Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.46
एवं योगानुभावेन दम्पत्यो रममाणयो: ।
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evaṁ yogānubhāvena
[evam yogaanubhaavena]
dam-patyo ramamāṇayoḥ
[dam-patyo ramamaanayoh]
śataṁ vyatīyuḥ śaradaḥ
[shatam vyateeyuh sharadah]
kāma-lālasayor manāk
[kaama-laalasayor manaak]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
yoga-anubhāvena
—
by yogic powers
dam-patyoḥ
—
the couple
ramamāṇayoḥ
—
while enjoying themselves
śatam
—
a hundred
vyatīyuḥ
—
passed
śaradaḥ
—
autumns
kāma
—
sexual pleasure
lālasayoḥ
—
who were eagerly longing for
manāk
—
like a short time.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ yogānubhāvena
evam
thus
yoga-anubhāvena
by yogic powers
dam-patyo ramamāṇayoḥ
dam-patyoḥ
the couple
ramamāṇayoḥ
while enjoying themselves
śataṁ vyatīyuḥ śaradaḥ
śatam
a hundred
vyatīyuḥ
passed
śaradaḥ
autumns
kāma-lālasayor manāk
kāma
sexual pleasure
lālasayoḥ
who were eagerly longing for
manāk
like a short time.
While the couple, who eagerly longed for sexual pleasure, were thus enjoying themselves by virtue of mystic powers, a hundred autumns passed like a brief span of time.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
As the couple enjoyed, eager with desire, by the power of yoga, a hundred autumns passed in a few moments.
Manak means “as if in a short time.”
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Personal Guidance
A hundred autumns pass like a brief span. Time with the right companion in the right pursuit collapses in scale. Hours feel like minutes when life is rightly aligned.
Reflection Questions
- What pursuits in my life make time collapse, and how do they compare to the ones that drag?
- How might I structure more of my life around what makes a hundred autumns feel brief?
My note
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