Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.80.43
इत्थंविधान्यनेकानि वसतां गुरुवेश्मनि ।
गुरोरनुग्रहेणैव पुमान् पूर्ण: प्रशान्तये ॥ ४३ ॥
itthaṁ-vidhāny anekāni
[ittham-vidhaany anekaani]
vasatāṁ guru-veśmani
[vasataam guru-veshmani]
guror anugraheṇaiva
[guror anugrahenaiva]
pumān pūrṇaḥ praśāntaye
[pumaan poornah prashaantaye]
Word-for-word
ittham - vidhāni
—
like this
anekāni
—
many things
vasatām
—
by us who were living
guru
—
of our spiritual master
veśmani
—
in the home
guroḥ
—
of the spiritual master
anugraheṇa
—
by the mercy
eva
—
simply
pumān
—
a person
pūrṇaḥ
—
fulfilled
praśāntaye
—
for attaining total peace .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
itthaṁ-vidhāny anekāni
ittham - vidhāni
like this
anekāni
many things
vasatāṁ guru-veśmani
vasatām
by us who were living
guru
of our spiritual master
veśmani
in the home
guror anugraheṇaiva
guroḥ
of the spiritual master
anugraheṇa
by the mercy
eva
simply
pumān pūrṇaḥ praśāntaye
pumān
a person
pūrṇaḥ
fulfilled
praśāntaye
for attaining total peace .
Important Words
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guru - veśmani
—
in the home of our spiritual master
Compound: guru + veśman (home). The home of the guru as a sacred location — the dwelling itself is sevā-kṣetra. Gauḍīyas: parikrāmaṇa around the guru's residence is itself a recognized aṅga of bhakti.
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anugraheṇa
—
by the mercy
Instrumental of anugraha — grace, favor (anu + √grah, 'taking-along'). The verse pairs it with guroḥ: by the guru's mercy. Gauḍīyas: anugraha is the Vaiṣṇava-grace word; this verse is the scriptural warrant for the principle 'no guru, no grace.'
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eva
—
simply
Restrictive particle: only this, nothing more. The Lord narrows the cause of fulfillment to guru-anugraha alone. Gauḍīyas: the eva is doctrinally heavy.
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pūrṇaḥ
—
fulfilled
Adjective: full, complete. Pūrṇatva — fullness. Gauḍīyas: bhakta's pūrṇatva is not Advaitin completeness-in-Brahman but completeness-in-relationship — full because in service to the Person.
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praśāntaye
—
for attaining total peace
Dative of praśānti. The final fruit named here is praśānti — total peace. Gauḍīyas: this is bhakta's śānti, the calm of completed relationship, not the cessation of the self.
[Lord Kṛṣṇa continued:] We had many similar experiences while living in our spiritual master’s home. Simply by the grace of the spiritual master a person can fulfill life’s purpose and attain eternal peace.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
[Lord Kṛṣṇa continued:] We had many similar experiences while living in our spiritual master's home. Simply by the grace of the spiritual master a person can fulfill life's purpose and attain eternal peace.
Commentary
Living in the gurukula many such incidents happened to us.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
By the mercy of guru all one’s desires are fulfilled and one attains liberation in the form of the highest happiness and realization of Bhagavān (prasāntaye).
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
By mercy of guru one becomes full of the greatest happiness (praśāṇtaye). Or being full of mercy one becomes happy.
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Related values
Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Daya (Compassion / Mercy)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Kritajnata (Gratitude)Svadhyaya (Self-study & Scripture Study)Discriminative WisdomShanti (Peace / Tranquility)Tapas (Austerity / Discipline)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)
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Personal Guidance
Simply by guru's grace one fulfills life's purpose and attains eternal peace. The teacher's grace, not the student's intellect, is what completes the work.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I depending on intellect when guru's grace is the actual mechanism?
- How do I make myself available to receive that grace?
Analogy
A man recalls many small mornings in his teacher's house and realizes the whole of his peace came from them: Kṛṣṇa names guru-anugraha as the engine of pūrṇatva. Not effort, not learning, not even bhakti-without-guru — the grace of the guru is what makes a person whole.
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