SB 11.30.6 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.30.6

स्‍त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च शङ्खोद्धारं व्रजन्त्वित: । वयं प्रभासं यास्यामो यत्र प्रत्यक् सरस्वती ॥ ६ ॥

striyo bālāś ca vṛddhāś ca

[striyo baalaash cha vriddhaash cha]

śaṅkhoddhāraṁ vrajantv itaḥ

[shankhoddhaaram vrajantv itah]

vayaṁ prabhāsaṁ yāsyāmo

[vayam prabhaasam yaasyaamo]

yatra pratyak sarasvatī

[yatra pratyak sarasvatee]

Word-for-word

striyaḥ — the women bālāḥ — children ca — and vṛddhāḥ — old men ca — and śaṅkha-uddhāram — to the holy place called Śaṅkhoddhāra (about halfway between Dvārakā and Prabhāsa) vrajantu — they should go itaḥ — from here vayam — we prabhāsam — to Prabhāsa yāsyāmaḥ — shall go yatra — where pratyak — flowing west sarasvatī — the river Sarasvatī.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

striyo bālāś ca vṛddhāś ca

striyaḥ

the women

bālāḥ

children

and

vṛddhāḥ

old men

and

śaṅkhoddhāraṁ vrajantv itaḥ

śaṅkha-uddhāram

to the holy place called Śaṅkhoddhāra (about halfway between Dvārakā and Prabhāsa)

vrajantu

they should go

itaḥ

from here

vayaṁ prabhāsaṁ yāsyāmo

vayam

prabhāsam

to Prabhāsa

yāsyāmaḥ

shall go

yatra pratyak sarasvatī

yatra

where

pratyak

flowing west

sarasvatī

the river Sarasvatī.

The women, children and old men should leave this city and go to Śaṅkhoddhāra. We shall go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west.

Purport

The word vayam here refers to the able-bodied male members of the Yadu dynasty.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The women, children and old men should leave this city and go to Śaṅkhoddhāra. We shall go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west. Praytak means “flowing to the west.”

Personal Guidance

Women, children, and elders should leave for Śaṅkhoddhāra; we will go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra where Sarasvatī flows west. Movement is structured by who goes where.

Reflection Questions

When difficulty comes, do I think about who goes where?
What planning would care for the vulnerable in my circle?

📝 My note

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