Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.15
तस्मादीश भजन्त्या मे श्रेयश्चिन्तय सुव्रत ।
हृतश्रियो हृतस्थानान्सपत्नै: पाहि न: प्रभो ॥ १५ ॥
tasmād īśa bhajantyā me
[tasmaad eesha bhajantyaa me]
śreyaś cintaya suvrata
[shreyash chintaya suvrata]
hṛta-śriyo hṛta-sthānān
[hrita-shriyo hrita-sthaanaan]
sapatnaiḥ pāhi naḥ prabho
[sapatnaih paahi nah prabho]
Word-for-word
tasmāt
—
therefore
īśa
—
O powerful controller
bhajantyāḥ
—
of your servitor
me
—
me
śreyaḥ
—
auspiciousness
cintaya
—
just consider
su-vrata
—
O most gentle one
hṛta-śriyaḥ
—
bereft of all opulence
hṛta-sthānān
—
bereft of a residence
sapatnaiḥ
—
by the competitors
pāhi
—
please protect
naḥ
—
us
prabho
—
O my lord.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmād īśa bhajantyā me
tasmāt
therefore
īśa
O powerful controller
bhajantyāḥ
of your servitor
me
me
śreyaś cintaya suvrata
śreyaḥ
auspiciousness
cintaya
just consider
su-vrata
O most gentle one
hṛta-śriyo hṛta-sthānān
hṛta-śriyaḥ
bereft of all opulence
hṛta-sthānān
bereft of a residence
sapatnaiḥ pāhi naḥ prabho
sapatnaiḥ
by the competitors
pāhi
please protect
naḥ
us
prabho
O my lord.
Therefore, most gentle lord, kindly favor your maidservant. We have now been deprived of our opulence and residence by our competitors, the demons. Kindly give us protection.
Purport
Aditi, the mother of the demigods, appealed to Kaśyapa Muni to give the demigods protection. When we speak of the demigods, this also includes their mother.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Therefore, O Lord, think of the welfare of your servant. Man of vows! O master! Please protect our places whose wealth has been stolen by the demons.
She uses the plural (naḥ) to indicate herself and her sons.
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Personal Guidance
Most gentle lord, kindly favor your maidservant; we are deprived by demons. Give us protection. The request is direct, humble, and specific. Effective prayer has the same shape: address, status-acknowledgment, concrete ask.
Reflection Questions
- Where do my prayers lack the directness Aditi shows here?
- What concrete protection am I afraid to ask for, vaguely hoping the Lord will figure it out?
My note
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