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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.26.19

सान्‍त्वयन् श्लक्ष्णया वाचा हृदयेन विदूयता । प्रेयस्या: स्‍नेहसंरम्भलिङ्गमात्मनि नाभ्यगात् ॥ १९ ॥
sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā vācā
[saantvayan shlakshnayaa vaachaa]
hṛdayena vidūyatā
[hridayena vidooyataa]
preyasyāḥ sneha-saṁrambha-
[preyasyaah sneha-samrambha-]
liṅgam ātmani nābhyagāt
[lingam aatmani naabhyagaat]
Word-for-word
sāntvayan — pacifying ślakṣṇayā — by sweet vācā — words hṛdayena — with a heart vidūyatā — regretting very much preyasyāḥ — of his beloved sneha — from affection saṁrambha — of anger liṅgam — symptom ātmani — in her heart na — did not abhyagāt — arouse.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā vācā
sāntvayan
pacifying
ślakṣṇayā
by sweet
vācā
words
hṛdayena vidūyatā
hṛdayena
with a heart
vidūyatā
regretting very much
preyasyāḥ sneha-saṁrambha-
preyasyāḥ
of his beloved
sneha
from affection
saṁrambha
of anger
liṅgam ātmani nābhyagāt
liṅgam
symptom
ātmani
in her heart
na
did not
abhyagāt
arouse.
The King, with aggrieved mind, began to speak to his wife with very pleasing words. Although he was filled with regret and tried to pacify her, he could not see any symptom of anger caused by love within the heart of his beloved wife.
Purport

The King very much regretted having left his Queen and having gone to the forest to execute sinful activities. When a person regrets his sinful activities, the abandoning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and good intelligence, his path of deliverance from the path of material clutches is opened. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.5) , parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto yāvan na jijñāsata ātma-tattvam. When a person loses his Kṛṣṇa consciousness and loses interest in self-realization, he must engage in sinful activities. All one’s activities in a life devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply lead to defeat and misuse of one’s life. Naturally one who comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness regrets his previous sinful activities in the human form. Only by this process can one be delivered from the clutches of nescience or ignorance in materialistic life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Pacifying her with sweet words filled with regret, he did not find in her any symptoms of anger caused by her affection. By good fortune my previous intelligence has again appeared, without whom I will become unfortunate. He repeated this in his mind. He could not see in her anger caused by affection. For a moment he thought “Why did I commit those sinful activities?”
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Personal Guidance
With pleasing words he tried to pacify her; she showed no symptom of love-anger in her heart. Some wounds don't even register the apology; they've gone past anger to indifference.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose grievance I'm trying to soothe has moved beyond anger to indifference?
  • Where is past-anger a sign of still-caring, and where is no-anger a sign of having let go?
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