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78 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ sei annämĺta khäo, rädhä-kĺńëa-guëa gäo, preme ňäka caitanya-nitäi O Lord! This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths leading to death. Somehow or other, we have fallen into the ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses, the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable. It is very difficult to conquer the tongue in this world, but You, dear Kĺńëa, are very kind to us for You have sent this nice prasäda to help us conquer the tongue. Therefore, let us take this prasäda to our full satisfaction and glorify Your Lordships Çré Çré Rädhä and Kĺńëa and in love call for the help of Lord Caitanya and Prabhu Nityänanda. TEXT 22 iPa®l/aNaaMaveXYaaSaqiÜdehNaGarePaura ) TaSYaaMaeiXai+aTa&ik-iÄNa(iNabaeDaNa*PaNaNdNa ))22))
city of Videha. Now, please hear what I have learned from her. COMMENTARY Now, the brähmaëa will describe what he learned from Piěgalä, the prostitute, by narrating her story.
SaaSvEir A>aUTk-ale/bihÜaRreib>a]TaqćPaMautaMaMa( ))23))
The Story of Piěgalä COMMENTARY 79 By dressing in attractive ways and making various sensual bodily gestures, the prostitute, Piěgala, would attract her lovers. TEXT 24 MaaGaR AaGaC^Taaevq+YaPauĺzaNa(PauĺzzR>a ) TaaNa(XauLk-daNa(ivtavTa>k-aNTaaNa(MaeNae_QaRk-aMauk-I ))24))
People who were attached to enjoying an intimate relationship with a woman would come to her house and pay a handsome amount.
AaGaTaeZvPaYaaTaezuSaaSaŞeTaaePaJaqivNaq ) APYaNYaaeivtavaNa(k-ae_iPaMaaMauPaEZYaiTa>aUird> ))25)) Wv&duraXaYaaßSTaiNad]aÜaYaRvl/MbTaq ) iNaGaRC^NTaqPa[ivXaTaqiNaXaqQa&SaMaPaŰTa ))26))
80 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ now who will surely want to pay me for my love.” Thus, hoping against hope, Piěgalä remained standing in her doorway, unable to earn enough money and thus retire for the night. Being very anxious, she sometimes went out into the street, and then again went back into her house. In this way, the night passed. COMMENTARY The word niçéthaŕ indicates that she waited till midnight but no one availed of her services.
ASYaaivtaaXaYaaXauZYaÜŁ-aYaadqNaceTaSa> ) iNaveRd>ParMaaeJajeicNTaaheTau>Sau%avh> ))27))
Her entire night passed by thinking about wealth. PURPORT The prostitute, Piěgalä, who was greedy for money, dedicated her life to satisfying lusty men. As a result of engaging in the service of conditioned souls with her body, mind, and speech, and forgetting the service of the Supreme Lord, her mind became extremely restless. Finally, she became so frustrated that she became indifferent to her situation, so that happiness began to arise within her mind. TEXT 28 TaSYaa iNaivR< iNaveRd AaXaaPaaXaaNaa&PauĺzSYaYaQaaůiSa> ))28))
The Story of Piěgalä 81 Detachment is the only means by which a person can destroy the network of material desires. The prostitute felt disgusted with her situation and this gave rise to indifference. Now, please hear from me the song sung by the prostitute in that situation. COMMENTARY Piěgalä thought, “My ambitions are the cause of my material bondage. Detachment or indifference is the only weapon by which this network of bondage can be cut to pieces.” PURPORT Those who cannot gain freedom from the bondage of their social position and family responsibilities, if they take up the trident of detachment, they can cut the knots of material bondage and attain auspiciousness. Those who are too attached to material enjoyment and are addicted to bodily pleasures cannot understand the messages of the self-satisfied Supreme Lord, being bound by the ropes of illusion. TEXT 29 Naů®aJaaTaiNaveRdaedehbNDa&iJahaSaiTa ) YaQaaivjaNarihTaaeMaNauJaaeMaMaTaa&Na*Pa ))29))
The avadhüta begins to explain the purpose of this narration. TEXT 30 iPa®l/aevac AhaeMaeMaaehivTaiTa&PaXYaTaaiviJaTaaTMaNa> ) Yaak-aNTaadSaTa>k-aMa&k-aMaYaeYaeNabail/Xaa ))30)) 82 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ piěgalä uväca aho me moha-vitatiŕ paçyatävijitätmanaů yä käntäd asataů kämaŕ kämaye yena bäliçä Piěgalä said: Alas! Just see how greatly illusioned I am, due to my uncontrolled senses. As a result, I have lost my power of discrimination and therefore desire satisfaction from similarly illusioned lusty men. COMMENTARY The word käma means “lusty desires.” Piěgalä is in effect saying, “I desire to become satisfied in sex and thus I can understand that I am completely illusioned.”
The senses of the conditioned souls are naturally attracted to the sense objects of this material world. This is the prime example of the conditioned soul’s foolishness. Some people, who are actually averse to the Lord’s service, try to artificially check their senses from engagement in sense gratification for some time, but this actually does more harm than good because of their misunderstanding regarding the Absolute Truth. Foolish people consider other sense enjoyers to be their masters, and thus they pray to them for the fulfillment of their own sense gratification. However, as soon as one becomes enlightened in spiritual understanding, his life of material enjoyment can be transformed into a life of spiritual perfection. TEXT 31 ANTa&SaMaqPaerMa Ak-aMad&du>%>aYaaiDaXaaek-MaaehPa[d&TauC^Mah&>aJae_ja ))31))
The Story of Piěgalä COMMENTARY 83 Piěgalä thought, “The Supersoul is sitting in my heart. Why do I not try to experience the pleasure of conjugal love with Him? Why am I earning money by allowing many sinful men to enjoy my body? Actually, all these rich men were unable to fulfill my lusty desires.” PURPORT The material desires of the conditioned souls are aroused due to lack of God consciousness, or due to lack of seeing the Supreme Lord as the only worshipable person. Aversion to the Lord’s service places the conditioned souls in an artificial condition of distress, fear, lamentation, and illusion. Being under the control of the material nature, they cannot understand that the Supreme Lord is the true object of worship in all respects, and that He is always present by their side. The Supreme Lord is the actual enjoyer of all that is enjoyable, and He is situated in the hearts of all living entities as their well-wishing friend. Because it is the natural propensity for a conditioned soul to befriend another conditioned soul, they should together engage in the service of the non-dual Supreme Person. The Supreme Lord is eternal, and He is the master of those who award material wealth and other benedictions. He alone awards transcendental happiness because He is the one supreme person, who is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, who maintains all other, subordinate persons. One who gives up his relationship with the Supreme Lord and indulges in temporary material enjoyment is certainly fool number one. TEXT 32 AhaeMaYaaTMaaPairTaaiPaTaaev*QaaSaaŞeTYav*tYaaiTaivGaůRvaTaRYaa ) ńE Piěgalä laments that she tried to attain a most insignificant pleasure by selling her body to insignificant, useless men.
84 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ PURPORT The art of arousing the spirit of enjoyment is called saěketya vĺtti, and it involves employing sensual gestures and movements. Employing this art is one of the sinful ways of earning one’s livelihood. Only the most condemned and greedy sense enjoyers are so attracted by the illusory beauty of a woman that they will spend their hard-earned money in exchange for a few moments of her association. If, somehow or other, a conditioned soul revives his inclination for Kĺńëa’s service, he will come to understand that it was because of giving up the service of the Lord that he has been swallowed by the witches of material enjoyment and impersonal liberation.
YadiSQai>aiNaRiMaRTav&Xav&SYaSQaU +arŕvÜarMaGaarMaeTaiÜ Piěgalä thought, “Alas! This is most strange! I have accepted this disgusting body, which is full of obnoxious substances, as the object of my conjugal pleasure. This house in the form of my body has nine gates. The spinal chord is the main bamboo pillar upon which the body is supported. The bones of the rib cage, as well as the hands and legs, are considered to be secondary beams, giving support. Who is more unfortunate than me to consider such a body as a source of love and pleasure?”
The gross body of the conditioned soul is compared to a house. Just as a house consists of many wooden beams that provide support to the structure, the physical body is an assembly of bones, flesh, hair, nails, and other component parts. This body excretes abominable substances, such as stool, urine, and perspiration. Therefore, it must be concluded that those who give up the service of Kĺńëa just to accept the perishable and The Story of Piěgalä 85 disgusting objects of this material world as desirable, are certainly most unfortunate people.
ivdehaNaa&PaureůiSMaŕhMaekE-vMaU!Daq> ) YaaNYaiMaC^NTYaSaTYaSMaadaTMadaTk-aMaMaCYauTaaTa( ))34))
Piěgalä thought, “I am so unchaste that I desired the association of many useless men rather than Lord Acyuta, who gives Himself to His dear devotees.”
The Supreme Lord is the personification of all transcendental mellows. There is nothing temporary or abominable in Him. If one desires to serve the Lord, one should give up the aspiration to be the enjoyer of the objects of the senses. To serve the temporary objects of this material world is certainly foolishness.
SauôTPa[eďTaMaaeNaaQa AaTMaacaYa&Xarqir Ta&iv§-IYaaTMaNaEvah&RMae_NaeNaYaQaarMaa ))35))
86 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY Piěgalä thought, “ ‘What should I do then?’ If you ask me this, my answer is that I will dedicate my body to my most beloved Lord and enjoy His company.” PURPORT Self-realized souls who are devoted to Lord Hari’s service are the actual friends and best masters of the embodied souls. If the conditioned souls engage in the service of the Lord, like Lakńmé, then their lives will become successful and they will attain eternal happiness. Piěgalä realized that it is better to serve the Supreme Lord with ones body, mind, and speech, under the subordination of Lakńmédevé, than to sell one’s body to the temporary men of this world. This realization alone can free the conditioned soul from his propensity for material enjoyment. TEXT 36 ik-YaiTPa[Ya&TaeVYa>aJaNa(k-aMaaYaek-aMadaNara> ) AaŰNTavNTaae>aaYaaRYaadevavak-al/ivd]uTaa> ))36))
Piěgalä thought, “All men, and even demigods, who endeavor to fulfill their lusty desires, are subject to birth and death. So, how can they please their wives? I therefore conclude that no one in this world, or in the next, other than the Supreme Lord, is worthty of my service.”
Tempting objects of this world, proud men who are busily absorbed in their temporary material identifications, and demigods who cannot award any true benefit to their subordinates, are destroyed by time as a result of their karma. The Story of Piěgalä TEXT 37 NaUNa&Mae>aGavaNa(Pa[qTaaeivZ iNaveRdae_Ya&duraXaaYaaYaNa(MaeJaaTa>Sau%avh> ))37))
Although I was determined to enjoy this material world, because this most auspicious detachment has awakened in my heart, I think that Lord Çré Hari must be pleased with me. Without even knowing it, I must have performed some activity that satisfied Him. COMMENTARY In this way Piěgalä, praises her good fortune. Some learned authorities have said that when Dattätreya happened to come to Piěgalä’s house, she said to him, “O foremost sage, what have I done to have the good fortune of seeing you? Today, you have mercifully blessed my house. Please come in. Have some food and water and then rest awhile.” Indeed, Piěgalä even cleansed her courtyard when Dattätreya arrived there, out of his own sweet will.
In this regard, one should contemplate the purport of the following verse from the Çrémad-Bhägavatam (11.23.28): nünaŕ me bhagaväŕs tuńöaů sarva-deva-mayo hariů yena néto daçäm etäŕ nirvedaç cätmanaů plavaů The Supreme Lord, Hari, who is the Lord of lords, must have been pleased with me because, by His mercy, I have developed this mood of detachment, which is the means for my deliverance from the ocean of material existence. TEXT 38 MaEv&SYauMaRNd>aaGYaaYaa>©e-XaaiNaveRdheTav> ) YaeNaaNaubNDa&iNaôRTYaPauĺz>XaMaMa*C^iTa ))38))
88 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ One who has developed detachment can give up the bondage of material existence, and one who undergoes great suffering gradually becomes, out of a sense of hopelessness, indifferent toward the material world. It was due to my great suffering that detachment awoke in my heart. If I were actually unfortunate, how could I have undergone such merciful suffering? I can only conclude that I am actually fortunate because, I have received the mercy of the Lord. Somehow or other, He must be pleased with me. COMMENTARY Piěgalä thought, “Someone may ask me, ‘Why are you suffering despite having wealth? Is it because Lord Vińëu is not pleased with you?’ I would reply, ‘Please do not say that. If Lord Vińëu was not pleased with me then I, who am an unfortunate prostitute, would not have developed a mood of indifference. Because of this indifference, I was able to give up all material aspirations and achieve satisfaction within my heart.’ ” TEXT 39 TaeNaaePak*-TaMaadaYaiXarSaaGa]aMYaSa®Taa> ) TYa¤-aduraXaa>Xar Yüklə 8,84 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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