Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 4: The Hamsa-guhya Prayers

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.10

yūyam ca pitrānvādishtā

deva-devena cānaghāh

prajā-sargāya hi katham

vrikshān nirdagdhum arhatha

SYNONYMS

yūyam — you; ca — also; pitrā — by your father; anvādishtāh — ordered; deva-devena — by the Personality of Godhead, the master of the masters; ca — also; anaghāhO sinless ones; prajā-sargāya — for generating the population; hi — indeed; katham — how; vrikshān — the trees; nirdagdhumto burn to ashes; arhathaare able.

TRANSLATION

O pure-hearted ones, your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?

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