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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.24

न चैते पुत्रक भ्रातुर्हन्तारो धनदानुगा: विसर्गादानयोस्तात पुंसो दैवं हि कारणम् ॥ २४ ॥
na caite putraka bhrātur
[na chaite putraka bhraatur]
hantāro dhanadānugāḥ
[hantaaro dhanadaanugaah]
visargādānayos tāta
[visargaadaanayos taata]
puṁso daivaṁ hi kāraṇam
[pumso daivam hi kaaranam]
Word-for-word
na — never ca — also ete — all these putraka — my dear son bhrātuḥ — of your brother hantāraḥ — killers dhanada — of Kuvera anugāḥ — followers visarga — of birth ādānayoḥ — of death tāta — my dear son puṁsaḥ — of a living entity daivam — the Supreme hi — certainly kāraṇam — the cause.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na caite putraka bhrātur
na
never
ca
also
ete
all these
putraka
my dear son
bhrātuḥ
of your brother
hantāro dhanadānugāḥ
hantāraḥ
killers
dhanada
of Kuvera
anugāḥ
followers
visargādānayos tāta
visarga
of birth
ādānayoḥ
of death
tāta
my dear son
puṁso daivaṁ hi kāraṇam
puṁsaḥ
of a living entity
daivam
the Supreme
hi
certainly
kāraṇam
the cause.
My dear son, those Yakṣas, who are descendants of Kuvera, are not actually the killers of your brother; the birth and death of every living entity are caused by the Supreme, who is certainly the cause of all causes.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O son! These followers of Kuvera are not the killers of your brother. The cause of birth and death of living beings is the Lord. The conclusion is given. The Lord is the creator and destroyer.
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Personal Guidance
Those Yakṣas didn't really kill your brother; the Supreme is the cause of all births and deaths. Locating the real Author of an event re-routes your anger from proxy to no-one — and then to acceptance.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom am I blaming as the proxy author of a loss that ultimately belongs to a larger arrangement?
  • Where could I shift my anger out of the personal and into the cosmic — and find it dissolve?
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