Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.11

durārdhyam samārādhya

vishnum sarveśvareśvaram

yo vrinīte mano-grāhyam

asattvāt kumanīshy asau

SYNONYMS

durārādhyam — rarely worshiped; samārādhya — fully worshiping; vishnum — Lord Vishnu; sarva — of all; īśvara — controllers; īśvaram — the supreme controller; yah — who; vrinīte — chooses as a benediction; manah — to the mind; grāhyam — that which is accessible, namely sense gratification; asattvāt — because of its insignificance; kumanīshī — unintelligent; asau — that person.

TRANSLATION

Lord Vishnu, the Supreme Lord of all lords, is ordinarily difficult to approach. One who has properly worshiped Him and then chooses the benediction of mundane sense gratification is certainly of poor intelligence, for he is satisfied with an insignificant result.

PURPORT

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 Krishna. 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 Krishna'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 Krishna.

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