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ṣaṭ-triṁśad-varṣa-sāhasraṁ | :ṣaṭ-triṁśad-varṣa-sāhasraṁ | ||
śaśāsa kṣiti-maṇḍalam | :śaśāsa kṣiti-maṇḍalam | ||
bhogaiḥ puṇya-kṣayaṁ kurvann | :bhogaiḥ puṇya-kṣayaṁ kurvann | ||
abhogair aśubha-kṣayam | :abhogair aśubha-kṣayam | ||
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ṣaṭ- | ''ṣaṭ-triṁśat''—thirty-six; ''varṣa''—years; ''sāhasram''—thousand; ''śaśāsa''—ruled; ''kṣiti-maṇḍalam''—the earth planet; ''bhogaiḥ''—by enjoyment; ''puṇya''—of reactions of pious activities; ''kṣayam''—diminution; ''kurvan''—doing; ''abhogaiḥ''—by austerities; ''aśubha''—of inauspicious reactions; ''kṣayam''—diminution. | ||
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Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over this planet for thirty-six thousand years; he diminished the reactions of pious activities by enjoyment, and by practicing austerities he diminished inauspicious reactions. | Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over this planet for thirty-six thousand years; he diminished the reactions of pious activities by enjoyment, and by practicing austerities he diminished inauspicious reactions. | ||
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That Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over the planet for thirty-six thousand years means that he was present in the Satya-yuga because in the Satya-yuga people used to live for one hundred thousand years. In the next yuga, Tretā, people used to live for ten thousand years, and in the next yuga, Dvāpara, for one thousand years. In the present age, the Kali-yuga, the maximum duration of life is one hundred years. With the change of the yugas, the duration of life and memory, the quality of kindness and all other good qualities diminish. There are two kinds of activities, namely pious and impious. By executing pious activities one can gain facilities for higher material enjoyment, but due to impious activities one has to undergo severe distress. A devotee, however, is not interested in enjoyment or affected by distress. When he is prosperous he knows, "I am diminishing the results of my pious activities," and when he is in distress he knows, "I am diminishing the reactions of my impious activities." A devotee is not concerned with enjoyment or distress; he simply desires to execute devotional service. It is said in the | That Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over the planet for thirty-six thousand years means that he was present in the Satya-yuga because in the Satya-yuga people used to live for one hundred thousand years. In the next ''yuga'', Tretā, people used to live for ten thousand years, and in the next ''yuga'', Dvāpara, for one thousand years. In the present age, the Kali-''yuga'', the maximum duration of life is one hundred years. With the change of the ''yugas'', the duration of life and memory, the quality of kindness and all other good qualities diminish. There are two kinds of activities, namely pious and impious. By executing pious activities one can gain facilities for higher material enjoyment, but due to impious activities one has to undergo severe distress. A devotee, however, is not interested in enjoyment or affected by distress. When he is prosperous he knows, "I am diminishing the results of my pious activities," and when he is in distress he knows, "I am diminishing the reactions of my impious activities." A devotee is not concerned with enjoyment or distress; he simply desires to execute devotional service. It is said in the [[Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972)|''Bhagavad-gītā'']] that devotional service should be ''apratihatā'', unchecked by the material conditions of happiness or distress. The devotee undergoes processes of austerity such as observing Ekādaśī and similar other fasting days and refraining from illicit sex life, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Thus he becomes purified from the reactions of his past impious life, and because he engages in devotional service, which is the most pious activity, he enjoys life without separate endeavor. | ||
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Revision as of 05:57, 15 May 2021
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- ṣaṭ-triṁśad-varṣa-sāhasraṁ
- śaśāsa kṣiti-maṇḍalam
- bhogaiḥ puṇya-kṣayaṁ kurvann
- abhogair aśubha-kṣayam
SYNONYMS
ṣaṭ-triṁśat—thirty-six; varṣa—years; sāhasram—thousand; śaśāsa—ruled; kṣiti-maṇḍalam—the earth planet; bhogaiḥ—by enjoyment; puṇya—of reactions of pious activities; kṣayam—diminution; kurvan—doing; abhogaiḥ—by austerities; aśubha—of inauspicious reactions; kṣayam—diminution.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over this planet for thirty-six thousand years; he diminished the reactions of pious activities by enjoyment, and by practicing austerities he diminished inauspicious reactions.
PURPORT
That Dhruva Mahārāja ruled over the planet for thirty-six thousand years means that he was present in the Satya-yuga because in the Satya-yuga people used to live for one hundred thousand years. In the next yuga, Tretā, people used to live for ten thousand years, and in the next yuga, Dvāpara, for one thousand years. In the present age, the Kali-yuga, the maximum duration of life is one hundred years. With the change of the yugas, the duration of life and memory, the quality of kindness and all other good qualities diminish. There are two kinds of activities, namely pious and impious. By executing pious activities one can gain facilities for higher material enjoyment, but due to impious activities one has to undergo severe distress. A devotee, however, is not interested in enjoyment or affected by distress. When he is prosperous he knows, "I am diminishing the results of my pious activities," and when he is in distress he knows, "I am diminishing the reactions of my impious activities." A devotee is not concerned with enjoyment or distress; he simply desires to execute devotional service. It is said in the Bhagavad-gītā that devotional service should be apratihatā, unchecked by the material conditions of happiness or distress. The devotee undergoes processes of austerity such as observing Ekādaśī and similar other fasting days and refraining from illicit sex life, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Thus he becomes purified from the reactions of his past impious life, and because he engages in devotional service, which is the most pious activity, he enjoys life without separate endeavor.