Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.17-18

[makarand]

TEXT 17

bhagavan kim idaṁ jātaṁ

karma vo brahma-vādinām

viparyayam aho kaṣṭaṁ

maivaṁ syād brahma-vikriyā

SYNONYMS

bhagavan—O my lord; kim idam—what is this; jātam—born; karma—fruitive activities; vaḥ—of all of you; brahma-vādinām—of you, who are expert in chanting the Vedic mantras; viparyayam—deviation; aho—alas; kaṣṭam—painful; mā evam syāt—thus it should not have been; brahma-vikriyā—this opposite action of the Vedic mantras.

TRANSLATION

My lord, all of you are expert in chanting the Vedic mantras. How then has the result been opposite to the one desired? This is a matter for lamentation. There should not have been such a reversal of the results of the Vedic mantras.

TEXT 18

yūyaṁ brahma-vido yuktās

tapasā dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ

kutaḥ saṅkalpa-vaiṣamyam

anṛtaṁ vibudheṣv iva

SYNONYMS

yūyam—of all you; brahma-vidaḥ—completely in awareness of the Absolute Truth; yuktāḥ—self-controlled and well balanced; tapasā—by dint of austerity and penances; dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ—all kinds of material contamination having been burnt out; kutaḥ—then how; saṅkalpa-vaiṣamyam—discrepancy in the matter of determination; anṛtam—false promise, false statement; vibudheṣu—in the society of the demigods; iva—or.

TRANSLATION

You are all self-controlled, well balanced in mind, and aware of the Absolute Truth. And because of austerities and penances you are completely cleansed of all material contamination. Your words, like those of the demigods, are never baffled. Then how is it possible that your determination has failed?