Text 50] The Downfall of Saubhari Muni 209

dadarsa bahv-rcdcaryo
mina-sariga-samutthitam

sah—he, Saubhari Muni; kaddcit—one day; updsinah—sitting
down; Gtma-apahnavam—degrading oneself from the platform
of tapasya; dtmanah—self-caused; dadarsa—observed; bahu-rca-
acdryah—Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras; mina-
sariga —the sexual affairs of fish; samutthitam—caused by this incident.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, one day while Saubhari Muni, who was expert in
chanting mantras, was sitting in a secluded place, he thought to
himself about the cause of his falldown, which was simply that he
had associated himself with the sexual affairs of the fish.

PURPORT

Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Saubhari Muni had
fallen from his austerity because of a vaisnava-aparadha. The history is
that when Garuda wanted to eat fish, Saubhari Muni unnecessarily gave
the fish shelter under his care. Because Garuda’s plans for eating were
disappointed, Saubhari Muni certainly committed a great offense to a
Vaisnava. Because of this vaisnava-aparadha, an offense at the lotus feet
of a Vaisnava, Saubhari Muni fell from his exalted position of mystic
tapasya. One should not, therefore, impede the activities of a Vaisnava.
This is the lesson we must learn from this incident concerning Saubhari
Muni.

TEXT 50
wat a waa a fat
waar: aawaTa
FAIS = -URATARTT
rated ava Pe vt aq Whol!

aho imam pasyata me vindsarn
tapasvinah sac-carita-vratasya
