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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.22.18

श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यानुश‍ृण्वतो राजन् प्रह्लादस्य कृताञ्जले: । हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानुवाच मधुसूदनम् ॥ १८ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
tasyānuśṛṇvato rājan
[tasyaanushrinvato raajan]
prahrādasya kṛtāñjaleḥ
[prahraadasya kritaanjaleh]
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān
[hiranyagarbho bhagavaan]
uvāca madhusūdanam
[uvaacha madhusoodanam]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said tasya — of Prahlāda Mahārāja anuśṛṇvataḥ — so that he could hear rājan — O King Parīkṣit prahrādasya — of Prahlāda Mahārāja kṛta-añjaleḥ — who was standing with folded hands hiraṇyagarbhaḥ — Lord Brahmā bhagavān — the most powerful uvāca — said madhusūdanam — unto Madhusūdana, the Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
tasyānuśṛṇvato rājan
tasya
of Prahlāda Mahārāja
anuśṛṇvataḥ
so that he could hear
rājan
O King Parīkṣit
prahrādasya kṛtāñjaleḥ
prahrādasya
of Prahlāda Mahārāja
kṛta-añjaleḥ
who was standing with folded hands
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ
Lord Brahmā
bhagavān
the most powerful
uvāca madhusūdanam
uvāca
said
madhusūdanam
unto Madhusūdana, the Personality of Godhead.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King Parīkṣit, Lord Brahmā then began to speak to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within the hearing of Prahlāda Mahārāja, who stood nearby with folded hands.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! Lord Brahmā then began to speak to the Supreme Lord, within the hearing of Prahlāda Mahārāja, who stood nearby with folded hands. Brahmā spoke a few words.
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Personal Guidance
Brahmā began to speak to the Lord, within Prahlāda's hearing, who stood nearby with folded hands. Even when the highest demigods speak, others listen with folded hands. Posture during others' speech reveals one's spiritual position.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I impatient during others' addresses to the Lord when I should be folded-hand listening?
  • What does my body language during sacred conversations reveal about my actual status?
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