TEXT 12

doshan pareshan hi guneshu sadhavo

grhananti kecin na bhavat-drsho dvija
gunans ca phalgun bahuli karishnavo
maharatamas tesu avidad bhavan agham
WORD-FOR-WORD MEANINGS
doñän—faults; pareñäm—of others; hi—for; guëeñu—in the qualities; sädhavaù—sädhus;
gåhëanti—find; kecit—some; na—not; bhavädåçaù—like you; dvija—O twice-born; guëän—
qualities; ca—and; phalgün—small; bahulé-kariñëavaù—greatly magnifies; mahat-tamäù—the
greatest persons; teñu—among them; avidat—find; bhavän—you; agham—the fault.
TRANSLATION
Twice-born Dakña, a man like you can simply find fault in the qualities of others. Lord Çiva,
however, not only finds no faults with others' qualities, but if someone has a little good quality,
he magnifies it greatly. Unfortunately, you have found fault with such a great soul.
PURPORT
King Dakña is addressed here by his daughter Saté as dvija, twice-born. Twice-born refers to
the higher classes of men, namely the brähmaëas, kñatriyas and vaiçyas. In other words, a dvija
is not an ordinary man but one who has studied the Vedic literature from a spiritual master and
can discriminate between good and bad. Therefore it is supposed that he understands logic and
philosophy. Saté, Dakña's daughter, put before him sound arguments. There are some highly
qualified persons who accept only the good qualities of others. Just as a bee is always interested
in the honey in the flower and does not consider the thorns and colors, highly qualified persons,
who are uncommon, accept only the good qualities of others, not considering their bad
qualities, whereas the common man can judge what are good qualities and what are bad
qualities.
Among the uncommonly good souls there are still gradations, and the best good soul is one who
accepts an insignificant asset of a person and magnifies that good quality. Lord Çiva is also
called Äçutoña, which refers to one who is satisfied very easily and who offers to any person
the highest level of benediction. For example, once a devotee of Lord Çiva wanted the
benediction that whenever he touched someone on the head, that person's head would at once
be separated from his trunk. Lord Çiva agreed. Although the benediction asked was not very
commendable because the devotee wanted to kill his enemy, Lord Çiva considered the
devotee's good quality in worshiping and satisfying him and granted the benediction. Thus Lord
Çiva accepted his bad qualities as magnificently good qualities. But Saté accused her father,
"You are just the opposite. Although Lord Çiva has so many good qualities and no bad qualities
at all, you have accepted him as bad and found fault with him. Because of your accepting his
good qualities to be bad, instead of your becoming the most exalted soul you have become the
most fallen. A man becomes the greatest soul by accepting the goodness of others' qualities, but
by unnecessarily considering others' good qualities to be bad, you have become the lowest of
the fallen souls."

SP to Shyamsundar
6 kinds of people - 6 types of vision
1.ONLY SEE FAULTS - dosa darshan
 e.g. Duryodhan - 1st fault in Dronacharya - everyone is full of faults except me
 manasyekam vacasyekam karmasyekam mahatmanah / manasyanyam vacasyanyam
karmasyanam duratmanah
 it’s very difficult to see someone without fault
 only solution for progress - association , so we go in sang - but after sometime start seeing
externals and start judging
 we see the world with the spectacles of our false ego - of different colours
 Difference in opinion, keeping aside the siddhant and conflicts on details - 2 teachers of
maths- 2 apple and 3 apple / 1 banana and 4 bandanna = 5
 start seeing faults even in K - Sishupala - K also tolerates all blasphemy - lesson -
kuch aise mileage hi jinse aapki nahi banengi
 even in Rama - to SP - Rama eating meat - Lord can even swallow the whole world - K can
drink fire also
 Critical to SP – reporter to SP - Tom maurice - blits newspaper - what u are doing in the
west, indian sanyaasi - u are also indian, why u are here - for higher prospects - me too
 can’t digest SP - doesn’t like preaching - only show-off
 one indian to SP – a) all ur disciples were sleeping 100% - only 5% , b) recite BG in 48
min , c) pronunciation is not perfect
2.TO SEE GOOD AND BAD, BUT FOCUS AND MAGNIFY BAD
1. Daksha seeing fault in Siva - 
2. Durvasa seeing fault in Ambarish
3. Advertise others faults - SP sannyasi disciple facing difficulty - send tridanda by post -
wrote letter - one other close disciple - spread the problems between others -
sannyasi never came back in the association of devotees
4. SP and sanskrit scholar - best shloka of BG - sarva dharman… - what is the meaning of
sharanam - antarik artha - hindu
3.TO SEE GOOD AND BAD, BUT CHOOSE ONLY THE BAD
1. Narada and Daksha - 
2. SP and disciple’s parents – brain washing
3. Giriraj M to Psychatrist - any problem - 4, any wrong experience with parents in the
childhood - pitamahasya jagatah mata dhata pitamah
4. even if some bad, once tasted kc - ultimately comes back to the track
5. one disciple to SP - this devotee, that devotee - SP - there is only one devotee in kc
movement - me - all are practicing sadhaka
6. SP - initiation ceremony - not satisfied with the name - Das - Gunamayi devi dasi -
because u are from laguna beach
4.TO SEE GOOD AND BAD, BUT TO CHOOSE ONLY GOOD
1. Vidura and Dhritarashtra - tolerated dhritarashtra - accepting k’s desire
2. Prahlada praying to Narasimhadeva for Hiranyakashyapu - VCT
3. SP - argument - where is Krishna’s name in this verse? – how many times K
5.TO SEE ONLY GOOD
1. Yudhishthira Maharaja - see good even in Kauravas - chitrarath gandharv - imprisoned
duryodhana
6.TO SEE SMALL GOOD AND MANGIFY
1. Parikshit
SB.1.18.7 - Parikshit
nänudveñöi kalià samräö
 säraìga iva sära-bhuk
kuçaläny äçu siddhyanti
netaräëi kåtäni yat
SYNONYMS
na—never; anudveñöi—envious; kalim—unto the personality of Kali; samräö—the Emperor;
säram-ga—realist, like the bees; iva—like; sära-bhuk—one who accepts the substance; kuçaläni
—auspicious objects; äçu—immediately; siddhyanti—become successful; na—never; itaräëi—
which are inauspicious; kåtäni—being performed; yat—as much as.
TRANSLATION
Mahäräja Parékñit was a realist, like the bees who only accept the essence [of a flower]. He
knew perfectly well that in this age of Kali, auspicious things produce good effects
immediately, whereas inauspicious acts must be actually performed [to render effects]. So he
was never envious of the personality of Kali.
2. Krishna – sudama, - svalpam api asya dharmasya, patram pushpam
3. CM
4. SP – a) see how much he is struggling for K, b)shyamsundar pr - jail

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