Panchama Skandha Adhyaya 18 Shloka 15 - Srimad Bhagavatam | Vietnamese | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous VerseNext Verse→

Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 15

Varṣa-devatā Worship in Jambūdvīpa: Hayagrīva/Hayaśīrṣa, Nṛsiṁha, Kāmadeva (Pradyumna), Matsya, Kūrma, and Varāha

Devanagari script

केतुमालेऽपि भगवान् कामदेवस्वरूपेण लक्ष्म्या: प्रियचिकीर्षया प्रजापतेर्दुहितृणां पुत्राणां तद्वर्षपतीनां पुरुषायुषाहोरात्रपरिसङ्ख्यानानां यासां गर्भा महापुरुषमहास्त्रतेजसोद्वेजितमनसां विध्वस्ता व्यसव: संवत्सरान्ते विनिपतन्ति ॥ १५ ॥

Transliteration

ketumāle ’pi bhagavān kāmadeva-svarūpeṇa lakṣmyāḥ priya-cikīrṣayā prajāpater duhitṝṇāṁ putrāṇāṁ tad-varṣa-patīnāṁ puruṣāyuṣāho-rātra-parisaṅkhyānānāṁ yāsāṁ garbhā mahā-puruṣa-mahāstra-tejasodvejita-manasāṁ vidhvastā vyasavaḥ saṁvatsarānte vinipatanti.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī tiếp lời: Ở vùng đất gọi là Ketumāla-varṣa, Đức Viṣṇu ngự trong hình tướng Kāmadeva chỉ để làm thỏa lòng các bhakta của Ngài, đặc biệt là Lakṣmīdevī. Nơi đó có Prajāpati Saṁvatsara cùng các con trai và con gái của ông; các con gái được xem là thần chủ của đêm, còn các con trai là thần chủ của ngày. Theo phép đếm ngày và đêm trong tuổi thọ con người, số con cháu ấy là 36.000. Cuối mỗi năm, các con gái khi thấy uy quang của vũ khí tối thượng của Mahāpuruṣa—đĩa Sudarśana—thì tâm hoảng động và chịu nỗi khổ sảy thai.

Synonyms

केतुमालेin Ketumāla (varṣa)

अपिalso

भगवान्the Lord

कामदेव-स्वरूपेणin the form of Kāmadeva

लक्ष्म्याःof Lakṣmī

प्रिय-चिकीर्षयाby the desire to please (her)

प्रजापतेःof Prajāpati

दुहितॄणाम्of the daughters

पुत्राणाम्of the sons

तत्-वर्ष-पतीनाम्of the rulers of that region (varṣa)

पुरुष-आयुष-अहः-रात्र-परिसङ्ख्यानानाम्of the computations of a human lifespan in days and nights

यासाम्of whom/whose

गर्भाःembryos

महापुरुष-महास्त्र-तेजसाby the splendor of the great Person’s great weapon

उद्वेजित-मनसाम्whose minds are agitated

विध्वस्ताःdestroyed

व्यसवःlifeless

संवत्सर-अन्तेat the end of the year

विनिपतन्तिfall down

Purport

This Kāmadeva, who appears as Kṛṣṇa’s son named Pradyumna, is viṣṇu-tattva. How this is so is explained by Madhvācārya, who quotes from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa: kāmadeva-sthitaṁ viṣṇum upāste. Although this Kāmadeva is viṣṇu-tattva, His body is not spiritual but material. Lord Viṣṇu as Pradyumna or Kāmadeva accepts a material body, but He still acts spiritually. It does not make any difference whether He accepts a spiritual or a material body; He can act spiritually in any condition of existence. Māyāvādī philosophers regard even Lord Kṛṣṇa’s body as material, but their opinions cannot impede the spiritual activity of the Lord.

Characters & Entities

Bhagavān (Supreme Lord)

Kāmadeva

Lakṣmī (Śrī)

Prajāpati

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Lord Viṣṇu appearing as Kāmadeva?

This verse states that in Ketumāla-varṣa the Supreme Lord manifests as Kāmadeva, not as an ordinary god of lust, but as a divine form connected with pleasing Lakṣmīdevī and demonstrating His overpowering spiritual potency.

Why is Lakṣmī mentioned in connection with Kāmadeva in Bhagavatam 5.18.15?

The verse explains that the Lord assumes this form with the intention of pleasing Lakṣmī (Śrī), indicating that even seemingly worldly motifs are ultimately situated in His divine, auspicious relationship with the goddess of fortune.

Practical application: what lesson does Bhagavatam 5.18.15 give about desire?

It highlights that when divine reality is approached through mere material desire, the mind becomes disturbed; the takeaway is to redirect attraction toward the Supreme with devotion rather than exploitation or lust.