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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.21.45

मैत्रेय उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं पितृदेवद्विजातय: । तुष्टुवुर्हृष्टमनस: साधुवादेन साधव: ॥ ४५ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
iti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁ
[iti bruvaanam nripatim]
pitṛ-deva-dvijātayaḥ
[pitri-deva-dvijaatayah]
tuṣṭuvur hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ
[tushtuvur hrishta-manasah]
sādhu-vādena sādhavaḥ
[saadhu-vaadena saadhavah]
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak iti — thus bruvāṇam — while speaking nṛ-patim — the King pitṛ — the denizens of Pitṛloka deva — the demigods dvi-jātayaḥ — and the twice-born (the brāhmaṇas and the Vaiṣṇavas) tuṣṭuvuḥ — satisfied hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ — greatly pacified in mind sādhu-vādena — by expressing congratulations sādhavaḥ — all the saintly persons present.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
iti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁ
iti
thus
bruvāṇam
while speaking
nṛ-patim
the King
pitṛ-deva-dvijātayaḥ
pitṛ
the denizens of Pitṛloka
deva
the demigods
dvi-jātayaḥ
and the twice-born (the brāhmaṇas and the Vaiṣṇavas)
tuṣṭuvur hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ
tuṣṭuvuḥ
satisfied
hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ
greatly pacified in mind
sādhu-vādena
by expressing congratulations
sādhu-vādena sādhavaḥ
sādhavaḥ
all the saintly persons present.
The great sage Maitreya said: After hearing King Pṛthu speak so nicely, all the demigods, the denizens of Pitṛloka, the brāhmaṇas and the saintly persons present at the meeting congratulated him by expressing their good will.

When a person speaks very nicely at a meeting, he is congratulated by the audience, who express their good will with the words sādhu, sādhu. This is called sādhu-vāda. All the saintly persons, Pitās (denizens of Pitṛloka) and demigods who were present at the meeting and heard Pṛthu Mahārāja expressed their good will with the words sādhu, sādhu . They all accepted the good mission of Pṛthu Mahārāja, and they were fully satisfied.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: The Pitṛs, devatās, brāhmaṇas, and devotees, with joyful hearts, with kind words, praised the King who had spoken.
Demigods, pitṛs, brāhmaṇas, saints congratulated his speech with sādhu-vāda. Right speech earns sādhu-vāda even from invisible witnesses; sense which audiences are actually evaluating you.
Reflection Questions
  • Which speech of mine earned recognition from witnesses I wasn't aware were watching?
  • Where am I performing for the wrong audience and missing the real one?
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