SB 9.10.39-40 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.39-40

पादुके न्यस्य पुरत: प्राञ्जलिर्बाष्पलोचन: । तमाश्लिष्य चिरं दोर्भ्यां स्‍नापयन् नेत्रजैर्जलै: ॥ ३९ ॥ रामो लक्ष्मणसीताभ्यां विप्रेभ्यो येऽर्हसत्तमा: । तेभ्य: स्वयं नमश्चक्रे प्रजाभिश्च नमस्कृत: ॥ ४० ॥

pāduke nyasya purataḥ

[paaduke nyasya puratah]

prāñjalir bāṣpa-locanaḥ

[praanjalir baashpa-lochanah]

tam āśliṣya ciraṁ dorbhyāṁ

[tam aashlishya chiram dorbhyaam]

snāpayan netrajair jalaiḥ

[snaapayan netrajair jalaih]

rāmo lakṣmaṇa-sītābhyāṁ

[raamo lakshmana-seetaabhyaam]

viprebhyo ye ’rha-sattamāḥ

[viprebhyo ye ’rha-sattamaah]

tebhyaḥ svayaṁ namaścakre

[tebhyah svayam namashchakre]

prajābhiś ca namaskṛtaḥ

[prajaabhish cha namaskritah]

Word-for-word

pāduke — the two wooden shoes nyasya — after placing purataḥ — before Lord Rāmacandra prāñjaliḥ — with folded hands bāṣpa-locanaḥ — with tears in the eyes tam — unto Him, Bharata āśliṣya — embracing ciram — for a long time dorbhyām — with His two arms snāpayan — bathing netra-jaiḥ — coming from His eyes jalaiḥ — with the water rāmaḥ — Lord Rāmacandra lakṣmaṇa-sītābhyām — with Lakṣmaṇa and mother Sītā viprebhyaḥ — unto the learned brāhmaṇas ye — also others who arha-sattamāḥ — worthy of being worshiped tebhyaḥ — unto them svayam — personally namaḥ-cakre — offered respectful obeisances prajābhiḥ — by the citizens ca — and namaḥ-kṛtaḥ — was offered obeisances.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

pāduke nyasya purataḥ

pāduke

the two wooden shoes

nyasya

after placing

purataḥ

before Lord Rāmacandra

prāñjalir bāṣpa-locanaḥ

prāñjaliḥ

with folded hands

bāṣpa-locanaḥ

with tears in the eyes

tam āśliṣya ciraṁ dorbhyāṁ

tam

unto Him, Bharata

āśliṣya

embracing

ciram

for a long time

dorbhyām

with His two arms

snāpayan netrajair jalaiḥ

snāpayan

bathing

netra-jaiḥ

coming from His eyes

jalaiḥ

with the water

rāmo lakṣmaṇa-sītābhyāṁ

rāmaḥ

Lord Rāmacandra

lakṣmaṇa-sītābhyām

with Lakṣmaṇa and mother Sītā

viprebhyo ye ’rha-sattamāḥ

viprebhyaḥ

unto the learned brāhmaṇas

also others who

arha-sattamāḥ

worthy of being worshiped

tebhyaḥ svayaṁ namaścakre

tebhyaḥ

unto them

svayam

personally

namaḥ-cakre

offered respectful obeisances

prajābhiś ca namaskṛtaḥ

prajābhiḥ

by the citizens

and

namaḥ-kṛtaḥ

was offered obeisances.

After offering the wooden shoes before Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Bharata stood with folded hands, His eyes full of tears, and Lord Rāmacandra bathed Bharata with tears while embracing Him with both arms for a long time. Accompanied by mother Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, Lord Rāmacandra then offered His respectful obeisances unto the learned brāhmaṇas and the elderly persons in the family, and all the citizens of Ayodhyā offered their respectful obeisances unto the Lord.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

After placing the wooden shoes before Rāmacandra, Bharata stood with folded hands, his eyes full of tears, and Rāmacandra bathed Bharata with tears while embracing him with both arms for a long time. Accompanied by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, Rāmacandra then offered his respectful obeisances to the learned brāhmaṇas, who were most respectable. The citizens of Ayodhyā offered their respectful obeisances to the Lord.

Personal Guidance

Rāma bathes Bharata in tears and embraces him long. Then the Lord Himself bows to elders and brāhmaṇas. Even the Supreme Lord performs the bowing — humility is not beneath divinity, it is part of its perfection.

Reflection Questions

Whose elders have I forgotten to bow to even when I have been raised up?
Where am I imitating a worldly leader's stiff dignity instead of Rāma's tearful humility?

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