Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.14.6
న యష్టవ్యం న దాతవ్యం న హోతవ్యం ద్విజా: క్వచిత్ ।
ఇతి న్యవారయద్ధర్మం భేరీఘోషేణ సర్వశ: ॥ ౬ ॥
na yaṣṭavyaṁ na dātavyaṁ
[na yashtavyam na daatavyam]
na hotavyaṁ dvijāḥ kvacit
[na hotavyam dvijaah kvachit]
iti nyavārayad dharmaṁ
[iti nyavaarayad dharmam]
bherī-ghoṣeṇa sarvaśaḥ
[bheree-ghoshena sarvashah]
Word-for-word
na
—
not
yaṣṭavyam
—
any sacrifices can be performed
na
—
not
dātavyam
—
any charity can be given
na
—
not
hotavyam
—
any clarified butter can be offered
dvijāḥ
—
O twice-born
kvacit
—
at any time
iti
—
thus
nyavārayat
—
he stopped
dharmam
—
the procedures of religious principles
bherī
—
of kettledrums
ghoṣeṇa
—
with the sound
sarvaśaḥ
—
everywhere.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na yaṣṭavyaṁ na dātavyaṁ
na
not
yaṣṭavyam
any sacrifices can be performed
na
not
dātavyam
any charity can be given
na hotavyaṁ dvijāḥ kvacit
na
not
hotavyam
any clarified butter can be offered
dvijāḥ
O twice-born
kvacit
at any time
iti nyavārayad dharmaṁ
iti
thus
nyavārayat
he stopped
dharmam
the procedures of religious principles
bherī-ghoṣeṇa sarvaśaḥ
bherī
of kettledrums
ghoṣeṇa
with the sound
sarvaśaḥ
everywhere.
All the twice-born [brāhmaṇas] were forbidden henceforward to perform any sacrifice, and they were also forbidden to give charity or offer clarified butter. Thus King Vena sounded kettledrums throughout the countryside. In other words, he stopped all kinds of religious rituals.
Purport
What was committed by King Vena many years ago is at present being carried out by atheistic governments all over the world. The world situation is so tense that at any moment governments may issue declarations to stop religious rituals. Eventually the world situation will become so degraded that it will be impossible for pious men to live on the planet. Therefore sane people should execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness very seriously, so that they can go back home, back to Godhead, without having to further suffer the miserable conditions predominant in this universe.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
“O brāhmaṇas! No more sacrifice, no more charity, nor more oblations!” He stopped performance of dharma with the sound of drums everywhere.
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