Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.53
मामप्रीणत आयुष्मन्दर्शनं दुर्लभं हि मे ।
दृष्ट्वा मां न पुनर्जन्तुरात्मानं तप्तुमर्हति ॥ ५३ ॥
mām aprīṇata āyuṣman
[maam apreenata aayushman]
darśanaṁ durlabhaṁ hi me
[darshanam durlabham hi me]
dṛṣṭvā māṁ na punar jantur
[drishtvaa maam na punar jantur]
ātmānaṁ taptum arhati
[aatmaanam taptum arhati]
Word-for-word
mām
—
Me
aprīṇataḥ
—
not pleasing
āyuṣman
—
O long-living Prahlāda
darśanam
—
seeing
durlabham
—
very rare
hi
—
indeed
me
—
of Me
dṛṣṭvā
—
after seeing
mām
—
Me
na
—
not
punaḥ
—
again
jantuḥ
—
the living entity
ātmānam
—
for himself
taptum
—
to lament
arhati
—
deserves.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mām aprīṇata āyuṣman
mām
Me
aprīṇataḥ
not pleasing
āyuṣman
O long-living Prahlāda
darśanaṁ durlabhaṁ hi me
darśanam
seeing
durlabham
very rare
hi
indeed
me
of Me
dṛṣṭvā māṁ na punar jantur
dṛṣṭvā
after seeing
mām
Me
na
not
punaḥ
again
jantuḥ
the living entity
ātmānaṁ taptum arhati
ātmānam
for himself
taptum
to lament
arhati
deserves.
My dear Prahlāda, may you live a long time. One cannot appreciate or understand Me without pleasing Me, but one who has seen or pleased Me has nothing more for which to lament for his own satisfaction.
Purport
One cannot be happy under any circumstances unless one pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but one who has learned how to please the Supreme Lord need no longer lament for his material condition.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
My dear Prahlāda, may you live long! After seeing me, which is rare for those who do not please me, a person will not suffer again from unfulfilled desires.
Aprīṇataḥ means be aprīṇayatah (who do not please me). One who sees me will not lament for unfulfilled desires.
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Personal Guidance
Long life to you. One cannot appreciate or understand Me without pleasing Me; but one who has pleased Me has nothing more to lament. Pleasing the Lord is itself the end of complaint. Adjust the target, and the lament loses its target.
Reflection Questions
- What complaint in your life would end if you focused on pleasing the Lord rather than the complaining circumstance?
- Where could 'pleasing Him' replace 'fixing it' as your daily orientation?
My note
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