|
TEXT 14
na tvam vayam jada-dhiyo nu vidama bhuman
kuta-stham adi-purusam jagatam adhisam
yat-sattvatah sura-gana rajasah prajesa
manyos ca bhuta-patayah sa bhavan gunesah
SYNONYMS
nanot; tvamYour Lordship; vayamwe; jada-dhiyahdull-minded, possessing blunt intelligence; nuindeed; vidamahcan know; bhumanO Supreme; kuta-sthamwithin the core of the heart; adi-purusamthe original Personality of Godhead; jagatamof the universes, which progressively go on; adhisamthe supreme master; yatfixed under Your direction; sattvatahinfatuated with sattva-guna; sura-ganahsuch demigods; rajasahinfatuated with rajo-guna; praja-isahthe Prajapatis; manyohinfluenced by tamo-guna; caand; bhuta-patayahrulers of ghosts; sahsuch a personality; bhavanYour Lordship; guna-isahthe master of all three modes of material nature.
TRANSLATION
O all-pervading Supreme Person, we are dull-minded and did not understand who You are, but now we understand that You are the Supreme Person, the master of the entire universe, the unchanging and original Personality of Godhead. The demigods are infatuated with the mode of goodness, the Prajapatis with the mode of passion, and the lord of ghosts with the mode of ignorance, but You are the master of all these qualities.
PURPORT
The word jada-dhiyah refers to intelligence like that of an animal. A person with such intelligence cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Without being beaten, an animal cannot understand the purpose of a man. Similarly, those who are dull-minded cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when punished severely by the modes of material nature, they begin to understand Him. A Hindi poet has said:
When one is distressed he goes to the church or temple to worship the Lord, but when opulent he forgets the Lord. Therefore, punishment by the Lord through material nature is necessary in human society, for without it men forget the supremacy of the Lord due to their dull, blunt intelligence.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/9/10/14 Previous: SB 9.10.13 Next: SB 9.10.15
|