SB 1.19.25

Synonyms

[at that precise moment (tadaiva)¹⁹¹]; bhagavān — the illustrious [or he who was deeply immersed in Bhagavān (bhagavad-āviṣṭaḥ)¹⁹²]; vyāsa-putraḥ — son of Vyāsadeva [Śrī Śuka¹⁹³]; aṭamānaḥ — who roamed [paryaṭan¹⁹⁴]; gām — the earth [bhūmim¹⁹⁵]; yadṛcchayā¹⁹⁶ — at will; anapekṣaḥ — disinterested in worldly affairs [bereft of all social obligations (kṛty-apekṣā-rahitaḥ);¹⁹⁷ or devoid of all material wants and needs (prākṛta-vastv apeksā-śūnyaḥ)¹⁹⁸]; abhavat — appeared [prāptaḥ]; tatra — there [in the midst of the sages who were at variance regarding the essential duty to be undertaken, professing each in turn either sacred ritual, yoga, austerity, charity, or other such practices as the most essential duty (teṣu yāga-yoga-tapo-dānādibhir vivadamāneṣu satsu)]; alakṣya-liṅgaḥ — he bore no marks of belonging to any social order or status of life [(na lakṣyam āśramādi liṅgaṁ yasya); or his outward features made it impossible to discern that he was indeed a great sage (alakṣyam rṣir iti jñātuṁ aśakya-liṅgaṁ rūpaṁ yasya)¹⁹⁹]; tuṣṭaḥ — [and] was fully contented; nija-lābha — [in] the immediate intuition of his ownmost authentic self [which is of the nature of Brahman (brahmātmaka-svātmānubhavenaiva);²⁰⁰ or by the attainment of the supreme bliss of his own essential being (nija-svarūpa-paramānanda-lābhenaiva)²⁰¹]; vṛtaḥ — he was surrounded [parivṛtaḥ²⁰²]; bālaiḥ — by women and children [strī-bālaiḥ²⁰³]; ca — and; avadhūta-veṣaḥ — assumed the outward appearance of an ascetic beyond the bounds of conventional ethics and cultural sensibilities [one of stunning or mortifying appearance (abhibhāvya-veṣaḥ);²⁰⁴ or one who has “shaken off” (dhūtaḥ), i.e., “abandoned” (tyaktaḥ), the association of the ignorant or those prone to contempt (ava, i.e., avajñayā janaiḥ)].

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