Srimad Bhagavatham: 6.5.6 to 8.

Skandham-6.

Chapter-5.

Slokam-s - 6 to 8.


6.

uvaca  catha  haryasvah  katham  srakshyatha  vai  prajah,


adrstvantam  bhuvo  yuyam   balisa  bata  palakah.


uvaca  =  he said;

ca  =  also;

atha  =  thus;

haryasvah  =  O Haryaśvas, sons of Prajapati Daksha;

katham  =  why;

srakshyatha  =  you will beget;

vai  =  indeed;

prajah  =  progeny;

adrstva  =  having not seen;

antam  =  the end;

bhuvah  =  of this earth;

yuyam  =  all of you;

balisah  =  inexperienced;

bata  =  alas;

palakah  =  although ruling princes;


7.

tathaika-purusham   rastram  bilam  cadrsta-nirgamam,


bahu-rupam  striyam  capi  pumamsam  pumscali-patim.


tatha  =  so also;

eka  =  one;

purusham  =  man;

rashtram  =  kingdom;

bilam  =  the hole;

ca  =  also;

adrsta-nirgamam  =  from which there is no coming out;

bahu-rupam  =  taking many forms;

striyam  =  the woman;

ca  =  and;

api  =  even;

pumamsam  =  the man;

pumscali-patim  =  the husband of a prostitute;


8.

nadim  ubhayato  vaham  panca-pancadbhutam  grham,


kvacid dhamsam   citra-katham   kshaura-pavyam   svayam  bhrami.


nadim  =  a river;

ubhayatah  =  in both ways;

vaham  =  which flows;

panca-panca  =  of five multiplied by five (twenty-five);

adbhutam  =  a wonder;

grham  =  the house;

kvacit  =  somewhere;

hamsam  =  a swan;

citra-katham  =  whose story is wonderful;

kshaura-pavyam  =  made of sharp razors and thunderbolts;

svayam  =  itself;

bhrami  =  revolving.


The great sage Narada said :-

My dear Haryasvas, you have not seen the extremities of the earth.

There is a kingdom where only one man lives and where there is a hole from which, having entered, no one emerges.

A woman there who is extremely unchaste adorns herself with various attractive dresses, and the man who lives there is her husband.

In that kingdom, there is a river flowing in both directions, a wonderful home made of twenty-five materials, a swan that vibrates various sounds, and an automatically revolving object made of sharp razors and thunderbolts.

You have not seen all this, and therefore you are inexperienced boys without advanced knowledge. How, then, will you create progeny?



Narada Muni saw that the boys known as the Haryaśvas were already purified because of living in that holy place and were practically ready for liberation.

Why then should they be encouraged to become entangled in family life, which is so dark that once having entered it one cannot leave it?

Through this analogy, Narada Muni asked them to consider why they should follow their father’s order to be entangled in family life.

Indirectly, he asked them to find within the cores of their hearts the situation of the Supersoul, Lord Vishnu, for then they would truly be experienced.

In other words, one who is too involved in his material environment and does not look within the core of his heart is increasingly entangled in the illusory energy.
Narada Muni’s purpose was to get the sons of Prajapati Daksha to divert their attention toward spiritual realization instead of involving themselves in the ordinary but complicated affairs of propagation.



The same advice was given by Prahlada to his father (Bhag. 7.5.5):



In the dark well of family life, one is always full of anxiety because of having accepted a temporary body.

If one wants to free himself from this anxiety, one should immediately leave family life and take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Vrndavana.
Narada Muni advised the Haryasvas not to enter household life.

Since they were already advanced in spiritual knowledge, why should they be entangled in that way?

To be continued  ...