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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.8.20

अपिस्विदकृतसुकृतमागत्य मां सुखयिष्यति हरिणराजकुमारो विविधरुचिरदर्शनीयनिजमृगदारकविनोदैरसन्तोषं स्वानामपनुदन् ॥ २० ॥
api svid akṛta-sukṛtam āgatya māṁ sukhayiṣyati hariṇa-rāja-kumāro vividha-rucira-darśanīya-nija-mṛga-dāraka-vinodair asantoṣaṁ svānām apanudan.
[api svid akrita-sukritam aagatya maam sukhayishyati harina-raaja-kumaaro vividha-ruchira-darshaneeya-nija-mriga-daaraka-vinodair asantosham svaanaam apanudan.]
Word-for-word
api svit — whether it will akṛta-sukṛtam — who has never executed any pious activities āgatya — coming back mām — to me sukhayiṣyati — give pleasure hariṇa-rāja-kumāraḥ — the deer, who was just like a prince because of my taking care of it exactly like a son vividha — various rucira — very pleasing darśanīya — to be seen nija — own mṛga-dāraka — befitting the calf of the deer vinodaiḥ — by pleasing activities asantoṣam — the unhappiness svānām — of his own kind apanudan — driving away.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
api svid akṛta-sukṛtam āgatya māṁ sukhayiṣyati hariṇa-rāja-kumāro vividha-rucira-darśanīya-nija-mṛga-dāraka-vinodair asantoṣaṁ svānām apanudan.
api svit
whether it will
akṛta-sukṛtam
who has never executed any pious activities
āgatya
coming back
mām
to me
sukhayiṣyati
give pleasure
hariṇa-rāja-kumāraḥ
the deer, who was just like a prince because of my taking care of it exactly like a son
vividha
various
rucira
very pleasing
darśanīya
to be seen
nija
own
mṛga-dāraka
befitting the calf of the deer
vinodaiḥ
by pleasing activities
asantoṣam
the unhappiness
svānām
of his own kind
apanudan
driving away.
That deer is exactly like a prince. When will it return? When will it again display its personal activities, which are so pleasing? When will it again pacify a wounded heart like mine? I certainly must have no pious assets, otherwise the deer would have returned by now.
Purport

Out of strong affection, the King accepted the small deer as if it were a prince. This is called moha. Due to his anxiety over the deer’s absence, the King addressed the animal as though it were his son. Out of affection, anyone can be addressed as anything.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Perhaps the prince among deer will return and, driving away my grief by his pleasant deer actions, give happiness to me, who have not done any pious acts. Out of affection he glorifies the deer while lamenting.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Attachment escalates objects into 'princes,' invests them with importance they cannot bear, and blames our 'lack of piety' for their absence. The mind under attachment is a poor judge of facts. Don't let it have the final word.
Reflection Questions
  • What ordinary thing or being have you elevated into something it cannot actually be?
  • Where are you treating a setback as cosmic punishment when it is just a setback?
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