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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.45

शयानं सुचिरं बालमुपधार्य मनीषिणी । पुत्रमानय मे भद्रे इति धात्रीमचोदयत् ॥ ४५ ॥
śayānaṁ suciraṁ bālam
[shayaanam suchiram baalam]
upadhārya manīṣiṇī
[upadhaarya maneeshinee]
putram ānaya me bhadre
[putram aanaya me bhadre]
iti dhātrīm acodayat
[iti dhaatreem achodayat]
śayānam — lying down su-ciram — for a long time bālam — the son upadhārya — thinking manīṣiṇī — very intelligent putram — the son ānaya — bring me — unto me bhadre — O gentle friend iti — thus dhātrīm — unto the nurse acodayat — gave the order.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śayānaṁ suciraṁ bālam
śayānam
lying down
su-ciram
for a long time
bālam
the son
upadhārya manīṣiṇī
upadhārya
thinking
manīṣiṇī
very intelligent
putram ānaya me bhadre
putram
the son
ānaya
bring
me
unto me
bhadre
O gentle friend
iti dhātrīm acodayat
iti
thus
dhātrīm
unto the nurse
acodayat
gave the order.
Thinking that her child had been sleeping for a long time, Queen Kṛtadyuti, who was certainly very intelligent, ordered the nurse, “My dear friend, please bring my son here.”
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thinking that her child had been sleeping for a long time, the intelligent Queen ordered the nurse, "My dear friend, please bring my son here."
Thinking he had slept long, the intelligent queen asked the nurse to bring the boy. Even the intelligent miss what they prefer not to see.
Reflection Questions
  • What do I keep asking others to 'bring' that has already departed?
  • What would it take to look myself rather than ask?
📝 My note

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