SB 9.20.27

SB 9.20.27

Devanagari

त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतं ह्यश्वान्बद्ध्वा विस्मापयन् नृपान् । दौष्मन्तिरत्यगान्मायां देवानां गुरुमाययौ ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

trayas-triṁśac-chataṁ hy aśvān baddhvā vismāpayan nṛpān dauṣmantir atyagān māyāṁ devānāṁ gurum āyayau

Synonyms

trayaḥ three ; triṁśat thirty ; śatam hundred ; hi indeed ; aśvān horses ; baddhvā arresting in the yajṣa ; vismāpayan astonishing ; nṛpān all other kings ; dauṣmantiḥ the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta ; atyagāt surpassed ; māyām material opulences ; devānām of the demigods ; gurum the supreme spiritual master ; āyayau achieved .

Translation

Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta, bound thirty-three hundred horses for those sacrifices, and thus he astonished all other kings. He surpassed even the opulence of the demigods, for he achieved the supreme spiritual master, Hari.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta, bound thirty-three hundred horses for those sacrifices, and thus he astonished all other kings. He surpassed even the opulence of the devatās, for he achieved the supreme guru, Hari. He surpassed the glory of the devatās since he had attained the Lord, the guru of the world. Another version has mayavattraḥ. He was the best among those with wealth, since he was a portion of the Lord.

Purport

One who achieves the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead certainly surpasses all material wealth, even that of the demigods in the heavenly planets. Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ. The achievement of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the most exalted achievement in life.