Text 14
Text 14
Texto
Text
liṅgair varṇāśramādibhiḥ
na vidanti janā yaṁ vai
so ’sāv iti na veti ca
liṅgair varṇāśramādibhiḥ
na vidanti janā yaṁ vai
so ’sāv iti na veti ca
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Synonyms
karmaṇā — por actividades; ākṛtibhiḥ — por aspecto físico; vācā — por palabras; lingaiḥ — por características; varṇa-āśrama — relativas a las divisiones específicas materiales y espirituales de varṇa y āśrama; ādibhiḥ — y por otras características; na vidanti — no podían comprender; janāḥ — la gente en general; yam — a quien; vai — en verdad; saḥ — si aquella persona; asau — era la misma persona; iti — así; na — no; vā — o; iti — así; ca — también.
karmaṇā — by activities; ākṛtibhiḥ — by bodily features; vācā — by words; liṅgaiḥ — by symptoms; varṇa-āśrama — pertaining to the particular material and spiritual divisions of varṇa and āśrama; ādibhiḥ — and by other symptoms; na vidanti — could not understand; janāḥ — people in general; yam — whom; vai — indeed; saḥ — whether that person; asau — was the same person; iti — thus; na — not; vā — or; iti — thus; ca — also.
Traducción
Translation
La gente no podía comprender si aquella persona santa era la misma persona que ellos habían conocido; no podían reconocerle, ni por sus actividades, ni por su aspecto físico, ni por sus palabras, ni por las características de su posición en el varṇāśrama.
Neither by that saintly person’s activities, by his bodily features, by his words nor by the symptoms of his varṇāśrama status could people understand whether he was the same person they had known.
Significado
Purport
Los habitantes de aquel paraje a orillas del Kāverī, en el valle de la montaña Sahya, no podían comprender si aquel santo era la misma persona a quien ellos habían conocido. Por eso se dice: vaiṣṇavera kriyā mudrā vijñe nā bhujhaya. El devoto vaiṣṇava que es muy avanzado vive de tal manera que nadie puede comprender quién es o qué era. Tampoco se debe tratar de averiguar el pasado de un vaiṣṇava. Sin preguntar a la persona santa acerca de su pasado, Prahlāda Mahārāja le ofreció de inmediato respetuosas reverencias.
The inhabitants of that particular place on the bank of the Kāverī in the valley of the mountain known as Sahya were unable to understand whether that saint was the same man they had known. It is therefore said, vaiṣṇavera kriyā mudrā vijñe nā bhujhaya. A highly advanced Vaiṣṇava lives in such a way that no one can understand what he is or what he was. Nor should attempts be made to understand the past of a Vaiṣṇava. Without asking the saintly person about his previous life, Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately offered him respectful obeisances.