344 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7
details of material enjoyment, salvation and mystic powers. Therefore, the
devotee of the Lord does not seck them separately, wasting his valuable
time in life. The valuable time of one’s life must therefore be fully engaged
in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Then other desirable
achievements are automatically gained. But even afler obtaining such
achievements one should be on guard against the pitfall of offenses at the
feet of the devotees. The vivid example is Haihaya, who achieved all such
perfection of devotional service but, because of his offense at the feet of a
devotee, was killed by Lord Paragurama. The Lord became the son of
the great sage Atri and became known as Dattatreya.
TEXT 5
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Met AA ATI: F ALAA |
MARCIA GA TALHTAT A
TEA TM FAN AS TIAA ||
taptam tapo vividha-loka-sisrksaya me
ddau sanat sva-tapasah sa catuh-sano ’bhit
prak-kalpa-samplava-vinastam thatma-tattvam
samyag jagada munayo yad acaksatatman
taptam—having undergone austerities; tapah—penance; vividha-loka—
different planetary systems; sisrksaya—desiring to create; me—of mine;
adau—at first; sanat—from the Personality of Godhead; sva-tapasah—by
dint of my own penances; sah—He, the Lord; catuh-sanah—the four bache-
lors named Sanat-kumara, Sanaka, Sanandana and San§atana; abhit—
appeared; prak—previous; kalpa—creation; samplava—in the inundation;
vinastam—devastated ; tha—in this material world; atma—the spirit; tattvam
—truth; samyak—in complete; jagada—became manifested ; munayah— sages;
yat—that which; acaksata—saw clearly ; dtman—the spirit.
TRANSLATION
In order to create different planetary systems I had to undergo
austerities and penance, and the Lord, thus being pleased with me, in-
