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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.30.11

यद्यूयं पितुरादेशमग्रहीष्ट मुदान्विता: । अथो व उशती कीर्तिर्लोकाननु भविष्यति ॥ ११ ॥
yad yūyaṁ pitur ādeśam
[yad yooyam pitur aadesham]
agrahīṣṭa mudānvitāḥ
[agraheeshta mudaanvitaah]
atho va uśatī kīrtir
[atho va ushatee keertir]
lokān anu bhaviṣyati
[lokaan anu bhavishyati]
Word-for-word
yat — because yūyam — you pituḥ — of your father ādeśam — the order agrahīṣṭa — accepted mudā-anvitāḥ — in great happiness atho — therefore vaḥ — your uśatī — attractive kīrtiḥ — glories lokān anu — throughout the universe bhaviṣyati — will become possible.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad yūyaṁ pitur ādeśam
yat
because
yūyam
you
pituḥ
of your father
ādeśam
the order
agrahīṣṭa mudānvitāḥ
agrahīṣṭa
accepted
mudā-anvitāḥ
in great happiness
atho va uśatī kīrtir
atho
therefore
vaḥ
your
uśatī
attractive
kīrtiḥ
glories
lokān anu bhaviṣyati
lokān anu
throughout the universe
bhaviṣyati
will become possible.
Because you have with pleasure accepted within your hearts the orders of your father and have executed those orders very faithfully, your attractive qualities will be celebrated all over the world.
Purport

Since every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has small independence. Sometimes unintelligent men ask why one is put into a miserable condition even though everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because of his minute independence, the living entity can obey or disobey the orders of the Supreme Lord. If he obeys the Supreme Lord’s orders, he becomes happy. If he does not, he becomes unhappy. Therefore the living entity creates his own happiness or unhappiness. The Supreme Lord does not enforce these on anyone. The Supreme Lord praised the Pracetās because they all faithfully obeyed the orders of their father. The Lord therefore blessed the sons of King Prācīnabarhiṣat because they obeyed their father’s orders.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Because you accepted the order of your father with joy, you will have attractive fame in the world. Lokān anu means “directed at the world.”
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Personal Guidance
Because you accepted your father's orders and executed them faithfully, your qualities will be world-celebrated. Faithful execution of paternal orders carries unexpected karmic dividends.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose order am I executing well that may yield dividends I can't predict?
  • Where am I slack about an instruction I think doesn't matter?
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