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Texto
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pṛthuḥ sa bhagavattamaḥ
kīrtitaṁ tasya caritam
uddāma-caritasya te
pṛthuḥ sa bhagavattamaḥ
kīrtitaṁ tasya caritam
uddāma-caritasya te
Palabra por palabra
Synonyms
ittham-bhūta — thus; anubhāvaḥ — very great, powerful; asau — that; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; saḥ — he; bhagavat-tamaḥ — the best among the lords; kīrtitam — described; tasya — his; caritam — character; uddāma — very great; caritasya — one who possesses such qualities; te — to you.
Traducción
Translation
Maitreya continuó: El más grande de todos los devotos, Mahārāja Pṛthu, era muy poderoso, y tenía un carácter liberal, sublime y magnánimo. Te lo he descrito en la medida de lo posible.
Maitreya continued: The greatest of all devotees, Mahārāja Pṛthu, was very powerful, and his character was liberal, magnificent and magnanimous. Thus I have described him to you as far as possible.
Significado
Purport
La palabra bhagavattamaḥ es muy significativa en este verso, pues bhagavat se emplea especialmente para referirse a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios; de esta palabra, bhagavat, deriva bhagavān («la Suprema Personalidad de Dios»). A veces, sin embargo, vemos que se emplea la palabra bhagavān en relación a grandes personalidades, como el Señor Brahmā, el Señor Śiva y Nārada Muni. Lo mismo ocurre con Pṛthu Mahārāja, a quien se describe aquí como el mejor de los bhagavān, el mejor de los señores. Para que una persona pueda recibir ese tratamiento, tiene que ser una gran personalidad que manifieste aspectos extraordinarios y poco frecuentes, o que tras abandonar el cuerpo alcance la meta suprema, o que conozca la diferencia entre conocimiento e ignorancia. En otras palabras, la palabra bhagavān no debe aplicarse a personas corrientes.
In this verse the word bhagavattamaḥ is very significant, for the word bhagavat is used especially to refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the word bhagavān, “the Supreme Personality of Godhead,” is derived from the word bhagavat. Sometimes, however, we see that the word bhagavān is used for great personalities like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Nārada Muni. This is the case with Pṛthu Mahārāja, who is described here as the best of the bhagavāns, or the best of the lords. A person can be so addressed only if he is a great personality who exhibits extraordinary and uncommon features or who attains the greatest goal after his disappearance or who knows the difference between knowledge and ignorance. In other words, the word bhagavān should not be used for ordinary persons.