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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.18

सत्यं सुरुच्याभिहितं भवान्मे यद्दुर्भगाया उदरे गृहीत: । स्तन्येन वृद्धश्च विलज्जते यां भार्येति वा वोढुमिडस्पतिर्माम् ॥ १८ ॥
satyaṁ surucyābhihitaṁ bhavān me
[satyam suruchyaabhihitam bhavaan me]
yad durbhagāyā udare gṛhītaḥ
[yad durbhagaayaa udare griheetah]
stanyena vṛddhaś ca vilajjate yāṁ
[stanyena vriddhash cha vilajjate yaam]
bhāryeti vā voḍhum iḍaspatir mām
[bhaaryeti vaa vodhum idaspatir maam]
Word-for-word
satyam — truth surucyā — by Queen Suruci abhihitam — narrated bhavān — unto you me — of me yat — because durbhagāyāḥ — of the unfortunate udare — in the womb gṛhītaḥ — taken birth stanyena — fed by the breast milk vṛddhaḥ ca — grown up vilajjate — becomes ashamed yām — unto one bhāryā — wife iti — thus vā — or voḍhum — to accept iḍaḥ-patiḥ — the King mām — me.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
satyaṁ surucyābhihitaṁ bhavān me
satyam
truth
surucyā
by Queen Suruci
abhihitam
narrated
bhavān
unto you
me
of me
yad durbhagāyā udare gṛhītaḥ
yat
because
durbhagāyāḥ
of the unfortunate
udare
in the womb
gṛhītaḥ
taken birth
stanyena vṛddhaś ca vilajjate yāṁ
stanyena
fed by the breast milk
vṛddhaḥ ca
grown up
vilajjate
becomes ashamed
yām
unto one
bhāryeti vā voḍhum iḍaspatir mām
bhāryā
wife
iti
thus
vā
or
voḍhum
to accept
iḍaḥ-patiḥ
the King
mām
me.
Sunīti said: My dear boy, whatever has been spoken by Suruci is so, because the King, your father, does not consider me his wife or even his maidservant. He feels ashamed to accept me. Therefore it is a fact that you have taken birth from the womb of an unfortunate woman, and by being fed from her breast you have grown up.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
What Suruci said is true, because you have been held in the womb of me, an unfortunate person, and have grown up by breast milk of me, whom the King is ashamed to accept as his wife, or even as his servant. To be held in my womb is itself misfortune for you. He is ashamed to accept me as his wife. He does not think of me as his wife, accepting the burden of protecting and caring for me. He thinks me unsuitable to be his wife. The word vā (or) indicates that he does not even think of me as his servant.
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Personal Guidance
Sunīti admits: 'You were born of an unfortunate woman; the king is ashamed of me.' The hardest love is owning one's own real position with the child rather than spinning a comforting story.
Reflection Questions
  • Where would clean honesty about my situation actually serve my child or friend more than reassuring fiction?
  • Which 'unfortunate' truth about my place have I been refusing to name?
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