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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.14

ब्रह्मर्षीणां भृगुरहं राजर्षीणामहं मनु: । देवर्षीणां नारदोऽहं हविर्धान्यस्मि धेनुषु ॥ १४ ॥
brahmarṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ
[brahmarsheenaam bhrigur aham]
rājarṣīṇām ahaṁ manuḥ
[raajarsheenaam aham manuh]
devarṣīṇāṁ nārado ’haṁ
[devarsheenaam naarado ’ham]
havirdhāny asmi dhenuṣu
[havirdhaany asmi dhenushu]
brahma-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly brāhmaṇas bhṛguḥ — Bhṛgu Muni aham — I am rāja-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly kings aham — I am manuḥ — Manu deva-ṛṣīṇām — among the saintly demigods nāradaḥ — Nārada Muni aham — I am havirdhānī — Kāmadhenu asmi — I am dhenuṣu — among cows.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brahmarṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ
brahma-ṛṣīṇām
among the saintly brāhmaṇas
bhṛguḥ
Bhṛgu Muni
aham
I am
rājarṣīṇām ahaṁ manuḥ
rāja-ṛṣīṇām
among the saintly kings
aham
I am
manuḥ
Manu
devarṣīṇāṁ nārado ’haṁ
deva-ṛṣīṇām
among the saintly demigods
nāradaḥ
Nārada Muni
aham
I am
havirdhānī
Kāmadhenu
havirdhāny asmi dhenuṣu
asmi
I am
dhenuṣu
among cows.
Among saintly brāhmaṇas I am Bhṛgu Muni, and I am Manu among saintly kings. I am Nārada Muni among saintly demigods, and I am Kāmadhenu among cows.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Among brahmarṣis, I am Bhṛgu Muni, and I am Manu among rājarṣis. I am Nārada Muni among devarṣis, and I am Kāmadhenu among cows. Havirdhāni means kāma-dhenu.
He is Bhṛgu among brāhmaṇas, Manu among kings, Nārada among demigod sages, and Kāmadhenu among cows. The list of exemplars is itself a practical curriculum.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of these exemplars would I most learn from this season?
  • What might studying their lives reveal?
📝 My note

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