Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.10
अपि सर्वे कुशलिनस्तव पुत्रा मनस्विनि ।
लक्षयेऽस्वस्थमात्मानं भवत्या लक्षणैरहम् ॥ १० ॥
api sarve kuśalinas
[api sarve kushalinas]
tava putrā manasvini
[tava putraa manasvini]
lakṣaye ’svastham ātmānaṁ
[lakshaye ’svastham aatmaanam]
bhavatyā lakṣaṇair aham
[bhavatyaa lakshanair aham]
Word-for-word
api
—
whether
sarve
—
all
kuśalinaḥ
—
in full auspiciousness
tava
—
your
putrāḥ
—
sons
manasvini
—
O great-minded lady
lakṣaye
—
I see
asvastham
—
not in tranquillity
ātmānam
—
the mind
bhavatyāḥ
—
of you
lakṣaṇaiḥ
—
by symptoms
aham
—
I.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
api sarve kuśalinas
api
whether
sarve
all
kuśalinaḥ
in full auspiciousness
tava putrā manasvini
tava
your
putrāḥ
sons
manasvini
O great-minded lady
lakṣaye ’svastham ātmānaṁ
lakṣaye
I see
asvastham
not in tranquillity
ātmānam
the mind
bhavatyā lakṣaṇair aham
bhavatyāḥ
of you
lakṣaṇaiḥ
by symptoms
aham
I.
O great-minded lady, are all your sons faring well? Seeing your withered face, I can perceive that your mind is not tranquil. How is this so?
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O wise! Are all your sons faring well? Seeing your withered face, I can perceive that your mind is not tranquil by its symptoms.
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Personal Guidance
Are all your sons well? Your withered face shows your mind is not tranquil. After ritual diagnostic, the personal: what specifically is wrong with the children? The wise inquire by stages — system first, person second.
Reflection Questions
- When I see someone withered in expression, do I ask the personal question after the systemic one?
- Whose tranquillity am I overlooking because I am not really looking at their face?
My note
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