SB 12.6.2 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.2

राजोवाच सिद्धोऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि भवता करुणात्मना । श्रावितो यच्च मे साक्षादनादिनिधनो हरि: ॥ २ ॥

rājovāca

[raajovaacha]

siddho ’smy anugṛhīto ’smi

[siddho ’smy anugriheeto ’smi]

bhavatā karuṇātmanā

[bhavataa karunaatmanaa]

śrāvito yac ca me sākṣād

[shraavito yach cha me saakshaad]

anādi-nidhano hariḥ

[anaadi-nidhano harih]

Word-for-word

rājā uvāca — King Parīkṣit said siddhaḥ — fully successful asmi — I am anugṛhītaḥ — shown great mercy asmi — I am bhavatā — by your good self karuṇā-ātmanā — who are full of mercy śrāvitaḥ — has been described aurally yat — because ca — and me — to me sākṣāt — directly anādi — who has no beginning nidhanaḥ — or end hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

rājovāca

rājā uvāca

King Parīkṣit said

siddho ’smy anugṛhīto ’smi

siddhaḥ

fully successful

asmi

I am

anugṛhītaḥ

shown great mercy

asmi

I am

bhavatā karuṇātmanā

bhavatā

by your good self

karuṇā-ātmanā

who are full of mercy

śrāvito yac ca me sākṣād

śrāvitaḥ

has been described aurally

yat

because

and

to me

sākṣāt

directly

anādi-nidhano hariḥ

anādi

who has no beginning

nidhanaḥ

or end

hariḥ

the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: I have now achieved the purpose of my life, because a great and merciful soul like you has shown such kindness to me. You have personally spoken to me this narration of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who is without beginning or end.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: I have now achieved the purpose of my life, because a great and merciful soul like you has shown such kindness to me since you have spoken to me this narration of the Supreme Lord who has no beginning or end, whom I directly saw. I have been successful (siddhaḥ), because the Lord whom I directly saw in the womb and after birth, has been heard about from you, and I have heard him speak also.

Personal Guidance

Pariksit declares the purpose of his life fulfilled because a kind soul revealed Kṛṣṇa to him. He doesn't say his kingdom was the fulfillment; the kingdom was just the setting. Our circumstances are setting; encountering the Lord is the plot.

Reflection Questions

Am I treating my circumstances as plot when they may only be setting?
Who has shown me Kṛṣṇa, and have I told them what it meant?

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