sa tenaavaapa yat param]
Word-for-word
saḥ — Mahārāja Ikṣvāku tu — indeed vipreṇa — with the brāhmaṇa (Vasiṣṭha) saṁvādam — discussion jñāpakena — with the informer samācaran — doing accordingly tyaktvā — giving up kalevaram — this body yogī — being a bhakti-yogī in the order of renunciation saḥ — the King tena — by such instruction avāpa — achieved yat — that position which param — supreme.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ
saḥ
Mahārāja Ikṣvāku
tu
indeed
vipreṇa
with the brāhmaṇa (Vasiṣṭha)
saṁvādam
discussion
jñāpakena samācaran
jñāpakena
with the informer
samācaran
doing accordingly
tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī
tyaktvā
giving up
kalevaram
this body
yogī
being a bhakti-yogī in the order of renunciation
sa tenāvāpa yat param
saḥ
the King
tena
by such instruction
avāpa
achieved
yat
that position which
param
supreme.
Having been instructed by the great and learned brāhmaṇa Vasiṣṭha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogī, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Instituting the instructions give by Vasiṣṭha, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced and achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body. Ikṣvāku, executing the instructions given by Vasiṣṭha who gave knowledge, became detached.
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Personal Guidance
When the teaching is clear, a wise leader does not cling to office — he renounces, follows the path, and attains perfection. Power held too long becomes the very thing that blocks the perfection it was meant to support.
Reflection Questions
  • What position am I holding past its natural season because I am attached to it?
  • What perfection might be waiting on the other side of a graceful stepping-aside?
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