Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.49
ఆస్తీర్య దర్భై: ప్రాగగ్రై: కార్త్స్న్యేన క్షితిమణ్డలమ్ ।
స్తబ్ధో బృహద్వధాన్మానీ కర్మ నావైషి యత్పరమ్ ।
తత్కర్మ హరితోషం యత్సా విద్యా తన్మతిర్యయా ॥ ౪౯ ॥
āstīrya darbhaiḥ prāg-agraiḥ
[aasteerya darbhaih praag-agraih]
kārtsnyena kṣiti-maṇḍalam
[kaartsnyena kshiti-mandalam]
stabdho bṛhad-vadhān mānī
[stabdho brihad-vadhaan maanee]
karma nāvaiṣi yat param
[karma naavaishi yat param]
tat karma hari-toṣaṁ yat
[tat karma hari-tosham yat]
sā vidyā tan-matir yayā
[saa vidyaa tan-matir yayaa]
Word-for-word
āstīrya
—
having covered
darbhaiḥ
—
by kuśa grass
prāk-agraiḥ
—
with the points facing east
kārtsnyena
—
altogether
kṣiti-maṇḍalam
—
the surface of the world
stabdhaḥ
—
proud upstart
bṛhat
—
great
vadhāt
—
by killing
mānī
—
thinking yourself very important
karma
—
activity
na avaiṣi
—
you do not know
yat
—
which
param
—
supreme
tat
—
that
karma
—
activity
hari-toṣam
—
satisfying the Supreme Lord
yat
—
which
sā
—
that
vidyā
—
education
tat
—
unto the Lord
matiḥ
—
consciousness
yayā
—
by which.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āstīrya darbhaiḥ prāg-agraiḥ
āstīrya
having covered
darbhaiḥ
by kuśa grass
prāk-agraiḥ
with the points facing east
kārtsnyena kṣiti-maṇḍalam
kārtsnyena
altogether
kṣiti-maṇḍalam
the surface of the world
stabdho bṛhad-vadhān mānī
stabdhaḥ
proud upstart
bṛhat
great
vadhāt
by killing
mānī
thinking yourself very important
karma nāvaiṣi yat param
karma
activity
na avaiṣi
you do not know
yat
which
param
supreme
tat karma hari-toṣaṁ yat
tat
that
karma
activity
hari-toṣam
satisfying the Supreme Lord
yat
which
sā vidyā tan-matir yayā
sā
that
vidyā
education
tat
unto the Lord
matiḥ
consciousness
yayā
by which.
My dear King, the entire world is covered with the sharp points of kuśa grass, and on the strength of this you have become proud because you have killed various types of animals in sacrifices. Because of your foolishness, you do not know that devotional service is the only way one can please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You cannot understand this fact. Your only activities should be those that can please the Personality of Godhead. Our education should be such that we can become elevated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Purport
In this verse the great sage Nārada Muni directly insults the King because he was engaged in performing sacrifices that entail the killing of a great number of animals. The King was thinking that he was great for having performed so many sacrifices, but the great sage Nārada directly chastises him, informing him that his animal-killing only leads to his being puffed up with false prestige. Actually, anything that is done which does not lead to Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a sinful activity, and any education that does not lead one to understand Kṛṣṇa is false education. If Kṛṣṇa consciousness is missing, one is simply engaged in false activities and false educational pursuits.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Covering the whole earth with kuśa grass, with tips facing east, thinking yourself a great sacrificer because of sacrificing animals, and misbehaving, you do not know the supreme activity. That activity which is pleasing the Lord is the real activity. That activity by which one concentrates on the Lord is knowledge.
Taught by ignorant people, you have become a fool. You think (manī) you are a great sacrificer because you have killed animals and have bad conduct (stabdhaḥ). “What then is the supreme activity? Please tell me.” What is pleasing to the Lord is real activity. Anything else is not called activity. Anything else is not called knowledge.
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