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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.41-42

स विचिन्त्याप्रियं स्त्रीणां जरठोऽहमसन्मत: । वलीपलित एजत्क इत्यहं प्रत्युदाहृत: ॥ ४१ ॥ साधयिष्ये तथात्मानं सुरस्त्रीणामभीप्सितम् । किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्राणामिति व्यवसित: प्रभु: ॥ ४२ ॥
sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁ
[sa vichintyaapriyam streenaam]
jaraṭho ’ham asan-mataḥ
[jaratho ’ham asan-matah]
valī-palita ejat-ka
[valee-palita ejat-ka]
ity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ
[ity aham pratyudaahritah]
sādhayiṣye tathātmānaṁ
[saadhayishye tathaatmaanam]
sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam
[sura-streenaam abheepsitam]
kiṁ punar manujendrāṇām
[kim punar manujendraanaam]
iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ
[iti vyavasitah prabhuh]
Word-for-word
saḥ — he, Saubhari Muni vicintya — thinking to himself apriyam — not liked strīṇām — by the women jaraṭhaḥ — being infirm because of old age aham — I asat-mataḥ — not desired by them valī — wrinkled palitaḥ — grey-haired ejat-kaḥ — with the head always trembling iti — in this way aham — I pratyudāhṛtaḥ — rejected (by them) sādhayiṣye — I shall act in such a way tathā — as ātmānam — my body sura-strīṇām — to the celestial women of the heavenly planets abhīpsitam — desirable kim — what to speak of punaḥ — yet manuja-indrāṇām — of the daughters of worldly kings iti — in this way vyavasitaḥ — determined prabhuḥ — Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vicintyāpriyaṁ strīṇāṁ
saḥ
he, Saubhari Muni
vicintya
thinking to himself
apriyam
not liked
strīṇām
by the women
jaraṭho ’ham asan-mataḥ
jaraṭhaḥ
being infirm because of old age
aham
I
valī-palita ejat-ka
ity ahaṁ pratyudāhṛtaḥ
sādhayiṣye tathātmānaṁ
sura-strīṇām abhīpsitam
asat-mataḥ
not desired by them
kiṁ punar manujendrāṇām
iti vyavasitaḥ prabhuḥ
valī
wrinkled
palitaḥ
grey-haired
ejat-kaḥ
with the head always trembling
iti
in this way
aham
I
pratyudāhṛtaḥ
rejected (by them)
sādhayiṣye
I shall act in such a way
tathā
as
ātmānam
my body
sura-strīṇām
to the celestial women of the heavenly planets
abhīpsitam
desirable
kim
what to speak of
punaḥ
yet
manuja-indrāṇām
of the daughters of worldly kings
iti
in this way
vyavasitaḥ
determined
prabhuḥ
Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.
Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Saubhari thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is wrinkled, and my head always trembles. Therefore women do not like me. Thus I have been rejected. I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings. In this way the powerful Saubhari decided. My head trembles (ejatkaḥ). I have been refused (pratyudāhṛtaḥ) by the King. Then he decided (vyavasitaḥ) to change his body.
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Personal Guidance
Rejected for his aging body, Saubhari reshapes it through yogic power to win attraction. Material desire will marshal extraordinary effort to overcome obstacles to enjoyment — strength which, redirected, could have crowned his original tapasya.
Reflection Questions
  • What extraordinary effort am I putting into a worldly aim that, redirected, could transform my spiritual life?
  • Where am I rebuilding myself to be desirable rather than to be devoted?
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