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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.16

वैदर्भ्येतदविज्ञाय त्वयादीर्घसमीक्षया । वृता वयं गुणैर्हीना भिक्षुभि: श्लाघिता मुधा ॥ १६ ॥
vaidarbhy etad avijñāya
[vaidarbhy etad avijnaaya]
tvayādīrgha-samīkṣayā
[tvayaadeergha-sameekshayaa]
vṛtā vayaṁ guṇair hīnā
[vritaa vayam gunair heenaa]
bhikṣubhiḥ ślāghitā mudhā
[bhikshubhih shlaaghitaa mudhaa]
Word-for-word
vaidarbhi — O princess of Vidarbha etat — this avijñāya — not knowing tvayā — by you adīrgha - samīkṣayā — without long-range vision vṛtāḥ — chosen vayam — We guṇaiḥ — of good qualities hīnāḥ — devoid bhikṣubhiḥ — by beggars ślāghitāḥ — praised mudhā — out of their bewilderment .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vaidarbhy etad avijñāya
vaidarbhi
O princess of Vidarbha
etat
this
avijñāya
not knowing
tvayādīrgha-samīkṣayā
tvayā
by you
adīrgha - samīkṣayā
without long-range vision
vṛtā vayaṁ guṇair hīnā
vṛtāḥ
chosen
vayam
We
guṇaiḥ
of good qualities
hīnāḥ
devoid
bhikṣubhiḥ ślāghitā mudhā
bhikṣubhiḥ
by beggars
ślāghitāḥ
praised
mudhā
out of their bewilderment .
Important Words
  • vaidarbhi — O princess of Vidarbha
    Patronymic: of Vidarbha (her father Bhīṣmaka's kingdom). He addresses her by her birth-place, reinforcing the social-mismatch frame He is building — she is of royal stock; He pretends He is not.
  • adīrgha-samīkṣayā — without long-range vision
    Compound: a-dīrgha (not long) + samīkṣā (looking). The accusation of short-sightedness is delivered to the seer of all — the irony is hairsbreadth: Bhagavān, who alone sees all time, charges His all-seeing consort with myopia.
O Vaidarbhī, not being farsighted, you didn’t realize this, and therefore you chose Us as your husband, even though We have no good qualities and are glorified only by deluded beggars.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vaidarbhī, not being farsighted, you didn't realize this, and therefore you chose Us as your husband, even though We have no good qualities and are glorified only by deluded beggars.
Commentary

"I have been accepted by you as husband, because you are short sighted (adirgha samiksa), not considering the overall picture."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He summarizes his point. Not considering carefully all that I have said (etat) you chose me. “You are endowed with all good qualities by your nature. Hearing that (SB 10.52.37), I understood all about you.” I was praised by persons simply because they were greedy for money. O princes from Vidarbha, you heard from a great distance away. It should not be said that in giving them money I showed the quality of generosity, because I, being a fool (mūḍhāh), made people praise me out of greed for you, though not having a desire for money.

Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
Related verses
BG 15.9 BG 17.20 BG 18.64 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 12.3 SB 4.29.2 BG 9.11 BG 8.2 BG 17.4 BG 7.8 BG 10.3 BG 13.1 BG 5.18 BG 6.5 BG 1.1
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Not being farsighted, you chose Us though We have no good qualities and are glorified only by deluded beggars. The Lord describes Himself with the language of His critics; impersonation of negative perception.
Reflection Questions
  • Where could you laugh at the critique others have of Kṛṣṇa rather than fearing it?
  • How does humor disarm certain forms of theological attack?
Analogy

A king in beggar's robes mocks his queen: 'Short-sighted of you to marry a man with no good qualities, praised only by deluded mendicants.' The robes are His choice; the deluded mendicants are the great sages; the queen is Lakṣmī herself. The verse drips with pralambha.

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