Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.8.18
अपि च न वृक: सालावृकोऽन्यतमो वा नैकचर एकचरो वा भक्षयति ॥ १८ ॥
api ca na vṛkaḥ sālā-vṛko ’nyatamo vā naika-cara eka-caro vā bhak-ṣayati.
[api cha na vrikah saalaa-vriko ’nyatamo vaa naika-chara eka-charo vaa bhak-shayati.]
Word-for-word
api ca
—
or
na
—
not
vṛkaḥ
—
a wolf
sālā-vṛkaḥ
—
a dog
anyatamaḥ
—
any one of many
vā
—
or
na-eka-caraḥ
—
the hogs that flock together
eka-caraḥ
—
the tiger that wanders alone
vā
—
or
bhakṣayati
—
is eating (the poor creature).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
api ca na vṛkaḥ sālā-vṛko ’nyatamo vā naika-cara eka-caro vā bhak-ṣayati.
api ca
or
na
not
vṛkaḥ
a wolf
sālā-vṛkaḥ
a dog
anyatamaḥ
any one of many
vā
or
na-eka-caraḥ
the hogs that flock together
eka-caraḥ
the tiger that wanders alone
vā
or
bhakṣayati
is eating (the poor creature).
I do not know, but the deer might have been eaten by a wolf or a dog or by the boars that flock together or the tiger who travels alone.
Purport
Tigers never wander in the forest in flocks. Each tiger wanders alone, but forest boars keep together. Similarly, hogs, wolves and dogs also do the same. Thus Mahārāja Bharata thought that the deer had been killed by some of the many ferocious animals within the forest.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Perhaps a wolf or jackal, or a tiger or in a group of animals has eaten the deer.
Those traveling in groups are wild boars. Those traveling alone are tigers and others. Will they not eat him?
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Personal Guidance
The fearful mind invents disaster after disaster, walking through every possible ending before any has occurred. Most of the suffering of attachment is suffering for events that will never happen. Notice how often imagination tortures you for free.
Reflection Questions
- What invented disaster is your mind currently rehearsing about someone you love?
- How could you interrupt that loop and return your attention to what is actually present?
My note
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