Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.52
दम्पती रथमारोप्य महत्या सेनया वृतौ ।
स्नेहप्रक्लिन्नहृदयो यापयामास कोशल: ॥ ५२ ॥
dampatī ratham āropya
[dampatee ratham aaropya]
mahatyā senayā vṛtau
[mahatyaa senayaa vritau]
sneha-praklinna-hṛdayo
[sneha-praklinna-hridayo]
yāpayām āsa kośalaḥ
[yaapayaam aasa koshalah]
Word-for-word
dam - patī
—
the couple
ratham
—
their chariot
āropya
—
having them mount
mahatyā
—
by a large
senayā
—
army
vṛtau
—
accompanied
sneha
—
with affection
praklinna
—
melting
hṛdayaḥ
—
his heart
yāpayām āsa
—
sent them off
kośalaḥ
—
the King of Kośala .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dampatī ratham āropya
dam - patī
the couple
ratham
their chariot
āropya
having them mount
mahatyā senayā vṛtau
mahatyā
by a large
senayā
army
vṛtau
accompanied
sneha-praklinna-hṛdayo
sneha
with affection
praklinna
melting
hṛdayaḥ
his heart
yāpayām āsa kośalaḥ
yāpayām āsa
sent them off
kośalaḥ
the King of Kośala .
Important Words
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dam - patī
—
the couple
Compound — husband and wife as a pair. The marriage is now a unit; the Bhāgavatam shifts from singular to dual. Gauḍīya: the dvandva of dam-patī is one of the household's stable rasa-structures.
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sneha - praklinna - hṛdayaḥ
—
his heart melting with affection
Compound sneha (affection) + praklinna (melting) + hṛdaya (heart). Gauḍīya: sneha is itself a stage of prema in Rūpa Gosvāmī's rasa-śāstra; the father's melting is rasa-śāstra-recognizable bhāva.
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yāpayām āsa
—
he sent
Causative of √yā — caused them to depart. The verb is gentle: he did not let them go so much as send them. Gauḍīya: a Vaiṣṇava family does not abandon a daughter to her husband; the household sends, with full continuing care.
The King of Kośala, his heart melting with affection, had the bride and groom seated on their chariot, and then he sent them on their way surrounded by a great army.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The King of Kośala, his heart melting with affection, had the bride and groom seated on their chariot, and then he sent them on their way surrounded by a great army.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
The king had the couple surrounded by a great army because his heart was extremely moist (praklinna) with tears caused by his affection.
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Personal Guidance
Heart melting with affection, the King has bride and groom seated on their chariot and sends them off with a great army. Sendings off can be heart-melting; large escort honors the departure.
Reflection Questions
- Where do you send off loved ones without sufficient honor or escort?
- How could heart melting accompany careful provision?
Analogy
A father's heart melts when he sends his daughter — the love that raised her dissolves into the wave that carries her away. Kośala-pati's softening is the universal posture of every father in a Vaiṣṇava marriage.
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