Śrīmad Bhāgavata 1.8.26

Synonyms

pumān — a person; madaḥ — whose pride; edhamāna — is inflated [vardhamāna⁹⁷]; janma — [by] noble birth [sat-kule prādurbhāvaḥ]; aiśvarya — administrative power [rājyādau⁹⁸]; śruta — learning [vidyā]; śrībhiḥ — [or] wealth [sampat⁹⁹]; na eva arhati — is certainly not able; tvām abhidhātum vai — to address You at all [to so much as utter Your names, such as Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Govinda (iti vaktum api)¹⁰⁰]; gocaram — who are accessible [within the range of immediate experience (viṣaya-bhūtam)]; akiñcana¹⁰¹ — only to those who are destitute of all else but You [only to those who have no object of ultimate attainment other than You (nāsti tvad-vyatiriktaṁ paramārthatayā’bhipretaṁ kiñcanāpi vastu yeṣām te)].

A person whose pride is inflated by noble birth, administrative power, learning, or wealth is certainly unable to address You at all, who are accessible only to those who are destitute of all else but You.

Notes

97Unless otherwise indicated, this and the following bracketed inserts in verse 26 are Giridhara’s comments.↩

98Vallabhācārya.↩

99Vallabhācārya. It is to be noted that Giridhara and Vīrarāghava take the word śrībhiḥ not as a fourth source of pride but as connected to the previous three in the following sense: “A person whose pride is inflated by the opulences (śrībhiḥ, samṛddhibhiḥ) of noble birth (janma), prosperity (aiśvarya, dhanādi-sampat), and learning (śruta, vidyā) …”↩

100This and the next bracketed insert in verse 26 are Śrīdhara Svāmī’s comments.↩

101The word akiñcana literally means “having nothing” or “materially destitute.” In his Laghu-vaiṣṇava-toṣiṇī commentary on SB 10.89.17, Jīva Gosvāmī glosses the word akiñcanānām as “those who are devoid of affection for anything other than Bhagavān” (bhagavantaṁ vinānyatra mamatā śūnyānām). In Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on SB 10.51.56, akiñcana is glossed as “devoid of empirical ego” (nivṛttābhimāna); and in his commentary on SB 5.18.12, akiñcana is glossed as “bereft of desire” (niskāma). All of these meanings are relevant here.↩

SB 1.8.26

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