SB 3.20.39 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.39

विससर्ज तनुं तां वैज्योत्‍स्‍नां कान्तिमतीं प्रियाम् । त एव चाददु: प्रीत्या विश्वावसुपुरोगमा: ॥ ३९ ॥

visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai

[visasarja tanum taam vai]

jyotsnāṁ kāntimatīṁ priyām

[jyotsnaam kaantimateem priyaam]

ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā

[ta eva chaadaduh preetyaa]

viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ

[vishvaavasu-purogamaah]

Word-for-word

visasarja — gave up tanum — form tām — that vai — in fact jyotsnām — moonlight kānti-matīm — shining priyām — beloved te — the Gandharvas eva — certainly ca — and ādaduḥ — took possession prītyā — gladly viśvāvasu-puraḥ-gamāḥ — headed by Viśvāvasu.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

visasarja tanuṁ tāṁ vai

visasarja

gave up

tanum

form

tām

that

vai

in fact

jyotsnāṁ kāntimatīṁ priyām

jyotsnām

moonlight

kānti-matīm

shining

priyām

beloved

the Gandharvas

ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā

eva

certainly

and

ādaduḥ

took possession

prītyā

gladly

viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ

viśvāvasu-puraḥ-gamāḥ

headed by Viśvāvasu.

After that, Brahmā gave up that shining and beloved form of moonlight. Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas gladly took possession of it.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Brahmā gave up that body of beauty which became moon light, and the Gandharvas headed by Viśvāvasu accepted it

Personal Guidance

Brahmā gives up the moonlight form, and the Gandharvas take it. The forms we no longer need become the property of beings who specialize in them. What was once central to us may simply become someone else's domain.

Reflection Questions

What 'moonlight form' from an earlier life-stage am I still clutching that should be released?
Who is waiting to take up the gift I'm no longer meant to wield?

📝 My note

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