{"id":21600,"date":"2020-02-11T15:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=21600"},"modified":"2020-10-11T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T19:50:14","slug":"srimad-bhagavatam-2-4-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/srimad-bhagavatam-2-4-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.4.18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u015aB 2.4.18<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\u0906\u092d\u0940\u0930\u0936\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092d\u093e \u092f\u0935\u0928\u093e: \u0916\u0938\u093e\u0926\u092f: \u0964
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\n\u0936\u0941\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0924\u0938\u094d\u092e\u0948 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092d\u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0935\u0947 \u0928\u092e: \u0965 \u0967\u096e \u0965<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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kir\u0101ta-h\u016b\u1e47\u0101ndhra-pulinda-pulka\u015b\u0101
\n\u0101bh\u012bra-\u015bumbh\u0101 yavan\u0101\u1e25 khas\u0101daya\u1e25
\nye\u00a0\u2019nye ca p\u0101p\u0101 yad-ap\u0101\u015bray\u0101\u015bray\u0101\u1e25
\n\u015budhyanti tasmai prabhavi\u1e63\u1e47ave nama\u1e25<\/i><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Synonyms<\/h2>\n
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kir\u0101ta<\/em><\/a> \u2014 a province of old Bh\u0101rata; h\u016b\u1e47a<\/em><\/a> \u2014 part of Germany and Russia; \u0101ndhra<\/em><\/a> \u2014 a province of southern India; pulinda<\/em><\/a>\u2014 the Greeks; pulka\u015b\u0101\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 another province; \u0101bh\u012bra<\/em><\/a> \u2014 part of old Sind; \u015bumbh\u0101\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 another province; yavan\u0101\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the Turks; khasa<\/em><\/a>–\u0101daya\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the Mongolian province; ye<\/em><\/a> \u2014 even those; anye<\/em><\/a> \u2014 others; ca<\/em><\/a> \u2014 also; p\u0101p\u0101\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 addicted to sinful acts; yat<\/em><\/a> \u2014 whose; ap\u0101\u015braya<\/em><\/a>–\u0101\u015bray\u0101\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 having taken shelter of the devotees of the Lord; \u015budhyanti<\/em><\/a> \u2014 at once purified; tasmai<\/em><\/a> \u2014 unto Him; prabhavi\u1e63\u1e47ave<\/em><\/a> \u2014 unto the powerful Vi\u1e63\u1e47u; nama\u1e25<\/em><\/a> \u2014 my respectful obeisances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Translation<\/h2>\n
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Kir\u0101ta, H\u016b\u1e47a, \u0100ndhra, Pulinda, Pulka\u015ba, \u0100bh\u012bra, \u015aumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Purport<\/h2>\n
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Kir\u0101ta:<\/i> A province of old Bh\u0101rata-var\u1e63a mentioned in the Bh\u012b\u1e63ma-parva<\/i> of Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata.<\/i> Generally the Kir\u0101tas are known as the aboriginal tribes of India, and in modern days the Santal Parganas in Bihar and Chota Nagpur might comprise the old province named Kir\u0101ta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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H\u016b\u1e47a:<\/i> The area of East Germany and part of Russia is known as the province of the H\u016b\u1e47as. Accordingly, sometimes a kind of hill tribe is known as the H\u016b\u1e47as.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0100ndhra:<\/i> A province in southern India mentioned in the Bh\u012b\u1e63ma-parva<\/i> of Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata.<\/i> It is still extant under the same name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pulinda:<\/i> It is mentioned in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/i> (\u0100di-parva<\/i> 174.38), viz., the inhabitants of the province of the name Pulinda. This country was conquered by Bh\u012bmasena and Sahadeva. The Greeks are known as Pulindas, and it is mentioned in the Vana-parva<\/i> of Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/i> that the non-Vedic race of this part of the world would rule over the world. This Pulinda province was also one of the provinces of Bh\u0101rata, and the inhabitants were classified amongst the k\u1e63atriya<\/i> kings. But later on, due to their giving up the brahminical culture, they were mentioned as mlecchas<\/i> (just as those who are not followers of the Islamic culture are called kafirs<\/i> and those who are not followers of the Christian culture are called heathens).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0100bh\u012bra:<\/i> This name also appears in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata,<\/i> both in the Sabh\u0101-parva<\/i> and Bh\u012b\u1e63ma-parva.<\/i> It is mentioned that this province was situated on the River Sarasvat\u012b in Sind. The modern Sind province formerly extended on the other side of the Arabian Sea, and all the inhabitants of that province were known as the \u0100bh\u012bras. They were under the domination of Mah\u0101r\u0101ja Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira, and according to the statements of M\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deya the mlecchas<\/i> of this part of the world would also rule over Bh\u0101rata. Later on this proved to be true, as in the case of the Pulindas. On behalf of the Pulindas, Alexander the Great conquered India, and on behalf of the \u0100bh\u012bras, Muhammad Ghori conquered India. These \u0100bh\u012bras were also formerly k\u1e63atriyas<\/i> within the brahminical culture, but they gave up the connection. The k\u1e63atriyas<\/i> who were afraid of Para\u015bur\u0101ma and had hidden themselves in the Caucasian hilly regions later on became known as the \u0100bh\u012bras, and the place they inhabited was known as \u0100bh\u012brade\u015ba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u015aumbhas<\/i> or Ka\u1e45kas:<\/i> The inhabitants of the Ka\u1e45ka province of old Bh\u0101rata, mentioned in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yavanas:<\/i> Yavana was the name of one of the sons of Mah\u0101r\u0101ja Yay\u0101ti who was given the part of the world known as Turkey to rule. Therefore the Turks are Yavanas due to being descendants of Mah\u0101r\u0101ja Yavana. The Yavanas were therefore k\u1e63atriyas,<\/i> and later on, by giving up the brahminical culture, they became mleccha-yavanas.<\/i> Descriptions of the Yavanas are in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/i> (\u0100di-parva<\/i> 85.34). Another prince, called Turvasu, was also known as Yavana, and his country was conquered by Sahadeva, one of the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas. The western Yavana joined with Duryodhana in the Battle of Kuruk\u1e63etra under the pressure of Kar\u1e47a. It was also foretold that these Yavanas also would conquer India, and it proved to be true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Khasa:<\/i> The inhabitants of the Khasade\u015ba are mentioned in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/i> (Dro\u1e47a-parva<\/i>). Those who have a stunted growth of hair on the upper lip are generally called Khasas. As such, the Khasa are the Mongolians, the Chinese and others who are so designated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The above-mentioned historical names are different nations of the world. Even those who are constantly engaged in sinful acts are all corrigible to the standard of perfect human beings if they take shelter of the devotees of the Lord. Jesus Christ and Muhammad, two powerful devotees of the Lord, have done tremendous service on behalf of the Lord on the surface of the globe. And from the version of \u015ar\u012bla \u015aukadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b it appears that instead of running a godless civilization in the present context of the world situation, if the leadership of world affairs is entrusted to the devotees of the Lord, for which a worldwide organization under the name and style of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has already been started, then by the grace of the Almighty Lord there can be a thorough change of heart in human beings all over the world because the devotees of the Lord are able authorities to effect such a change by purifying the dust-worn minds of the people in general. The politicians of the world may remain in their respective positions because the pure devotees of the Lord are not interested in political leadership or diplomatic implications. The devotees are interested only in seeing that the people in general are not misguided by political propaganda and that the valuable life of a human being is not spoiled in following a type of civilization which is ultimately doomed. If the politicians, therefore, would be guided by the good counsel of the devotees, then certainly there would be a great change in the world situation by the purifying propaganda of the devotees, as shown by Lord Caitanya. As \u015aukadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b began his prayer by discussing the word yat-k\u012brtanam,<\/i> so also Lord Caitanya recommended that simply by glorifying the Lord\u2019s holy name, a tremendous change of heart can take place by which the complete misunderstanding between the human nations created by politicians can at once be extinguished. And after the extinction of the fire of misunderstanding, other profits will follow. The destination is to go back home, back to Godhead, as we have several times discussed in these pages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the cult of devotion, generally known as the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava cult, there is no bar against anyone\u2019s advancing in the matter of God realization. A Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava is powerful enough to turn into a Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava even the Kir\u0101ta, etc., as above mentioned. In the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/i> (9.32)<\/a> it is said by the Lord that there is no bar to becoming a devotee of the Lord (even for those who are lowborn, or women, \u015b\u016bdras<\/i> or vai\u015byas<\/i>), and by becoming a devotee everyone is eligible to return home, back to Godhead. The only qualification is that one take shelter of a pure devotee of the Lord who has thorough knowledge in the transcendental science of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/a><\/i> and \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam<\/a><\/i>). Anyone from any part of the world who becomes well conversant in the science of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a becomes a pure devotee and a spiritual master for the general mass of people and may reclaim them by purification of heart. Though a person be even the most sinful man, he can at once be purified by systematic contact with a pure Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava. A Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava, therefore, can accept a bona fide disciple from any part of the world without any consideration of caste and creed and promote him by regulative principles to the status of a pure Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava, who is transcendental to brahminical culture. The system of caste, or var\u1e47\u0101\u015brama-dharma,<\/i> is no longer regular even amongst the so-called followers of the system. Nor is it now possible to reestablish the institutional function in the present context of social, political and economic revolution. Without any reference to the particular custom of a country, one can be accepted to the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava cult spiritually, and there is no hindrance in the transcendental process. So by the order of Lord \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, the cult of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam<\/a><\/i> or the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/a><\/i> can be preached all over the world, reclaiming all persons willing to accept the transcendental cult. Such cultural propaganda by the devotees will certainly be accepted by all persons who are reasonable and inquisitive, without any particular bias for the custom of the country. The Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava never accepts another Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava on the basis of birthright, just as he never thinks of the Deity of the Lord in a temple as an idol. And to remove all doubts in this connection, \u015ar\u012bla \u015aukadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b has invoked the blessings of the Lord, who is all-powerful (prabhavi\u1e63\u1e47ave nama\u1e25<\/i>). As the all-powerful Lord accepts the humble service of His devotee in devotional activities of the arcana,<\/i> His form as the worshipable Deity in the temple, similarly the body of a pure Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava changes transcendentally at once when he gives himself up to the service of the Lord and is trained by a qualified Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava. The injunction of Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava regulation in this connection runs as follows: arcye vi\u1e63\u1e47au \u015bil\u0101-dh\u012br guru\u1e63u nara-matir vai\u1e63\u1e47ave j\u0101ti-buddhi\u1e25 \u015br\u012b-vi\u1e63\u1e47or n\u0101mni \u015babda-s\u0101m\u0101nya-buddhi\u1e25,<\/i> etc. \u201cOne should not consider the Deity of the Lord as worshiped in the temple to be an idol, nor should one consider the authorized spiritual master an ordinary man. Nor should one consider a pure Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava to belong to a particular caste, etc.\u201d (Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The conclusion is that the Lord, being all-powerful, can, under any and every circumstance, accept anyone from any part of the world, either personally or through His bona fide manifestation as the spiritual master. Lord Caitanya accepted many devotees from communities other than the var\u1e47\u0101\u015bramites, and He Himself declared, to teach us, that He does not belong to any caste or social order of life, but that He is the eternal servant of the servant of the Lord who maintains the damsels of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana (Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a). That is the way of self-realization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u015aB 2.4.18 \u0915\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0939\u0942\u0923\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0927\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u092a\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0936\u093e \u0906\u092d\u0940\u0930\u0936\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092d\u093e \u092f\u0935\u0928\u093e: \u0916\u0938\u093e\u0926\u092f: \u0964 \u092f\u0947\u093d\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0947 \u091a \u092a\u093e\u092a\u093e \u092f\u0926\u092a\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e: \u0936\u0941\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0924\u0938\u094d\u092e\u0948 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092d\u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0935\u0947 \u0928\u092e: \u0965 \u0967\u096e \u0965 kir\u0101ta-h\u016b\u1e47\u0101ndhra-pulinda-pulka\u015b\u0101 \u0101bh\u012bra-\u015bumbh\u0101 yavan\u0101\u1e25 khas\u0101daya\u1e25 ye\u00a0\u2019nye ca p\u0101p\u0101 yad-ap\u0101\u015bray\u0101\u015bray\u0101\u1e25 \u015budhyanti tasmai prabhavi\u1e63\u1e47ave nama\u1e25 Synonyms kir\u0101ta \u2014 a province of … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 06:08:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}