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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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Canto 10 · Chapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śaṅkhacūḍa Slain
10.34.1110.34.14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.34.12-13

Ūti· What drives us to act

सर्प उवाच

अहं विद्याधर: कश्चित्सुदर्शन इति श्रुत: ।

श्रिया स्वरूपसम्पत्त्या विमानेनाचरन् दिश: ॥ १२ ॥

ऋषीन् विरूपाङ्गिरस: प्राहसं रूपदर्पित: ।

तैरिमां प्रापितो योनिं प्रलब्धै: स्वेन पाप्मना ॥ १३ ॥

sarpa uvāca

ahaṁ vidyādharaḥ kaścit

sudarśana iti śrutaḥ

śriyā svarūpa-sampattyā

vimānenācaran diśaḥ

ṛṣīn virūpāṅgirasaḥ

prāhasaṁ rūpa-darpitaḥ

tair imāṁ prāpito yoniṁ

pralabdhaiḥ svena pāpmanā

Translation

The serpent replied: I am the well-known Vidyādhara named Sudarśana. I was very opulent and beautiful, and I used to wander freely in all directions in my airplane. Once I saw some homely sages of the lineage of Aṅgirā Muni. Proud of my beauty, I ridiculed them, and because of my sin they made me assume this lowly form.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pride in Beauty Leads to Harm

  1. 1

    Sudarśana identifies himself as a well-known Vidyādhara who possessed great beauty and opulence.

  2. 2

    Proud of his beauty, he ridiculed some homely sages of the lineage of Aṅgirā Muni.

  3. 3

    He acknowledges that his own sinful action led the sages to make him assume the lowly snake form.

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