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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 11: Lord Ramacandra Rules the World |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.11.6
SYNONYMS
aprattam -- not given; nah -- unto us; tvaya -- by Your Lordship; kim -- what; nu -- indeed; bhagavan -- O Supreme Lord; bhuvana-isvara -- O master of the whole universe; yat -- because; nah -- our; antah-hridayam -- within the core of the heart; visya -- entering; tamah -- the darkness of ignorance; hamsi -- You annihilate; sva-rocisha -- by Your own effulgence.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, You are the master of the entire universe. What have You not given to us? You have entered the core of our hearts and dissipated the darkness of our ignorance by Your effulgence. This is the supreme gift. We do not need a material donation.
PURPORT
When Dhruva Maharaja was offered a benediction by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he replied, "O my Lord, I am fully satisfied. I do not need any material benediction." Similarly, when Prahlada Maharaja was offered a benediction by Lord Nrisimhadeva, he also refused to accept it and instead declared that a devotee should not be like a vanik, a mercantile man who gives something in exchange for some profit. One who becomes a devotee for some material profit is not a pure devotee. Brahmanas are always enlightened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the heart (sarvasya caham hridi sannivishto mattah smritir jnanam apohanam ca [Bg. 15.15]). And because the brahmanas and Vaishnavas are always directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are not greedy for material wealth. What is absolutely necessary they possess, but they do not want an expanded kingdom. An example of this was given by Vamanadeva. Acting as a brahmacari, Lord Vamanadeva wanted only three paces of land. Aspiring to possess more and more for personal sense gratification is simply ignorance, and this ignorance is conspicuous by its absence from the heart of a brahmana or Vaishnava.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness