SB 9.10.47 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.47

पुत्रान् स्वमातरस्तास्तु प्राणांस्तन्व इवोत्थिता: । आरोप्याङ्केऽभिषिञ्चन्त्यो बाष्पौघैर्विजहु: शुच: ॥ ४७ ॥

putrān sva-mātaras tās tu

[putraan sva-maataras taas tu]

prāṇāṁs tanva ivotthitāḥ

[praanaams tanva ivotthitaah]

āropyāṅke ’bhiṣiñcantyo

[aaropyaanke ’bhishinchantyo]

bāṣpaughair vijahuḥ śucaḥ

[baashpaughair vijahuh shuchah]

Word-for-word

putrān — the sons sva-mātaraḥ — Their mothers tāḥ — they, headed by Kauśalyā and Kaikeyī tu — but prāṇān — life tanvaḥ — bodies iva — like utthitāḥ — arisen āropya — keeping aṅke — on the lap abhiṣiñcantyaḥ — moistening (the bodies of their sons) bāṣpa — by tears oghaiḥ — continuously pouring vijahuḥ — gave up śucaḥ — lamentation due to separation from their sons.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

putrān sva-mātaras tās tu

putrān

the sons

sva-mātaraḥ

Their mothers

tāḥ

they, headed by Kauśalyā and Kaikeyī

but

prāṇāṁs tanva ivotthitāḥ

prāṇān

life

tanvaḥ

bodies

iva

utthitāḥ

arisen

āropyāṅke ’bhiṣiñcantyo

āropya

keeping

aṅke

on the lap

abhiṣiñcantyaḥ

moistening (the bodies of their sons)

bāṣpaughair vijahuḥ śucaḥ

bāṣpa

by tears

oghaiḥ

continuously pouring

vijahuḥ

gave up

śucaḥ

lamentation due to separation from their sons.

Upon seeing their sons, the mothers of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna immediately arose, like unconscious bodies returning to consciousness. The mothers placed their sons on their laps and bathed Them with tears, thus relieving themselves of the grief of long separation.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Upon seeing their sons, the mothers of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna immediately arose, like unconscious bodies returning to consciousness. The mothers placed their sons on their laps and bathed them with tears, thus relieving themselves of the grief of long separation.

Personal Guidance

The mothers, like unconscious bodies returning to life, place their sons on their laps and bathe them with tears. The reunion of a mother with her child after long separation contains a flavor of the soul's reunion with the Lord.

Reflection Questions

When did I last weep tears of reunion in my devotional life?
Whose long-separated 'mother' is waiting for me to come home?

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