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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.50
tapasvinah sac-carita-vratasya
pracyavitam brahma ciram dhritam yat
SYNONYMS
aho -- alas; imam -- this; pasyata -- just see; me -- of me; vinasam -- falldown; tapasvinah -- who was such a great mystic performing austerity; sat-carita -- of very good character, observing all necessary rules and regulations; vratasya -- of one who has taken a vow strictly; antah-jale -- in the depths of the water; vari-cara-prasangat -- because of the affairs of the aquatics; pracyavitam -- fallen; brahma -- from the activities of Brahman realization or austerity; ciram -- for a long time; dhritam -- executed; yat -- which.
TRANSLATION
Alas! While practicing austerity, even within the depths of the water, and while observing all the rules and regulations practiced by saintly persons, I lost the results of my long austerities simply by association with the sexual affairs of fish. Everyone should observe this falldown and learn from it.
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