Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.62
अजानता ते परमानुभावं
कृतं मयाघं भवत: प्रियाणाम् ।
विधेहि तस्यापचितिं विधात-
र्मुच्येत यन्नाम्न्युदिते नारकोऽपि ॥ ६२ ॥
ajānatā te paramānubhāvaṁ
[ajaanataa te paramaanubhaavam]
kṛtaṁ mayāghaṁ bhavataḥ priyāṇām
[kritam mayaagham bhavatah priyaanaam]
vidhehi tasyāpacitiṁ vidhātar
[vidhehi tasyaapachitim vidhaatar]
mucyeta yan-nāmny udite nārako ’pi
[muchyeta yan-naamny udite naarako ’pi]
Word-for-word
ajānatā
—
without knowledge
te
—
of Your Lordship
parama-anubhāvam
—
the inconceivable prowess
kṛtam
—
has been committed
mayā
—
by me
agham
—
a great offense
bhavataḥ
—
of Your Lordship
priyāṇām
—
at the feet of the devotees
vidhehi
—
now kindly do the needful
tasya
—
of such an offense
apacitim
—
counteraction
vidhātaḥ
—
O supreme controller
mucyeta
—
can be delivered
yat
—
of whose
nāmni
—
when the name
udite
—
is awakened
nārakaḥ api
—
even a person fit for going to hell.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ajānatā te paramānubhāvaṁ
ajānatā
without knowledge
te
of Your Lordship
parama-anubhāvam
the inconceivable prowess
kṛtaṁ mayāghaṁ bhavataḥ priyāṇām
kṛtam
has been committed
mayā
by me
agham
a great offense
bhavataḥ
of Your Lordship
priyāṇām
at the feet of the devotees
vidhehi tasyāpacitiṁ vidhātar
vidhehi
now kindly do the needful
tasya
of such an offense
apacitim
counteraction
vidhātaḥ
O supreme controller
mucyeta yan-nāmny udite nārako ’pi
mucyeta
can be delivered
yat
of whose
nāmni
when the name
udite
is awakened
nārakaḥ api
even a person fit for going to hell.
O my Lord, O supreme controller, without knowledge of Your unlimited prowess I have offended Your most dear devotee. Very kindly save me from the reaction of this offense. You can do everything, for even if a person is fit for going to hell, You can deliver him simply by awakening within his heart the holy name of Your Lordship.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O supreme controller! Without knowledge of your unlimited prowess, I have offended your most dear devotees. O Lord by whose name a person in hell becomes liberated! Please do something to nullify this offense.
Agham means offense. Apacitam means counteraction.
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Personal Guidance
Durvāsā confesses he offended the Lord's dear devotee without knowing His power. Even those bound for hell are delivered when His name awakens in the heart.
Reflection Questions
- Whose 'devotee' have I belittled because I did not know whom they belonged to?
- Where am I underestimating the simple awakening of the holy name as the cure?
My note
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