Devanagari
सतामयं सारभृतां निसर्गो
यदर्थवाणीश्रुतिचेतसामपि ।
प्रतिक्षणं नव्यवदच्युतस्य यत्
स्त्रिया विटानामिव साधुवार्ता ॥ २ ॥
Verse text
satām ayaṁ sāra-bhṛtāṁ nisargo
yad-artha-vāṇī-śruti-cetasām api
prati-kṣaṇaṁ navya-vad acyutasya yat
striyā viṭānām iva sādhu vārtā
Synonyms
satām
—
of the devotees
;
ayam
—
this
;
sāra
—
bhṛtām — those who are paramahaṁsas, who have accepted the essence of life
;
nisargaḥ
—
feature or symptom
;
yat
—
which
;
artha
—
vāṇī — the aim of life, the aim of profit
;
śruti
—
the aim of understanding
;
cetasām api
—
who have decided to accept the bliss of transcendental subjects as the aim and object of life
;
prati
—
kṣaṇam — every moment
;
navya
—
vat — as if newer and newer
;
acyutasya
—
of Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
yat
—
because
;
striyāḥ
—
(topics) of woman or sex
;
viṭānām
—
of debauchees, who are attached to women
;
iva
—
exactly like
;
sādhu vārtā
—
actual conversation .
Translation
Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Kṛṣṇa at every moment, as if such topics were newer and newer. They are attached to such topics, just as materialists are attached to topics of women and sex.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Kṛṣṇa at every moment, as if such topics were newer and newer. They are attached to such topics, just as materialists are attached to topics of women and sex.
KB 10.13.2
It is said that it is the nature of a devotee to constantly apply his mind, energy, words, ears, etc., in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa. This is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and for one who is rapt in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa, the subject matter never becomes hackneyed or old. That is the significance of transcendental subject matter in contrast to material subject matter. Material subject matter becomes stale, and one cannot hear a certain subject for a long time; he wants change. But as far as transcendental subject matter is concerned, it is called nitya-nava-navāyamāna. This means that one can go on chanting and hearing about the Lord and never feel tired but remain fresh and eager to hear more and more.
Purport
The word
sāra-bhṛtām
means
paramahaṁsas.
The
haṁsa,
or swan, accepts milk from a mixture of milk and water and rejects the water. Similarly, the nature of persons who have taken to spiritual life and Kṛṣṇa consciousness, understanding Kṛṣṇa to be the life and soul of everyone, is that they cannot give up
kṛṣṇa-kathā,
or topics about Kṛṣṇa, at any moment. Such
paramahaṁsas
always see Kṛṣṇa within the core of the heart (
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
).
Kāma
(desires),
krodha
(anger) and
bhaya
(fear) are always present in the material world, but in the spiritual, or transcendental, world one can use them for Kṛṣṇa.
Kāmaṁ kṛṣṇa-karmārpaṇe
. The desire of the
paramahaṁsas,
therefore, is to act always for Kṛṣṇa.
Krodhaṁ bhakta-dveṣi jane.
They use anger against the nondevotees and transform
bhaya,
or fear, into fear of being deviated from Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way, the life of a
paramahaṁsa
devotee is used entirely for Kṛṣṇa, just as the life of a person attached to the material world is used simply for women and money. What is day for the materialistic person is night for the spiritualist. What is very sweet for the materialist — namely women and money — is regarded as poison by the spiritualist.
sandarśanaṁ viṣayinām atha yoṣitāṁ ca
ha hanta hanta viṣa-bhakṣaṇato ’py asādhu
This is the instruction of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. For the
paramahaṁsa,
Kṛṣṇa is everything, but for the materialist, women and money are everything.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
This is natural for those who are sara bhrt, who take topics of Krsna as their goal, the center of their words, hearing and thoughts, because they have at ever moment an astonishing thirst for the names form and qualities of Acyuta. As a lusty man is attracted to topics about women, the sarabhrt is attracted to topics of the Lord.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Rightly topics of the infallible Lord are new at every moment, just as women are ever- fresh for lusty men. This is natural for devotees, who accept the essence of sweetness, and whose minds, ears and words are dedicated to the Lord.
How can topics not yet heard become newer? Topics which have been heard become new. That is explained in this verse. The Lord is called Acyuta because he never deviates from rasa at any time in the least, for any reason at all. Topics concerning him are the same. Therefore such topics rightly (sādhu) are as if new at every moment. They are reborn with greater taste than previously. A partial analogy is given concerning a lusty man. If a woman whom a person cherishes is the cause of attraction because of her ever-fresh sweetness, what can be said of the Lord?