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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.2.20-21
kavir havir antarīkshah
āvirhotro 'tha drumilaś
SYNONYMS
nava — nine; abhavan — there were; mahā-bhāgāh — greatly fortunate souls; munayah — sages; hi — indeed; artha-śamsinah — engaged in explaining the Absolute Truth; śramanāh — thus exerting great endeavor; vāta-rasanāh — dressed by the wind (naked); ātma-vidyā — in spiritual science; viśāradāh — learned; kavih havih antarīkshah — Kavi, Havir and Antarīksha; prabuddhah pippalāyanah — Prabuddha and Pippalāyana; āvirhotrah — Āvirhotra; atha — also; drumilah — Drumila; camasah karabhājanah — Camasa and Karabhājana.
TRANSLATION
The nine remaining sons of Rishabha were greatly fortunate sages who worked vigorously to spread knowledge of the Absolute Truth. They wandered about naked and were very well versed in spiritual science. Their names were Kavi, Havir, Antarīksha, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Drumila, Camasa and Karabhājana.
PURPORT
Nimi, the King of Videha, asked the following nine questions of the nine Yogendras, the saintly sons of Rishabha. ( l ) What is the highest good? (Chapter Two, verse 30); (2) What are the religious principles (dharma), natural proclivities (svabhāva), behavior (ācāra), speech (vākya) and outward symptoms (lakshana) of a bhāgavata, a Vaishnava devotee of the Lord? (2.44); (3) What is the external energy of Vishnu, the Supreme Lord? (3.1); (4) How can one become dissociated from this māyā? (3.17); (5)What is the true identity of Brahman? (3.34); (6) What are the three types of karma, namely karma based on the enjoyment of the fruits of work, karma offered to the Supreme Lord, and naishkarmya? (3.41); (7) What are the various pastimes of the various incarnations of God? (4.1); (8) What is the aim or destination of one who is against the Supreme Lord and devoid of bhakti (in other words, a nondevotee)? (5.1); and (9)What are the respective colors, forms and names of the four yugāvatāras, the four incarnations of the Supreme Lord who appear in the four ages, and what is the process of worshiping each of Them? (5.19).
The transcendental answers to these inquiries were given by the great devotees Kavi, Havir, Antarīksha, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Drumila, Camasa and Karabhājana. These nine paramahamsas answered the nine questions, each in turn, in the following verses: (1) 2.33-43; (2)2.45-55; (3) 3.3-16; (4) 3.18-33; (5) 3.35-40; (6) 3.43-55; (7) 4.2-23; (8) 5.2-18; and (9) 5.20-42.
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