Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.2
श्रीनारद उवाच
जीवात्मन् पश्य भद्रं ते मातरं पितरं च ते ।
सुहृदो बान्धवास्तप्ता: शुचा त्वत्कृतया भृशम् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
jīvātman paśya bhadraṁ te
[jeevaatman pashya bhadram te]
mātaraṁ pitaraṁ ca te
[maataram pitaram cha te]
suhṛdo bāndhavās taptāḥ
[suhrido baandhavaas taptaah]
śucā tvat-kṛtayā bhṛśam
[shuchaa tvat-kritayaa bhrisham]
Word-for-word
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Nārada Muni said
jīva-ātman
—
O living entity
paśya
—
just see
bhadram
—
good fortune
te
—
unto you
mātaram
—
the mother
pitaram
—
the father
ca
—
and
te
—
of you
suhṛdaḥ
—
friends
bāndhavāḥ
—
relatives
taptāḥ
—
aggrieved
śucā
—
by lamentation
tvat-kṛtayā
—
because of you
bhṛśam
—
very greatly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Śrī Nārada Muni said
jīvātman paśya bhadraṁ te
jīva-ātman
O living entity
paśya
just see
bhadram
good fortune
te
unto you
mātaraṁ pitaraṁ ca te
mātaram
the mother
pitaram
the father
ca
and
te
of you
suhṛdo bāndhavās taptāḥ
suhṛdaḥ
friends
bāndhavāḥ
relatives
taptāḥ
aggrieved
śucā tvat-kṛtayā bhṛśam
śucā
by lamentation
tvat-kṛtayā
because of you
bhṛśam
very greatly.
Śrī Nārada Muni said: O living entity, all good fortune unto you. Just see your father and mother. All your friends and relatives are overwhelmed with grief because of your passing away.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: O living entity! All good fortune unto you! Just see your father and mother. All your friends and relatives are overwhelmed with grief because of your passing away.
Seeing that it was difficult to stop the lamentation and illusion, Nārada spoke through the son to enlighten them. Śucā means because of grief.
Personal Guidance
O living entity, all good fortune to you — see how your father, mother and friends are overwhelmed by grief at your passing. Nārada invites the soul to look at the wreckage left behind.
Reflection Questions
- What would I see if I looked at the wreckage my eventual death will leave?
- How might that view reshape my present caring?
My note
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