Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.20.12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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daiva-adhīnam
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under the control of the Supreme
Compound: daiva (divine) + adhīna (subject to). The Gauḍīya doctrine of providence — Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate cause; karma and effort matter only as His servants. The proud man does not know this; the farmer does, implicitly.
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māninām
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of the proud
Genitive plural of mānin — possessed of māna (pride). Gauḍīyas distinguish māna in mādhurya-rasa (Rādhā's loving pique) from worldly māna (this verse) — opposite valences of the same word.
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anutāpam
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remorse
Anu + tāpa — after-burning. Late regret. The Bhāgavatam recommends pre-regret instead: viveka before the choice, not anutāpa after. Bhakti operates by foreseeing what daiva will reward.
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śaṣya-sampadbhiḥ
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with the wealth of grains
Compound: śaṣya (grain) + sampad (wealth). Real wealth, in Gauḍīya theology, includes the wealth of prasāda — grain offered to Kṛṣṇa first. The farmer's plenty becomes sacrament when so dedicated.
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ajānatām
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of those who do not understand
Present active genitive of √jñā. Ignorance is named as the cause of the pride. Bhakti is in part the cure of ajñāna — knowing one's place in the daiva-order.
It is common for people living in large cities to become miserable and disgusted when there is ample rainfall. They do not understand or have forgotten that the rain is nourishing the crops they will eat. Although they certainly enjoy eating, they do not appreciate that with the rain the Supreme Lord is feeding not only human beings but also plants, animals and the earth itself. Modern, sophisticated people often look down their noses at those engaged in agricultural work. In fact, in American slang, a simple, unintelligent person is sometimes called “a farmer.” There are also government agencies that restrict agricultural production because certain capitalists fear the effect on market prices. Because of various artificial and manipulative practices in modern governments, we find widespread food shortages throughout the world — even in the United States, among the poverty-stricken — and at the same time we find the governments paying farmers not to plant crops. Sometimes these governments throw huge amounts of food into the ocean. Thus the administration of the arrogant and ignorant, those who are too proud to obey the laws of God or too ignorant to recognize them, will always cause frustration among the people, whereas a God conscious government will provide abundance and happiness for all.
The proud man says ,"Farming is a low job which I cannot do." But when the fields yield their wealth in crops he regrets, "If I had done some farming I would get wealth during the rainy season." In this way the fields give joy to the farmer, and pain to the lazy man, because such a person does not understand that his suffering is under the law of karma. Similarly, seeing the man on nivrtti marga attain liberation, the man performing pravrtti marga laments. This example is not attractive to the devotee.
The word vai indicates “completely.” By the wealth of grains the fields gave joy to the farmers, and by not having grains the fields give grief, since, identifying with the body completely, they did not know everything is under control of karma, just as proud men rejoice or grieve for their wealth or loss of it.
The word vai indicates “completely.” The wealth of the ignorant gives grief (anutāpam). Just as houses or bodies (kṣeterāṇi) give joy and suffering by wealth of grains etc. to those ignorant of the fact that they are controlled by karma, who think they are their bodies or are proud (māninām) of their wealth, so the fields give joy to the farmers by the abundance of grain. Or vai means but. People after travelling around think they are conquerors of the world, get wealth of grains from the field but (vai) then experience suffering when there is opposition to their position as conquerors. Why? They are ignorant that their conquest and wealth of grains depends on the Lord. Just as grains give joy to the wise, they give sorrow to the people who think they are wise and to the fools, since they perform sinful acts. Or just as those ignorant of the Lord’s control get suffering and those who respect the Lord’s control get joy, so the farmer gets joy.
The same monsoon fields that make farmers laugh make the lazy and proud bite their lips. Outcome bends not on cleverness but on daiva — Kṛṣṇa's hand under every season. The farmer who sowed has eaten; the māninī who would not stoop to sow can only grieve. Bhakti's ploughshare is humility.
Vṛtrāsura, on the verge of defeat by Indra, did not curse the cosmos; he prayed (SB 6.11). He understood that outcome rests with Bhagavān — and so even in defeat he gained Vaikuṇṭha. The māninī in this verse, by contrast, blames the season.
Gauḍīyas hold Vṛtra up as the great exemplar of daiva-adhīna — the soul who knows everything is under the Lord and therefore loses without bitterness.
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Source: vedabase.io