Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 12
Ṛṣabhadeva’s Enthronement, Exemplary Household Life, and the Birth of Bharata and the Nine Yogendras
कविर्हविरन्तरिक्ष: प्रबुद्ध: पिप्पलायन: । आविर्होत्रोऽथ द्रुमिलश्चमस: करभाजन: ॥ ११ ॥ इति भागवतधर्मदर्शना नव महाभागवतास्तेषां सुचरितं भगवन्महिमोपबृंहितं वसुदेवनारदसंवादमुपशमायनमुपरिष्टाद्वर्णयिष्याम: ॥ १२ ॥
kavir havir antarikṣaḥ prabuddhaḥ pippalāyanaḥ āvirhotro ’tha drumilaś camasaḥ karabhājanaḥ
さらに、カヴィ、ハヴィ、アンタリクシャ、プラブッダ、ピッパラーヤナ、アーヴィルホートラ、ドルミラ、チャマサ、カラバージャナがいた。彼ら九人はバ―ガヴァタ・ダルマを体現するマハー・バーガヴァタであり、『シュリーマド・バーガヴァタム』の正統な説法者で、至上人格神ヴァースデーヴァへの堅固なバクティによって讃えられた。心を完全に鎮めるため、後にナーラダとヴァースデーヴァの対話を語る折、彼らの特質を述べよう。
FAQs
They are Kavi, Havi, Antarikṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Drumila, Camasa, and Karabhājana—described here as mahā-bhāgavatas who realize bhāgavata-dharma.
It identifies bhāgavata-dharma as the realized path of devotion seen by great devotees (mahā-bhāgavatas), whose lives increase the Lord’s glory.
By seeking teachings and association connected to pure devotees and the Lord’s glorification, which the verse says leads to upaśama—inner pacification and relief from disturbance.