SB 9.6.25 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.25

बहुलाश्वो निकुम्भस्य कृशाश्वोऽथास्य सेनजित् । युवनाश्वोऽभवत् तस्य सोऽनपत्यो वनं गत: ॥ २५ ॥

bahulāśvo nikumbhasya

[bahulaashvo nikumbhasya]

kṛśāśvo ’thāsya senajit

[krishaashvo ’thaasya senajit]

yuvanāśvo ’bhavat tasya

[yuvanaashvo ’bhavat tasya]

so ’napatyo vanaṁ gataḥ

[so ’napatyo vanam gatah]

Word-for-word

bahulāśvaḥ — of the name Bahulāśva nikumbhasya — of Nikumbha kṛśāśvaḥ — of the name Kṛśāśva atha — thereafter asya — of Kṛśāśva senajit — Senajit yuvanāśvaḥ — of the name Yuvanāśva abhavat — was born tasya — of Senajit saḥ — he anapatyaḥ — without any sons vanam gataḥ — retired to the forest as a vānaprastha..

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

bahulāśvo nikumbhasya

bahulāśvaḥ

of the name Bahulāśva

nikumbhasya

of Nikumbha

kṛśāśvo ’thāsya senajit

kṛśāśvaḥ

of the name Kṛśāśva

yuvanāśvo ’bhavat tasya

atha

thereafter

asya

of Kṛśāśva

senajit

Senajit

yuvanāśvaḥ

of the name Yuvanāśva

abhavat

was born

so ’napatyo vanaṁ gataḥ

tasya

of Senajit

saḥ

anapatyaḥ

without any sons

vanam gataḥ

retired to the forest as a vānaprastha..

The son of Nikumbha was Bahulāśva, the son of Bahulāśva was Kṛśāśva, the son of Kṛśāśva was Senajit, and the son of Senajit was Yuvanāśva. Yuvanāśva had no sons, and thus he retired from family life and went to the forest.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Personal Guidance

When childlessness ended Yuvanāśva's household life, he simply went to the forest. Sometimes the absence of an expected blessing is itself a redirection toward a deeper kind of life.

Reflection Questions

What expected blessing has not arrived in my life — and is it being used as a redirection?
Could I receive the gap in my life as guidance instead of as failure?

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