Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 89 Verses 43-44

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 89: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.89.43-44

viprāpatyam acakṣāṇas

tata aindrīm agāt purīm

āgneyīḿ nairṛtīḿ saumyāḿ

vāyavyāḿ vāruṇīm atha

rasātalaḿ nāka-pṛṣṭhaḿ

dhiṣṇyāny anyāny udāyudhaḥ

tato 'labdha-dvija-suto

hy anistīrṇa-pratiśrutaḥ

agniḿ vivikṣuḥ kṛṣṇena

pratyuktaḥ pratiṣedhatā

SYNONYMS

vipra — of the brāhmaṇa; apatyam — the child; acakṣāṇaḥ — not seeing; tataḥ — from there; aindrīm — of Lord Indra; agāt — he went; purīm — to the city; āgneyīm — the city of the fire-god; nairṛtīm — the city of the subordinate god of death (Nirṛti, who is distinct from Lord Yama); saumyam — the city of the moon-god; vāyavyām — the city of the wind-god; vāruṇīm — the city of the god of the waters; atha — then; rasātalam — the subterranean region; nāka-pṛṣṭham — the roof of heaven; dhiṣṇyāni — domains; anyāni — others; udāyudhaḥ — with weapons held ready; tataḥ — from them; alabdha — failing to obtain; dvija — of the brāhmaṇa; sutaḥ — the son; hi — indeed; anistīrṇa — not having fulfilled; pratiśrutaḥ — what he had promised; agnim — fire; vivikṣuḥ — about to enter; kṛṣṇena — by Lord Kṛṣṇa; pratyuktaḥ — opposed; pratiṣedhatā — who was trying to convince him to desist.

TRANSLATION

Not seeing the brāhmaṇa's child there, Arjuna went to the cities of Agni, Nirṛti, Soma, Vāyu and Varuṇa. With weapons at the ready he searched through all the domains of the universe, from the bottom of the subterranean region to the roof of heaven. Finally, not having found the brāhmaṇa's son anywhere, Arjuna decided to enter the sacred fire, having failed to keep his promise. But just as he was about to do so, Lord Kṛṣṇa stopped him and spoke the following words.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that Arjuna trusted Lord Śiva implicitly as his guru, and so he did not bother to search out Lord Śiva's celestial abode.

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