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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.21

सूत उवाच एवं धर्मे प्रवदति स सम्राड् द्विजसत्तमा: । समाहितेन मनसा विखेद: पर्यचष्ट तम् ॥ २१ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
evaṁ dharme pravadati
[evam dharme pravadati]
sa samrāḍ dvija-sattamāḥ
[sa samraad dvija-sattamaah]
samāhitena manasā
[samaahitena manasaa]
vikhedaḥ paryacaṣṭa tam
[vikhedah paryachashta tam]
Word-for-word
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said evam — so dharme — the personality of religion pravadati — thus having spoken saḥ — he samrāṭ — the Emperor dvija-sattamāḥ — O best among the brāhmaṇas samāhitena — with proper attention manasā — by the mind vikhedaḥ — without any mistake paryacaṣṭa — counterreplied tam — unto him.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī said
evaṁ dharme pravadati
evam
so
dharme
the personality of religion
pravadati
thus having spoken
sa samrāḍ dvija-sattamāḥ
saḥ
he
samrāṭ
the Emperor
dvija-sattamāḥ
O best among the brāhmaṇas
samāhitena
with proper attention
manasā
by the mind
samāhitena manasā
vikhedaḥ paryacaṣṭa tam
vikhedaḥ
without any mistake
paryacaṣṭa
counterreplied
tam
unto him.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O best among the brāhmaṇas, the Emperor Parīkṣit, thus hearing the personality of religion speak, was fully satisfied, and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.
Purport

The statement of the bull, the personality of religion, was full of philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak such things touching philosophical truths. The Emperor, being also on an equal level of sagacity, replied to the point, without doubts or mistakes.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: O best of the brāhmaṇas! When dharma, the bull, spoke in this manner, the king, free from illusion by putting his mind in meditation, answered.
Commentary

By mind in meditation (samāhitena) the King answered (paryacaṣṭa).

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Personal Guidance
Parīkṣit, hearing the personality of religion speak, was fully satisfied and replied without mistake or regret. Listening well shapes the quality of one's response. Without good listening, no good answer.
Reflection Questions
  • How is the quality of my listening shaping the quality of my replies?
  • Where am I responding too quickly?
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