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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.30

तदेतन्मे विजानीहि यथाहं मन्दधीर्हरे । सुखं बुद्ध्येय दुर्बोधं योषा भवदनुग्रहात् ॥ ३० ॥
tad etan me vijānīhi
[tad etan me vijaaneehi]
yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare
[yathaaham manda-dheer hare]
sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ
[sukham buddhyeya durbodham]
yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt
[yoshaa bhavad-anugrahaat]
Word-for-word
tat etat — that same me — to me vijānīhi — please explain yathā — so that aham — I manda — slow dhīḥ — whose intelligence hare — O my Lord sukham — easily buddhyeya — may understand durbodham — very difficult to understand yoṣā — a woman bhavat-anugrahāt — by Your grace.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tad etan me vijānīhi
tat etat
that same
me
to me
vijānīhi
please explain
yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare
yathā
so that
aham
I
manda
slow
dhīḥ
whose intelligence
hare
O my Lord
sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ
sukham
easily
buddhyeya
may understand
durbodham
very difficult to understand
yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt
yoṣā
a woman
bhavat-anugrahāt
by Your grace.
My dear son, Kapila, after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because my intelligence is not very great. But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness.
Purport

Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind enough to the disciple, however unintelligent the disciple may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master everything is revealed. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura therefore says, yasya prasādād, by the mercy of the spiritual master, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bhagavat-prasādaḥ, is revealed. Devahūti requested her great son to be merciful towards her because she was a less intelligent woman and also His mother. By the grace of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very difficult for ordinary persons, especially women.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! Therefore tell this to me, so that I, an unintelligent woman, can easily understand what is difficult to understand, by your mercy. Therefore (tat), tell this to me.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Knowledge here is not information — it is corrected vision. The verse implies that collecting more facts will not deliver the change; what is needed is a willingness to be seen and corrected. The verse anchors this in Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose realization, if you actually heard it, would correct yours?
  • Who in your life sees you clearly enough to correct you, and do you let them?
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