Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.20
स्त्रीरत्नैरावृत: क्रीडन् रेवाम्भसि मदोत्कट: ।
वैजयन्तीं स्रजं बिभ्रद् रुरोध सरितं भुजै: ॥ २० ॥
strī-ratnair āvṛtaḥ krīḍan
[stree-ratnair aavritah kreedan]
revāmbhasi madotkaṭaḥ
[revaambhasi madotkatah]
vaijayantīṁ srajaṁ bibhrad
[vaijayanteem srajam bibhrad]
rurodha saritaṁ bhujaiḥ
[rurodha saritam bhujaih]
Word-for-word
strī-ratnaiḥ
—
by beautiful women
āvṛtaḥ
—
surrounded
krīḍan
—
enjoying
revā-ambhasi
—
in the water of the river Revā, or Narmadā
mada-utkaṭaḥ
—
too puffed up because of opulence
vaijayantīm srajam
—
the garland of victory
bibhrat
—
being decorated with
rurodha
—
stopped the flow
saritam
—
of the river
bhujaiḥ
—
with his arms.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
strī-ratnair āvṛtaḥ krīḍan
strī-ratnaiḥ
by beautiful women
āvṛtaḥ
surrounded
krīḍan
enjoying
revāmbhasi madotkaṭaḥ
revā-ambhasi
in the water of the river Revā, or Narmadā
mada-utkaṭaḥ
too puffed up because of opulence
vaijayantīṁ srajaṁ bibhrad
vaijayantīm srajam
the garland of victory
bibhrat
being decorated with
rurodha saritaṁ bhujaiḥ
rurodha
stopped the flow
saritam
of the river
bhujaiḥ
with his arms.
Once while enjoying in the water of the river Narmadā, the puffed-up Kārtavīryārjuna, surrounded by beautiful women and garlanded with a garland of victory, stopped the flow of the water with his arms.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Once while enjoying in the water of the River Narmadā, Kārtavīryārjuna, extremely proud, surrounded by beautiful women and garlanded with a garland of victory, stopped the flow of the water with his arms.
Personal Guidance
Surrounded by beautiful women, garlanded as victor, Kārtavīryārjuna stops the entire Narmadā with his arms. Disrupting natural order to display dominance is a classic late-stage symptom of unchecked power.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I disrupting a natural flow just to display my capacity?
- What harmless flow could I instead step back from and simply let pass?
My note
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