Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.41
श्रद्दधानाय भक्ताय विनीतायानसूयवे ।
भूतेषु कृतमैत्राय शुश्रूषाभिरताय च ॥ ४१ ॥
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya
[shraddadhaanaaya bhaktaaya]
vinītāyānasūyave
[vineetaayaanasooyave]
bhūteṣu kṛta-maitrāya
[bhooteshu krita-maitraaya]
śuśrūṣābhiratāya ca
[shushrooshaabhirataaya cha]
Word-for-word
śraddadhānāya
—
faithful
bhaktāya
—
to the devotee
vinītāya
—
respectful
anasūyave
—
nonenvious
bhūteṣu
—
to all living entities
kṛta-maitrāya
—
friendly
śuśrūṣā
—
faithful service
abhiratāya
—
eager to render
ca
—
and.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya
śraddadhānāya
faithful
bhaktāya
to the devotee
vinītāyānasūyave
vinītāya
respectful
anasūyave
nonenvious
bhūteṣu kṛta-maitrāya
bhūteṣu
to all living entities
kṛta-maitrāya
friendly
śuśrūṣābhiratāya ca
śuśrūṣā
faithful service
abhiratāya
eager to render
ca
and.
Instruction should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the spiritual master, nonenvious, friendly to all kinds of living entities and eager to render service with faith and sincerity.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
One should teach this to devotees having faith, to those with proper conduct, to those without hatred for any living being, who are friendly to all beings, who are eager to serve, to those who are detached from external objects, to those with peaceful minds, to those who are unselfish, to those who are pure, and to those for whom I am the most dear among all dear things.
Two verses list those who are qualified for instruction. Bahir-jāta-virāgāya means “to those who are detached from external objects.”
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Personal Guidance
Instruction should go to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the guru, non-envious, friendly to all beings, and eager to serve with faith and sincerity. The qualities of the receiver determine the safety of transmission. Cultivate the qualities; the teaching will then come.
Reflection Questions
- Which of these receiver-qualities is weakest in me right now?
- How might working on receiver-qualifications change what I am given?
My note
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