Śrīmad Bhāgavata 1.14.9

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[“Since Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the cause of our fulfillment in the matter of all possible human goals, all of these inauspicious omens could not occur other than by His disappearance” (asmākaṁ sarva-puruṣārthatve hetuḥ śrī kṛṣṇo’tas tad-viyogaṁ vināniṣṭaṁ na syāt). With this in mind, Yudhiṣṭhira spoke as follows (ity āśayenāha).³⁰]; yasmāt — on whose account [śrī kṛṣṇa-hetoḥ]; yat anugrahāt — [and] by whose grace; naḥ — our [asmākam]; sampadaḥ — abundant prosperity [meaning an array of luxurious items suitable for enjoyment (bhogya-bhogopaskaraṇādi-samṛddhayaḥ)³¹]; rājyam — kingdom; dārāḥ — wives; prāṇāḥ — lives [maintained by His protecting us from calamities (āpadbhyo rakṣayā jīvanam)]; kulam — dynasty [preserved by protecting Parīkṣit (parīkṣid rakṣayā santitaḥ)]; prajāḥ — progeny; vijayaḥ — victory; sapatna — [over] enemies [śatruṇām]; ca — and; lokāḥ — status in the higher worlds [such as heaven, attainable through religious ritual acts (yajñādi-sāddhyāḥ svargādayaḥ)]; āsan — have all come to be [babhūvuḥ³²].

It is on His account and by His grace that our abundant prosperity, kingdom, wives, lives, dynasty, progeny, victory over enemies, and status in the higher worlds have all come to be.³³

Notes

30This and the next two bracketed inserts are Śrīdhara Svāmī’s comments.↩

31Unless otherwise indicated, this and the remaining bracketed inserts in verse 9 are Giri-dhara’s comments. In regard to the last item mentioned here—namely, “the attainment of the higher worlds”— he clarifies that although this is a future event, it is spoken of in the past tense because there is absolutely no doubt of Bhagavān’s grace in this matter.↩

32Vīrarāghava.↩

33Several commentators point out that this verse is syntactically connected to the previous one. In succinct form, the two verses taken together would have the following sense: “Has that very time arrived … when Śrī Kṛṣṇa, by whose grace our abundant prosperity, and so on, have all come to be, intends to withdraw His own form?”↩

SB 1.14.9

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