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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.24.32

मैत्रेय उवाच इत्यनुक्रोशहृदयो भगवानाह ताञ्छिव: । बद्धाञ्जलीन् राजपुत्रान्नारायणपरो वच: ॥ ३२ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
ity anukrośa-hṛdayo
[ity anukrosha-hridayo]
bhagavān āha tāṣ chivaḥ
[bhagavaan aaha taash chivah]
baddhāñjalīn rāja-putrān
[baddhaanjaleen raaja-putraan]
nārāyaṇa-paro vacaḥ
[naaraayana-paro vachah]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great saint Maitreya continued to speak iti — thus anukrośa-hṛdayaḥ — very kindhearted bhagavān — the lord āha — said tān — unto the Pracetās śivaḥ — Lord Śiva baddha-añjalīn — who were standing with folded hands rāja-putrān — the sons of the King nārāyaṇa-paraḥ — Lord Śiva, the great devotee of Nārāyaṇa vacaḥ — words.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great saint Maitreya continued to speak
ity anukrośa-hṛdayo
iti
thus
anukrośa-hṛdayaḥ
very kindhearted
bhagavān āha tāṣ chivaḥ
bhagavān
the lord
āha
said
tān
unto the Pracetās
śivaḥ
Lord Śiva
baddhāñjalīn rāja-putrān
baddha-añjalīn
who were standing with folded hands
rāja-putrān
the sons of the King
nārāyaṇa-paro vacaḥ
nārāyaṇa-paraḥ
Lord Śiva, the great devotee of Nārāyaṇa
vacaḥ
words.
The great sage Maitreya continued: Out of his causeless mercy, the exalted personality Lord Śiva, a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, continued to speak to the King’s sons, who were standing with folded hands.
Purport

Lord Śiva voluntarily came to bless the sons of the King as well as do something beneficial for them. He personally chanted the mantra so that the mantra would be more powerful, and he advised that the mantra be chanted by the King’s sons ( rāja-putras ). When a mantra is chanted by a great devotee, the mantra becomes more powerful. Although the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is powerful in itself, a disciple upon initiation receives the mantra from his spiritual master, for when the mantra is chanted by the spiritual master, it becomes more powerful. Lord Śiva advised the sons of the King to hear him attentively, for inattentive hearing is offensive.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: With merciful heart, Śiva, the devotee of Nārāyaṇa, spoke to the King’s sons who stood with folded hands. Anukrśaḥ-hṛdayaḥ means he had a mercy in his heart.
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Personal Guidance
Out of causeless mercy, Śiva continued speaking to the princes standing with folded hands. The right posture of the disciple — folded hands — invites the deeper continuation of the teaching.
Reflection Questions
  • When did I last stand in folded-hand posture in front of a teacher long enough to receive the deeper material?
  • Where does my body's posture during instruction reflect my actual openness?
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