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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.2

सन्नियच्छाभिभो मन्युं निबोध श्रावितं च मे । सर्वत: सारमादत्ते यथा मधुकरो बुध: ॥ २ ॥
sanniyacchābhibho manyuṁ
[sanniyachchaabhibho manyum]
nibodha śrāvitaṁ ca me
[nibodha shraavitam cha me]
sarvataḥ sāram ādatte
[sarvatah saaram aadatte]
yathā madhu-karo budhaḥ
[yathaa madhu-karo budhah]
Word-for-word
sanniyaccha — please pacify abhibho — O King manyum — anger nibodha — try to understand śrāvitam — what is said ca — also me — by me sarvataḥ — from everywhere sāram — the essence ādatte — takes yathā — as madhu-karaḥ — the bumblebee budhaḥ — an intelligent person.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sanniyacchābhibho manyuṁ
sanniyaccha
please pacify
abhibho
O King
manyum
anger
nibodha śrāvitaṁ ca me
nibodha
try to understand
śrāvitam
what is said
ca
also
me
by me
sarvataḥ sāram ādatte
sarvataḥ
from everywhere
sāram
the essence
ādatte
takes
yathā madhu-karo budhaḥ
yathā
as
madhu-karaḥ
the bumblebee
budhaḥ
an intelligent person.
My dear Lord, please pacify your anger completely and hear patiently whatever I submit before you. Please turn your kind attention to this. I may be very poor, but a learned man takes the essence of knowledge from all places, just as a bumblebee collects honey from each and every flower.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! Control your anger and understand what I say. An intelligent person takes the essence from all things, just as the bee takes honey from the flower. O master (abhibho)! Though I am low, still you should hear my words. If something valuable exists in my words, take that alone, and not the other things.
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Personal Guidance
Pacify your anger and hear me; even from a poor person, a learned man takes the essence — as a bee takes honey from each flower. Wisdom is in the pollinator, not in the rose.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose 'poor' status has caused me to skip past honey they could give me?
  • Where could I practice bee-discipline — taking the essence regardless of the source?
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