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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.80.42

తుష్టోఽహం భో ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠా: సత్యా: సన్తు మనోరథా: । ఛన్దాంస్యయాతయామాని భవన్‍త్‍విహ పరత్ర చ ॥ ౪౨ ॥
tuṣṭo ’haṁ bho dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ
[tushto ’ham bho dvija-shreshthaah]
satyāḥ santu manorathāḥ
[satyaah santu manorathaah]
chandāṁsy ayāta-yāmāni
[chandaamsy ayaata-yaamaani]
bhavantv iha paratra ca
[bhavantv iha paratra cha]
tuṣṭaḥ — satisfied aham — I am bho — my dear ones dvija — of brāhmaṇas śreṣṭhāḥ — O best satyāḥ — fulfilled santu — may they be manaḥ - rathāḥ — your desires chandāṁsi — Vedic mantras ayāta - yāmāni — never growing old bhavantu — may they be iha — in this world paratra — in the next world ca — and .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tuṣṭo ’haṁ bho dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ
tuṣṭaḥ
satisfied
aham
I am
satyāḥ santu manorathāḥ
chandāṁsy ayāta-yāmāni
bhavantv iha paratra ca
bho
my dear ones
dvija
of brāhmaṇas
śreṣṭhāḥ
O best
satyāḥ
fulfilled
santu
may they be
manaḥ - rathāḥ
your desires
chandāṁsi
Vedic mantras
ayāta - yāmāni
never growing old
bhavantu
may they be
iha
in this world
paratra
in the next world
ca
and .
  • tuṣṭaḥ — satisfied
    Past participle of √tuṣ. The guru's satisfaction — the prayojana of guru-sevā. Gauḍīyas: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo — only after the guru's pleasure does Bhagavān's pleasure follow.
  • manaḥ - rathāḥ — your desires
    Compound: manas (mind) + ratha (chariot). Lit. 'mind-chariots' — desires that the mind drives toward. Gauḍīyas: even sat-manorathas (desires for service) are blessed here; sevā does not extinguish desire, it sanctifies it.
  • chandāṁsi — Vedic mantras
    Nominative plural of chandas — the Vedic meters / mantras. The specific blessing: the chants you have learned will retain their power. Gauḍīyas: nāma is supreme over Vedic mantras (CC Antya 20.16), but Vedic mantras kept fresh remain a real boon.
  • ayāta - yāmāni — never growing old
    Compound: a- (not) + yāta (gone) + yāma (period of time). 'Time-untouched.' The Vedic mantras will not stale. Gauḍīyas: the Lord's name is the supreme ayāta-yāma — always fresh, never repeated.
  • paratra — in the next world
    Adverb: in the beyond. The blessing extends past this life. Sāndīpani's prasāda is not bounded by the brāhmaṇa's lifetime.
You boys are first-class brāhmaṇas, and I am satisfied with you. May all your desires be fulfilled, and may the Vedic mantras you have learned never lose their meaning for you, in this world or the next.

Cooked food left sitting for three hours is called yāta-yāma, indicating that it has lost its taste, and similarly if a devotee does not remain fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the transcendental knowledge that once inspired him on the spiritual path will lose its “taste,” or meaning, for him. Thus Sāndīpani Muni blesses his disciples that the Vedic mantras, which reveal the Absolute Truth, will never lose their meaning for them but will remain ever fresh in their minds.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You boys are first-class brāhmaṇas, and I am satisfied with you. May all your desires be fulfilled, and may the Vedic mantras you have learned never lose their meaning for you, in this world or the next.
Commentary

Your study of scriptures will not wasted (ayatayamani) in this life or the next. According to the amara kosa ayatayaman means worn out or eaten up.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I am satisfied with you three. May the Vedic mantras not be worn out, not lose their results, and not be forgotten by you (ayāta-yāmāni). Yāta-yāma means worn out according to Nānārtha-varga of Amara-koṣa.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Thus I am pleased with you. You can fulfill all desires or are endowed with all good qualities (dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ). Or may the excellent desires among brāhmaṇas become fulfilled in this life and the next. May the Vedic mantras never lose their efficacy (in this life or the next).

Related values
Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomAbhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
Related verses
Concepts
Satya

The guru's satisfaction is the seal on a Vedic education: 'May your mantras stay alive in this world and the next.' Sāndīpani's blessing is not generic — it is targeted at the chant remaining young (ayāta-yāmā), the Vedic word never going stale.

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