Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.49

sa kadacid upasina

atmapahnavam atmanah

dadarsa bahv-ricacaryo

mina-sanga-samutthitam

SYNONYMS

sah -- he, Saubhari Muni; kadacit -- one day; upasinah -- sitting down; atma-apahnavam -- degrading oneself from the platform of tapasya; atmanah -- self-caused; dadarsa -- observed; bahu-rica-acaryah -- Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras; mina-sanga -- the sexual affairs of fish; samutthitam -- caused by this incident.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, one day while Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras, was sitting in a secluded place, he thought to himself about the cause of his falldown, which was simply that he had associated himself with the sexual affairs of the fish.

PURPORT

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Saubhari Muni had fallen from his austerity because of a vaishnava-aparadha. The history is that when Garuda wanted to eat fish, Saubhari Muni unnecessarily gave the fish shelter under his care. Because Garuda's plans for eating were disappointed, Saubhari Muni certainly committed a great offense to a Vaishnava. Because of this vaishnava-aparadha, an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaishnava, Saubhari Muni fell from his exalted position of mystic tapasya. One should not, therefore, impede the activities of a Vaishnava. This is the lesson we must learn from this incident concerning Saubhari Muni.

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