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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.4

सख्यं मैत्रीं सौहृदं च सारथ्यादिषु संस्मरन् । नृपमग्रजमित्याह बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ४ ॥
sakhyaṁ maitrīṁ sauhṛdaṁ ca
[sakhyam maitreem sauhridam cha]
sārathyādiṣu saṁsmaran
[saarathyaadishu samsmaran]
nṛpam agrajam ity āha
[nripam agrajam ity aaha]
bāṣpa-gadgadayā girā
[baashpa-gadgadayaa giraa]
Word-for-word
sakhyam — well-wishing maitrīm — benediction sauhṛdam — intimately related ca — also sārathya-ādiṣu — in becoming the chariot driver saṁsmaran — remembering all these nṛpam — unto the King agrajam — the eldest brother iti — thus āha — said bāṣpa — heavily breathing gadgadayā — overwhelmingly girā — by speeches.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sakhyaṁ maitrīṁ sauhṛdaṁ ca
sakhyam
well-wishing
maitrīm
benediction
sauhṛdam
intimately related
ca
also
sārathyādiṣu saṁsmaran
sārathya-ādiṣu
in becoming the chariot driver
saṁsmaran
remembering all these
nṛpam agrajam ity āha
nṛpam
unto the King
agrajam
the eldest brother
iti
thus
āha
said
bāṣpa-gadgadayā girā
bāṣpa
heavily breathing
gadgadayā
overwhelmingly
girā
by speeches.
Remembering Lord Kṛṣṇa and His well wishes, benefactions, intimate familial relations and His chariot driving, Arjuna, overwhelmed and breathing very heavily, began to speak.
Purport

The supreme living being is perfect in all relations with His pure devotee. Śrī Arjuna is one of the typical pure devotees of the Lord reciprocating in the fraternal relationship, and the Lord’s dealings with Arjuna are displays of friendship of the highest perfect order. He was not only a well-wisher of Arjuna but actually a benefactor, and to make it still more perfect the Lord tied him into a family relationship by arranging Subhadrā’s marriage with him. And above all, the Lord agreed to become a chariot driver of Arjuna in order to protect His friend from warfare risks, and the Lord became actually happy when He established the Pāṇḍavas to rule over the world. Arjuna remembered all these one after another, and thus he became overwhelmed with such thoughts.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Stopping with difficulty the tears and wiping his eyes with his hands, extremely pained by the increased longing of love due to separation, remembering the pure friendship with Kṛṣṇa, friendship mixed with servitude, and friendship mixed with parental feelings towards Kṛṣṇa, he spoke to the king with choked voice filled with tears.
Commentary

Stopping the tears of grief (śucaḥ) in his eyes, he wiped those tears which flowed anyway. Because of Kṛṣṇa not being present (parokṣeṇa), he was in pain. Sakhyam is mutual affection and mutual helping each other. Maitrīm is sakhya mixed with dāsya. Sauhrḍam is sakhya mixed with vātsalya.

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Personal Guidance
Remembering Kṛṣṇa's well wishes, intimate familial relations, and chariot driving, Arjuna, overwhelmed and breathing heavily, began to speak. Memory of specifics is what eventually unlocks speech.
Reflection Questions
  • What specific memory could begin to unlock my speech about a loss?
  • Where am I trying to speak generally when I should remember particularly?
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