SB 11.18.33 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.18.33

अलब्ध्वा न विषीदेत काले कालेऽशनं क्व‍‍चित् । लब्ध्वा न हृष्येद् धृतिमानुभयं दैवतन्त्रितम् ॥ ३३ ॥

alabdhvā na viṣīdeta

[alabdhvaa na visheedeta]

kāle kāle ’śanaṁ kvacit

[kaale kaale ’shanam kvachit]

labdhvā na hṛṣyed dhṛtimān

[labdhvaa na hrishyed dhritimaan]

ubhayaṁ daiva-tantritam

[ubhayam daiva-tantritam]

Word-for-word

alabdhvā — not obtaining na — not viṣīdeta — he should be depressed kāle kāle — at different times aśanam — food kvacit — whatever labdhvā — obtaining na — not hṛṣyet — should rejoice dhṛti-mān — fixed in determination ubhayam — both (obtaining and not obtaining good food) daiva — of the supreme power of God tantritam — under the control.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

alabdhvā na viṣīdeta

alabdhvā

not obtaining

not

viṣīdeta

he should be depressed

kāle kāle ’śanaṁ kvacit

kāle kāle

at different times

aśanam

food

kvacit

whatever

labdhvā na hṛṣyed dhṛtimān

labdhvā

obtaining

not

hṛṣyet

should rejoice

dhṛti-mān

fixed in determination

ubhayaṁ daiva-tantritam

ubhayam

both (obtaining and not obtaining good food)

daiva

of the supreme power of God

tantritam

under the control.

Purport

Because we desire to enjoy the material body, the varieties of material experience bring us flickering happiness and inevitable suffering. We foolishly consider ourselves to be controllers and doers, and thus through false egotism we are subjected to the volatile feelings of the material body and mind.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

If at times one does not obtain proper food one should not be depressed, and when one obtains sumptuous food one should not rejoice. Being fixed in determination, one should understand both situations to be under the control of karma. One should not rejoice or lament since both getting and not getting are under the law of karma (daiva-tantritam).

Personal Guidance

Don't be depressed when food is scarce, don't rejoice when food is sumptuous — both are under God's control. Steady determination quietly digests both.

Reflection Questions

Where does my mood still rise and fall with the dinner plate?
What practice steadies it?

📝 My note

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