Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.8
स भवान्दुहितृस्नेहपरिक्लिष्टात्मनो मम ।
श्रोतुमर्हसि दीनस्य श्रावितं कृपया मुने ॥ ८ ॥
sa bhavān duhitṛ-sneha-
[sa bhavaan duhitri-sneha-]
parikliṣṭātmano mama
[pariklishtaatmano mama]
śrotum arhasi dīnasya
[shrotum arhasi deenasya]
śrāvitaṁ kṛpayā mune
[shraavitam kripayaa mune]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
yourself
bhavān
—
Your Honor
duhitṛ-sneha
—
by affection for my daughter
parikliṣṭa-ātmanaḥ
—
whose mind is agitated
mama
—
my
śrotum
—
to listen
arhasi
—
be pleased
dīnasya
—
of my humble self
śrāvitam
—
to the prayer
kṛpayā
—
graciously
mune
—
O sage.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa bhavān duhitṛ-sneha-
saḥ
yourself
bhavān
Your Honor
duhitṛ-sneha
by affection for my daughter
parikliṣṭātmano mama
parikliṣṭa-ātmanaḥ
whose mind is agitated
mama
my
śrotum arhasi dīnasya
śrotum
to listen
arhasi
be pleased
dīnasya
of my humble self
śrāvitaṁ kṛpayā mune
śrāvitam
to the prayer
kṛpayā
graciously
mune
O sage.
O great sage, graciously be pleased to listen to the prayer of my humble self, for my mind is troubled by affection for my daughter.
Purport
When a disciple is perfectly in consonance with the spiritual master, having received his message and executed it perfectly and sincerely, he has a right to ask a particular favor from the spiritual master. Generally a pure devotee of the Lord or a pure disciple of a bona fide spiritual master does not ask any favor either from the Lord or the spiritual master, but even if there is a need to ask a favor from the spiritual master, one cannot ask that favor without satisfying him fully. Svāyambhuva Manu wanted to disclose his mind regarding the function he wanted to execute due to affection for his daughter.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O sage! You, well known as merciful, must mercifully hear a topic from lowly me, suffering from affection to my daughter.
By seeing you all my suffering has been destroyed. But one suffering, hard to remove, remains in my heart. Having been given relief by you mercy, I will remove that suffering also along with the others which have gone. You are an ocean of mercy (saḥ). I have one suffering that does not go away even by power of discrimination (parikliṣṭa).
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Personal Guidance
The teacher in this verse is not just a source of information but an entry point into a lineage. Truth received through hands that received it can be trusted. The verse anchors this in spiritual master.
Reflection Questions
- Where have you tried to learn devotion without a living human guide?
- What would it cost you to approach a teacher in the posture this verse models?
My note
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