SB 5.1.41
Text
bhaumaṁ divyaṁ mānuṣaṁ ca
mahitvaṁ karma-yogajam
yaś cakre nirayaupamyaṁ
puruṣānujana-priyaḥ
Synonyms
bhaumamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhaumam
material; obtained from the mines and the sea; of the lower planets.—of the lower planets; divyamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigdivyam
celestial; divine; easily obtained because of rainfall from the sky; extraordinary; heavenly; in the spiritual kingdom; of the demigods; pertaining to the demigods in the higher planets; spiritual; superhuman; transcendental; uncommon; wonderful.—heavenly; mānuṣamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmānuṣam
a human being; as if playing as a human child; exactly like a man; human; human being; humanlike; of human beings.—of human beings; caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca
ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—also; mahitvamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmahitvam
all opulences; glories; greatness; the greatness.—all opulences; karmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarma
karma; according to work; act; action; actions; activities (to support the Daityas); activities; activities being dedicated to You; activities of service to You; activity; activity of life; acts; and activities; and fruitive activities; and work; another activity; by actions; by activities; by fruitive activities; by predestined resultant actions; by wonderful activities, pious activities; by work; duties; duty; fruitive action; fruitive activities; fruitive activity; fruitive desires; fruitive work; in activities; material activities; my deeds; of activities; of fruitive activities; of the activities; one's prescribed activities; pastimes; pastimes, activities; prescribed duties; prescribed duty; reaction of the past; reactionary work; story; such service to the master; the accomplishment; the act; the activities; the activity; the business; the fate of the living entity; the fruits of action; the fruits of activities; the interaction; the objective; the sacrifice; these activities; to such activities; transcendental activity; uncommon deeds; whose transcendental activities; work.—by fruitive activities; yogaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyoga
yoga practice; and mystic power; and of mystic yoga; and of the means; by bhakti-yoga, devotional service; by yoga; by yoga practice; by a conjunction; by devotional service; by mystic power; by mystic practice; by mysticism; by power of mystic yoga; by practice of yoga; by practice of devotion; by the process of linking with the Supreme by bhakti-yoga; concentration of the mind; connection; devotion; devotional service in karma-yoga; eightfold yoga; in the mystic yoga process; in the mystic yoga process; linking process; means; mystic haṭha-yoga; mystic yoga practices; mystic; mystic power; mystic powers; mystic yoga practice; mystic yogic meditation; of linking up; of mystic yoga; of mysticism; of the yoga system; of yogic perfections; practice of the mystic yoga system; the mystic yoga system; the practice of mystic yoga; the process of controlling the senses; the science of self-realization or bhakti-yoga; the yoga.—by mystic power; jamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjam
born.—born; yaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyah
who; a devotee who; a person; a person who; all those; any person who; any such master who; anyone (king or governor); anyone; anyone who; Bali Mahārāja; because; everything; he (who has); he; he person who; He who (Govinda); he who (Jahnu); He who (Lord Nārāyaṇa); He who (Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu); he who (my so-called husband); he who (Somadatta); He who (the Lord); He who (the Personality of Godhead); He who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); he who (Śunaḥśepha); he who; I who; it is He only; King Khaṭvāṅga who; Lord Rāmacandra who; Mahārāja Sagara who; on account of; one; one of the sons of Sagara Mahārāja; one which; one who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); one who (Viśvāmitra); one who; one who is; person; such a person (as you); such a person; that; that is; that person; that Personality of Godhead who; that same person who; that which; the Lord who; the one; the one who; the person; the person who; the same Jaḍa Bharata who was formerly Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva; the same Rāhu; the Supreme Lord who; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead who; the system; who; who are; who is; whoever; whom; you who; Your Lordship.—one who; cakreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigcakre
(Vasiṣṭha) performed; accepted; compiled; constructed; converted; created; did; did it; did perform; executed; fixed; gave attention; he made; in the wheel; in the wheel of time (the repetition of birth and death); increased; made; made them; made up; make; performed; prepared; regularly performed.—did; nirayaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigniraya
to hell; with hell.—with hell; aupamyamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigaupamyam
comparison or equality.—comparison or equality; puruṣaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpurusa
puruṣa; a male; and of the Supreme Personality, Kṛṣṇa; by the measure of men; by the Supreme person; incarnation; Lord Viṣṇu; man; O my Lord; of all living entities or of the puruṣāvatāra, Lord Viṣṇu; of the Lord; of the Supreme Lord; of the Supreme Personality; of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; persons; Puruṣa; Supreme Person; the puruṣa-avatāra; the human being; the living entities; the Lord; the Mahā-Viṣṇu incarnation; the original person, Mahā-Viṣṇu; the person; the person Lord Viṣṇu; the Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the three puruṣa incarnations; the universal form of the Lord (virāṭ-puruṣaḥ); Viṣṇu; with the devotee.—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; anujanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biganujana
to the devotee.—to the devotee; priyaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpriyah
beloved; dear; lover; most beloved; most dear; the beloved; the dear; the dear one; the most dear; to be served; very dear; very dear friend; very, very dear; who is dear.—most dear. ¶
Translation
“As a great follower and devotee of the sage Nārada, Mahārāja Priyavrata considered hellish the opulences he had achieved by dint of fruitive activities and mystic power, whether in the lower or heavenly planetary systems or in human society.” ¶
Purport
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that the position of a devotee is so superexcellent that a devotee does not consider any material opulence worth having. There are different types of opulences on earth, in the heavenly planets and even in the lower planetary system, known as Pātāla. A devotee, however, knows that they are all material, and consequently he is not at all interested in them. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate [Bg. 9.59]plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.59
The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.. Sometimes yogīs and jñānīs voluntarily give up all material opulences to practice their system of liberation and taste spiritual bliss. However, they frequently fall down because artificial renunciation of material opulences cannot endure. One must have a superior taste in spiritual life; then he can give up material opulence. Mahārāja Priyavrata had already tasted spiritual bliss, and therefore he had no interest in any of the material achievements available in the lower, higher or middle planetary systems. ¶
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to the Fifth Canto, First Chapter, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata.” ¶