Text 54]
The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
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TRANSLATION
In the beginning I was alone and engaged in performing the austerities of mystic yoga, but later, because of the association of fish engaged in sex, I desired to marry. Then I became the husband of fifty wives, and in each of them I begot one hundred sons, and thus my family increased to five thousand members. By the influence of the modes of material nature, I became fallen and thought that I would be happy in material life. Thus there is no end to my material desires for enjoyment, in this life and the next.
TEXT 53
एवंवसन् गृहे कालं विरक्तो न्यासमास्थितः । वनं जगामानुययुस्तत्पत्न्यः पतिदेवताः ॥५३॥
evam vasan grhe kālam virakto nyāsam āsthitaḥ vanam jagāmānuyayus tat-patnyaḥ pati-devatāḥ
evam—in this way; vasan—living; grhe—at home; kālam—passing away time; viraktaḥ—became detached; nyāsam—in the renounced order of life; āsthitaḥ—became situated; vanam—in the forest; jagāma—he went; anuyayuḥ—was followed by; tat-patnyaḥ—all his wives; pati-devatāḥ—because their only worshipable object was their husband.
TRANSLATION
In this way he passed his life in household affairs for some time, but then he became detached from material enjoyment. To renounce material association, he accepted the vānaprastha order and went to the forest. His devoted wives followed him, for they had no shelter other than their husband.
TEXT 54
तत्र तप्त्वा तपस्तीक्ष्णमात्मदर्शनमात्मवान् । सहैवाग्निभिरात्मानं युयोज परमात्मनि ॥५४॥