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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.46

सुरुचिस्तं समुत्थाप्य पादावनतमर्भकम् परिष्वज्याह जीवेति बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ४६ ॥
surucis taṁ samutthāpya
[suruchis tam samutthaapya]
pādāvanatam arbhakam
[paadaavanatam arbhakam]
pariṣvajyāha jīveti
[parishvajyaaha jeeveti]
bāṣpa-gadgadayā girā
[baashpa-gadgadayaa giraa]
Word-for-word
suruciḥ — Queen Suruci tam — him samutthāpya — having picked up pāda-avanatam — fallen at her feet arbhakam — the innocent boy pariṣvajya — embracing āha — she said jīva — may you live long iti — thus bāṣpa — with tears gadgadayā — choked up girā — with words.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
surucis taṁ samutthāpya
suruciḥ
Queen Suruci
tam
him
samutthāpya
having picked up
pādāvanatam arbhakam
pāda-avanatam
fallen at her feet
arbhakam
the innocent boy
pariṣvajyāha jīveti
pariṣvajya
embracing
āha
she said
jīva
may you live long
iti
thus
bāṣpa-gadgadayā girā
bāṣpa
with tears
gadgadayā
choked up
girā
with words.
Suruci, the younger mother of Dhruva Mahārāja, seeing that the innocent boy had fallen at her feet, immediately picked him up, embracing him with her hands, and with tears of feeling she blessed him with the words “My dear boy, long may you live!”
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Suruci raised the boy up when he fell at her feet. Embracing him, she said with choked voice and tears, “May you live long!”
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Personal Guidance
Suruci, seeing the innocent boy at her feet, picks him up, embraces him, blesses him 'long may you live.' The one who insulted is sometimes the first to bless once the field has been transformed by the wounded one's spiritual success.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose hostility might soften if I refused to keep retaliating in my mind?
  • Where do I underestimate the heart's capacity to flip when met with sincere humility?
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