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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.35

सूत उवाच कृपया स्नेडहवैक्लव्यात्सूतो विरहकर्शित: । आत्मेश्वरमचक्षाणो न प्रत्याहातिपीडित: ॥ ३५ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
kṛpayā sneha-vaiklavyāt
[kripayaa sneha-vaiklavyaat]
sūto viraha-karśitaḥ
[sooto viraha-karshitah]
ātmeśvaram acakṣāṇo
[aatmeshvaram achakshaano]
na pratyāhātipīḍitaḥ
[na pratyaahaatipeeditah]
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said kṛpayā — out of full compassion sneha-vaiklavyāt — mental derangement due to profound affection sūtaḥ — Sañjaya viraha-karśitaḥ — distressed by separation ātma-īśvaram — his master acakṣāṇaḥ — having not seen na — did not pratyāha — replied ati-pīḍitaḥ — being too aggrieved.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī said
kṛpayā sneha-vaiklavyāt
kṛpayā
out of full compassion
sneha-vaiklavyāt
mental derangement due to profound affection
sūto viraha-karśitaḥ
sūtaḥ
Sañjaya
viraha-karśitaḥ
distressed by separation
ātmeśvaram acakṣāṇo
ātma-īśvaram
his master
acakṣāṇaḥ
having not seen
na pratyāhātipīḍitaḥ
na
did not
pratyāha
replied
ati-pīḍitaḥ
being too aggrieved.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Because of compassion and mental agitation, Sañjaya, not having seen his own master, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was aggrieved and could not properly reply to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.

Sañjaya was the personal assistant of Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra for a very long time, and thus he had the opportunity to study the life of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. And when he saw at last that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had left home without his knowledge, his sorrows had no bound. He was fully compassionate toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra because in the game of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra had lost everything, men and money, and at last the King and the Queen had to leave home in utter frustration. He studied the situation in his own way because he did not know that the inner vision of Dhṛtarāṣṭra has been awakened by Vidura and that therefore he had left home in enthusiastic cheerfulness for a better life after departure from the dark well of home. Unless one is convinced of a better life after renunciation of the present life, one cannot stick to the renounced order of life simply by artificial dress or staying out of the home.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: Sañjaya, pained by the separation, and not seeing his lord, overcome with compassion and the bewilderment of affection, did not reply.
Commentary

Sañjaya was overcome with affection, thinking, “What will become of these two without protection?” He was disturbed by affection caused by his relationship which melted his heart.

Saṅjaya, not having seen his master, was aggrieved and could not properly reply. When the heart breaks, articulate response is hard. Grief slows speech.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose silence am I misreading as indifference when it might be grief?
  • Where am I rushing words from someone who needs space?
📝 My note

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