Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23 Conclusion
In today's class, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami concludes Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 23, The Brahmanas' Wives Blessed.
Text 46
kaivalyady-asisam pateh
isitavyaih kim asmabhir
isasyaitad vidambanam
TRANSLATION
Otherwise, why would the supreme controller -- whose every desire is already fulfilled and who is the master of liberation and all other transcendental benedictions -- enact this pretense with us, who are always to be controlled by Him?
Text 47
pada-sparsasayasakrt
svatma-dosapavargena
tad-yacna jana-mohini
TRANSLATION
Hoping for the touch of His lotus feet, the goddess of fortune perpetually worships Him alone, leaving aside all others and renouncing her pride and fickleness. That He begs is certainly astonishing to everyone.
Texts 48-49
mantra-tantrartvijo 'gnayah
devata yajamanas ca
kratur dharmas ca yan-mayah
sa eva bhagavan saksad
visnur yogesvaresvarah
jato yadusv ity asrnma
hy api mudha na vidmahe
TRANSLATION
All the aspects of sacrifice -- the auspicious place and time, the various items of paraphernalia, the Vedic hymns, the prescribed rituals, the priests and sacrificial fires, the demigods, the patron of the sacrifice, the sacrificial offering and the pious results obtained -- all are simply manifestations of His opulences. Yet even though we had heard that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, the Lord of all mystic controllers, had taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, we were so foolish that we could not recognize Sri Krsna to be none other than Him.
Text 50
krsnayakuntha-medhase
yan-maya-mohita-dhiyo
bhramamah karma-vartmasu
TRANSLATION
Let us offer our obeisances unto Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His intelligence is never bewildered, whereas we, confused by His power of illusion, are simply wandering about on the paths of fruitive work.
Text 51
sva-maya-mohitatmanam
avijnatanubhavanam
ksantum arhaty atikramam
TRANSLATION
We were bewildered by Lord Krsna's illusory potency and thus could not understand His influence as the original Personality of Godhead. Now we hope He will kindly forgive our offense.
Text 52
krsne te krta-helanah
didrksavo vrajam atha
kamsad bhita na cacalan
TRANSLATION
Thus reflecting on the sin they had committed by neglecting Lord Krsna, they became very eager to see Him. But being afraid of King Kamsa, they did not dare go to Vraja.