Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.48.11
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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durārādhyam
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rarely / hardly worshiped successfully
Compound: duḥ (with difficulty) + ārādhya (to be worshiped). Viṣṇu is not easily reached — the worship that brings Him into one's room is precious. To use that arrival for sense-gratification is the verse's exact charge.
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kumanīṣī
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of poor intelligence
Compound: ku (bad) + manīṣī (thinker, intelligent one). A startlingly direct word from Śukadeva. Gauḍīya commentators read it as the verdict on every karma-miśra-bhakta who, on reaching Bhagavān, asks for anything other than His service.
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manaḥ-grāhyam
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that which is graspable by the mind, sense gratification
Compound: manaḥ (mind) + grāhya (to be grasped). The mind's natural appetite is for the senses' food. The Lord can give it, but the gift falls beneath the Giver.
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asattvāt
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because of insignificance, unreality
Ablative of a-sattva — non-being, that which has no real substance. Sense-pleasure is asat in the technical Bhāgavatam sense: passing, not abiding. To trade darśana for asat is the soul's worst exchange.
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sarva-īśvara-īśvaram
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the supreme controller of all controllers
Compound stack: sarva + īśvara + īśvara. The verse piles the title on top of itself — controller of controllers — precisely to magnify the absurdity of choosing kāma in His presence.
It is clear from the commentaries of the ācāryas that the story of Trivakrā is to be understood on two levels. On the one hand, she is understood to be a liberated soul, directly associating with the Lord and participating in His pastimes. On the other hand, her conduct is clearly meant to teach a lesson about what not to do in relation with Lord Kṛṣṇa. Since all of the Lord’s pastimes are not only blissful but also didactic, there is no real contradiction in this pastime, since Trivakrā’s purity and her bad example take place on two distinct levels. Arjuna is also considered a pure devotee, yet by initially disobeying Kṛṣṇa’s instruction to fight, he also showed an example of what not to do. However, such “bad examples” always have happy endings in the blissful association of the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
In relation to this incident, this verse gives instruction those persons worshiping the lord in the role of a lover. T hat person, who in worshiping Krsna, prays for material happiness, is a fool. However, with the intent to render pleasure to Krsna’s senses completely, if one also gets happiness in the process, that is not a fault. It should be understood that only if the intense desire (as a lover) is directed with pure intent of service for pleasure of Krsna alone, does it destroys ones material desire and illusion.
After finishing the story of Kubjā in order to dispel criticism because Kubjā appeared to be a materialistic woman, the Lord is praised. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading, perfect Svayam Bhagavān (viṣṇum) and is the source of appearance for the puruṣa avatāras such as Mahā-viṣṇu (sarveśvareśvaram). Another version has sarva-vareśam, the person who can award all benedictions including liberation and bhakti. Therefore he is difficult to attain. In spite of this, if one worships him intensely (sam-ārādhya), and prays for objects pleasing to himself (mano-grāhyam), that person is of lowest intelligence because of accepting most insignificant, temporary, useless objects (asattvāt). The intelligent person (such as Kubjā) will pray for the Supreme Lord endowed with bliss that surpasses words and mind. yā prītir avivekānāṁ viṣayeṣv anapāyinī / tvām anusmarataḥ sā me hṛdayān māpasarpatu As the unintelligent person is strong attracted to material objects, may remembrance of you be strong so as to never leave my heart. Viṣṇu Purāṇa
After finishing the story of Kubjā in order to dispel criticism because Kubjā appeared to be a materialistic woman, the Lord is praised. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading, perfect Svayam Bhagavān (viṣṇum) and is the source of appearance for the puruṣa avatāras such as Mahā-viṣṇu (sarveśvareśvaram). Another version has sarva-vareśam, the person who can award all benedictions including liberation and bhakti. Therefore he is difficult to attain. In spite of this, if one worships him intensely (sam-ārādhya), and prays for objects pleasing to himself (mano-grāhyam), that person is of lowest intelligence, because of accepting most insignificant, temporary, useless objects (asattvāt). The intelligent person (such as Kubjā) will pray for the Supreme Lord endowed with bliss that surpasses words and mind. Since Kubjā did not have the same prema as the gopīs, and lacked a similar wealth of happiness, she is considered less than the gopīs, though her desire was fulfilled. She was less fortunate. Though she did attain direct association with the Lord, with the attainment of full prema as a result of her bhakti, she lacked their type of happiness because of difference in the bhāva, just as some persons, even seeing the Lord, do not experience full happiness. That is clear from the appearance of misery of persons like the wrestlers in Kaṁsa’s arena.
A traveler reaches the king's own court, the journey of lifetimes, and asks for a copper coin. Śukadeva's verdict — kumanīṣī, poor in intelligence — is not contempt but the elder's quiet grief at watching a soul stand inside the treasury and finger small change.
Dhruva Mahārāja (SB 4.8–9) underwent terrible austerities to obtain a kingdom higher than his father's. When Viṣṇu finally appeared, Dhruva later confessed: 'I came for shards of glass; You gave me the touchstone — and I am ashamed of my original request.'
Gauḍīyas pair Dhruva's confession with Trivakrā's lack of one. Both met the Lord with mundane requests; only Dhruva later recognized the trade he had made and wept for the better gift he had nearly missed.
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