Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.14.28
निशम्याक्रन्दितं देवी पुत्रयोर्नीयमानयो: ।
हतास्म्यहं कुनाथेन नपुंसा वीरमानिना ॥ २८ ॥
niśamyākranditaṁ devī
[nishamyaakranditam devee]
putrayor nīyamānayoḥ
[putrayor neeyamaanayoh]
hatāsmy ahaṁ kunāthena
[hataasmy aham kunaathena]
napuṁsā vīra-māninā
[napumsaa veera-maaninaa]
Word-for-word
niśamya
—
by hearing
ākranditam
—
crying (because of being stolen)
devī
—
Urvaśī
putrayoḥ
—
of those two lambs, which she treated as sons
nīyamānayoḥ
—
as they were being taken away
hatā
—
killed
asmi
—
am
aham
—
I
ku-nāthena
—
under the protection of a bad husband
na-puṁsā
—
by the eunuch
vīra-māninā
—
although considering himself a hero.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
niśamyākranditaṁ devī
niśamya
by hearing
ākranditam
crying (because of being stolen)
devī
Urvaśī
putrayor nīyamānayoḥ
putrayoḥ
of those two lambs, which she treated as sons
nīyamānayoḥ
as they were being taken away
hatāsmy ahaṁ kunāthena
hatā
killed
asmi
am
aham
I
ku-nāthena
under the protection of a bad husband
na-puṁsā
by the eunuch
napuṁsā vīra-māninā
vīra-māninā
although considering himself a hero.
Urvaśī treated the two lambs like her own sons. Therefore, when they were being taken by the Gandharvas and began crying, Urvaśī heard them and rebuked her husband. “Now I am being killed,” she said, “under the protection of an unworthy husband, who is a coward and a eunuch although he thinks himself a great hero.”
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Therefore, hearing the crying the lambs, which were like her sons, as they were being taken by the Gandharvas, Urvaśī rebuked her husband. “I have been killed by an unworthy protector, a eunuch who thinks himself a hero.”
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Personal Guidance
Urvaśī erupts: under an unworthy husband she is being 'killed,' a coward who only seems brave by day. Crisis exposes whether our partner believes us to be the protector we have claimed to be.
Reflection Questions
- How will my closest people describe me the next time something goes wrong on my watch?
- Where am I performing strength in public while shrinking in private?
My note
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