Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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evaṁ śaptas tu guruṇā
pratyagṛhṇāt kṛtāñjaliḥ
adhārayad vrataṁ vīra
ūrdhva-retā muni-priyam

WORD BY WORD — PALABRA POR PALABRA



TRANSLATION — TRADUCCION

When the hero Pṛṣadhra was thus cursed by his spiritual master, he accepted the curse with folded hands. Then, having controlled his senses, he took the vow of brahmacarya, which is approved by all great sages.Al recibir esta maldición de su maestro espiritual, Pṛṣadhra, el héroe, unió sus manos en señal de asentimiento. Entonces, con los sentidos perfectamente controlados, aceptó el voto de brahmacarya, que todos los grandes sabios aprueban.

PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO

It appears that Vasiṣṭha was not free from tamo-guṇa, the mode of ignorance. As the family priest or spiritual master of Pṛṣadhra, Vasiṣṭha should have taken Pṛṣadhra’s offense very lightly, but instead Vasiṣṭha cursed him to become a śūdra. It is the duty of a family priest not to curse a disciple but to give him relief through the performance of some sort of atonement. Vasiṣṭha, however, did just the opposite. Therefore Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that he was durmati; in other words, his intelligence was not very good.Parece ser que Vasiṣṭha no estaba libre de la modalidad de la ignorancia, tamo-guṇa. Como sacerdote familiar o maestro espiritual de Pṛṣadhra, Vasiṣṭha no debía haber dado importancia a la ofensa de Pṛṣadhra; sin embargo, le maldijo a nacer śūdra. El deber del sacerdote familiar no es maldecir a su discípulo, sino liberarle de la reacción mediante alguna práctica expiatoria. Vasiṣṭha, sin embargo, hizo todo lo contrario. Por esa razón, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura dice que era durmati; en otras palabras, no tenía mucha inteligencia.
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