SB 9.6.50

TEXT 50

TEXT

अहो इमं पश्यत मे विनाशं तपस्विनः सच्चरितव्रतस्य ।
अन्तर्जले वारिचरप्रसङ्गात् प्रच्यावितं ब्रह्म चिरं धृतं यत् ॥ ५० ॥

aho imam pasyata me vinasam

tapasvinah sac-carita-vratasya

antarjale vari-cara-prasaṅgat

pracyavitam brahma ciram dhrtam yat

aho-alas; imam-this; pasyata-just see; me-of me; vinasam-falldown; tapasvinah-who was such a great mystic performing austerity; sat-carita-of very good character, observing all necessary rules and regulations; vratasya-of one who has taken a vow strictly; antah-jale-in the depths of the water; vari-cara-prasaṅgat-because of the affairs of the aquatics; pracyavitam-fallen; brahma-from the activities of Brahman realization or austerity; ciram-for a long time; dhrtam-executed; yat-which.

TRANSLATION

Alas! While practicing austerity, even within the depths of the water, and while observing all the rules and regulations practiced by saintly persons, I lost the results of my long austerities simply by association with the sexual affairs of fish. Everyone should observe this falldown and learn from it.

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