SB 12.6.3 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.3

नात्यद्भ‍ुतमहं मन्ये महतामच्युतात्मनाम् । अज्ञेषु तापतप्तेषु भूतेषु यदनुग्रह: ॥ ३ ॥

nāty-adbhutam ahaṁ manye

[naaty-adbhutam aham manye]

mahatām acyutātmanām

[mahataam achyutaatmanaam]

ajñeṣu tāpa-tapteṣu

[ajneshu taapa-tapteshu]

bhūteṣu yad anugrahaḥ

[bhooteshu yad anugrahah]

Word-for-word

na — not ati-adbhutam — very surprising aham — I manye — think mahatām — for the great souls acyuta-ātmanām — whose minds are always absorbed in Lord Kṛṣṇa ajñeṣu — upon the ignorant tāpa — by the distresses of material life tapteṣu — tormented bhūteṣu — upon the conditioned souls yat — which anugrahaḥ — mercy.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

nāty-adbhutam ahaṁ manye

not

ati-adbhutam

very surprising

aham

manye

think

mahatām acyutātmanām

mahatām

for the great souls

acyuta-ātmanām

whose minds are always absorbed in Lord Kṛṣṇa

ajñeṣu tāpa-tapteṣu

ajñeṣu

upon the ignorant

tāpa

by the distresses of material life

tapteṣu

tormented

bhūteṣu yad anugrahaḥ

bhūteṣu

upon the conditioned souls

yat

which

anugrahaḥ

mercy.

I do not consider it at all amazing that great souls such as yourself, whose minds are always absorbed in the infallible Personality of Godhead, show mercy to the foolish conditioned souls, tormented as we are by the problems of material life.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

I do not find it amazing that great souls such as you, whose minds are always absorbed in the Lord, show mercy to the foolish conditioned souls suffering in this world. Acyutātmanām means “whose minds are absorbed in Acyuta.”

Personal Guidance

Pariksit says he is not amazed that great souls absorbed in the Lord still show mercy to the fallen — that is simply their nature. Saints reach down because they are full, not because they need anything. We can become small currents of that same mercy.

Reflection Questions

When I help others, am I drawing from fullness or from need?
Whose small kindness has flowed to me from such fullness, and can I pass it on today?

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