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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.16.34

स होवाच मधुच्छन्दा: सार्धं पञ्चाशता तत: । यन्नो भवान् सञ्जानीते तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामहे वयम् ॥ ३४ ॥
sa hovāca madhucchandāḥ
[sa hovaacha madhuchchandaah]
sārdhaṁ pañcāśatā tataḥ
[saardham panchaashataa tatah]
yan no bhavān sañjānīte
[yan no bhavaan sanjaaneete]
tasmiṁs tiṣṭhāmahe vayam
[tasmims tishthaamahe vayam]
Word-for-word
saḥ — the middle son of Viśvāmitra ha — indeed uvāca — said madhucchandāḥ — Madhucchandā sārdham — with pañcāśatā — the second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandās tataḥ — then, after the first half were thus cursed yat — what naḥ — unto us bhavān — O father sañjānīte — as you please tasmin — in that tiṣṭhāmahe — shall remain vayam — all of us.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa hovāca madhucchandāḥ
saḥ
the middle son of Viśvāmitra
ha
indeed
uvāca
said
sārdhaṁ pañcāśatā tataḥ
yan no bhavān sañjānīte
tasmiṁs tiṣṭhāmahe vayam
madhucchandāḥ
Madhucchandā
sārdham
with
pañcāśatā
the second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandās
tataḥ
then, after the first half were thus cursed
yat
what
naḥ
unto us
bhavān
O father
sañjānīte
as you please
tasmin
in that
tiṣṭhāmahe
shall remain
vayam
all of us.
When the elder Madhucchandās were cursed, the younger fifty, along with Madhucchandā himself, approached their father and agreed to accept his proposal. “Dear father,” they said, “we shall abide by whatever arrangement you like.”
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Then along with the younger fifty sons, Madhucchandā said, "Dear father, we shall accept whatever arrangement you like." The middle son Madhucchandā, along with the fifty younger sons, then spoke clearly (ha). “What you, our father, consider him to be, either oldest or youngest, we accept.’
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Personal Guidance
The younger fifty immediately agree: 'We shall abide by whatever arrangement you like.' Sometimes the second half of a family carries the obedience the first half refused.
Reflection Questions
  • Where in my family is the obedience that the older generation refused now being asked of the younger?
  • Which half of the response am I usually in — the curse-receiving or the blessing-receiving half?
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