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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.1

मैत्रेय उवाच इत्थं पृथुमभिष्टूय रुषा प्रस्फुरिताधरम् । पुनराहावनिर्भीता संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
itthaṁ pṛthum abhiṣṭūya
[ittham prithum abhishtooya]
ruṣā prasphuritādharam
[rushaa prasphuritaadharam]
punar āhāvanir bhītā
[punar aahaavanir bheetaa]
saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā
[samstabhyaatmaanam aatmanaa]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great saint Maitreya continued to speak ittham — thus pṛthum — unto King Pṛthu abhiṣṭūya — after offering prayers ruṣā — in anger prasphurita — trembling adharam — his lips punaḥ — again āha — she said avaniḥ — the planet earth bhītā — in fear saṁstabhya — after settling ātmānam — the mind ātmanā — by the intelligence.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great saint Maitreya continued to speak
itthaṁ pṛthum abhiṣṭūya
ittham
thus
pṛthum
unto King Pṛthu
abhiṣṭūya
after offering prayers
ruṣā prasphuritādharam
ruṣā
in anger
prasphurita
trembling
adharam
his lips
punar āhāvanir bhītā
punaḥ
again
āha
she said
avaniḥ
the planet earth
bhītā
in fear
saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā
saṁstabhya
after settling
ātmānam
the mind
ātmanā
by the intelligence.
The great saint Maitreya continued to address Vidura: My dear Vidura, at that time, after the planet earth finished her prayers, King Pṛthu was still not pacified, and his lips trembled in great anger. Although the planet earth was frightened, she made up her mind and began to speak as follows in order to convince the King.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: After praising Pṛthu, whose lips were trembling in anger, the frightened earth again spoke, after fixing her mind by her intelligence. In the Eighteenth Chapter, after milking the earth in the form of a cow, everyone receives their desired milk using different calves and pots.
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Personal Guidance
Earth's prayers don't fully pacify Pṛthu; she presses on, frightened but determined. Sometimes a first round of explanation doesn't land; persist with more specific argument.
Reflection Questions
  • Where did I give up explaining myself after the first refusal when persistence was needed?
  • Whose continued attempt to be understood have I shut down too quickly?
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