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याम इमां पुष्पितां वाचं परवदन्त्य अविपश्चितः
वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यद अस्तीति वादिनः
कामात्मानः सवर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम
करियाविशेषबहुलां भॊगैश्वर्यगतिं परति


yām imāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ
pravadanty avipaścitaḥ
veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha
nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā
janma-karma-phala-pradām
kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ
bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati

WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA

yām imāmall these
puṣpitāmflowery
vācamwords
pravadantisay
avipaścitaḥmen with a poor fund of knowledge
veda-vāda-ratāḥsupposed followers of the Vedas
pārthaO son of Pṛthā
nanever
anyatanything else
astithere is
itithus
vādinaḥthe advocates
kāma-ātmānaḥdesirous of sense gratification
svarga-parāḥaiming to achieve heavenly planets
janma-karma-phala-pradāmresulting in good birth and other fruitive reactions
kriyā-viśeṣapompous ceremonies
bahulāmvarious
bhogain sense enjoyment
aiśvaryaand opulence
gatimprogress
pratitowards

TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO

Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulent life, they say that there is nothing more than this.
Os homens de pouco conhecimento estão muitíssimo apegados às palavras floridas dos Vedas, que recomendam várias atividades fruitivas àqueles que desejam elevar-se aos planetas celestiais, com o conseqüente bom nascimento, poder e assim por diante. Por estarem ávidos em satisfazer os sentidos e ter uma vida opulenta, eles dizem que isto é tudo o que importa.

PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO

People in general are not very intelligent, and due to their ignorance they are most attached to the fruitive activities recommended in the karma-kāṇḍa portions of the Vedas. They do not want anything more than sense gratificatory proposals for enjoying life in heaven, where wine and women are available and material opulence is very common. In the Vedas many sacrifices are recommended for elevation to the heavenly planets, especially the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifices. In fact, it is stated that anyone desiring elevation to heavenly planets must perform these sacrifices, and men with a poor fund of knowledge think that this is the whole purpose of Vedic wisdom. It is very difficult for such inexperienced persons to be situated in the determined action of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As fools are attached to the flowers of poisonous trees without knowing the results of such attractions, unenlightened men are similarly attracted by such heavenly opulence and the sense enjoyment thereof.



In the karma-kāṇḍa section of the Vedas it is said, apāma somam amṛtā abhūma and akṣayyaṁ ha vai cāturmāsya-yājinaḥ sukṛtaṁ bhavati. In other words, those who perform the four-month penances become eligible to drink the soma-rasa beverages to become immortal and happy forever. Even on this earth some are very eager to have soma-rasa to become strong and fit to enjoy sense gratifications. Such persons have no faith in liberation from material bondage, and they are very much attached to the pompous ceremonies of Vedic sacrifices. They are generally sensual, and they do not want anything other than the heavenly pleasures of life. It is understood that there are gardens called Nandana-kānana in which there is good opportunity for association with angelic, beautiful women and having a profuse supply of soma-rasa wine. Such bodily happiness is certainly sensual; therefore there are those who are purely attached to such material, temporary happiness, as lords of the material world.



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